Kokomo Beach Boys Hear this song at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hadh1zt5i (play along in this key) From: Richard s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpex.net/uke.htm [] Aruba Jamaica ooh I want to take ya Ber[F]muda Bahama come on pretty mama Key [] Largo Montego baby why don't we go Ja[F]maica... Off the Florida [] Keys [maj7] [m7] there's a place called [F] Kokomo [Fm] That's where you [] want to go to get a[d7]way from it all [7] [] Bodies in the [maj7] sand [m7] Tropical drink melting [F] in your hand [Fm] We'll be falling in [] love To the rhythm of a [D7] steel drum band [7] down in Koko[]mo horus: [] Aruba Jamaica ooh I want to take ya To Ber[F]muda Bahama come on pretty mama Key [] Largo Montego baby why don't we go down to [F] Kokomo We'll [Fm] get there fast and then we'll [] take it slow [] That's where we [Dm] want to go [7] Way down in Koko[]mo (Martinique that Montserrat mystique) [] We'll put out to [maj7] sea [m7] and we'll perfect our [F] chemistry [Fm] By and by we'll de[]fy a little bit of [D7] gravity [7] [] Afternoon de[maj7]light [m7] cocktails and [F] moonlit nights [Fm] That dreamy look in your [] eye ive me a tropical [D7] contact high [7] way down in Koko[]mo horus (Port au Prince I wanna catch a glimpse) [] Everybody [maj7] knows [m7] a little place like [F] Kokomo [Fm] Now if you [] wanna go and get a[d7]way from it all [7] o down to Koko[]mo horus
Let Her o by Passenger D / // // D // // // // D // / Well you only need the light when it s burning low D Only miss the sun when it s starts to snow D Only know your love her when you let her go Only know you've been high when you' re feeling low D Only hate the road when you re missin home Only know you love her when you've let her go... D And you let her go // // D// Bm // // // D//// Staring at the bottom of your glass D Bm Hoping one day you will make a dream last D The dreams come slow and goes so fast You see her when you close your eyes D Bm Maybe one day you will understand why D Everything you touch surely dies Staring at the ceiling in the dark D Bm Same old empty feeling in your heart D Love comes slow and it goes so fast Well you see her when you fall asleep D Bm But to never to touch and never to keep Because you loved her to much D And you dive too deep horus And you let her go D Ooooo ooooo oooooo And you let her go D Ooooooo ooooo ooooo D Bm And you let her go // // D //// horus X2 horus
Lookin' Out My Back Door reedence learwater Revival F Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy F ot to sit down, take a rest on the porch Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin' F Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearing high heels F Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn Dinosaur Victrola, listenin' to Buck Owens F Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door F Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon (doo doo doo) Wondrous apparition provided by magician F Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door F A--------335303----------- E-335303--------5530------ -------------------0-2242 F A--------335303----------- E-335303--------5530------ -------------------0-4420 F Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon (doo doo doo) Bother me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow F Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy F Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn Bother me tomorrow, today I'll find no sorrow F Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door F http://stewartgreenhill.com/ukulele
Man of onstant Sorrow Soggy Bottom Boys Hear this song at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of5otso3j6i (play along in this key) Intro: [F] [F7] [Bb] [7] [F] [F] I am the man [F7] of constant [Bb] sorrow I've seen [7] trouble on my [F] days [F] I bid farewell [F7] to old [Bb] Kentucky The place where [7] I was born and [F] raised The place where [7] he was born and [F] raised [F] [F7] [Bb] [7] [F] [F] For six long years [F7] I've been in [Bb] trouble No pleasure [7] here on earth I [F] find [F] For in this world [F7] I'm bound to [Bb] ramble I have no [7] friends to help me [F] now He has no [7] friends to help him [F] now [F] [F7] [Bb] [7] [F] [F] For I'm bound to ride [F7] that northern [Bb] railroad Perhaps I'll [7] die upon this [F] train Perhaps he ll [7] die upon this [F] train [F] [F7] [Bb] [7] [F] [F] Maybe your friends think [F7] I'm just a [Bb] stranger My face you'll [7] never see no [F] more [F] But there is one promise [F7] that is [Bb] given I'll meet you [7] on od's golden [F] shore He ll meet you [7] on od's golden [F] shore Richard s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpex.net/uke.htm
