Chords for Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Ukulele Anthem (Lyric Video)
Tempo:
119.3 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
C#
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[G#] [B]
[E] [G#] [B] Sid Vicious played a four-string Fender bass guitar and couldn't [E] sing and everybody hated
[F#] him except the ones who loved [B] him.
A ukulele has four strings but Sid did not play [E] ukulele.
He did smack and probably killed his girlfriend [F#] Nancy Spungen.
[B] If only Sid had had a ukulele
maybe he would have [E] been happy.
Maybe he would not have [C#] suffered [F#] such a sad [B] end.
He maybe
would have not done all that heroin.
Instead he [E] maybe would have sat around just [C#] singing
nice songs [F#] to his girlfriend.
[B] So play your favorite cover song especially if the words
[E] are wrong.
Cause even if your grades are [C#] bad it doesn't mean [F#] you're failing.
[B] Do your homework
with a fork and eat your Froot Loops in the dark [E] and bring your Etch-a-Sketch to work
[C#] and play your [F#] [E] ukulele.
Ukulele small and fierceful.
[F#] Ukulele brave and peaceful.
[B] You can play your
[E] ukulele too it is painfully simple.
Play your ukulele badly.
[F#] Play your ukulele [A] loudly.
Ukulele banish evil.
Ukulele save the people.
Ukulele gleaming from the [G#] top of every [B] staple.
Lucy Forden took an axe and [B] gave her mother forty [E] whacks and gave her father forty-one
and [C#] left a tragic [F#] puzzle.
[B] If only they had given her an instrument those [E] Puritans had
lost the plot completely.
[C#] See what happens [F#] when you muzzle [B]
a person's creativity and
do not let them sing or [E] scream and nowadays it's worse cause kids [C#] have automatic handguns.
[B] It takes about an hour to teach someone to play the [E] ukulele.
About the same to teach
someone [F#] to build a standard pipe bomb.
You do the math [B] so play your favorite cover song
especially if the words are wrong.
[E] Even if your grades are bad it doesn't mean [F#] you're [B] failing.
Do your homework with a fork and eat your Froot Loops in the dark [E] and bring your flask of jack
to work and [C#m] play your [F#]
[E] ukulele.
Ukulele thing of wonder.
[F#]
Ukulele wand of [B] thunder.
You can play the
ukulele too [E] in London and down on Roop play Joan Jett and play Jacques [F#] Brel in Eminem and
Neutral [F#m] Milk Hotel.
The children crush the hatred.
Play your ukulele naked.
If anybody tries to steal
your ukulele let [D#] them take [B] it.
Imagine there's no music.
Imagine there are no songs.
[E] Imagine
that John Lennon wasn't shot in [C#m] front of his [F#] apartment.
[B] Now imagine if John Lennon had composed
Imagine for the [E] ukulele.
Maybe people would [C#] have truly [F#] got the message.
[B] You may think my approach is
simple minded and naive like if you [E] wanted to change the world then why not [C#] quit [F#] and feed the hungry.
[B] But people for millennia [B] have needed music to survive and [E] that is why I promised John [C#] that I will [F#] not
feel [B] guilty.
Play your favorite Beatles song and [D#] make the subway fall in love.
[F#] They're only $19.95.
That isn't [F#] lots of [B] money.
Play until the sun comes up and play until your fingers [E] suffer.
Play LCD
sound system [G#] songs on your [B] ukulele.
Quit the bitching on your blog.
Stop pretending art is [E] hard.
Just
slimming yourself to three [G#] chords.
Do not [F#] practice [B] daily.
You'll minimize some stranger's sadness with a
piece of wood and [E] plastic.
Holy fuck it's so fantastic.
[G#]
Play your [B] ukulele.
Beat your homework with a
fork and do your Fruit Loops in the dark and [E] bring your Etch A Sketch to work.
Your flask of black.
Your
vibrator.
Your fear of heights.
Your Nikon [B] lens.
Your mom and dad.
Your disco stick.
Your soundtrack to
Karate Kid.
[E] Your Ginsu knives.
Your rosary.
[C#] Your new Rebecca [F#] Black CD.
[B] Your favorite room.
Your Bowie knife.
Your stuffed giraffe.
Your new glass [E] eye.
Your sousaphone.
Your breakfast tea.
[C#] Your Nick Drake tapes.
[F#] Your
giving tree.
Your [B] ice cream truck.
Your missing wife.
[B] Your will to live.
Your urge to cry.
[E] Remember we're all
gonna die.
Play your [G#m] [B] ukulele.
