Thank
you Festival folks for hosting a Harrison Ukulele Gathering!
This songbook is dedicated to locals who find joy in the music on the beach, in the Memorial Hall and on our porches in Harrison Hot Springs. This songbooks’ 2023 version has been updated in a larger print � since the Harrison Festival of the Arts’ 40th anniversary edition. Song selection are tunes that locals loved to play during our Harrison Ukulele Gatherings or new songs discovered since 2018. All links are hyperlinked to access the songs themselves or play along videos, should you wish to prep for the next ukulele gathering.
Harrison Festival Ukulele Gathering Songbook is also available to listen to on Spotify playlist.
To learn what local ukulele players are up to, visit Facebook’s Harrison Ukulele Gathering. You are welcome to share resources, videos, new songs and opportunities to play in your town.
Throughout this book you’ll see Little Ukulele Gal who represents songs I’ve especially arranged for our gatherings. As with each Ukulele Season songbook created, I am inspired by my first friend, gal pal and singing partner, Leigh-Ann my sister. It is our continuing bond that led me to playing ukulele, and gathering others to join in the fun. Thank You Sista! Earla Dawn Legault Summer 2023
That was the first sound in the sound of love; Scarce more than a silence is, and yet a sound. Hands of invisible spirits touch the strings of that mysterious instrument, the soul, and play the prelude of our fate. We hear the voice prophetic, and are not alone. - Longfellow
A quick glance at song titles shows their [key] and player level:
✿ beginner songs with C, G, F or fewer chords - Newbies you got this ✿ ✿ intermediate songs with Am, D, Dm - keep playing, you’ll soon get it
✿ challenging songs with transitions+ - keep working on that pesky E7!
The Fine Print This is a collection of songs played and sung at Harrison Ukulele Gatherings. Arrangements in this book are for personal use. All song copyrights herein belong to their respective parties. We ask that the performance of these song sheets be done in a spirit of joyful singing while sharing a love of music made in our community, and not for financial reward.
Ukulele Season Songbook 2
Festival July 10 2023
All I Want Is You [G]
✿
Barry Louis Polisar
This song is one of our favs and brings out the smiles and child in us all. YouTube First verse is sung first then repeat with the ukuleles.
G C G
If I was a flower growing wild and free D G
All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee. G C G
And if I was a tree growing tall and green
G D G
All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves
CHORUS
G C G
All I want is you, will you be my bride
G D G
Take me by the hand and stand by my side C G
All I want is you, will you stay with me? D G
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.
INSTRUMENTAL G C G / G D G X 2 Same as verse chords
G C G
If you were a river in the mountains tall, D G The rumble of your water would be my call.
G C G
If you were the winter, I know I'd be the snow D G
Just as long as you were with me, when the cold winds blow
G C G
If you were a wink, I'd be a nod
G D G
If you were a seed, well I'd be a pod.
G C G
If you were the floor, I'd wanna be the rug G D G
And if you were a kiss, I know I'd be a hug
CHORUS
G C G
If you were the wood, I'd be the fire. D G
If you were the love, I'd be the desire.
G C G
If you were a castle, I'd be your moat, D G
And if you were an ocean, I'd learn to float.
REPEAT FIRST VERSE A CAPELLA
Season Songbook
Harrison Hot Springs has had many a wedding on its beaches. Our group enjoys the harmonies, thank for the help Samantha! YOuTube
CHORUS
[G] Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get married [Am] Goin' to the [D7] chapel and we're [Am] gonna get [D7] married [G] Gee I really love you and we're gonna get married [Am] Goin' to the [D] Chapel of [G] Love
[G] Spring [D7] Is [G] here, the sky [D7] is [G] blue [Am] Birds all [D7] sing as [Am] if they [D7] knew [G] Today's [D7] the [G] day we'll say I [E7] do And we'll [Am] never be [D7] lonely any[G]more
[D7] Because we're [G] Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get married [Am] Goin' to the [D7] chapel and we're [Am] gonna get [D7] married [G] Gee I really love you and we're gonna get married [Am] Goin' to the [D] Chapel of [G] Love
[G] Bells [D7] will [G] ring, the sun [D7] will [G] shine [Am] I'll be [D7] his and [Am] he'll be [D7] mine [G] We'll love [D7] un[G]til the end of [E7] time And we'll [Am] never be [D7] lonely any[G]more
[D7] Because we're [G] Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get married [Am] Goin' to the [D7] chapel and we're [Am] gonna get [D7] married [G] Gee I really love you and we're gonna get married [Am] Goin' to the [D] Chapel of [G] Love
[Am] Goin' to the [D] Chapel of [G] Love .. ….. www.ozbcoz.com
Come Rain Or Come Shine [C] ✿ David Francey
INTRO: / 1 2 3 / 1 2 3 / [C] / [F] / [C] / [G] /[C] / [F] / [C] / [G] /
[C] Long road [G] dark night [C] nothin’ but [F] headlights [F] I'll see some [C] bright lights, when I [Am] get home to [G] you [C] Framed in your [F] doorway with your [C] arms open [G] wide I'll [C] hold you in [Am] my arms, en-[F]fold you in-[G]side
CHORUS:
And [F] I want to [C] tell you
Come [Am] rain or come [G] shine
That I'll [C] always be [F] your love
If you'll [G] always be [C] mine [F] / [C] / [G] / [C] / [F] / [C] / [G] /
[C] Sometimes I [F] wonder what [C] you see in [G] me Is it [C] someone you're [Am] wishin’ or [F] hopin’ I'll [G] be? [C] Sometimes I [F] wonder, I [C] can't help my-[G]self Will [C] your love go [Am] someplace with [F] somebody [G] else?