Margaritaville Jimmy Buffet Hear this song at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue2-zvxpvjc (play along in this key) From: Richard s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpexuke.com Intro: D Dsus4 AD A 000 0 000 0 22 20-- E ---3- ---3- -- --32 [D] [D] Nibbling on sponge cake watching the sun bake [D] All those tourists covered in [A] oil [A] Strumming my six string on my front porch swing [A] Smell those shrimp they re beginning to [D] boil [D7] horus: [] Wastin' a[a]way again in Marga[D]ritaville [Dsus4] [D] [D7] [] Searching for my [A] lost shaker of [D] salt [Dsus4] [D] [D7] [] Some people [A] claim that there s a [D!] wo[f#m!]man to [!] blame But I [A] know (riff 1) it s nobody s [D] fault (riff 2) [D] Don't know the reason stayed here all season [D] Nothin' to show but this brand new ta[a]ttoo [A] But it's a real beauty a Mexican cutie [A] How it got here I haven't a [D] clue [D7] Repeat horus Now I [A] think (riff 1) hell it could be my [D] fault (riff 2) D A A D F#m A 000-0 000-- 000200--- 2-2 5 4 024 5 4 2 E ---3- ---32 ------320-3- - - --- - - - A D E 33320 2220- ----- ----2 [D] Blew out my flip flop stepped on a pop top [D] ut my heel had to cruise on back [A] home [A] But there's booze in the blender and soon it will render [A] That frozen concoction that helps me hang [D] on [D7] Repeat horus But I [A] know (riff 1) it s my own damn [D] fault (riff 2) Yes and [] some people [A] claim That there s a [D!] wo[f#m!]man to [!] blame And I [A] know (riff 1) it s my own damn [D] fault Repeat Intro and finish [D] [A] [D] Riff 1: A2A2A2A0E3 Riff 2: A0A0A0E3E2
Marry You Bruno Mars Hear this song at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omr9zvtofy (play along with capo at 5 th fret) From: Richard s Ukulele Songbook wwwscorpexnet/uke horus: [] It s a beautiful night We re looking for something [Dm] dumb to do Hey [F] baby I think I wanna marry you [] [] Is it the look in your eyes or is it this [Dm] dancing juice Who [F] cares baby I think I wanna marry you [] [] Well I know this little chapel on the boulevard we can [Dm] go No one will [F] know oh come [] on girl [] Who cares if we re trashed got a pocket full of cash We can [Dm] blow shots of pat[f]ron and it s [] on girl [] Don t say no no no no no just say [Dm] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah And we ll [F] go go go go go if you re [] ready like I m ready Repeat horus [] I ll go get a ring let the choir bells sing like [Dm] oooh So wotcha wanna [F] do let s just [] run girl If we wake up and you wanna break up that s [Dm] cool No I won t blame [F] you it was [] fun girl [] Don t say no no no no no just say [Dm] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah And we ll [F] go go go go go if you re [] ready like I m ready Repeat horus [] Just say I do[dm]oo tell me right [F] now baby Tell me right [] now baby baby just say I do[dm]oo Tell me right [F] now baby tell me right [] now baby baby oh Repeat horus (single strum on chords) The original key of this song is F = F, Dm = m, F = Bb
Me and Julio Paul Simon Hear this song at: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=810835 From: Richard s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpex.net/uke.htm Intro: [] [][] [D7] x 4 [] The mama pajama rolled out of bed And she ran to the police [] station When the [D7] papa found out he began to shout And he started the investi[]gation It's against the [D7] law it was against the [] law What the mama [D7] saw it was against the [] law [] The mama looked down and spit on the ground Ev'ry time my name gets [] mentioned The [D7] papa say Ah if I get that boy I'm gonna stick him in the house of de[]tention I'm on my [] way I don't know [] where I'm goin' I'm on my [] way I'm takin' my [] time but I [A] don't know [D7] where oodbye to [] Rosie the Queen of o[]rona See