The Coast Is Clear Chords
The Coast Is Clear by Jimmy Buffett is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords C, Dm7, C/E, F, Am, G and C/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Capo II Fret
(C) They're closin' down the (Dm7) hangout
(C/E) The air is turnin' (F) cool
(Am) They're shuttin' off the (Dm7) "superslide"
The (F) kids are back in (G) school
(C) The tourist traps are (Dm7) empty
(C/E) Vacancy a(F)bounds
(Am) Almost like it (Dm7) used to be
Before the (F) circus came to (G) town
(Am) That's when it always (Dm7) happens
The (Am) same time every (F) year
(C) I come (C/B) down to (Am) talk to (Dm7) me (F)
(G) When the coast is (C) clear
(C) Hello mister (Dm7) other me
(C/E)It's been a long (F) time
(Am) We hardly get to (G) have these chats
(F) That in itself's a (G) crime
(C) So tell me all your (Dm7) troubles
I'll (C/E) surely tell you (F) mine
We'll (Am) laugh and smoke and (Dm7) cuss and joke
And (F) have a glass of (G) wine
(Am) That's when it always (Dm7) happens
The (Am) same time every (F) year
(C) I come (C/B) down to (Am) talk to (Dm7) me (F)
(G) When the coast is (C) clear
(INSTRUMENTAL)
(Am) Where it always (Dm7) happens
The (Am) same time every (F) year
(C) I come (C/B) down to (Am) talk to (Dm7) me (F)
(G) When the coast is (C) clear