CHORUS:
And [F] I want to [C] tell you
Come [Am] rain or come [G] shine
That I'll [C] always be [F] your love
If you'll [G] always be [C] mine
And [F] I want to [C] tell you
Come [Am] rain or come [G] shine
That I'll [C] always be [F] your love
If you'll [G] always be [C] mine [F] / [C] / [G] / [C] / [F] / [C] / [G] /
[C] Sometimes you [F] wonder what [C] I see in [G] you
Just [C] picture the [Am] sun on an [F] ocean of [G] blue [C] Picture that [F] ocean so [C] deep and so [G] wide
Feel the [C] sun on the [Am] water, and the [F] pull of the [G] tide
Repeat 2nd CHORUS -
[C] / [F] / [C] / [G] / [C]↓
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Cousin Mary [C] ✿ ✿ Fludd
I love this song’s blast from the past… 1970s I believe…
INTRO: [C] / [Dm] / [F] / [C] / [C] / [Dm] / [F] / [C]
Cousin [C] Mary was a [Dm] lady
Who could [F] really hold her [C] own
She went [C] fighting for her [Dm] country
She went [F] fighting for her home [C]
Then there's the [G] time she lost her [Am] husband
He was [Dm] fighting for the [Am] right [Am]
She'll be [C] leaving in the [Dm] morning
Won't you [F] please say goodnight [C]
Instrumental [C] / [Dm] / [F] / [C]
All the [C] money in the [Dm] world
Couldn't [F] tie old Mary [C] down
You can be-[C]lieve her when she [Dm] tells you
She's [F] had her turn around [C]
There could be [G] knights and kings in [Am] armour
Horses [Dm] waiting just to [Am] fight [Am]
She'll be [C] leaving in the [Dm] morning
Won't you [F] please say goodnight [C]
She'll be [C] leaving in the [Dm] morning
Won't you [F] please say goodnight [C]
[G] Oh-oh-[G]oh, lovely [C] lady [C]
[G] Oh-oh-[G]oh, lovely [C] lady [Dm] always out there [F]↓ / [F] / [F] / [F]
She'll be [C] leaving in the [Dm] morning
Won't you [F] please take good care [C]
Instrumental [C] / [Dm] / [F] / [C] / Then repeat first verse humming while playing
[G] Oh-oh-[G]oh, lovely [C] lady [C]
[G] Oh-oh-[G]oh, lovely [C] lady [Dm] always out there [F]↓ / [F] / [F] / [F]
She'll be [C] leaving in the [Dm] morning
Won't you [F] please take good care [C]
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Ukulele Season Songbook 7 Harrison Festival July 10 2023
Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road [G]
✿ Wainwright III
With its repetitive chords, this tune is a great one to have fun with.
[G] Crossin' the highway [D7] late last night
He [C] should-a looked left and he [G] should-a looked right
He [G] didn't see the station [D7] wagon car
The [C] skunk got squashed and [G] there you are
CHORUS:
You got your [G] dead skunk in the [D7] middle of the road
[C] Dead skunk in the [G] middle of the road
[G] Dead skunk in the [D7] middle of the road
[C] Stinkin’ to high [G] heaven
[G] / [D7] / [C] / [G]
Take a [G] whiff on me that [D7] ain't no rose [C] Roll up your window and [G] hold your nose
You [G] don't have to look and you [D7] don't have to see ‘Cause you can [C] feel it in your ol-[G]factory
CHORUS
[G] / [D7] / [C] / [G] / x 2
Yeah you [G] got your dead cat and you [D7] got your dead dog
On a [C] moonlight night you got your [G] dead toad frog
[G] Got your dead rabbit and your [D7] dead raccoon
The [C] blood and the guts they're gonna [G] make you swoon
CHORUS:
You got your [G] dead skunk [D7] in the middle [C] Dead skunk in the [G] middle of the road
[G] Dead skunk in the [D7] middle of the road
[C] Stinkin’ to high [G] heaven, come on stink! [G] / [D7] / [C] / [G] / [G] / [D7] / [C] / [G]
OUTRO:
[G] / [D7] / [C] / [G] / x 2
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Deep & Wide, Down To The River [C]✿ Semi-Traditional
Adapted by mashin’ two favs together, we love the harmonies of these songs.
CC F F
Deep and wide, deep and wide C
G7 G7
there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide
CC F F
Deep and wide, deep and wide C G7 C
there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide C
As I went down to the river to pray
G7 C
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
G7 F C C
Good Lord show me the way
G7 C
O sisters let's go down F C
Let’s go down come on down
G7 C
O sisters let’s go down C F C C
Down to the river to pray C
As I went down to the river to pray
G7 C
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
G7 F C C
Good Lord show me the way G7 C
O brothers let's go down F C
Let’s go down come on down G7 C
O brothers let’s go down C F C
Down to the river to pray
CC F F
Deep and wide, deep and wide C
G7 G7
there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide
CC F F
Deep and wide, deep and wide C G7 C
there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide
OUTRO repeat these last two lines
Ukulele Season Songbook 9 Harrison Festival July 10 2023
Don’t
Worry, Be
Happy [C] ✿ ✿ Bobby McFerrin
Another one of Dr.Jill’s great play along videos. Take a drink of water and be ready for whistling.
