Chords for Donovan Sings Mellow Yellow & Explains Song Meaning
Tempo:
95.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
D
E
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'm just mad [G] about Saffron.
[Dm] Saffron's mad [A] about me.
[G] Just mad about Saffron.
[A] She's just mad about me.
What's my name?
They call me [D] Mellow Yellow.
Oh, [G] yes.
[Dbm] They call me [D] Mellow Yellow.
Right, [G] right.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
[G]
[A]
[E] On the Howard Stern show this morning,
Howard said,
That's our Mellow Yellow, [Bb] yeah?
It's the one with the vibrator, right?
[Abm] The electrical banana.
[G] I said, well
He said, it was called Electrical Banana.
I [A] said, no.
And this old Beatles are everywhere
these last few days [G] because
[A] Well, just because.
[N] And I said, well, John Lennon and I,
when we did hang [Gb] just before fame [G] took us all away,
[A] one day in [E] his house we were looking through the newspapers.
[G] [A] And Lennon used to like that [G] because he'd find stories.
You'd get a [A] tune, you see.
[G] But he had no words.
So you'd pick up a newspaper or [D] magazine
and there'd be a phrase, [G] like John did.
[N] I read the news [E] today, oh boy.
Four thousand [Eb] holes.
So [Am] any words in any paper, in any magazine, would do for a [D] while.
[G] But sometimes they stick.
And we [A] were looking through the newspapers in the back pages.
Lennon was looking at the personals.
So was I.
And then I saw it.
[G] One day.
Must have been 67.
[D] A [N] thing called a Marisol [G] Aid.
[A] And [Dm] it was making a big noise in the [E] world.
[G] Which was a bit sad for the [Gb] guys who weren't satisfying the girls.
[E] So somehow the girls liked this Marisol [A] Aid.
My goodness, [D] what is this, I said.
And I don't know how it happened, but it became
Eat, lick, drink of [G] banana.
[D] It's gonna be a sudden [A] craze.
[G] Eat, lick, drink of banana.
[A] It's gonna be the very [Ab] next phase.
They call me Mellow [D] Yellow.
Quite [G] right here.
[A] They call me Mellow [E] Yellow.
Quite [G] right here.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
[D] [G] Oh yeah.
[A]
[D] Just mad [G] about saffron.
[E] Saffron's mad about [A] me.
[G] I'm just mad about saffron.
[A] She's [Dm] just mad about [A] me.
See, they call me [Dm] Mellow Yellow.
Quite [G] right there.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
[G] I'm a real man.
[E] They call me Mellow Yellow.
Oh [G] yeah.
[A] They call me Mellow [D] Yellow. [C] Mellow [D] Yellow.
[Abm] [N] Howdy, stay.
Listening to the J45.
See
[Dm] Saffron's mad [A] about me.
[G] Just mad about Saffron.
[A] She's just mad about me.
What's my name?
They call me [D] Mellow Yellow.
Oh, [G] yes.
[Dbm] They call me [D] Mellow Yellow.
Right, [G] right.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
[G]
[A]
[E] On the Howard Stern show this morning,
Howard said,
That's our Mellow Yellow, [Bb] yeah?
It's the one with the vibrator, right?
[Abm] The electrical banana.
[G] I said, well
He said, it was called Electrical Banana.
I [A] said, no.
And this old Beatles are everywhere
these last few days [G] because
[A] Well, just because.
[N] And I said, well, John Lennon and I,
when we did hang [Gb] just before fame [G] took us all away,
[A] one day in [E] his house we were looking through the newspapers.
[G] [A] And Lennon used to like that [G] because he'd find stories.
You'd get a [A] tune, you see.
[G] But he had no words.
So you'd pick up a newspaper or [D] magazine
and there'd be a phrase, [G] like John did.
[N] I read the news [E] today, oh boy.
Four thousand [Eb] holes.
So [Am] any words in any paper, in any magazine, would do for a [D] while.
[G] But sometimes they stick.
And we [A] were looking through the newspapers in the back pages.
Lennon was looking at the personals.
So was I.
And then I saw it.
[G] One day.
Must have been 67.
[D] A [N] thing called a Marisol [G] Aid.
[A] And [Dm] it was making a big noise in the [E] world.
[G] Which was a bit sad for the [Gb] guys who weren't satisfying the girls.
[E] So somehow the girls liked this Marisol [A] Aid.
My goodness, [D] what is this, I said.
And I don't know how it happened, but it became
Eat, lick, drink of [G] banana.
[D] It's gonna be a sudden [A] craze.
[G] Eat, lick, drink of banana.
[A] It's gonna be the very [Ab] next phase.
They call me Mellow [D] Yellow.