me and [F] Julio [] down by the [D] school[]yard [] [] [D7] See [] me and [F] Julio [] down by the [D] school[]yard [] In a couple of days they come and take me away But the press let the story [] leak And when the [D7] radical priest come to get me released We's all on the cover of [] Newsweek I'm on my [] way I don't know [] where I'm goin' I'm on my [] way I'm takin' my [] time but I [A] don't know [D7] where oodbye to [] Rosie the Queen of o[]rona See me and [F] Julio [] down by the [D] school[]yard [] [] [D7] See [] me and [F] Julio [] down by the [D] school[]yard [] [] [D7] See [] me and [F] Julio [] down by the [D] school[]yard [] [] [D7] []
Morning Has Broken at Stevens Hear this song at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa-mwuby-is (play along in this key) From: Richard s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpex.net/uke Intro: [D] [] [A] [F#] [Bm] [7] [] [F] [] (Tacet) Morning has [] bro[dm]ken [] Like the first [F] mor[]ning Blackbird has [] spo[]ken [D] like the first [] bird [7] Praise for the [] sin[f]ging [] praise for the [] mor[d]ning [] Praise for them [] sprin[f]ging [7] fresh from the [] world [F] [] [E7] [] [] [] [7sus4] (Tacet) Sweet the rain's [] new [Dm] fall [] Sunlit from [F] hea[]ven Like the first [] dew[]fall [D] on the first [] grass [7] Praise for the [] sweet[f]ness [] of the wet [] gar[d]den [] Sprung in comp[]lete[f]ness [7] where his feet [] pass [F] [] [E7] [] [F#] [Bm] [] [D] [A7] [D] (Tacet) Mine is the [D] sun[]light [A] mine is the [] mor[d]ning Born of the [F#m] one [Bm] light [E7] Eden saw [A] play [A7] Praise with e[d]la[]tion [D] praise every [Bm] mor[e7]ning [A] od's recre[d]a[]tion [A7] of the new [D] day [] [A] [F#] [Bm] [7] [] [F] [] (Tacet) Morning has [] bro[dm]ken [] Like the first [F] mor[]ning Blackbird has [] spo[]ken [D] like the first [] bird [7] Praise for the [] sin[f]ging [] praise for the [] mor[d]ning [] Praise for them [] sprin[f]ging [7] fresh from the [] world [F] [] [E7] [] [F#] [Bm] [] [D] [A7] [D]
Ob La Di Ob La Da Beatles Hear this song at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjhcepf04 (play along with capo at 3 rd fret original key Bb) From: Richard s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpex.net/uke [] Desmond had a barrow in the [D7] market place Molly is the singer in a [] band [] Desmond says to [7] Molly girl I [] like your face And Molly [] says this as she [D7] takes him by the [] hand horus: [] Obladi oblada life goes [Bm] on [] bra [] La la how the [D7] life goes [] on (repeat both lines) [] Desmond takes a trolley to the [D7] jeweller's store Buys a twenty carat golden [] ring Takes it back to [7] Molly waiting [] at the door And as he [] gives it to her [D7] she begins to [] sing Rpt horus [] In a couple of years they have built a home sweet [] home [] With a couple of kids running in the yard Of [] Desmond and Molly [D7] Jones [] Happy ever after in the [D7] market place Desmond lets the children lend a [] hand Molly stays at [7] home and does her [] pretty face And in the [] evening she still [D7] sings it with the [] band Rpt horus [] In a couple of years they have built a home sweet [] home [] With a couple of kids running in the yard Of [] Desmond and Molly [D7] Jones [] Happy ever after in the [D7] market place Molly lets the children lend a [] hand Desmond stays at [7] home and does his [] pretty face And in the [] evening she s a [D7] singer with the [] band Rpt horus Last lines: [] La la how the [D7] life goes [] on [] And if you want some more sing [D7] obladi bla [] da
On The Road Again by Willie Nelson / Bm On the road again, just can't get wait to get on the road again. I find that love is makin' music with my friends. D And I can't wait to get on the road again. Bm On the road again, going places that I've never been. Seein' things that I may never see again. D And I can't wait to get on the road again. Bridge: On the road again, like a band of gypsies we go down the highway We're the best of friends, insisting that the world keep turnin' our way, D and our way. horus & Bridge Outro... Bm On the road again, just can't get wait to get on the road again. I find that love is makin' music with my friends. D And I can't wait to get on the road again. D / And I can't wait to get on the road again.