GF - I'm The Ukulele Man

artist:George Formby

, writer:George Formby

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 {t:GF - I'm The Ukulele Man}
{artist:George Formby}
{key:F} 
George Formby:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfdW87Xx1Z0 
{c: GF has his uke retuned in the vid to a, D, F#, B)}
[G7] Come on and hear my [C7] ukulele, 
[F] come on and hear, come on and hear.
[G7] I give a demon[C7]stration  daily, [F] right over here, right over here.
Walk [D7] up, walk up [Gm] chalk this one up to me, 
whenever I play the [C7] world goes gay The [F] Uku-[C7]ele [F] Man is here.
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I'm the [F] Ukulele Man, [F]  come and listen if you [Am] can [F]
The Children love to [C7] hear me [F] play, 
they even [C7] make their [F] mothers stay
And [Gm] stand and listen all the day to the [F] Uku-[C7]lele [F] Man.
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[F] When I [D7] out with my [Bb] little black case, 
[D7] the strangest things o[C7]ccur,
A [F] lady smiled and [Bb] asked me in, [D7] I stood and [C7] looked at [F] her.
[Gm] She said, "Oh doctor, look at this" to  undress she be-[C]gan
I [F] shut my eyes and shouted "[Eb] Stop, I'm the [F] Uku-[C7]lele [F] Man.
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I'm the Ukulele Man, [C] I'm the [Dm] Ukulele [D7] Man
I'm [C7] not a [F] doctor [C7] that's quite [F] true, 
but I prescribe a [C7] tonic, too.
Just [F] smile and you'll come smiling [C7] through 
with the [F] Uku-[C7]lele [F] Man.
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[F] When I go [D7] out with my [Bb] little black case, [D7] some people get me [C7] wrong.
A [F] nice young lady [Bb] said to me, [D7] I'm glad you [C7] came a-[F]long,
I'd [Gm] like to see your underwear, please show me all you [C] can
I [F] said, "You won't see none of [Eb] mine, I'm the [F] Uku-[C7]lele [F] Man.
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I'm the Ukulele Man, I'm the [C] Ukulele [D7] Man
I'm [C] not a salesman [F] you can guess, but I sell something [Dm] none the less,
So [Gm] come and buy some happiness from the [F] Uku-[C7]lele [F] Man.
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When I go out with my [Bb] little black case, the [G7] strangest jobs I [C] get
A [F] lady shouted [Bb] out one day "[D7] Don't clean those [C7] windows [F] yet,
I'm [Gm] in my bath so go away" but promptly in I [C] ran.
[F] I'm not cleaning [Bb] windows now, I'm the [F] Uku-[C7]lele [F] Man.
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I'm the Ukulele Man, I'm the [C] Ukulele [D7] Man.
Though [C] cleaning windows [F] I refuse, I've got a happy [Dm] piece of news
I'll [Gm] come and clean up all your blues, I'm the [F] Uku-[C7]lele [F] Man.
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Boys and girls come out to play, [C] for it is a [F] lovely day
Leave your suppers and make hay hay with the [F] Uku-[C7]lele [F] Man.
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solo: [Eb] [Bb] [Gm] [Eb] [Bb] [Gm] [Cm] [Eb] [Bb] 
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[NC] I'm the Ukulele Man

Song Info

Title: GF - I'm The Ukulele Man

Artist: George Formby

Writer: George Formby

Song Types: 40s, Comedy, Pop

Key: F

Info: Note that the video uses a retuned Uke at A, D, F#, B - so if you play this on a gCEA uke you need to change key to G to play along with video.

George Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 �" 6 March 1961), was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comical songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele, and became the UK's highest-paid entertainer.

Born in Wigan, Lancashire, he was the son of George Formby Sr, from whom he later took his stage name. After an early career as a stable boy and jockey, Formby took to the music hall stage after the early death of his father in 1921. His early performances were taken exclusively from his father's act, including the same songs, jokes and characters. In 1923 he made two career-changing decisions �" he purchased a ukulele, and married Beryl Ingham, a fellow performer who became his manager and transformed his act. She insisted that he appear on stage formally dressed, and introduced the ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the late 1930s and 1940s, and became the UK's most popular entertainer during those decades. The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that on film, Formby portrayed gormless Lancastrian innocents who would win through against some form of villainy, gaining the affection of an attractive middle-class girl in the process.

During the Second World War Formby worked extensively for the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA), and entertained civilians and troops, and by 1946 it was estimated that he had performed in front of three million service personnel. After the war his career declined, although he toured the Commonwealth, and continued to appear in variety and pantomime. His last television appearance was in December 1960, two weeks before the death of Beryl. He surprised people by announcing his engagement to a school teacher seven weeks after Beryl's funeral, but died in Preston three weeks later, at the age of 56; he was buried in Warrington, alongside his father.

Formby's biographer, Jeffrey Richards, considers that the actor "had been able to embody simultaneously Lancashire, the working classes, the people, and the nation". Formby was considered Britain's first properly home-grown screen comedian. He was an influence on future comedians�"particularly Charlie Drake and Norman Wisdom�"and, culturally, on entertainers such as the Beatles, who referred to him in their music. Since his death Formby has been the subject of five biographies, two television specials and two works of public sculpture.

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GF - I'm The Ukulele Man

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