When Salome Plays The Drum Chords by Jimmy Buffett

The track was written & sung by Jimmy Buffett.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: F
• Chords: C, Bb, F, G
• BPM: 158
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: When Salome Plays The Drum
• Artist: Jimmy Buffett
• Written by Jimmy Buffett
• Produced by Norbert Putnam
• Album: Somewhere Over China
• Released Date: January 1982

[Intro]

C
 
 
[Verse]

C
When Salome plays the drum
C
Crowd goes deaf and dumb
                 Bb
Swept up by dark sensations
 
C
Partially the heat
C
More so it's the beat
             Bb
She moves in syncopation
C
Gazelle on the run
 
 
[Verse]

C
Skirt slit past her thigh
C
Boys let out a sigh
                   Bb
The beat begins to quicken
C
Crowd ascends the stairs
C
Climbin' on the chairs
                   Bb
The plot begins to thicken
C
Phasers on stun
 
 
[Chorus]

F         G      C
Take them to the carnival 

(take them to the carnival)
F        G        C
Let them hear the conga
F           G     C
Tonight the tempo feels so right
Bb              C
Tomorrow may be wrong-a
 
 
[Instrumental]

C  C  Bb  C  C  
C  C  Bb  C  C 
 
 
[Verse]

C
Gendarme close her down
C
Make her leave the town
               Bb
She caught the flight to Rio
C
Nothin' to say
 
C
Wavin' from the plane
C
Pourin' pink champagne
               Bb
She toasts her loyal trio
C
It was a lucrative stay
 
 
[Chorus]

    F         G      C
Ooh take them to the carnival 

(take them to the carnival)
F        G        C
Let them hear the conga
F           G     C
Tonight the tempo feels so right
Bb              C
Tomorrow may be wrong-a
 
               F         G      C
(Oh won't you) take them to the carnival 

(take them to the carnival)
F        G        C
Let them play for hours
F           G       C
Tonight the weather feels so right
Bb                  
Tomorrow (tomorrow) 
           C
feels like showers
 
 
[Outro]

C C Bb C
C C Bb C

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