Ukulele Anthem
Amanda Palmer
C (0003), C7(0001), F(2010), Gsus4 (0233) G (0232) A#7 (0454)
Sid C vicious played a four-string fender C7 bass guitar and couldn't sing and
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F everybody hated him ex-Gsus4-cept the ones who loved G him. A
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C ukulele has four strings, but C7 sid did did not play ukulele
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F he did smack and prob-ly killed his Gsus4 girlfriend nancy spun-G-gen.
if C only sid had had a uku-C7-lele, maybe he could have been
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F happy, maybe he would not have Gsus4 suffered such a sad G end. He
C maybe would have not done all that C7 heroin instead he maybe
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F would've sat around just singing Gsus4 nice songs to his girl-G-friend
so C play your favorite cover song, es-C7-pecially if the words are wrong. 'Cos
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F even if your grades are bad, it Gsus4 doesn't mean you're fail-G-ing
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C Do your homework with a fork and C7 eat your fruit loops in the dark and
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F bring your etch-a-sketch to work and Gsus4 play your uku-G-lele
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F ukulele small and forceful G ukulele brave and peaceful
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C you can play the ukulele F too it is painfully simple
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F play your ukulele badly, G play your ukulele loudly
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A#7 ukulele banish evil A#7 ukulele save the peos3ple
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A#7 ukulele gleaming golden on the top of every steeple
C lizzie borden took an axe, and C7 gave her father thirty whacks then
F gave her mother thirty-one, and Gsus4 left a tragic puz-G-zle. If
C only they had given her an C7 instrument, those puritans had
F lost the plot completely see what Gsus4 happens when you muz-G-zle a
C person's creativity and C7 do not let them sing and scream and
F nowadays it's worse 'cause kids have Gsus4 automatic hand-G-guns it
C takes about an hour to teach some-C7-one to play the ukulele a-
F- bout the time it takes to someone to Gsus4 build a standard pipe-G-bomb
G You do the math!
so C play your favorite cover song, es-C7-pecially if the words are wrong. 'Cos
F even if your grades are bad, it Gsus4 doesn't mean you're fail-G-ing
C Do your homework with a fork and C7 eat your fruit loops in the dark and
F bring your etch-a-sketch to work and Gsus4 play your uku-G-lele
F Ukulele, thing of wonder G ukulele, wand of thunder
C you can play the ukulele, F too in london and down under
F play joan jett, and play jacques brel and G eminem and neutral milk ho-
A#7-tel the children crush the hatred play your ukulele naked
A#7 and if anybody tries to steal your ukulele, let them take it
Verses I skip 'cause I don't like them that much
imagine there's no music, imagine there are no songs
imagine that john lennon wasn't shot in front of his apartment
imagine if john lennon had composed "imagine" on the ukulele
maybe folks would have more clearly got the message
you may think my approach is simple-minded and naïve
like if you want to save the world then why not quit and feed the hungry
but people for millennia have needed music to survive
and that's why i've promised john that i will not feel guilty
so play your favorite beatles' song and make the subway fall in love
they're only $19.95, that's not a lot of money
play until the sun comes up and play until your fingers suffer
play LCD soundsystem songs on your ukulele
C Quit the bitching on your blog and C7 stop pretending art is hard
just F limit yourself to three chords and Gsus4 do not practice dai-G-ly
You'll C minimize some stranger's sadness C7 with a piece of wood and plastic
F holy fuck it's so fantastic, Gsus4 playing uku-G-lele
C Eat your homework with a fork and C7 do your fruit loops in the dark
F bring your etch-a-sketch to work
C your flask of jack, your vibrator,
C7 your ice cream truck your missing wife
F your will to live, your urge to cry
F remember we're all going to die
so G PLAY YOUR UKULE-C-LE
Other things to bring that I skip
your fear of heights, your nikon lens, your mom and dad, your disco stick,
your soundtrack from "karate kid", your ginsu knives, your rosary,
your new rebecca black CD, your favorite room, your bowie knife, your stuffed giraffe
your new glass eye, your sousaphone, your breakfast tea, your nick drake tapes, your giving tree