Written by Cliff Friend and Charles Tobias
A Edim Cdim E7 D9 E7 D9 Cdim E7 Down where the trade winds play E7 D9 Bm5-/7 Cdim E7 A D Bm5-/7 A Down where you lose a day A Edim Bm5-/7 D9 E7 A F#m C#m5-/7 F#7 We found a new world where paradise starts B7 Cdim E7 D9 E7 Cdim Bm5-/7 E7 A We traded hearts way down where the trade winds play A Edim Cdim E7 Bm5-/7 E7 D9 Cdim E7 Music was ev where E7 D9 Bm5-/7 Cdim E7 A Flowers were in her hair A Edim Bm5-/7 D9 E7 A F#m C#m5-/7 F#7 Under an awning of silvery boughs B7 Cdim A7 D9 E7 Cdim Bm5-/7 E7 A We traded vows the night that I sailed away A7 D D7M D6 D9 Dm6 A D9 A A7 Oh, trade winds, what are vows that lovers make A7 D D7M D6 D9 Dm6 A D9 A A7 Oh, trade winds, are they only made to break A Edim Cdim E7 Bm5-/7 E7 D9 Cdim E7 When it is May again E7 D9 Bm5-/7 Cdim E7 A D Bm5-/7 A I'll sail away again A Edim Bm5-/7 D9 E7 A F#m C#m5-/7 F#7 Though I'm re - turn - ing it won't be the same B7 Cdim A7 D9 E7 Cdim Bm5-/7 E7 A She traded her name way down where the trade winds play F Fdim A D9 A Edim E Bm5-/7 E7/13 Fdim D9 Bm5-/7 A Blow, trade winds; blow away