Ukelele Anthem
Amanda Palmer
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INTRO: C C7 Fsus2 G7sus-G7 (2x)C Sid vicious played a four-stringC7 fender bass guitar and couldn't singFsus2 G7sus4 And everybody hated him except theG7 ones who loved himC C7 A ukulele has four strings, but Sid did not play ukuleleFsus2 He did smack and probably killedG7sus4 G7 his girlfriend Nancy SpungenC C7 If only sid had had a ukulele, maybe he would have been happyFsus2 G7sus4 Maybe he would not have sufferedG7 such a sad endC He maybe would have not done allC7 that heroin insteadFsus2 He maybe would've sat around justG7sus4 G7 singing nice songs to his girlfriendC So play your favourite cover song,C7 especially if the words are wrongFsus2 'Cos even if your grades are bad,G7sus4 G7 it doesn't mean you're failing!C Do your homework with a fork and eatC7 your fruit loops in the darkFsus2 And bring your etch-a-sketch toG7sus4 G7 work and play your ukuleleFsus2 G7 Ukulele small and fierceful, Ukulele brave and peacefulC Fsus2 You can play the ukulele too it is painfully simpleFsus2 G7 Play your ukulele badly, play your ukulele loudlyBb6 Ukulele banish evil ukulele save the people ukulele gleaming golden on the top of every steepleC C7 Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacksFsus2 Then gave her father forty-one,G7sus4 G7 and left a tragic puzzleC If only they had given her anC7 instrument, those puritansContinúa después del anuncioFsus2 Had lost the plot completely seeG7sus4 G7 what happens when you muzzleC C7 A person's creativity and do not let them sing and screamFsus2 And nowadays it's worse 'cause kidsG7sus4 G7 have automatic handgunsC It takes about an hour to teachC7 someone to play the ukuleleFsus2 About the same to teach someone toG7sus4 G7 build a standard pipe bomb… YOU DO THE MATHC So play your favourite cover song,C7 especially if the words are wrongFsus2 'Cos even if your grades are bad,G7sus4 G7 it doesn't mean you're failingC Do your homework with a fork and eatC7 your fruit loops in the darkFsus2 And bring your flask of Jack toG7sus4 G7 work and play your ukuleleFsus2 Ukulele, thing of wonder ukulele,G7 ukulele wand of thunderC Fsus2 You can play the ukulele too, in London and down underFsus2 Play Joan Jett, and play JacquesG7 Brel and Eminem and neutral milk ho-Bb6 tel the children crush the hatred play your ukulele naked and if anybody tries to steal your ukulele, let them take itC G7 Imagine there's no music, imagine there are no songsFsus2 Imagine that John Lennon wasn'tG7sus4 G7 shot in front of his apartmentC Now imagine if john lennon hadC7 composed "imagine" on the ukuleleFsus2 G7sus4 Maybe people would have truly gotG7 the messageC You may think my approach isC7 simple-minded and naïveFsus2 Like if you want to want the worldG7sus4 then why not quit and feed theG7 hungry?C C7 But people for millennia have needed music to surviveFsus2 And that's why i've promised johnG7sus4 G7 that i will not feel guiltyC So play your favourite Beatles'C7 song and make the subway fall in loveFsus2 G7sus4 They're only $19.95, that isn'tG7 lots of moneyC Play until the sun comes up and playC7 until your fingers sufferFsus2 G7sus4 Play LCD sound system songs onG7 your ukuleleC Quit the bitching on your blog andC7 stop pretending art is hardFsus2 Just limit yourself to three chordsG7sus4 G7 and do not practice dailyC You'll minimize some stranger'sC7 sadness with a piece of wood and plasticFsus2 Holy fuck! it's so fantastic,G7sus4 G7 playing ukuleleC Eat your homework with a fork and doC7 your fruit loops in the darkFsus2 And bring your etch-a-sketch to work, your flask of jack, your vibrator, your fear of heights, your Nikon lens…C Your mom and dad, your disco stick,C7 your soundtrack from "karate kid"Fsus2 Your ginsu knives, your rosary,G7sus4 G7 your new Rebecca Black CDC Your favourite room, your bowieC7 knife, your stuffed giraffe, your new glass eyeFsus2 Your sousaphone, your breakfastG7sus4 G7 tea, your nick drake tapes, your giving treeC Your ice cream truck, your missingC7 wife, your will to live, your urge to cryFsus2 Remember we're all going to die… soC play your ukulele!