[N]
[G#] [B]
[E] [G#] [B] Sid Vicious played a four-string Fender bass guitar and couldn't [E] sing and everybody hated
[F#] him except the ones who loved [B] him.
A ukulele has four strings but Sid did not play [E] ukulele.
He did smack and probably killed his girlfriend [F#] Nancy Spungen.
[B] If only Sid had had a ukulele
maybe he would have [E] been happy.
Maybe he would not have [C#] suffered [F#] such a sad [B] end.
He maybe
would have not done all that heroin.
Instead he [E] maybe would have sat around just [C#] singing
nice songs [F#] to his girlfriend.
[B] So play your favorite cover song especially if the words
[E] are wrong.
Cause even if your grades are [C#] bad it doesn't mean [F#] you're failing.
[B] Do your homework
with a fork and eat your Froot Loops in the dark [E] and bring your Etch-a-Sketch to work
[C#] and play your [F#] [E] ukulele.
Ukulele small and fierceful.
[F#] Ukulele brave and peaceful.
[B] You can play your
[E] ukulele too it is painfully simple.
Play your ukulele badly.
[F#] Play your ukulele [A] loudly.
Ukulele banish evil.
Ukulele save the people.
Ukulele gleaming from the [G#] top of every [B] staple.
Lucy Forden took an axe and [B] gave her mother forty [E] whacks and gave her father forty-one
and [C#] left a tragic [F#] puzzle.
[B] If only they had given her an instrument those [E] Puritans had
lost the plot completely.
[C#] See what happens [F#] when you muzzle [B]
a person's creativity and
do not let them sing or [E] scream and nowadays it's worse cause kids [C#] have automatic handguns.
[B] It takes about an hour to teach someone to play the [E] ukulele.
About the same to teach
someone [F#] to build a standard pipe bomb.
You do the math [B] so play your favorite cover song
especially if the words are wrong.
[E] Even if your grades are bad it doesn't mean [F#] you're [B] failing.
Do your homework with a fork and eat your Froot Loops in the dark [E] and bring your flask of jack
to work and [C#m] play your [F#]
[E] ukulele.
Ukulele thing of wonder.
[F#]
Ukulele wand of [B] thunder.
You can play the
ukulele too [E] in London and down on Roop play Joan Jett and play Jacques [F#] Brel in Eminem and
Neutral [F#m] Milk Hotel.
The children crush the hatred.
Play your ukulele naked.
If anybody tries to steal
your ukulele let [D#] them take [B] it.
Imagine there's no music.
Imagine there are no songs.
[E] Imagine
that John Lennon wasn't shot in [C#m] front of his [F#] apartment.
[B] Now imagine if John Lennon had composed
Imagine for the [E] ukulele.
Maybe people would [C#] have truly [F#] got the message.
[B] You may think my approach is
simple minded and naive like if you [E] wanted to change the world then why not [C#] quit [F#] and feed the hungry.
[B] But people for millennia [B] have needed music to survive and [E] that is why I promised John [C#] that I will [F#] not
feel [B] guilty.
Play your favorite Beatles song and [D#] make the subway fall in love.
[F#] They're only $19.95.
That isn't [F#] lots of [B] money.
Play until the sun comes up and play until your fingers [E] suffer.
Play LCD
sound system [G#] songs on your [B] ukulele.
Quit the bitching on your blog.
Stop pretending art is [E] hard.
Just
slimming yourself to three [G#] chords.
Do not [F#] practice [B] daily.
You'll minimize some stranger's sadness with a
piece of wood and [E] plastic.
Holy fuck it's so fantastic.
[G#]
Play your [B] ukulele.
Beat your homework with a
fork and do your Fruit Loops in the dark and [E] bring your Etch A Sketch to work.
Your flask of black.
Your
vibrator.
Your fear of heights.
Your Nikon [B] lens.
Your mom and dad.
Your disco stick.
Your soundtrack to
Karate Kid.
[E] Your Ginsu knives.
Your rosary.
[C#] Your new Rebecca [F#] Black CD.
[B] Your favorite room.
Your Bowie knife.
Your stuffed giraffe.
Your new glass [E] eye.
Your sousaphone.
Your breakfast tea.
[C#] Your Nick Drake tapes.
[F#] Your
giving tree.
Your [B] ice cream truck.
Your missing wife.
[B] Your will to live.
Your urge to cry.
[E] Remember we're all
gonna die.
Play your [G#m] [B] ukulele.
