Chords:
{t:Ukulele Song, The}
{artist:Loudon Wainwright III}
{key: Bb}
(last tune on the 2010 album “10 Songs for the New Depression”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_RjBL9m23A (in Bb)
{c: Thanks to Frank de Lathouder}
[Bb](4) [F7](4) [Bb](2) [F7](2) [Bb](4)
[Bb] Got a ukulele, [C-2] now I'm not afraidee
[F7] Cat in case I get a bout of [Bb] blues [F7]
[Bb] In the event I get 'em, [C-2] there's no way that I'll let 'em
[F7] Bring me down, no way, I’ll just [Bb] refuse, [F7] believe me
[Bb] Cos a ukulele [C-2] is like a little baby
[F7] You cradle it in your arms and you [Bb] sing [F7]
A [Bb] lullaby or ditty, [C-2] when you're feeling shitty
[F7] it will cheer you up it's just the [Bb] thing.
Life [Eb6] could [Ebmaj7] be [Eb-2] bright [Ebmaj7] and [Eb6] breezy
[Bb] When it should be light and easy
[F7] There's nothing hard or heavy about a [Bb] uke [Bb7]
[Eb6] I [Ebmaj7] don’t [Eb-2] play [Ebmaj7] bull [Eb6] fiddle
[Bb] No mystery, no riddle
[C7] Shlepping that thing, you look like a [F7] kook, gotta’ believe me!
[Bb] Four strings made of nylon [C-2] always put a smile on
[F7] Anybody’s face who's feeling [Bb] blue [F7] yeah
[Bb] When your mind starts slumming [C-2] start a little strumming
[F7] On your uke and your gonna feel brand [Bb] new [F7] you gotta’ believe me!
Scat singing solo (kazoos invited):
{sos}
[Bb] Got a ukulele, [C-2] now I'm not afraidee
[F7] Cat in case I get a bout of [Bb] blues [F7]
[Bb] In the event I get 'em, [C-2] there's no way that I'll let 'em
[F7] Bring me down, no way, I’ll just [Bb] refuse, [F7] believe me
{eos}
{np}
[Bb] Even though it's raining [C-2] quit all your complaining
[F7] your roof's not leaking, nothings getting [Bb] in [F7]
[Bb] Yeah this axe is a hatchet, [C-2] there's magic you can catch it
[F7] on your uke you can't lose you just [Bb] win
Life [Eb6] could [Ebmaj7] be [Eb-2] bright [Ebmaj7] and [Eb6] breezy
[Bb] when it should be light and easy
[F7] there's nothing hard or heavy about a [Bb] uke [Bb7]
[Eb6] I [Ebmaj7] don’t [Eb-2] play [Ebmaj7] the [Eb6] tuba
[Bb] tubas do it to ya’
[C7] just the thought of tubas makes me [F7] puke
Kind [Bb] sirs and gentle ladies, [C-2] grab your ukuleles
[F7] I suspect by now you know my [Bb] song [F7]
[Bb] And the next time that I do it [C-2] get down and get into it
[F7] I trust you all will sing and strum a [Bb] long [F7] you gotta’ believe me
I [Bb] Got a ukulele, [C-2] now I’m not afraidee
[F7] Cat in case I get a bout of [Bb] blues [F7]
[Bb] In the event I get 'em, [C-2] there's no way I’ll let 'em
[F7](1 strum and stop) Bring me down, no way, I’ll just refuse.
[Bb] Be [C7] lee [F7] eeve [Bb7] me.
