April Sun in Cuba chords
by Dragon- April Sun in Cuba was written by Marc Hunter and Paul Hewson from the Australian-New Zealand group Dragon. The song was released in 1977 from the album, Running Free.
- Music: A Major in 4/4 time at ~ 122 bpm
- Chords: A, Asus4, Bm, C#m, D, Gmaj7
- Strum Pattern: This song has a distinctive strum pattern. If you count each barre as 1& 2& 3& 4&, it would look something like this:
d = dampen the string
↓ = downstroke
↑ = upstroke
1 & 2 && 3 && 4 &&
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓↑
d d dd
April Sun in Cuba
Intro: 4/4 ‖ Birds ‖: Asus4 | A :‖ x4 Asus4 A Asus4 A 1. I'm tired of the ci-ty life Sum-mer's on the run Asus4 A Asus4 A Peo-ple tell me I should stay But I got to get my fun Asus4 A Asus4 A So don't try and hold me back Aint’ noth-in’ you can say Asus4 A D C#m Bm Snake eyes on the pa-ra-dise And we got to go to - day Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Chorus: Take me to the Ap-ril Sun in Cu-ba Oh Oh Oh Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Take me where the Ap-ril sun gon-na treat me so right | Asus4 | A | Asus4 | A | So right So right Asus4 A Asus4 A 2. I can al-most smell the per-fumed night And see the star-ry sky Asus4 A Asus4 A I wish you comin' with me baby 'Cause right before my eye Asus4 A Asus4 A See Castro in the al-ley way Talk-in' 'bout mis-sile love Asus4 A D C#m Bm Talkin' 'bout J.F.K. And the way he shook him up Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Chorus: Take me to the Ap-ril Sun in Cu-ba Oh Oh Oh Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Take me where the Ap-ril sun gon-na treat me so right | Asus4 | A | Asus4 | A | So right So right Asus4 A Asus4 A Bridge: I'm tired of the ci-ty life Sum-mer's on the run Asus4 A Asus4 A Birds in the win-ter sky Are head-in' for the sun Asus4 A Asus4 A Oh we can stick it out In this cold and grey Asus4 A D C#m Bm Snake eyes on the par-a-dise And we got to go to - day Yeah Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Chorus: Take me to the Ap-ril Sun in Cu-ba Oh Oh Oh Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Take me where the Ap-ril sun gon-na treat me so right | Asus4 | A | Asus4 | A | So right So right Asus4 A Asus4 Outro: Take me to the A-pril sun C'mon take me A Asus4 Take me to the A-pril sun C'mon C'mon take me A Asus4 Take me to the A-pril sun C'mon take me A ↓ ↓ Take me to the A-pril sun.....
Please Note: There are several different ways to play these chords, however these are the preferred voicings especially with the strumming style between Asus4 and A.
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Dragon
Origin: Auckland, N.Z.
Music Styles: Progressive rock, pop rock, new wave
Active Years: 1972–1979, 1982–1998, 2006–present
Band: The following is the band line-up in 1977 during the release of the song and the album, Running Free (pictured).
- Marc Hunter - Lead Vocals
- Todd Hunter - Bass Guitar, vocals
- Robert Taylor - Guitar, vocals
- Keyboards - Paul Hewson, vocals
- Percussion - Kerry Jacobson