[N]
Key:
B
E
F#
C#
G#
B
E
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [B] Sid Vicious played a four-string Fender bass guitar and couldn't [E] sing and everybody hated
[F#] him except the ones who loved [B] him.
A ukulele has four strings but Sid did not play [E] ukulele.
He did smack and probably killed his girlfriend [F#] Nancy Spungen.
[B] If only Sid had had a _ ukulele
maybe he would have [E] been happy.
Maybe he would not have [C#] suffered [F#] such a sad [B] end.
He maybe
would have not done all that heroin.
Instead he [E] maybe would have sat around just [C#] singing
nice songs [F#] to his girlfriend.
[B] So play your favorite cover song especially if the words
[E] are wrong.
Cause even if your grades are [C#] bad it doesn't mean [F#] you're failing.
[B] Do your homework
with a fork and eat your Froot Loops in the dark [E] and bring your Etch-a-Sketch to work
[C#] and play your [F#] _ [E] ukulele.
_ Ukulele small and fierceful.
[F#] _ Ukulele brave and peaceful.
[B] You can play your
_ _ [E] ukulele too it is painfully simple.
Play your ukulele badly.
[F#] Play your ukulele [A] loudly.
_ Ukulele banish evil.
_ Ukulele save the people.
_ Ukulele gleaming _ from the [G#] top of every [B] staple.
Lucy Forden took an axe and [B] gave her mother forty [E] whacks and gave her father forty-one
and [C#] left a tragic [F#] puzzle.
[B] If only they had given her an instrument those [E] Puritans had
lost the plot completely.
[C#] See what happens [F#] when you muzzle [B]
a person's creativity and
do not let them sing or [E] scream and nowadays it's worse cause kids [C#] have automatic handguns.
[B] It takes about an hour to teach someone to play the [E] ukulele.
About the same to teach
someone [F#] to build a standard pipe bomb.
You do the math [B] so play your favorite cover song
especially if the words are wrong.
[E] Even if your grades are bad it doesn't mean [F#] you're [B] failing.
Do your homework with a fork and eat your Froot Loops in the dark [E] and bring your flask of jack
to work and [C#m] play your [F#] _
[E] ukulele.
_ Ukulele thing of wonder.
[F#] _
Ukulele wand of [B] thunder.
You can play the
ukulele too [E] in London and down on Roop play Joan Jett and play Jacques [F#] Brel in Eminem and
Neutral [F#m] Milk Hotel.
The children crush the hatred.
Play your ukulele naked.
If anybody tries to steal
your _ ukulele let [D#] them take [B] it.
Imagine there's no music.
Imagine there are no songs.
[E] Imagine
that John Lennon wasn't shot in [C#m] front of his [F#] apartment.
[B] Now imagine if John Lennon had composed
Imagine for the [E] ukulele.
Maybe people would [C#] have truly [F#] got the message.
[B] You may think my approach is
simple minded and naive like if you [E] wanted to change the world then why not [C#] quit [F#] and feed the hungry.
[B] But people for millennia [B] have needed music to survive and [E] that is why I promised John [C#] that I will [F#] not
feel [B] guilty.
Play your favorite Beatles song and [D#] make the subway fall in love.
[F#] They're only $19.95.
That isn't [F#] lots of [B] money.
Play until the sun comes up and play until your fingers [E] suffer.
Play LCD
sound system [G#] songs on your _ [B] ukulele.
Quit the bitching on your blog.
Stop pretending art is [E] hard.
Just
slimming yourself to three [G#] chords.
Do not [F#] practice [B] daily.
You'll minimize some stranger's sadness with a
piece of wood and [E] plastic.
Holy fuck it's so fantastic.
[G#]
Play your _ [B] ukulele.
Beat your homework with a
fork and do your Fruit Loops in the dark and [E] bring your Etch A Sketch to work.
Your flask of black.
Your
vibrator.
Your fear of heights.
Your Nikon [B] lens.
Your mom and dad.
Your disco stick.
Your soundtrack to
Karate Kid.
[E] Your Ginsu knives.
Your rosary.
[C#] Your new Rebecca [F#] Black CD.
[B] Your favorite room.
Your Bowie knife.
Your stuffed giraffe.
Your new glass [E] eye.
Your sousaphone.
Your breakfast tea.
[C#] Your Nick Drake tapes.
[F#] Your
giving tree.
Your [B] ice cream truck.
Your missing wife.
[B] Your will to live.
Your urge to cry.
[E] Remember we're all
gonna die.