INTRO / 1 2 3 4 / [C] / [C] /
CHORUS (whistling once, then oo-ing) or Kazoo [C] Ooo, oo oo [C] oo-oo, oo, oo-oo-oo [Dm] Oo-oo-oo [Dm] oo-oo-oo-oo [F] Oo-oo-oo [F] oo-oo-oo-oo [C] oooo [C]
1ST VERSE
[C] Here's a little song I wrote
You [Dm] might want to sing it note for note
Don't [F] worry, be [C] happy [C] [C] In every life we have some trouble [Dm] When you worry you'll make it double
Don't [F] worry, be [C] happy [C]
CHORUS x 2 oo-ing or don’t worry be happy in background
2ND VERSE
[C] Ain't got no place to lay your head [Dm] Somebody came and took your bed
Don't [F] worry, be [C] happy [C]
The [C] landlord say your rent is late [Dm] He may have to litigate
Don't [F] worry, be [C] happy [C]
CHORUS x 2 oo-ing or don’t worry be happy in background
3RD VERSE
[C] Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style [Dm] Ain't got no gal to make you smile
But don't [F] worry, be [C] happy [C] ‘Cause [C] when you worry your face will frown And [Dm] that will bring everybody down
So don't [F] worry, be [C] happy [C]
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Eight Days [C] ✿ ✿ McCartney and Lennon
Let you inner Beatle come out and have fun with the harmonies.
Intro : [C] [D7] [F] [C]
Ooh I need your [D7] love babe [F] guess you know it's [C] true [C] Hope you need my [D7] love babe [F] just like I need [C] you [Am] Hold me [F] love me [Am] hold me [D7] love me [C] Ain't got nothing but [D7] love babe [F] eight days a [C] week
CHORUS
[C] Love you every [D7] day girl [F] always on my [C] mind [C] One thing I can [D7] say girl [F] love you all the [C] time [Am] Hold me [F] love me [Am] hold me [D7] love me [C] Ain't got nothing but [D7] love babe [F] eight days a [C] week
(Play single strums * on the beat for these next two lines)
[G]* Eight [G]* days a [G]* week [G]* I [Am]* love [Am]* you [D7]* Eight [D7]* days a [D7]* week [D7]* is [F] not enough to [G7] show I care
[C] Ooh I need your [D7] love babe [F] guess you know it's [C] true [C] Hope you need my [D7] love babe [F] just like I need [C] you [Am] Hold me [F] love me [Am] hold me [D7] love me
[C] Ain't got nothing but [D7] love babe [F] eight days a [C] week (Play single strums on the beat for these next two lines)
[G]* Eight [G]* days a [G]* week [G]* I [Am]* love [Am]* you [D7]* Eight [D7]* days a [D7]* week [D7]* is [F] not enough to [G7] show I care
CHORUS
[C] [D7] [F] [C]
El Cóndor Pasa [Am] ✿ Daniel Alomía Robles
Originally an orchestral piece written in 1913, it’s based on traditional Andean music. Simon and Garfunkel brought it to our generation. We bring it to the lake.
INTRO Am C Am C
1ST VERSE
Am C
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail Am
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would, Humm-mmmmm C
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail Am Am
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would, Humm-mmmmm
BRIDGE
F (or Fadd9)
Away, I'd rather sail away C
Like a swan that's here and gone F
A man gets tied up to the ground C
He gives the world its saddest sound Am
It's saddest sound, Humm-mmmmm
2ND VERSE
Am C
I'd rather be a forest than a street Am
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would C
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet Am Am
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
BRIDGE - INSTRUMENTAL OR SING
F
Away, I'd rather sail away C
Like a swan that's here and gone F
A man gets tied up to the ground C
He gives the world its saddest sound
Am
It's saddest sound, Humm-mmmmm
OUTER Repeat 1st verse’s two lines, then Humm-mmmmm to fade out on Am Ukulele Season Songbook
Four Strong Winds [C] ✿ ✿ Ian Tyson
INSTRUMENTAL INTRO: / 1 2 3 4 / [C] / [C]
If the [C] good times are all [Dm] gone, then I'm [G] bound for moving [C] on
I'll look [Dm] for you if I'm [Am] ever back this [G] way [G7]
Four strong [C] winds that blow [Dm] lonely, seven [G] seas that run [C] high
All those [C] things that don't [Dm] change, come what [G] may [G7]
But our [C] good times are all [Dm] gone, and I'm [G] bound for moving [C] on I'll look [Dm] for you if I'm [Am] ever back this [G] way [G7]
Think I'll [C] go out to Al-[Dm]berta, weather's [G] good there in the [C] fall I got some [C] friends that I can [Dm] go, to working [G] for [G7]
Still I [C] wish you'd change your [Dm] mind, if I [G] asked you one more [C] time But we've [Dm] been through that a [Am] hundred times or [G] more [G7]
Four strong [C] winds that blow [Dm] lonely, seven [G] seas that run [C] high
All those [C] things that don't [Dm] change, come what [G] may [G7]
But our [C] good times are all [Dm] gone, and I'm [G] bound for moving [C] on I'll look [Dm] for you if I'm [Am] ever back this [G] way [G7]
If I [C] get there before the [Dm] snow flies, and if [G] things are goin’ [C] good You could [C] meet me if I [Dm] sent you down the [G] fare [G7] But by [C] then it would be [Dm] winter, there ain’t too [G] much for you to [C] do And those [Dm] winds sure can blow [Am] cold way out [G] there [G7]
Four strong [C] winds that blow [Dm] lonely, seven [G] seas that run [C] high All those [C] things that don't [Dm] change come what [G] may [G7] But our [C] good times are all [Dm] gone, and I'm [G] bound for moving [C] on I'll look [Dm] for you if I'm [Am] ever back this [G] way [G]
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Go To Sleep, You Little Babe [F]
Also known as Don’t Leave Nobody but the Baby from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?, this was sung by soulful sirens Emmy, Alison and Gillian on YouTube. Movie scene. This tune can be a one-chord wonder. We like F best.
