Intro (x2): E A 

Verse 1:
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When I was a young  boy
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My mama said to me
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"There's only one girl in the world  for you
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And she probably lives in Tahiti."
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I'd go the whole wide world

Chorus:
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Go the whole wide world just to find  her

Verse 2:
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    Or maybe she's in the Bahamas
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Where the Caribean Sea is blue
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Weeping in the tropical moonlit night
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Because nobody's talking about you
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I'd go the whole wide world

Chorus:
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Go the whole wide world just to find  her
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I'd go the whole wide world

Go the whole wide world
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To find out where they hide  her
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I'd go the whole wide world
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Go the whole wide world just to find  her

Verse 3:
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         Why am I hanging around in the rain  right here
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Trying to pick up a girl
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Why are my eyes
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Filling up with these lonely tears
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When there's girls all over the world
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Is she lying on a tropical beach  somewhere
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Underneath a tropical sun
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Pining a way in a heat  wave there
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Hoping that I won't be long
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I should be lying on that sun swept beach  with her
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Caressing her warm, brown skin
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And then in a year or maybe not quite
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We'll be sharing the same next of kin
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I'd go the whole wide world

Chorus:
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Go the whole wide world just to find  her
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I'd go the whole wide world

Go the whole wide world
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To find out where they hide  her
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I'd go the whole wide world
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Go the whole wide world just to find  her
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I'd go the whole wide world

Go the whole wide world
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To find out where they hide  her
Yeah!

Outro (x3): E A