C
If you ever go down Trinidad
                       G7
They make you feel so very glad
 F      G7       F       G7
Calypso sing and make up rhyme
                        C   G7   C
Guarantee you one real good fine time


         C
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
                   G7
Go down Point Koomahnah
F                G7
Both mother and daughter
                D7     G7   C
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
C
Oh, beat it man, beat it


           C
Since the Yankee come to Trinidad
                              G7
They got the young girls all goin' mad
      F     G7        F        G7
Young girls say they treat 'em nice
                   C  G7 C
Make Trinidad like paradise


         C
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
                   G7
Go down Point Koomahnah
F                G7
Both mother and daughter
                D7     G7  C
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
C
Oh, you vex me, you vex me


      C
From Chicachicaree to Mona's Isle
                        G7
Native girls all dance and smile
     F       G7   F         G7
Help soldier celebrate his leave
                     C   G7    C
Make every day like New Year's Eve


         C
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
                G7
Go down Point Koomahnah
F                G7
Both mother and daughter
                 D7    G7  C
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
C
It's a fact, man, it's a fact


       C
In old Trinidad, I also fear
                   G7
The situation is mighty queer
     F    G7     F                G7
Like the Yankee girl, the native swoon
                  C G7   C
When she hear der Bingle croon


         C
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
                  G7
Go down Point Koomahnah
F                 G7
Both mother and daughter
                 D7    G7  C
Workin' for the Yankee dollar


       C
Out on Manzanella Beach
                    G7
G.I. romance with native peach
    F      G7   F           G7
All night long, make tropic love
                          C   G7   C
Next day, sit in hot sun and cool off


         C
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
                G7
Go down Point Koomahnah
F                 G7
Both mother and daughter
                 D7    G7  C
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
C
It's a fact, man, it's a fact
C
Rum and Coca-Cola
C
Rum and Coca-Cola
                  D7   G7  C
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
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