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A# Gm
McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled
A# Gm
Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall
D#maj7 Gm
Say it to me, if you got something to confess
A# Gm
I heard all about it, he was going down slow
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I heard it on, the wireless radio
D#maj7 Gm
From down in the boondocks way down in Key West
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I’m searching for love, for inspiration
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On that pirate radio station
D#maj7 Gm
Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest
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Radio signal’s clear as can be
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I’m so deep in love that I can hardly see
D#maj7 Gm
Down on the flat lands, way down in Key West
D#maj7
Key West is the place to be
A# Gm
If you’re looking for immortality
A# Gm
Stay on the road, follow the highway sign
D#maj7
Key West is fine and fair,
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If you lost your mind, you will find it there
D#maj7 Gm
Key West is on the horizon line
A# Gm
I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track
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Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac
D#maj7 Gm
Like Louis, and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest
A# Gm
Well, it might not be the thing to do
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But I’m sticking with you through and through
D#maj7 Gm
Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West
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I got both of my feet planted square on the ground
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Got my right hand high, with the thumb down
D#maj7 Gm
Such is life, such is happiness
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Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here
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If you wear one, put it behind your ear
D#maj7 Gm
Down in the bottom, way down in Key West
D#maj7
Key West is the place to go
A# Gm
Down by the Gulf of Mexico
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Beyond the city, beyond the sifting sands
D#maj7
Key West is the gateway key
A# Gm
to innocence and purity
D#maj7 Gm
Key West, Key West is the enchanted land
A# Gm
I’ve never lived in the land of Oz
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Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause
D#maj7 Gm
It’s hot down here, and you can’t be overdressed
A# Gm
China blossoms of a toxic plant
A# Gm
They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't
D#maj7 Gm
Down in the flat lands way down in Key West
A# Gm
Well the fish tail ponds, and the orchid trees
A# Gm
They can give you that bleeding heart disease
D#maj7 Gm
People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness
A# Gm
On Newton Street, Bay view Park
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Walking in the shadow after dark
D#maj7 Gm
Down under, way down in Key West
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I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals
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I know all the Hindu rituals
D#maj7 Gm
People tell me that I’m truly blessed
A# Gm
Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring
A# Gm
Winter here is an unknown thing
D#maj7 Gm
Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West
D#maj7 A# Gm
Key West is under the sun, under the radar, under the gun
A# Gm
You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right
D#maj7 A# Gm
Feel the sunlight on your skin, the healing virtues of the wind
D#maj7 Gm
Key West, Key West is the land of light
A# Gm
Wherever I travel, wherever I roam
A# Gm
I’m not that far, before I come back home
D#maj7 Gm
I do what I think is right, what I think is best
A# Gm
History street off off Mallory Square
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Truman had his White House there
D#maj7 Gm
East bound, west bound, way down in Key West
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Twelve years old, they put me in a suit
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Forced me to marry a prostitute
D#maj7 Gm
There were gold fringes on her wedding dress
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That’s my story, but not where it ends
A# Gm
She’s still cute, and we’re still friends
D#maj7 Gm
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West
A# Gm
I play both sides against the middle
A# Gm
Tryin’ to pick up that pirate radio signal
D#maj7 Gm
I heard the news, I heard your last request
A# Gm
Fly around my pretty little Miss
A# Gm
I don’t love nobody, give me a kiss
D#maj7 Gm
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West
D#maj7
Key West is the place to be
A# Gm
If you’re looking for immortality
A# Gm
Key West is paradise divine
D#maj7
Key West is fine and fair
A# Gm
If you lost your mind, you’ll find it there
D#maj7 Gm
Key West is on the horizon line
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D#maj7 Gm A# Gm
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