[Intro]
G  C G    G    C G
[Strophe]
G            C            G 
I want to go back, to the islands 
          C             D            
Where the shrimp boats  tie up to the
 G 
 piling 
Where the shrimp boats  tie up to the piling 
 Em 
Give me oysters and beer 
    A7 
For dinner every day of the year 
              D                  
And I'll feel fine......I'll feel
 D7 
 fine
And I'll feel fine......I'll feel fine
[Refrain]
C        D          G 
Cause  I    want to be there 
        C                 D        
Want to go back down and lie beside
     Em 
 the sea there 
Want to go back down and lie beside the sea there 
       C                             
With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it
 G                Em 
 up with good red wine 
With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it up with good red wine 
          A7           D          
And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle
 G    C G 
 vine
And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine
[Strophe]
G            C                      
Yeah now the sun goes sliding across
     G 
 the water 
Yeah now the sun goes sliding across the water 
C                  D                
Sail boats they go searching for the
 G 
 breeze 
Sail boats they go searching for the breeze 
Em 
Salt air it ain't thin 
A7                                  
It can stick right to your skin, and
               D 
 make you feel fine 
It can stick right to your skin, and make you feel fine 
               D7 
Makes you feel fine
[Refrain]
C        D          G 
Cause  I    want to be there 
        C                D       
Want to go back down and get high
            Em 
 beside the sea there 
Want to go back down and get high beside the sea there 
       C                             
With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it
 G                Em 
 up with good red wine 
With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it up with good red wine 
          A7           D          
And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle
 G    C G 
 vine
And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine
[Strophe]
G       C                       
Yes and now you heard my strange
 G 
 proposal 
Yes and now you heard my strange proposal 
   C                D            G 
So get that Packard up and let's move
 
So get that Packard up and let's move 
        Em 
I wanna be there before the day 
A7                              
Tries to steal away and leave us
 D 
 behind 
Tries to steal away and leave us behind 
                D7 
I've made up my mind
[Refrain]
C        D          G 
Cause  I    want to be there 
        C                 D        
Want to go back down and die beside
     Em 
 the sea there 
Want to go back down and die beside the sea there 
       C                             
With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it
 G                Em 
 up with good red wine 
With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it up with good red wine 
          A7           D          
And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle
 G    C G 
 vine
And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine
[Outro]
          A7           D          
And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle
 G    C G 
 vine
And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine