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Song title:      The Tiki Bar Is Open
Original Album:	 The Tiki Bar Is Open

Words and Music by John Hiatt
Copyright © 2001 A&M Records
Published by ??? Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Capo on 2. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:
Chords:
Em   022000


[play: 4/4| Em |]  [x4]



CHORUS:
Chords:
Em   x79987 or 022000
B7   797877 or 2x120x
Am7  575555 or x02013


            | Em
Thank god the Tiki Bar is open, 

                             | B7
Thank god the Tiki torch still shines,

            | Em          Am7
Thank god the Tiki Bar is open,

      | Em          B7    | Em
Come on in and open up your mind.

  

VERSE1:
Chords:
Em   x79987 or 022000
B7   797877 or 2x120x
Am7  575555 or x02013


    | Em              | %                 | %               | B7
I was out on a leave of absence, from any resemblance to reality,

            | Em                   | Am7  
I felt like a rocket launched to the great blue yonder,

       | Em                B7  
From the boys down at Kennedy. 



VERSE2:
Chords:
Em   x79987 or 022000
B7   797877 or 2x120x
Am7  575555 or x02013


    | Em                     | % 
I was driving by his majesty's court hotel,

        | %                  | B7  
Where the sign said praise his name,

    | Em                       | Am7
I was tired and alone I couldn't see too well,

    | Em               B7      | Em
But I don't think that he was to blame.

  

[repeat CHORUS]

[Guitar SOLO]



VERSE3:
Chords:
Em   x79987 or 022000
B7   797877 or 2x120x
Am7  575555 or x02013


        | Em              | %
There's a full moon over Daytona beach,

        | %             | B7
There's a full moon in my mind,

     | Em              Am7
And my suntan dream is still out of reach,

      | Em              B7       | Em 
And the strip malls are robbing me blind. 

 

VERSE4:
Chords:
Em   x79987 or 022000
B7   797877 or 2x120x
Am7  575555 or x02013


       | Em              | % 
Well his name was Mr. Dale Earnhardt,

     | %                    | B7
And he drove the black Number Three,

      | Em               Am7 
Now the king is gone but not be forgotten,

      | Em           B7 | Em  
Nor his like will we ever see.  

 

[repeat CHORUS]

 

VERSE5:
Chords:
Em   x79987 or 022000
B7   797877 or 2x120x
Am7  575555 or x02013


       | Em              | %
I know a drink ain't the solution,

     | %                   | B7  
I ain't had one in seventeen years,

          | Em           Am7 
But if that Tiki Bar was closed tonight,

     | Em         B7 | Em 
Well I might just disappear.  

 

[repeat CHORUS]  [x2]

[Guitar SOLO]

[end on Em]