Montserrat

words and music by  IAN ANDERSON
TRANSCRIPTION BY PACO JIMENEZ (SPAIN)
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(thanks to Hakan for anotations)

INTRO: A / E / Bm / E /

CHORDS IN PROGRESSION
Bm  | E7  | Bm(7/9)* |F#m  |

Bm(7/9) X2022X

note :
the F#m chord also can be DMaj7/F#*(2x022x) i've put one in the first verses and the other one in the next
 
 

Bm               E7      Bm(7/9)       F#m
Fires on the mountain, and the dogs bark.
Crash of the ocean swelling: crickets in the dark.
The temperature is rising. The village gets no sleep.
It's hardly surprising, given the hot company they keep.
 

A                       G         D
Somebody's home in the ash-fall margins;
F#m                   D          E
Somebody's life in the lost and found.
A                      F#m
Breaking news from the hotel Vue Pointe.
C#m                  E               B
Sinking feeling, sink another beer down.

Bm               E7             Bm(7/9)       DMaj7/F#*(2x022x)
Hey,            Jimmy.            What you doing here?
Looking up at the high cloud cover, so far and yet so near.
Flying in with the chopper. Lieutenant of the crown.
Tell the boys from that CNN, the good cops have come to town.

rest the same:

 Angry island, no-one's listening.
Shamrock villa, green to grey.
Down in the swamp, iguanas glistening.
 Toast tomorrow, if not, today.

 Hey, Jimmy. What you doing here?
You a scientist? You a newsman? Or simply come to feel the fear?
The temperature is rising. And we're in too deep.
There really is no point in disguising the hot company we keep.

words and music by  IAN ANDERSON
 

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