Book of Song

Nautical Wheelers

by Jimmy Buffet

guitar line (repeat in triplets): high E, D, C#, B, A, F#, E, D, C# over
Intro [A] [D] [D6]
[A] [D] [A] [D]

[A] Nautical Wheelers who [D] call themselves [A] sailors
play [D] fiddle tunes under the [A] stars. [A7]
[D] Petti-coats rustle, [A] working shoes [F#m] scuffle,
[B7] they shuffle on down to the [E] bars.
[D] Where the juke-box is blastin' and the [A] liquor is [A7] flowin'
an [D] occasional [A] bottle of [E] wine. [E7]
That's 'cause [D] everyone here is just [A] more than contented
to be [E] living and [E7] dying in [D] three quarter [A] time.

Chorus
And it's [E7] dance with me, dance with me [D] Nautical [A] Wheelers,
[D] take me to [A] stars that you [E] know. [E7]
Come on and [F#m] dance with me, dance with me [D] Nautical [A] Wheelers,
[E] I want so [E7] badly to [A] go.

Well, the left foot it'll follow
where the right foot has travelled,
down to the sidewalks unglued.
And into the streets of my city so neat,
where nobody cares what you do.
And Sonya's just grinnin' and Phil is ecstatic
and Mason has jumped in the sea.
And I'm hangin' on to a line from my sailboat
Oh, [E7] Nautical Wheelers [A] save me.

Chorus
(followed by glissando up)

Well the sunrise will bring on
the sleep that's escaped us
and everyone's off to their beds.
There'll be huggin' and squeezin'
a little pleazin' and teasin'
and rubbin' of each other's heads.
So won't you dream on comrades, seems nothin' affects you,
nothin', no reason, no rhyme.
That's 'cause everyone here is just more than contented
to be living and dying in three quarter time.

Chorus
repeat last line twice