Ti Punch Café Chords

TI PUNCH CAFÉ
As recorded by Jimmy Buffett
(From the 2023 Album EQUAL STRAIN ON ALL PARTS)
 
 
 
Capo at 4th fret
 
 
 
[Intro]
D  G  A D  G  A D
G  A D  G
 
 
[Verse 1]
D                         G                     A
Took my telescope to sea, bound for outer space
D                       G
To a lonely island in a very special place
   D                           G                         A
An atoll with a blue lagoon, a point break full of grace
D                         G
Lava flows from long ago, bubble up this place
 
 
[Chorus]
D
Ou la
G     A
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
 
 
[Verse 2]
    D                                  G                  A
And thank the Lord for a watering hole open night and day
      D                                   G
Where buccaneers can sip their rum in the old Ti Punch Café
 D                                 G                    A
Above the entrance curtain hangs a well-used frying pan
    D                            G
The owner's not the Aga Khan, it is the Jolly Mon!
 
 
[Chorus]
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G     A
Ou lé
 
 
[Bridge]
Bm           A   G               A     Bm
Houéssivo lo dji houé, minbi nin djawa loo
             A   G                   Bm
Houéssivo lo dji houé é minbi nin wa douwé loo
             A   G               A     Bm
Houéssivo lo dji houé, mnibi nin djawa loo
             A   G
Houéssivo lo dji houé é
 
 
[Verse 3]
  D                             G
I scoped the sky for passersby, Jolly Mon planned the trip
         D                        G                  A
From the Pleiades, Desdemona came in her rocket ship
D                           G                      A
Eddie brought them burgers, Banky brought his band
        D                                            G
And the Little Prince said, "Tout le monde", did the beguine in the sand, hey
 
 
[Chorus]
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou la
G   N.C.
Ou lé
 
 
[Verse 4]
        D                         G
Now the party's done, fun tickets gone
   D                  G
We sang and loved and hoped
     D                 G
Then I woke up back in twenty
                A
Beneath my telescope
Bm           G
Galaxies and nautilus shells
Bm               G
Look the same to me
   Bm                G
So ask yourself this question
                 A    D  A G  A D  A G  A
"How couldn't it be?"
 
 
[Outro]
D
Ou la
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Ou lé
D
Ou la
G
Ou lé
D
Ou lé
G
Ou la
D
Ou lé
G
Ou la
D
Ou lé
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Ou la
D
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Ou la
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