Go to sleep, you little babe
Go to sleep, you little babe
Your momma's gone away and your daddy's gonna stay
Didn't leave nobody but the baby
Go to sleep, you little babe
Go to sleep, you little babe
Everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn
Didn't leave nobody but the baby
You're a sweet little babe
You're a sweet little babe
Honey in the rock and the sugar don't stop
Gonna bring a bottle to the baby
Don't you weep, pretty babe
Don't you weep, pretty babe
She's long gone with her red shoes on Gonna need another loving baby
Go to sleep, you little babe
Go to sleep, you little babe
You and me and the devil makes three
Don't need no other lovin'baby
Go to sleep, you little babe
Go to sleep, you little babe
Come lay bones on the alabaster stones
And be my ever lovin’baby
OUTER Repeat the last two lines..
The Glory of Love [C] ✿ ✿ Otis Redding
Bette treats us to her ukulele playing For more advanced players, you can use Dm7 instead of D7. play along video
INTRO C Am Dm G7
NC C G7
You've got to give a little, take a little, C C7 F let your poor heart break a little.
C Am D7 G7 C Am D7 G7
That's the story of, that's the glory of love.
C G7
You've got to laugh a little, cry a little, C C7 F before the clouds roll by a little.
C Am D7 G7 C Fm C C7
That's the story of, that's the glory of love.
F
As long as there's the two of us,
C we've got the world and all it's charms Fm And when the world is through with us, D7 D7 G7 we've got each other's arms.
C G7
You've got to win a little, lose a little, C C7 F and always have the blues a little.
C Am D7 G7 C
That's the story of, that's the glory of love.
Repeat full song
OUTRO
C Am D7 G7
That's the story of, that's the glory of …
C Am D7 G7
That's the story of, that's the glory of … slowly…
C Am
That's the story of, D7 G7 C that's the glory of love. www.ozbcoz.com
Season Songbook
Green, Green Rocky Road [G]
Recorded by many including Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis, we like it as a warm up song. Have fun with this ‘one chord wonder’, adapted from several sources.
INTRO G G G G G G C G
When I go to Baltimore
Got no carpet on my floor
Come along and follow me
We'll go down to Galilee
CHORUSGreen, green rocky road
Promenade in green
Tell me who ya'll love
See that crow up in the sky
He don’t walk no, he just fly
He don’t walk, he don’t run
He’s black paint splattered on the sun
Little Miss Jane runnin’ to the ball
Don't you stumble, don't you fall
Don't you scream and don't you shout
When you here me sing, come runnin' out
CHORUS then INSTRUMENTAL
Hooka tooka soda cracker
Does your mama chew tobacco
If your mama chews tobacco
Hooka tooka Hooka tooka soda cracker
CHORUS
When I go back to Baltimore
Need no carpet on my floor
Come along and follow me
We’ll go down in history
CHORUS
Green, green rocky road
Promenade in green
Tell me who ya'll love
Tell - me - who - ya’ll - love
Ukulele Season Songbook 16 Harrison Festival July 10 2023
Hows About You [C] ✿ Dave Rawlings
Our group loves the Misty Flowers version, from Bellingham, Wash, who posted her version just after the 2016 American election. Her lighthearted rendition, spoke of ‘it’s going to be okay’ attitude prevailing, despite the news… How’s about you?
INTRO C C G C - 4 beats each
1ST VERSE
[C] Mud on my shoes, shoes on my feet
[G] I've been walking up and down the street [C] Buddy I've seen [F] a thing or two [G] Hows about [C] you?
[C7] Hows about [F] you? Ain’t you been walking [C] too? Seems a [G] lot of good people are getting bad [C] news.
[C7] Hows about [F] you? Ain’t ya got nothin’ to [C] say?
Oh I [G] used to have a dollar, gonna have a dime some [C] day.
2nd Verse
[C] I ain't got a nickel I'm a broken down flat [G] I wish I had one of them pork pie hat [C] Cause this old rain's [F] about to soak through [G] Hows about [C] you? [C7] Hows about [F] you? Ain’t you been talking [C] too?
Seems a [G] lot of good people are getting bad [C] news [C7] Hows about [F] you? Ain’t you got nothin’ to [C] say? Well I [G] used to have a dollar, gonna have a dime some [C] day
3RD VERSE
[C] The criminal man, he ain't behind bars [G] He’s drivin' one of his Cadillac cars [C] Well I’m gonna switch [F] sides real soon,[G] hows about [C] you? [C7] Hows about [F] you? Ain’t you been hard-up [C] too? Seems a [G] lot of good people are getting bad [C] news. [C7] Hows about [F] you? Ain’t you got nothing to [C] say? Oh I [G] used to have a dollar, gonna have a dime some [C] day
INSTRUMENTAL C G C Csus4 F G C
4th Verse
[C] The man in the clinic and the men on the hill [G] They say it won’t hurt me but I know it will [C] I’ve been worried the [F] whole night through [G] Hows about [C] you?
[C7] Hows about [F] you? Ain’t you been worried [C] too?
Seems a [G] lot of good people are getting bad [C] news. [C7] Hows about [F] you? Ain’t you got nothin’ to [C] say?
