[Intro]
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[Estrofa]
D 
   Nibblin' on sponge cake, watchin'
 the sun bake 
   Nibblin' on sponge cake, watchin' the sun bake 
                                  
All of those tourists covered with
 A 
 oil 
All of those tourists covered with oil 
A 
   Strummin' my six string, on my
 front porch swing 
   Strummin' my six string, on my front porch swing 
                                    
Smell those shrimp they're beginnin'
   D     D7 
 to boil
Smell those shrimp they're beginnin' to boil
[Estribillo]
G           A           
   Wastin' away again in
       D        D7   G 
 Margaritaville,       
                A                D     D7 
 searchin' for my lost shaker of salt 
   Wastin' away again in Margaritaville,        searchin' for my lost shaker of salt 
G              A                   
   Some people claim that there's a
 D   A/C#  G           A         
 woman to blame, but I know, it's
          D 
 nobody's fault
   Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, but I know, it's nobody's fault
[Estrofa]
D 
   Don't know the reason, I stayed
 here all season 
   Don't know the reason, I stayed here all season 
                                  
Nothin' to show but this brand new
    A 
 tattoo 
Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo 
A 
   But it's a real beauty, a Mexican
 cutie 
   But it's a real beauty, a Mexican cutie 
                           
How it got here I haven't a
 D     D7 
 clue
How it got here I haven't a clue
[Estribillo]
G           A           
   Wastin' away again in
       D        D7   G 
 Margaritaville,       
                A                D     D7 
 searchin' for my lost shaker of salt 
   Wastin' away again in Margaritaville,        searchin' for my lost shaker of salt 
G              A                   
   Some people claim that there's a
 D   A/C#  G           A          
 woman to blame, now I think, hell
                D 
 it could be my fault
   Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, now I think, hell it could be my fault
[Instrumental]
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G A D A/C# G A D
[Estrofa]
D 
   I blew out my flip flop, stepped
 on a pop top 
   I blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top 
                                 
Cut my heel had to cruise on back
 A 
 home 
Cut my heel had to cruise on back home 
A 
   But there's booze in the blender,
 and soon it will render 
   But there's booze in the blender, and soon it will render 
                                    
That frozen concoction that helps me
    D     D7 
 hang on
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on
[Estribillo]
G           A           
   Wastin' away again in
       D        D7   G 
 Margaritaville,       
                A                D     D7 
 searchin' for my lost shaker of salt 
   Wastin' away again in Margaritaville,        searchin' for my lost shaker of salt 
G              A                   
   Some people claim that there's a
 D   A/C#   G          A         
 woman to blame, but I know, it's
             D    D7 
 my own damn fault 
   Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, but I know, it's my own damn fault 
         G             A         
Yes and,   some people claim that
           D   A/C#  G          
 there's a woman to blame, and I
 A                      D 
 know, it's my own damn fault
Yes and,   some people claim that there's a woman to blame, and I know, it's my own damn fault
[Outro]
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