Jimmy Buffett - Off to see the lizard

I was ^Graised by a maid who ^Ccame from Martini ^Gque She wore geckos around her neck and ^Dbracelets on her ^Gfeet A superstitious woman from the ^Cland of sugar ^Gcane She'd sing the sun to bed and ^Ddance out in the ^Grain ^CDance out, ^Ddance out, ^Cdance out ^Din the ^Grain ^{D G}

She'd excite us with a legend that the ^CAfricans ^Gtold About a red iguanna who turned ^Dlava into ^Ggold We'd mount an expedition heading ^Cup into the ^Gbay Superstitious children playing ^Dpirate for the ^Gday

^COff to see the lizard ^GOff to see the lizard ^CDeja deja ^Ddeja ^Gvu Be ^Clieve it ^G/Band it ^Dwill come ^Gtrue ^CVeja veja ^Dveja ^Emdu What ^Cworks for ^G/Bme might ^Dwork for ^Gyou

Being rich an famous seems to ^Chave its ups and ^Gdowns But that's the price you pay for being ^Dtroubadours and ^Gclowns Godzilla's halitosis it be ^Cvaporizing ^Gcars Elvis up in Michigan or ^Dmaybe out on ^GMars ^CDance out, ^Ddance out, ^Cdance out ^Dto the ^Gstars

But living in the briar patch ^Cain't what it ^Gappears Sooner or later you've ^Dgot to face your ^Gfears I heard it from the parrot verba ^Clizing in the ^Gtree I heard in the songline of the ^Daborig ^Gine

^COff to see the lizard ^GOff to see the lizard ^CDeja deja ^Ddeja ^Gvu Be ^Clieve it ^G/Band it ^Dwill come ^Gtrue ^CVeja veja ^Dveja ^Emdu What ^Cworks for ^G/Bme might ^Dwork for ^Gyou

Does it ^Gwork for me? ^C(yeah, yeah) Will it ^Gwork for you? ^C(yeah, yeah) If you be ^Glieve it will ^C(yeah, yeah) It ^Gwill come true ^C(yeah, yeah)

I got ^Gproblems with my brain ^Cunderneath my ^Gcurls Problems with Loraine and ^Dall the other ^Ggirls Love a wealthy woman and the ^Cpretty plane she ^Gflys If you think this sounds confusing you should ^Dsee it through my ^Geyes ^CDancing, ^Ddancing, ^Cdancing ^Dthrough my ^Geyes

I'm turning off the waterfall the ^Ctourists can go ^Ghome I feel it time to travel take ^Dtime to write a ^Gpoem Time to seek some therapy I'm ^Cgoing walka ^Gbout Answers are the easy part, ^Dquestions raise the ^Gdoubt

^COff to see the lizard ^GOff to see the lizard ^CDeja deja ^Ddeja ^Gvu Be ^Clieve it ^G/Band it ^Dwill come ^Gtrue ^CVeja veja ^Dveja ^Emdu What ^Cworks for ^G/Bme might ^Dwork for ^Gyou

^CDeja deja ^Ddeja ^Gvu Be ^Clieve it ^G/Band it ^Dwill come ^Gtrue ^CVeja veja ^Dveja ^Emdu What ^Cworks for ^G/Bme might ^Dwork for ^Gyou