Well I [G] used to have a dollar, gonna have a dime some [C] day Oh I [G] used to have a dollar, gonna have a dime some [C] day Ya I [G] used to have a dollar, gonna buy the farm some [C] day [F] [C]
I’ll Tell Me Ma [G] ✿ ✿ Traditional
Local player Anne who introduced this song to us explained this tune accompanies an Irish children’s singing game. I’ll Tell Me Ma has been recorded by The Dubliners, Van Morrison and The Chieftains was well as Canada’s own Rankin Family. Play along by folk-indie group Thinker
INTRO - INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS G D G
I'll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won't leave the girls alone, G D G
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that's all right till I go home. G C G D
She is handsome, she is pretty she's the Belle of Belfast city, G C G D7 G
She is a courtin' one two three, Please won't you tell me who is she?
INSTRUMENTAL G C G D D / G G C G D D / G G C
G // / / / / // // / / / / // / / // // // / / // G D G
Albert Mooney says he loves her, all the boys are fightin' for her, D G
They knock at the door, ring at the bell saying "Oh, me true love, are you well?" C G D
Out she comes, white as snow with rings on her fingers, bells on her toes G C G D G
Ol’ Jenny Murray says she'll die, if she didn’t get a fellow with the roving eye.
CHORUS G
Let the wind and the rain and the breeze blow high, D G and the snow comes falling from the sky, D G
She's as sweet as an apple pie, she’ll get her own lad by and by, C G D
When she gets a lad of her own, she won’t tell her ma when she gets home. G C G D G
Let them all come as they will, It's Albert Mooney she loves still.
CHORUS, repeat last line
In Spite of Ourselves [C] ✿ John Prine
A dangerous ear-worm of a great song, Prine performs this duet with Iris Dement
INTRO 1 2 / 1 2 First Verse without the words (GUY) [C] She don't like her eggs all runny [C] She thinks a’crossin' her legs is funny [F] She looks down her nose at money She [C] gets it on like the Easter Bunny [G] She's my baby, I'm her honey Sing these two lines (Together) I'm [G] never gonna let her / [C]
(GIRL) Well he [C] ain't got laid in a month of Sundays I [C] caught him once and he was washin' my undies He [F] ain't real sharp but he gets things done [C] Drinks his beer like it's oxygen But [G] he's my baby, and I'm his honey I’m [G] never gonna let him / [C] go
CHORUS (TOGETHER) [C] In spite of our-[F]selves We'll [F] end up a'sittin' on a [C] rainbow / [C] Against all [G] odds Honey, [G] we're the big door / [C] prize [G]↓ / [C] We're gonna [F] spite, our noses Right off of our [C] faces / [C]
There won't be [C] nothin' but big old [G] hearts Dancin' in our / [C] eyes
INSTRUMENTAL / verse without lyrics [F] / [F] / [C] / [C] / x 3 [C] / [G] / [C] / [C] /
(GUY)[C] She thinks all my jokes are corny [C] Convict movies make her horny [F] She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs [C] Swears like a sailor when she shaves her legs She [G] takes a lickin', and keeps on tickin’ Sing lines Together I’m [G] never gonna let her / [C] go [G]↓ / [C]
(GIRL) [C] Well he’s [C] got more balls than a big brass monkey He's a [C] wacked out weirdo and a lovebug junkie [F] Sly as a fox, crazy as a loon [C] Payday comes and he's a’howlin' at the moon But [G] he's my baby, I don't mean maybe I’m [G] never gonna let him / [C] go [G]↓ / [C]
(TOGETHER) CHORUS then end with repeat the last two lines
There won't be [C] nothin' but big old [G] hearts Dancin' in our / [C] eyes [F] / [C]↓ [G]↓ [C]↓
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L.O.V.E. [G]
✿ ✿
B. Kaempfert & M. Gabler
Nat King Cole’s version has a wonderfully fun play along video organized by one of our favorite online ukulele teachers, Aldrine from Ukulele Underground. Play along INTRO G D7 G
1ST VERSE
G Em Am7 D7
L is for the way you look at me
Am7 D7 G
O is for the only one I see
G7 C
V is very, very extraordinary
A7 D7 A7 D7
E is even more than anyone that you adore can
2ND VERSE
G Em Am D7
Love is all that I can give to you
Am D7 G
Love is more than just a game for two G7
Two in love can make it C Cm7
Take my heart and please don’t break it (last time go to ENDING)
Love was made for me and you
INSTRUMENTAL
repeat 1ST VERSE CHORDS AND 2ND VERSE, THEN ENDING
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you Ukulele Season Songbook
Ladybug Picnic [D] ✿ ✿ Luckey & Hadley
This song, perfect for picnicking in the shade at Rendall Beach, is from Sesame Street long ago. Lyrics come from an actual conversation that took place between the writers when one of them had a house fire. A play along video if you go to settings and select a slower playback speed, as this fellow plays it SO fast.�
INTRO 1/2/3/4
[D] One two three, four five six
Seven eight nine, ten eleven twelve
[A] Ladybugs came to the ladybugs’ [D] picnic
[D] One two three, four five six
Seven eight nine, ten eleven twelve
And they [A] all played games at the ladybugs' [D] picnic
They [G] had twelve sacks so they ran sack races
They [D] fell on their backs and they fell on their faces
The [A] ladybugs 12, at the ladybugs' [D] picnic
They [G] played jump rope but the rope it broke
So they [D] just sat around telling knock-knock jokes
The [A] ladybugs 12, at the ladybugs'[D] picnic
[D] One two three, four five six
Seven eight nine, ten eleven twelve
And they [A] chatted away, at the ladybugs' [D] picnic
They [G] talked about the high price of furniture and rugs
And [D] fire insurance for ladybugs
The [A] ladybugs 12, at the ladybugs'[D] picnic
[D] T w e l v e !
Leaving of Liverpool [C] ✿ Traditional
Folklorists classify this song, sometimes titled Fare Thee Well, as a lyric lament, It was also used as a sea shanty. Play along with this fellow!