_ _ _ _ _ Play _ your [G#m] _ _ [B] ukulele. _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [B] Sid Vicious played a four-string Fender bass guitar and couldn't [E] sing and everybody hated
[F#] him except the ones who loved [B] him.
A ukulele has four strings but Sid did not play [E] ukulele.
He did smack and probably killed his girlfriend [F#] Nancy Spungen.
[B] If only Sid had had a _ ukulele
maybe he would have [E] been happy.
Maybe he would not have [C#] suffered [F#] such a sad [B] end.
He maybe
would have not done all that heroin.
Instead he [E] maybe would have sat around just [C#] singing
nice songs [F#] to his girlfriend.
[B] So play your favorite cover song especially if the words
[E] are wrong.
Cause even if your grades are [C#] bad it doesn't mean [F#] you're failing.
[B] Do your homework
with a fork and eat your Froot Loops in the dark [E] and bring your Etch-a-Sketch to work
[C#] and play your [F#] _ [E] ukulele.
_ Ukulele small and fierceful.
[F#] _ Ukulele brave and peaceful.
[B] You can play your
_ _ [E] ukulele too it is painfully simple.
Play your ukulele badly.
[F#] Play your ukulele [A] loudly.
_ Ukulele banish evil.
_ Ukulele save the people.
_ Ukulele gleaming _ from the [G#] top of every [B] staple.
Lucy Forden took an axe and [B] gave her mother forty [E] whacks and gave her father forty-one
and [C#] left a tragic [F#] puzzle.
[B] If only they had given her an instrument those [E] Puritans had
lost the plot completely.
[C#] See what happens [F#] when you muzzle [B]
a person's creativity and
do not let them sing or [E] scream and nowadays it's worse cause kids [C#] have automatic handguns.
[B] It takes about an hour to teach someone to play the [E] ukulele.
About the same to teach
someone [F#] to build a standard pipe bomb.
You do the math [B] so play your favorite cover song
especially if the words are wrong.
[E] Even if your grades are bad it doesn't mean [F#] you're [B] failing.
Do your homework with a fork and eat your Froot Loops in the dark [E] and bring your flask of jack
to work and [C#m] play your [F#] _
[E] ukulele.
_ Ukulele thing of wonder.
[F#] _
Ukulele wand of [B] thunder.
You can play the
ukulele too [E] in London and down on Roop play Joan Jett and play Jacques [F#] Brel in Eminem and
Neutral [F#m] Milk Hotel.
The children crush the hatred.
Play your ukulele naked.
If anybody tries to steal
your _ ukulele let [D#] them take [B] it.
Imagine there's no music.
Imagine there are no songs.
[E] Imagine
that John Lennon wasn't shot in [C#m] front of his [F#] apartment.
[B] Now imagine if John Lennon had composed
Imagine for the [E] ukulele.
Maybe people would [C#] have truly [F#] got the message.
[B] You may think my approach is
simple minded and naive like if you [E] wanted to change the world then why not [C#] quit [F#] and feed the hungry.
[B] But people for millennia [B] have needed music to survive and [E] that is why I promised John [C#] that I will [F#] not
feel [B] guilty.
Play your favorite Beatles song and [D#] make the subway fall in love.
[F#] They're only $19.95.
That isn't [F#] lots of [B] money.
Play until the sun comes up and play until your fingers [E] suffer.
Play LCD
sound system [G#] songs on your _ [B] ukulele.
Quit the bitching on your blog.
Stop pretending art is [E] hard.
Just
slimming yourself to three [G#] chords.
Do not [F#] practice [B] daily.
You'll minimize some stranger's sadness with a
piece of wood and [E] plastic.
Holy fuck it's so fantastic.
[G#]
Play your _ [B] ukulele.
Beat your homework with a
fork and do your Fruit Loops in the dark and [E] bring your Etch A Sketch to work.
Your flask of black.
Your
vibrator.
Your fear of heights.
Your Nikon [B] lens.
Your mom and dad.
Your disco stick.
Your soundtrack to
Karate Kid.
[E] Your Ginsu knives.
Your rosary.
[C#] Your new Rebecca [F#] Black CD.
[B] Your favorite room.
Your Bowie knife.
Your stuffed giraffe.
Your new glass [E] eye.
Your sousaphone.
Your breakfast tea.
[C#] Your Nick Drake tapes.
[F#] Your
giving tree.
Your [B] ice cream truck.
Your missing wife.
[B] Your will to live.
Your urge to cry.
[E] Remember we're all
gonna die.
_ _ _ _ _ Play _ your [G#m] _ _ [B] ukulele. _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _