Banana Boat Song Ukulele Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	G C E A
Capo:	no capo

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1 contributor total, last edit on Aug 10, 2019

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Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o
 C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 C
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
 C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 
 C
Work all night on a drink a' rum
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 C
Stack banana till the mornin' come
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 
 C                      G7
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 C                      G7
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 
  C
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 C
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 
 C      F       C
Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 C          G7          F            C
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 
 C
A beautiful bunch a' ripe banana
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 C
Highly deadly black tarantula
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 
 C
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
  C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 C
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 
 C      F       C
Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 C          G7          F            C
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...
  C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 
 C                      G7
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 C                      G7
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 
 C      F       C
Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
 C          G7          F            C
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
 C                    G7      C
Daylight come and me wan' go home
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Banana Boat Song – Harry Belafonte

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2 comments

good job, enjoyed playing this thru :)

Nicer they had us play this song wayyyy back in 4th grade. lol it stuck with me. Nice job with the chords