INTRO - play verse and chorus chords
1ST VERSE
[C] Farewell to you, my [F] own true [C] love
I am going far a- [G7] way
I am [C] bound for Cali- [F] forni- [C] a But I know that I’ll [G7] return some [C] day
CHORUS
So [G] fare thee well, my [F] own true [C] love
And when I return united we will [G] be
It’s not the [C] leaving of Liverpool that [F] grieves [C] me
But my [C] darling when I [G7] think of [C] thee
2ND VERSE
I have [C] sailed on a Yankee [F] sailing [C] ship
Davy Crockett is her [G7] name
The [C] Captain’s name is [F] Burgess [C] And they say she is a [G7] floating [C] hell
CHORUS
3RD VERSE
O the [C] sun is in the [F] harbour [C] love
And I wish I could re- [G7] main
For I [C] know it will be some [F] long [C] time
Before I [G7] see you a- [C] gain
4TH VERSE
So [G] fare thee well, my [F] own true [C] love
And when I return united we will [G] be
It’s not the [C] leaving of Liverpool that [F] grieves [C] me
But my [C] darling when I [G7] think of [C] thee.
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May 23 [C] ✿ inspired by NOFX, Earla Dawn Legault
Inspired by our very first sunny ukulele gathering outside at Anne and Gerry’s in 2017, this song pays sweet homage to NOFX, the punk band’s song August 8th.
INTRODUCTION C G Am G / C G F C
1st VERSE
C G Am G
Birds sing there are no clouds, C G F C
Today is a beautiful day, C G Am G
Families picnic on the beach, C G F C
We bring our ukes to the lake and play
C G Am G
First we ride bikes to get mail
C G F C
We say hi to friends on the street
C G Am G
Tourists window-shop stroll in town,
C G F C
It’s so fun to sing when we meet.
BRIDGE
Am G
And when it rains, well that’s okay F E7
Then gardens then don’t need water. Am G
And when motorcycles rev at the Settler, F E7 E7
We stand on the bridge to watch otter. 2nd time … play…
2ND VERSE
C G Am G
The air is sweet, pink flowers bloom C G F C
Nowhere in Harrison is anything grey, C G Am G
Feelings of joy fill our hearts, C G F C
Yeah today is a beautiful day.
BRIDGE then INSTRUMENTAL C G Am G / C G F C
Sing slowly
C G Am G
When it’s warm I sing on my porch
C G F C
Stayin’ home on beautiful day.
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No One Knows My Name [C] ✿ ✿ Welch & Rawlings
Play along with Gillian Round up the harmonica players to have them join in.
INTRO [C] or hum and play first two lines then play
Oh my [C] mother was just a [G7] girl, seven[C]-teen
Oh my [C] mother was just a girl, seventeen
And my [C] dad was passin’ [C7] through doing [F] things a man will [Am] do When my [Am] mother was just a [G] girl, seven[C]-teen
It’s a [C] wonder that I’m [G7] in this world at [C] all
It’s a [C] wonder that I’m in this world at all
And I [C] have a life to [C7] claim though I [F] really don’t know my [Am] name
It’s a [Am] wonder that I’m [G] in this world at [C] all
CHORUS
Ain’t one [C] soul in the whole [G7] world knows my [C] name
Ain’t one [C] soul in the whole world knows my name
But it’s [C] written up in the [C7] sky and I’ll [F] see it by and [Am] by Ain’t one [Am] soul in the whole [G] world knows my [C] name
INSTRUMENTAL [Am] [G] [C] [C]
Well I [C] had a good mother and [G7] dad just the [C] same
Well I [C] had a good mother and dad just the same
And they [C] took me to their [C7] rest and they [F] surely stood the [Am] test Well I [Am] had a good mother and [G] dad just the [C] same
CHORUS
Ain’t one [C] soul in the whole [G7] world knows my [C] name
Ain’t one [C] soul in the whole world knows my name
Just an[C]-other baby [C7] born to a [F] girl lost and [Am] lorn
Ain’t one [Am] soul in the whole [G] world knows my [C] name
INSTRUMENTAL[C] [C7] [F] [Am] / [Am] [G] [C] [C]
Now and [C] then there’s a lonesome [G7] thought in my [C] mind
Now and [C] then there’s a lonesome thought in my mind
And on the [C] crowded street I [C7] see a strangers [F] face that looks like [Am] me
Now and [Am] then there’s a lonesome [G] thought in my [C] mind
CHORUS
Ain’t one [C] soul in the whole [G7] world knows my [C] name
Ain’t one [C] soul in the whole world knows my name
But I’ll [C] see it by and [C7] by cause it’s [F] written up in the [Am] sky
Ain’t one [Am] soul in the whole [G] world knows my [C] name
INSTRUMENTAL [C] [C7] [F] [C] / [Am] [G] [C] [C] Ukulele Season Songbook
Oh My Love ✿ Luft, Edwards & Condon
Some of us locals learned to harmonize this song during the 2017 Harrison Festival of the Arts Sunday morning workshop. Play along and have fun!!
INTRO - FIRST TWO LINES WITHOUT LYRICS
C F C
Darling, can you hear me?
