Refrão:
Fm
We can go to the tropics
D#
Sip piña coladas
C#                      Cm
Shorty I could take you there
Fm
Or we can go to the slums
D#
Where killas get hung
C#                      Cm
Shorty I could take you there
Fm
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#                        Cm
Shorty I could take you there
 

Fm
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#                        Cm
Shorty I could take you there

Verso:
Fm 
Baby girl I know it's rough but come wit me
D#
We can take a trip to the hood
C#
It's no problem girl it's my city
         Cm
I could take you there
Fm
Little kid wit guns only 15
D#
Roamin' the streets up to no good
C#
When gun shots just watch us, run quickly
         Cm
I could show you where

Ponte:
Fm                 D#
As long you're wit me
                    C#
Baby you'll be alright
                 Cm
I'm known in the ghetto
                     Fm   
Girl just stay by my side
                    D#           C#
Or we can leave the slums go to paradise
                Cm
Babe it's up to you,
                   Fm
It's whatever you like

Refrão:
Fm
We can go to the tropics
D#
Sip piña coladas
C#                       Cm
Shorty I could take you there
Fm
Or we can go to the slums
D#
Where killas get hung
C#                       Cm
Shorty I could take you there
Fm
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#                        Cm
Shorty I could take you there
 

Fm
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#                        Cm
Shorty I could take you there

Verso:
Fm
Shorty come wit me it's no worry
D#
I know the bad men them where I stay
C#
Police fly pursuit in a hurry
        Cm
This is no gun play
Fm
Don't be scared in the West Indies
D#
It's Jamaica, that's where I'm from
C#
Might see something you're not used to
         Cm
Welcome to the slums

Ponte:
Fm                 D#
As long you're wit me
                    C#
Baby you'll be alright
                 Cm
I'm known in the ghetto
                     Fm   
Girl just stay by my side
                    D#           C#
Or we can leave the slums go to paradise
                Cm
Babe it's up to you,
                   Fm
It's whatever you like

Refrão:
Fm
We can go to the tropics
D#
Sip piña coladas
C#                       Cm
Shorty I could take you there
Fm
Or we can go to the slums
D#
Where killas get hung
C#                       Cm
Shorty I could take you there
Fm
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#                        Cm
Shorty I could take you there
 

Fm
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#                        Cm
Shorty I could take you there
Fm
Oh we (oh we)
D#
Can go (can go)
C#
To a place (to a place)
                Cm
I know you gon' like (oh oh oh)
Fm
The beach (the beach)
D#
The breeze (the breeze)
C#                      Cm
West Indies, I call it paradise


Fm
We can go to the tropics
D#
Sip piña coladas
C#                       Cm
Shorty I could take you there
Fm
Or we can go to the slums
D#
Where killas get hung
C#                       Cm
Shorty I could take you there
Fm
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#                        Cm
Shorty I could take you there
 

Fm
You know I could take ya (I could take ya...)
D#
I could take ya (I could take ya...)
C#                        Cm
Shorty I could take you there