BANANA REPUBLIC

     F
On a lost enchanted hideaway
           Bb
Beyond the Caribbean blue
          C
Below the Triangle of Bermuda
            F
As real as Rome or Timbuktu
             F
There is an island that I call my home
            Bb
The men all wear safari suits
           C
And people come from miles and miles around
            F
To reap the labour of our fruits

          Bb                        
My friends I say this of my own free will
    F                
I ain't got no gun to my head
  C
O everything's as happy as can be
   F
In this banana republic
          Bb                        
My friends I say this of my own free will
    F                
I ain't got no gun to my head
  C
O everything's as happy as can be
   F
In this banana republic

     F
On our Oceanic Shangri-La
           Bb
Behold our court of kangaroo
          C
Beseech our enigmatic pulpiteers
            F
To us: "The pudding's in the proof"
             F
A radio in every bungalow
            Bb
Each day a military coup
           C
We'll throw the virgin in the volcano
            F
To please the goddess of our fruit

(Chorus)

D/F#
...Banana republic

G      C    D        D
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

(Repeat x4, end on G)