Intro E A E A Verse 1 E A E A When I was a young boy, my mama she said to me E A E A There's only one girl in the world for you but she probably lives in Tahiti E A E A I'd go the whole wide world, I'd go the whole wide world just to find her E A E A Or maybe she's in the Bahamas where the Caribbean Sea is blue E A E A Weeping in a tropical moon lit night because nobody's told about you Chorus E A I'd go the whole wide world, I'd go the whole wide world just to find her E A I'd go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world to find out where they hide her E A I'd go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world just to find her Repeat Intro E A E A Verse 2 E A E A Why I am hanging around in the rain out here trying to pick up a girl E A E A Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears when there's girls all over the world E A E A Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere underneath the tropical sun E A E A Pining away in a heat wave there hoping that I won?t be long E A E A I should be lying on that sun soaked beach with her, caressing her warm brown skin E A E A And then in a year or maybe not quiet we'll be sharing the same next of kin Chorus E A I'd go the whole wide world, I'd go the whole wide world just to find her E A I'd go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world to find out where they hide her E A I'd go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world just to find her E A I'd go the whole wide world, go the whole wide world to find out where they hide her E A E A E A E A (repeat chords to fade) Yeah Whole wide world, whole wide world,