Biography:
Like his great great grandfather, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the German poet who penned "Faust", Bertie Higgins is a storyteller. He was born Elbert Joseph Higgins of Portuguese, Irish and German descent and raised in the picturesque Greek community of Tarpon Springs, Florida. Bertie is an intellectual romantic who loves to paint story songs about living and loving in a tropical paradise.
His love songs explore the efforts of man trying to fathom the mystery and allure of woman.
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JAMAICA ME CRAZY -- Bertie Higgins
Intro: E A | B E C#m A | B | B7 | E
E A B E C#m
Gonna take another red strip? Gonna think about getting? right
A B B7
But I forgot to think about the moonlight and you.
B7 A B E C#m
A reckless island romance? A sudden summer sun dance
A B B7 E
A Caribbean take a chance that just couldn?t come true.
Chorus:
E A B E C#m
But Jamaica me crazy? Jamaica me wild?
C#m A B B7
Jamaica me coconuts? Jamaica me smile
B7 A B E C#m
Jamaica me crazy? Crazy as a loon
C#m A B B7 E E-E
Jamaica me crazy, how you amaze me? hope you come back soon.
E A B E C#m
Hung out on the new beach? Paradise within my reach
A B B7
But those hot brown bodies look like cold corn fritters to me
B7 A B E C#m
The waders here? I guess they?re beautiful
A B B7 E
But nothin? holds a candle to you in my dreams or real
(Chorus)
Instrumental + Sax lead
(Chorus) oh!
(Chorus) Fade out on last line
Intro: E A | B E C#m A | B | B7 | E
E A B E C#m
Gonna take another red strip? Gonna think about getting? right
A B B7
But I forgot to think about the moonlight and you.
B7 A B E C#m
A reckless island romance? A sudden summer sun dance
A B B7 E
A Caribbean take a chance that just couldn?t come true.
Chorus:
E A B E C#m
But Jamaica me crazy? Jamaica me wild?
C#m A B B7
Jamaica me coconuts? Jamaica me smile
B7 A B E C#m
Jamaica me crazy? Crazy as a loon
C#m A B B7 E E-E
Jamaica me crazy, how you amaze me? hope you come back soon.
E A B E C#m
Hung out on the new beach? Paradise within my reach
A B B7
But those hot brown bodies look like cold corn fritters to me
B7 A B E C#m
The waders here? I guess they?re beautiful
A B B7 E
But nothin? holds a candle to you in my dreams or real
(Chorus)
Instrumental + Sax lead
(Chorus) oh!
(Chorus) Fade out on last line
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