C Am G F
I’m calling your name on the mountainside
C F C
Your voice is soft and soothing
C Am G F
Haven’t felt this way in a long long time
CHORUS
G C F C
Oh my love, my dearest love
G Am F
Oh my body’s aching
G Am F C
Oh my soul is wide open
Dm C. F F
And my heart is breaking (softly)
C F C
I’ve been traveling over country
C F C
Across the oceans and the Great Divide
C F C
Longing to have you with me
C Am G F
Find a home where we can hide
CHORUS WITH AN EXTRA F…. Oh…
BRIDGE
Am G
Here I go again, on my own again
F
Walking through the fire, flames are getting higher
G Am
What is left behind the love you denied
F
Hear me now, hear me now
F
Can you hear me
CHORUS X 2
…S L O W L Y…C F C
Darling, can you hear me?
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Peaceful Easy Feeling [G] ✿ ✿ Jack Tempchin
Recorded by the Eagles in 1977, songwriter Temple says, ”I guess I was trying to distill the beauty of every girl I saw into words on paper and then into a song.”
INTRO: / 1 2 / 1 2 / [G] / [C] / [D7] / [D7] /
[G] I like the [C] way your sparkling [G] earrings [C] lay [G] Against your [C] skin so [D7] brown [D7] [G] And I wanna [C] sleep with you in the [G] desert to-[C]night [G] With a billion [C] stars all a-[D7]round [D7]
CHORUS:
'Cause I got a [C] peaceful, easy [G] feeling [G] [C] And I know you won't let me [Am] down [D7] 'Cause I'm [G] al-[Am]ready [C] standing [D7] on the [G] ground
[Gsus4] / [G] / [Gsus4] /
[G] And I found [C] out a long [G] time a-[C]go [G] What a woman can [C] do to your [D7] soul [D7] [G] Oh, but [C] she can't take you [G] any [C] way [G] You don't already [C] know how to [D7] go [D7]
CHORUS:
And I got a [C] peaceful, easy [G] feeling [G] [C] And I know you won't let me [Am] down [D7] 'Cause I'm [G] al-[Am]ready [C] standing [D7] on the [G] ground
[Gsus4] / [G] / [Gsus4] /
[G] I get this [C] feeling I may [G] know [C] you [G] As a [C] lover and a [D7] friend [D7] [G] This voice keeps [C] whispering [G] in my other [C] ear Tells me [G] I may never [C] see you a-[D7]gain [D7]
CHORUS:
'Cause I get a [C] peaceful, easy [G] feeling [G] [C] And I know you won't let me [Am] down [D7] 'Cause I'm [G] al-[Am]ready [C] standing [D7] I'm [G] al-[Am]ready [C] standing [D7] Yes, I'm [G] al-[Am]ready [C] standing [D7] on the [G] ground [Am] [C] Oo-oo [D7] oo-oo [G]↓ oooo www.bytownukulele.ca
Rhythm of the Falling Rain [G]
✿ J. C. Gummoe
Enjoy playing this in our temperate BC rainforest, there are a few versions of an old classic, The Cascades and Dan Fogelberg
INTRO - Instrumental - play CHORUS without words CHORUS
G C
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
G D
Telling me just what a fool I've been
G C
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
G Am7 D G
And let me be alone again
G C
The only girl I care about has gone away
G D
Lookin' for a brand new start
G C
But little does she know that when she left that day
G Am7 D G
Along with her she took my heart INSTRUMENTAL
C D
Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
C G
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care Em Am7 D G I can't love another when my heart's somewhere far away
G C
The only girl I care about has gone away
G D
Lookin' for a brand new start
G C
But little does she know that when she left that day
G Am7 D G
Along with her she took my heart
C D
Rain won't you tell her that I love her so C G
Please tell the sun to set her heart aglow Em Am7 D G
Rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow
CHORUS then Repeat last line 3 times until fade out, end on G Chord
G Em G Am7 D G
Oh listen to the falling rain And let me be alone again
Sweet Pea [C] ✿ ✿ ✿ Amos Lee
Discovering this song in a Ukulele Facebook group, I appreciate all the ways we are able to share music - around a campfire, at ukuleles gatherings, workshops and the net. Uku Teacher’s tutorial is helpful.YOUTUBE
INTRO
C E7 / Am
//// //// //// //// / / / / / / / / /
1ST VERSE
C E7
Sweet pea Apple of my eye
Am D
Don't know when and I don't know why
C Am F G C Am F G
You're the only reason I keep on coming home
2ND VERSE
C E7
Sweet pea What's all this about
Am D
Don't get your way all you do is fuss and pout C Am F G C C7
You're the only reason I keep on coming home
BRIDGE E7
I’m like the Rock of Gibraltar, I always seem to falter Am
And the words just get in the way D D
Oh I know I'm gonna crumble, and I'm trying to stay humble G G G G But I never think before I say
INSTRUMENTAL
C E7 /
//// //// //// //// / / / / / / / / /
3RD VERSE
C
Sweet pea Keeper of my soul
Am D
I know sometimes I'm out of control
C Am F G
You're the only reason I keep on coming x 3
End C C C G (or C7) C
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The Swimming Song [C] ✿ ✿ ✿ Loudon Wainwright III
Made famous by Anna and Kate, Play along with the McGarrigle Sisters from Quebec,
INTRO: / 1 2 / 1 2 / [C5] / [C5] / [C5] / [C5] INSTRUMENTAL VERSE:
This [C5] summer [Csus4] I went [C] swimming
This [G] summer I might have [Am] drowned But I [Am] held my breath and I [F] kicked my feet
And I [G] moved my arms a-[Am]round [Am] I [G] moved my arms a-[C]round
This [C5] summer [Csus4] I went [C] swimming
This [G] summer I might have [Am] drowned
But I [Am] held my breath and I [F] kicked my feet
And I [G] moved my arms a-[Am]round [G] Moved my arms a-[C]round
This [C5] summer I [Csus4] swam in the [C] ocean
Then [G] swam in a swimming [Am] pool [Am] Salt my wounds, chlor-[F]ined my eyes I'm a [G] self-destructive [Am] fool [G] Self-destructive [C] fool
INSTRUMENTAL:
This [C5] summer I [Csus4] did the [C] back stroke
And you [G] know that that's not [Am] all I did the [Am] breast stroke and the [F] butterfly
And the [G] old Australian [Am] crawl
The [G] old Australian [C] crawl
This [C5] summer I [Csus4] swam in a [C] public place
And a [G] reservoir to [Am] boot
At the [Am] latter I was in-[F]formal
At the [G] former I wore my [Am] suit
I [G] wore my swimming [C] suit, yeah
INSTRUMENTAL:
This [C5] summer [Csus4] I did [C] swan dives
And [G] jack-knives for you [Am] all
And [Am] once when you weren't [F] looking
I [G] did a cannon-[Am]ball [G] Did a cannon-[C]ball
Back to first verse then instrumental twice!
