Jamaica Moon
Chuck Berry
Artist: Chuck Berry Song: Jamaica Moon Album: Chuck (2017) Written by Chuck Berry C x3555x C7sus2 x35333 C6 x35555 C11 x33333 F x-8-10-10-10-x F7sus2 x-8-10-8-8-8 G 320003 G7 323001 G6 320000 G13 323000 C7 x32310 C6 x37xxx (short riff at "rock and roll beautiful") C7 x353xx (short riff at "rock and roll beautiful") F7 131211 F13 131231 F9 10101x [Intro Riff and all over the song] e|------------------------------|-----12-12-10-----------------| B|-10h11-/13-13---11---11-10h11-|-/13-13-13-11-----------------| G|-10h12-/14-14---12---12-10h12-|-/14-14-14-12-----------------| D|-10-------------10---10-10----|------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------| [Verse 1] C C7sus2 Me walkin’ alone me bring jug o’ rum C C7sus2 Me sit down on the sea shore till dee boat she come F F7sus2 Is long dee night is quiet dee dock C C7sus2 The boat a little late she do at 12 o’clock F F7sus2 Me watch dee tide come easy in Is low dee moon but high dee wind [Chorus] Jamaica moon Jamaica moon [Verse 2] C C7sus2 Me was so alone me couldn’t help but open dee rum C C7sus2 So long maybe dee wait until dee boat she come F F7sus2 Me girl she love me she come back for me C C7sus2 We set sail in dee morning go back across dee sea F F7sus2 We dock in New York dee building be so high She promised me dee honeymoon be so near dee sky [Chorus] Jamaica moon Jamaica moon [Verse 3] C C7sus2 Me still alone me sip on dee rum C C7sus2 Me head began to tell me that dee boat no come F F7sus2 To bring me me love bring me me ting ting ting She rock and roll beautiful she dance and sing F F7sus2 She hold me close and she touch me lip Me eyes they close and me heart she go flip [Chorus] Jamaica moon Jamaica moon [Verse 4] C C7sus2 Me lay down a little woosey me been drinking dee rum C C7sus2 Jamaica moon please tell me that dee boat will come F F7sus2 She no can be me bride if she came to play C C7sus2 Me have to let her go but me body say stay F F7sus2 Me lay down on dee dock was so good dee rum Me fall asleep at noon here when de boat she come [Chorus] Jamaica moon Jamaica moon [Verse 5] C C7sus2 At twelve she come till dawn she roam C C7sus2 They tell me that she look and wait and cry and go back home F F7sus2 Dee boat whistle blow me open me eyes C C7sus2 So bright was dee sun blue Jamaica sky Down the pier me run dee boat I still can see Sailing fast away with me bride to be [Chorus] Jamaica moon Jamaica moon [Verse 6] C C7sus2 Now me broken heart is sailing on that boat she on C C7sus2 Me see dee water trailing but dee boat she gone F F7sus2 Me missed me bride to be now me head low hung C C7sus2 Me sleep too long no more me touch dee rum F F7sus2 Is so dry me throat me no more can sing Me miss me bride to be no have no ting ting [Chorus] Jamaica moon me loved one she gone Me walking back home me still all alone