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song - La Isla Bonita
Songwriter(s) - Madonna; Patrick Leonard; Bruce Gaitsch
Composer - Patrick Leonard 


Key:  A minor
Beat:  4|4
Chords:    
Aminor – A  C  E
G Major – G  B  D
F Major – F  A  C
C Major – C  E  G
E minor – E  G  B
D minor – D  F  A
Bb Major   -  Bb  D  F

Intro:

A – E – A  |  G – D – G  | 

A – E – A | A -  E – A  |

A – E – A  | G – D – G  | 

A – E – A | A -  E – A  |


Verse 1:

Last night I dreamt of San    
A – E - A -| B - B – D - |
Am         | G           | 

Pedro
C B - C - | - - - -  |
Am        |Am        |

   Just  like I'd           
-  C   | C  - D -  E |  
F      | Am          | 

never gone,I knew thesong A
E - C C – E |D – B B - | 
C           |G         |

young girl with eyes like the  
A  - E  - A –  | B B  D – | 
Am             | G        | 

desert
C B – C - | - - - - |
Am        | Am      |

  It all seems like   
-- C| C – D – E –   | 
F   | Am            |
 
yesterday, not far away
E - C C – E | D – B B –|
C           |G         |


Chorus:

Tropical the island breeze
C C C – C – | C – B – B- |
Am          | G          |

All of nature  wild and free
D – D D – D – |D – C – C - |
Dm            |C           |

This is where I long to be
B B – B – C – | B – A -A -|
G             | Dm        |

La isla bo    nita
A A A – B – | C B – C - - |
Dm          | Am          |

  And when the samba played
- C  C  C | C B -  B - |
Am        | G          |

The sun would 
- D D D  | 
Dm       | 

set so high Ring
D C – C -  E - |
C              |

through my ears and 
B – B B – C –   | 
G               |

sting my eyes Your
B - A – A - A|
Dm           |

Spanish lulla   by
D - C – G – G |A - - - | 
Em            |Am      |  

Verse 2:

I fell in love with San   
A – E - A| B B D    | 
Am       | G        | 

 Pedro
C B – C - | - - - -|
Am        | Am     |

  Warm wind carried   
- C -| C  - D  E  | 
F    | Am         |  

on the sea,he called to me      
E - C C E | D – B B - | 
C         | G         |              

Te  dijo       te      
A – A | B – B – D – | 
Am    | G           | 

amo
C B – C - |- -  - - |
Am        | Am      |

    I  prayed that the   
 - C | C – D – E –  | 
F    | Am           | 

days would last They 
E - C C – E | 
C           | 

went so fast
D – B B – |
G         |


Verse 3:

I want to be where the     
F – E – D|D – E -  F -| 
Dm       | Bb         | 

sun warms the sk,When it's
E – D – C| D - - DE |
C        | Dm       |

time for si esta you can    
F- E- D – | G – D - E F |  
Dm        | Bb          | 

watch them go by
E – E – F – | E - - - |
C           | Dm      |

Beautiful    faces, no       
F - E – D –| D – E – F –| 
Dm         | Bb         | 

cares in this world,Where a
E – D – C – | D -  -E F  |
C           | Dm         |

girl loves a boy, and a     
F – E – D  |D – E -  F –|
Dm         |Bb          | 

boy           loves a  
E - -  - | -  G# - - | 
C        |Em         | 

girl
A - -  - |  - - - - |
Am       | Am       |

Outro:

- C – | B - - -  | 
Am    | G        |

-  D –  | C – E – | 
Am      | G       |

B - - - | - - - | 
F       |F      |

D D D - D | C B – B – |
G         |Am         |

- C – | B - - - | 
Am    |G        |

-  D –  | C – E – | 
Am      | G       | 

B  - - - | - - - -|- - -  
F        |F       |F 



B | D – C – G – G | A - -     
  |G              |Am

 Repeat x3

A A A |
Am    |


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