The Way I Am [F] ✿ ✿ ✿ Ingrid Michaelson
INTRO F Bb Dm C X 2
1ST VERSE
F Bb Dm C
If you were falling, then I would catch you.
F Bb Dm C
You need a light, I'd find a match.
Bb C F Dm
Cuz I love the way you say good morning.
Bb C F F
And you take me the way I am.
2ND VERSE
F Bb Dm C
If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
F Bb Dm C
Your head is aching, I'll make it better.
Bb C F Dm
Cuz I love the way you call me baby.
Bb C F
And you take me the way I am.
3RD VERSE
F Bb Dm C
I'd buy you Rogaine if you start losing all your hair.
F Bb Dm C
Sew on patches to all you tear.
Bb C F Dm
Cuz I love you more than I could ever promise.
Bb C F Dm
And you take me the way I am. Mm
INSTRUMENTAL Bb C F Dm / Bb Db C C
Bb C F Dm
Cuz I love the way you call me baby.
Bb C F
And you take me the way I am.
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Think About You [G] ✿ ✿ Eliza Gilkyson
From the album Paradise Hotel, harmonies would be fun and a banjo-lele too. Phyllis is the only other Harrison local I’ve met who knows of this singer songwriter. To hear a cover, fast forward to 1:20.
INTRO / G / C / G / C …
I pulled out of Shaky Town, going up country, sinking down
Am7
Thinking 'bout you
Am7 G Am7
I'm a sucker for the thrill of the chase G
Little damage and a little grace
Am7 C
Thinking about you, thinking about you
I pulled out of Sad Café, midnight waters at Half Moon Bay
Am7
Made me think about you
Am7 G
I'm a sucker for the Fountain of Youth
Am7 G
Though I bang my head on a mountain of truth
Am C G C G G
Thinking about you, Thinking 'bout you
BRIDGE C G G
I gotta turn my collar into the wind
Am Em
Turn my lover into a friend
C G G
Turn my loss into a win
Am
My heart over to the loving, again
G
I pulled in to the Night Owl Inn, front desk clerk with a backdoor grin
Am
Made me think about you
Am G
I'm a sucker for a heart half closed
Am G
A part withheld and a part exposed Am C
I think about you I think about you
G Am C G
I think about you
Am7 C
Thinking about you, thinking about you
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This Little Light of Mine [C] �
Traditional H.U.Gs Around the World, an online Ukulele event in May 2020, was cohosted by Earla� Amanda ☀ from Australia and Alice � from New Zealand. We ended our event with this song - a hopeful note! Play along or sing along with Bruce or Raffi.
[C] This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
[F] This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it [C] shine
This little light of mine
I’m gonna let it [Am] shine
Let it [C] shine, let it [G] shine, let it [C] shine
[C] Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine
[F] Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it [C] shine
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it [Am] shine
Let it [C] shine, let it [G] shine, let it [C] shine
[C] This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
[F] This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it [C] shine
This little light of mine
I’m gonna let it [Am] shine
Let it [C] shine, let it [G] shine, let it [C] shine
Let it [C] shine, let it [G] shine, let it [C] shine
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Are My Sunshine [C] Traditional
INTRO [C] / [G7] / [C] / [C]
The other [C] night, dear, as I lay sleeping [C7] I dreamed I [F] held you in my [C] arms [C7] But when I [F] woke, dear, I was mis-[C]taken [Am] And I [C] hung my [G7] head and [C] cried
CHORUS:
[G7] You are my [C] sunshine, my only sunshine [C7] You make me [F] happy, when skies are [C] grey [C7] You’ll never [F] know, dear, how much I [C] love you [Am]
Please don’t [C] take, my [G7] sunshine a-[C]way [C]
I’ll always [C] love you, and make you happy [C7] If you will [F] only say the [C] same [C7] But if you [F] leave me, to love a-[C]nother [Am] You’ll re-[C]gret it [G7] all some [C] day
CHORUS:
[G7] You are my [C] sunshine, my only sunshine [C7] You make me [F] happy, when skies are [C] grey [C7] You’ll never [F] know, dear, how much I [C] love you [Am]
Please don’t [C] take, my [G7] sunshine a-[C]way [C]
You told me [C] once, dear, you really loved me [C7] That no one [F] else could come be-[C]tween [C7] But now you’ve [F] left me, and love a-[C]nother [Am] You have [C] shattered [G7] all my [C] dreams
CHORUS:
[G7] You are my [C] sunshine, my only sunshine [C7] You make me [F] happy, when skies are [C] grey [C7] You’ll never [F] know, dear, how much I [C] love you [Am] Please don’t [C] take, my [G7] sunshine a-[C]way [C][G7][C]
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