G    C    C    G    G    C    C    G    B


[Chorus 1]

E                  F#m
  From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
B7            E
  From Ocho Rios to Dorking
C#m                F#m
 From Dorking it’s back to Rochdale
B7                 E
 From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
E                  F#m
 You spend half your life in transit
B7                   E
 But that's just the way God plans it
C#m                    F#m
 Pack a shirt and some fresh pyjamas
B7              E
 That's all you need


[Bridge]

C#m                          G#m
Tried to get a flight out to San Juan
                      F#m
But Air Jamaica don't fly on Sunday
C#m                       G#m
Gotta get a flight out to San Juan
           F#m                       B
Because I wanna see the Mama and the Papa


[Verse 1]

G                 C
When I look into your blue eyes
C                             G
I bend the truth but I never tell you lies
G                   C
I need my lover, I need your care
C                                    B
Understandings not enough to make it fair


[Chorus 2]
E                  F#m
  From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
B7            E
  From Ocho Rios to Dorking
C#m                F#m
 From Dorking it’s back to Rochdale
B7                 E
 From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
E             F#m
 Asleep in a stream of sunlight
B7            E
 Awake in a dream at midnight
C#m                F#m
 I'm rushing to wait for jumbo
B7             E
 Oh where am I now


[Bridge]

C#m                          G#m
Tried to get a flight out to San Juan
                      F#m
But Air Jamaica don't fly on Sunday
C#m                       G#m
Gotta get a flight out to San Juan
           F#m                       B
Because I wanna see the Mama and the Papa


[Verse 2]

  G                C
A dressing room so far from home
                          G
A corridor with a broken telephone
G                  C
I wanna call but I got to go
G                                       B
The curtains up and it's time to do the show...   Show time!


[Rock feel]
E
I just got in to the city
E
Yeah, it's so insane
E
But the man with the suitcase
E                      B      C C# D
is on the road again


[Steel drum Instrumental]

|G       |Am      |D      |G      |
|Em      |Am      |D      |G      |
|G       |Am      |D      |G      |
|Em      |Am      |D      |G      |


[Bridge]

 Em                          Bm
Tried to get a flight out to San Juan
                      Am
But Air Jamaica don't fly on Sunday
 Em                       Bm
Gotta get a flight out to San Juan
          Bm                         D
Because I wanna see the Mama and the Papa


[Chorus 1]

G              C
 Asleep in a stream of sunlight
D7            G
 Awake in a dream at midnight
Em               Am
 I'm rushing to wait for jumbo
D7              G
 Oh where am I now
G                     C
 You spend half your life in transit
D7                        G
 But that's just the way God plans it
Em                      Am
 Pack a shirt and some fresh pyjamas
D7               G
 That's all you need. Everybody sing!


[Outro]

G                   C
  From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
D7            G
  From Ocho Rios to Dorking
Em                  Am
 From Dorking it’s back to Rochdale
D7                 G
 From Rochdale to Ocho Rios