“La Isla Bonita” (the beautiful island) is a lovely song by Madonna with a strong Latino influence. It’s got more sharps and flats in it than regular notes though – i found it very challenging to work out the notes for, and then to play after!
C# G#
Last night
C# ^D# G# ^D# ^E-^D#-^E
I dreamt of San Pedro ~
^E ^E ^G# ^G#-E ^E
Just like I’d never gone,
^G# ^F# ^D# ^D#
I knew the song…
^C# ^C# G#
A young girl
^C# ^D# ^D# ^F# ^E-^D#-^E
With eyes like the desert ~
^E ^E ^E ^G# ^G#-^E-^E
It all seems like yesterday,
^G# ^F# ^D#-^D#
Not far away…
^E-^E-^E ^E ^E-^D# ^D#
Tropical the island breeze
^F# ^F# ^F#-^F# ^F# ^E ^E
All of nature wild and free
^D# ^D# ^D# ^D# ^D# ^C# ^C#
This is where I long to be
^C# ^C#-^C# ^C#-^D#-^E-^D#-^E
La isla bonita ~ ~
^E ^E ^E ^E-^D# ^D#
And when the samba played
^F# ^F# ^F# ^F# ^E ^E
The sun would set so high
^E ^D# ^D# ^D#
Ring through my ears
^D# ^D# ^C# ^C#
And sting my eyes
^C# ^F#-^E B-B-^C#
Your Spanish lullaby…