# #ok, so this is my first tab and i wrote it with my aunt and uncle and they are total #so dont bash it, im pretty sure its the right chords version!!! # D The wind is in from africa A last night i couldnt sleep G D Oh you know it sure is hard to leave you carey A but its really not my home D my finger nails are filthy A ive got beach tar on my feet G D and i miss my clean white linen A and my, fancy french cologne Chorus A--------------- D Oh carey get out your cane A i'll put on some silk G D oh you're a mean old daddy A D but i like you (strum down) -7-7---5---3---2------| -8-8---7---5---3------| -7-7---6---4---2------| -0-0---0---0---0------| ----------------------| ----------------------| (repeat chords through) Come on down to the mermaid cafe and i will buy you a bottle of wine and we'll laugh and toast to nothing and, smash our empty glasses down lets have a round for these freaks and these soldiers a round for these friends of mine lets have another round for the bright red devil who keeps me in this tourist town CHORUS Come on, carey, get out your cane I'll put on some silk Oh you're a mean old daddy, but i like you i like you, i like you i like you Maybe i'll go to amsterdam or maybe i'll go to rome and rent me a grand piano and put some flowers round my room but lets not talk about fare-thee-wells now the night is a stary dawn and they're playing that scratchy rock and roll beneath the matella moon CHORUS Come on, carey, get out your cane And i'll put on some silk You're a mean old daddy, but i like you The wind is in from africa Last night i couldn't sleep Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave you But, it's really not my home Maybe it's been too long a time Since i was scramblin' down in the street Now they got me used to that clean white linen And that fancy french cologne CHORUS Oh carey, get out your cane I'll put on my finest silk We'll go to the mermaid cafe Have fun tonight I said, oh, you're a mean old daddy, but you're out of sight end with -7-7---5---3---2------| -8-8---7---5---3------| -7-7---6---4---2------| -0-0---0---0---0------| ----------------------| ----------------------| end on a D