Banana Boat song Chords by Harry Belafonte

Tempo:
123.65 bpm
Chords used:

F

C

G

Fm

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Banana Boat song chords
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[Ab] [Gm] He
[G]
said, day, he said, day, he said, day, he said, [Eb] day, he said, day, day, day, oh.
[Bb]
Daylight come and [F]
work all night and I drink a rum.
[G] Stack [C]
banana [F] till the morning come.
Daylight come and me want.
[Cm] Come Mr.
[F] Talliman, tally me banana.
Daylight come and me want, [Fm] oh.
Come Mr.
Tallyman, [C] tally me [F] banana.
Daylight come [C] and me wan' [Fm] go.
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight [C] come and me wan' [Fm] go.
Six foot, seven foot, [G] eight foot bunch.
[F] Daylight come and me wan' go.
[Fm] Day, is [Abm] a day-o.
[F] Daylight come and me [G] [D]
wan' go.
Is [F] a day, [Gm] is a day, [Gb] is a day.
[F] Daylight come and me wan' go.
[Fm] A beautiful bunch, a ripe [F] banana.
Daylight come and me [D] wan' go.
Hide the deadly [Fm] black tarantula.
Daylight [Dm] come and me [C] wan' [D] go.
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
Daylight come and me wan' go.
Six foot, seven [F] foot, eight [G] foot bunch.
[F]
Daylight come [C] and me wan' go.
Day, [G] is a [Ab] day-o.
[F]
Daylight come and me [C] wan' [Fm] go.
Is a day, [F] is a day, is a day.
Daylight come and me [C] wan' [F] go.
[G]
Come [C] Mr.
[G] Tallyman, tally me [F] banana.
Daylight come and [C] me [Fm] wan' go.
Come Mr.
[G] Tallyman, tally [Fm] me banana.
Daylight come [C] and me wan' [F] go.
[Gm]
Day [D]-o, [B] day-o.
[Dm] Daylight come and [F] [Bb] [B]
me wan' go.
Day!
[Gm] [Ab] [C] [G] [Dm]
[C]
[F]
Key:  
F
134211111
C
3211
G
2131
Fm
123111111
Gm
123111113
F
134211111
C
3211
G
2131
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To learn Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat Song chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Fm, F, C, F, G, C, G and F. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 61 BPM before aiming for the song's 124 BPM. With the song's key of Db Minor, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gm] He _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ said, day, he said, day, he said, day, he said, [Eb] day, he said, day, day, day, oh.
[Bb] _ _
Daylight come and _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ work all night and I drink a rum. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Stack [C]
banana [F] till the morning come.
_ Daylight come and me want.
_ _ [Cm] Come Mr.
[F] Talliman, tally me banana.
Daylight come and me want, [Fm] oh.
_ Come Mr.
Tallyman, [C] tally me [F] banana.
Daylight come [C] and me wan' [Fm] go.
_ Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch.
_ Daylight [C] come and me wan' [Fm] _ go.
Six foot, seven foot, [G] eight foot bunch.
[F] _ Daylight come and me wan' go.
_ [Fm] Day, _ is [Abm] a day-o.
_ [F] Daylight come and me _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D]
wan' go.
Is [F] a day, [Gm] is a day, [Gb] is a day.
[F] Daylight come and me wan' go.
[Fm] A beautiful bunch, a ripe [F] banana.
Daylight come and me _ _ [D] wan' go.
Hide the deadly [Fm] black tarantula.
Daylight [Dm] come and me [C] wan' [D] go.
_ Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch. _
Daylight come and me wan' go.
_ Six foot, seven [F] foot, eight [G] foot bunch.
_ [F]
Daylight come [C] and me wan' go.
_ _ _ Day, _ [G] is a [Ab] day-o.
_ [F]
Daylight come and me [C] wan' [Fm] go. _ _
_ _ Is a day, [F] is a day, is a day.
Daylight come and me [C] wan' [F] go.
[G] _
Come [C] Mr.
[G] Tallyman, tally me [F] banana.
Daylight come and [C] me _ [Fm] wan' go.
Come Mr.
[G] Tallyman, tally [Fm] me banana. _
Daylight come [C] and me wan' [F] go.
_ [Gm]
Day _ [D]-o, _ [B] _ day-o.
_ [Dm] _ _ Daylight come and _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
me wan' go.
Day!
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _

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