Calypso Chords
by John Denver
Calypso by John Denver is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D6, A7, D, E and Dsus. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(verse 1)
A
To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean,
D6
to ride on the crest of a wild raging storm
A
To work in the service of life and living,
D6
In search of the answers of questions unknown
A
To be part of the movement and part of the growing,
A7
Part of beginning to understand,
(chorus)
A
Aye Calypso the places you've been to,
D
The things that you've shown us,
A
The stories you tell,
D A
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit,
D A E
Yhe men who have served you so long and so well
D A E
Hi dee ay-ee ooo doo-dle oh
D A E
oo do do do do do doo-dle ay yee
A E Dsus - D - A
doo-dle ay ee
(verse 2)
A
Like the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you,
D6
To light up the darkness and show us the way,
A
For though we are strangers in your silent world,
D6
To live on the land we must learn from the sea,
A
To be true as the tide and free as a wind swell,
A7
Joyful and loving in letting it be
(chorus)
A
Aye Calypso the places you've been to,
D
The things that you've shown us,
A
The stories you tell,
D A
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit,
D A E
Yhe men who have served you so long and so well
D A E
Hi dee ay-ee ooo doo-dle oh
D A E
oo do do do do do doo-dle ay yee
A E Dsus - D - A
doo-dle ay ee