La isla Bonita Chords

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La isla Bonita by Madonna is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, C, G, Am, F and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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     Em            D            Em 
1. Last night I dreamt of San Pedro, 
C         Em        G              D 
    just like I`d never gone, I knew the song. 
        Em              D             Em 
    A young girl with eyes like the desert, 
C       Em              G              D 
    it all seems like yesterday, not far away. 
  Em           D              Am              G 
Tropical the island breeze, all of nature, wild and free, 
  D           Am              C    D   Em 
this is where I long to be, La Isla Bonita. 
               D           Am                G 
And when the Samba played,   the sun would set so high, 
        D                  Am                    C      D    Em 
ring through my ears and sting my eyes,  your Spanish lullaby 
   Em          D             Em 
2. I fell in love with San Pedro,  
C         Em            G              D 
    warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me.    
Em         D              Em 
 me dijo     te     amo,   
C       Em              G                     D 
    I prayed that the days would last, they went so fast.   + Refrain 
   Am          F            G             Am 
3. I want to be where the sun warms the sky, 
                         F              G             Am 
    when it`s time for fiesta, you can watch them go by. 
               F         G            Am 
    Beautiful faces, no care in this world, 
                          F         G        B7      Em 
    where a girl loves a boy and a boy   -  loves a girl. 
    Em              D           Em 
4. Last night I dreamt of San Pedro, 
C        Em         G              D 
    it seems like yesterday, not far away.   

    	

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