Intro 
 
Disem{G}barking at C/G Duvalier G Airport 
D Seeking trans{C}portation to G town C/G G 
As the purple ink C/G dried on his G passport 
He could D still feel the C eyes look a{G}round C/G G 
G "Messieur, ou y C/G le G casino?" 
He D spoke to the C cabbie and G smiled C/G G 
The driver C/G replied "Veaux ou G noveaux" 
As he D motioned the C dark man G inside C/G G 
 
Bm Business in Aruba con{C}cluded 
He now A had a little money to D spend Dsus D7 
That's how I C came to D meet my African G friend 
 
We were G rolling the C/G bones several G hours 
Con{D}versing as C most gamblers G do C/G G 
We were calling on C/G all of our G powers 
D Hoping to C see the night G through C/G G 
But not ap{G}proving at C/G all of our G winnings, 
The D pit boss he C tugged at his G sleeve C/G G 
Through the whole thing my C/G new friend was G grinning 
When he D motioned it's C time we should G leave C/G G 
 
With our Bm night at the tables C behind us 
We were A ready just to do it a{D}gain Dsus D7 
That's C when I came to D know my African G friend 
 
Solo 
 
But I G woke up on the C/G steps of a G whorehouse 
A D soldier told me C I'd better G leave C/G G 
As I stumbled to C/G find me a G taxi 
I D saw a note C pinned to my G sleeve C/G G 
It was a G pleasure and a C/G hell of an G evening 
It D truly was our C night to G win C/G G 
But the authorities in{C/G}sist on my G leaving 
Take D care, my C American G friend C/G G 
 
With my Bm weekend in Haiti C concluded 
I now A had a little money to D spend Dsus D7 
That's C when I came D meet my African G Friend 
That's C when I came D meet my African G Friend