Quite [G] right here.
[A] They call me Mellow [E] Yellow.
Quite [G] right here.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
[D] [G] Oh yeah.
[A]
[D] Just mad [G] about saffron.
[E] Saffron's mad about [A] me.
[G] I'm just mad about saffron.
[A] She's [Dm] just mad about [A] me.
See, they call me [Dm] Mellow Yellow.
Quite [G] right there.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
[G] I'm a real man.
[E] They call me Mellow Yellow.
Oh [G] yeah.
[A] They call me Mellow [D] Yellow. [C] Mellow [D] Yellow.
[Abm] [N] Howdy, stay.
Listening to the J45.
See
Key:
G
A
D
E
Dm
G
A
D
_ _ I'm just mad [G] about Saffron.
_ [Dm] _ Saffron's mad [A] about me. _
_ _ [G] _ Just mad about Saffron.
_ _ [A] She's just mad about me.
What's my name?
They call me [D] Mellow Yellow.
Oh, [G] yes.
[Dbm] They call me [D] Mellow Yellow.
Right, [G] right.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
_ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] On the Howard Stern show this morning,
Howard said,
That's our Mellow Yellow, [Bb] yeah?
It's the one with the vibrator, right?
[Abm] The electrical banana.
[G] I said, well_
He said, it was called Electrical Banana.
I [A] said, no.
_ _ _ _ And this old Beatles are everywhere
these last few days [G] because_
[A] Well, just because.
[N] And I said, well, John Lennon and I,
when we did hang [Gb] just before fame [G] took us all away,
_ [A] one day in [E] his house we were looking through the newspapers.
[G] _ _ [A] And Lennon used to like that [G] because he'd find stories.
You'd get a [A] tune, you see.
[G] But he had no words.
So you'd pick up a newspaper or [D] magazine
and there'd be a phrase, [G] like John did.
[N] I read the news [E] today, oh boy.
Four thousand [Eb] holes.
So [Am] any words in any paper, in any magazine, would do for a [D] while. _
[G] But sometimes they stick.
And we [A] were looking through the newspapers in the back pages.
Lennon was looking at the personals.
So was I.
And then I saw it.
[G] One day.
Must have been 67.
[D] A [N] thing called a Marisol [G] Aid.
_ [A] And [Dm] it was making a big noise in the [E] world.
[G] Which was a bit sad for the [Gb] guys who weren't satisfying the girls.
[E] So somehow the girls liked this Marisol [A] Aid.
My goodness, [D] what is this, I said.
And I don't know how it happened, but it _ became_
Eat, lick, drink of [G] banana.
_ [D] It's gonna be a sudden [A] craze.
_ _ [G] Eat, lick, drink of banana.
_ [A] It's gonna be the very [Ab] next phase.
They call me Mellow [D] Yellow.
Quite [G] right here.
[A] They call me Mellow [E] Yellow.
Quite [G] right here.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
[D] _ [G] Oh yeah. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Just mad [G] about saffron. _ _
[E] _ Saffron's mad about [A] me. _ _ _
[G] I'm just mad about saffron. _ _
[A] She's [Dm] just mad about [A] me.
See, they call me [Dm] Mellow Yellow.
Quite [G] right there.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
_ [G] I'm a real man.
[E] They call me Mellow Yellow.
_ Oh [G] yeah.
[A] They call me Mellow [D] Yellow. _ [C] Mellow _ [D] Yellow. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ Howdy, stay.
_ Listening to the J45.
See
_ [Dm] _ Saffron's mad [A] about me. _
_ _ [G] _ Just mad about Saffron.
_ _ [A] She's just mad about me.
What's my name?
They call me [D] Mellow Yellow.
Oh, [G] yes.
[Dbm] They call me [D] Mellow Yellow.
Right, [G] right.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
_ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] On the Howard Stern show this morning,
Howard said,
That's our Mellow Yellow, [Bb] yeah?
It's the one with the vibrator, right?
[Abm] The electrical banana.
[G] I said, well_
He said, it was called Electrical Banana.
I [A] said, no.
_ _ _ _ And this old Beatles are everywhere
these last few days [G] because_
[A] Well, just because.
[N] And I said, well, John Lennon and I,
when we did hang [Gb] just before fame [G] took us all away,
_ [A] one day in [E] his house we were looking through the newspapers.
[G] _ _ [A] And Lennon used to like that [G] because he'd find stories.
You'd get a [A] tune, you see.
[G] But he had no words.
So you'd pick up a newspaper or [D] magazine
and there'd be a phrase, [G] like John did.
[N] I read the news [E] today, oh boy.
Four thousand [Eb] holes.
So [Am] any words in any paper, in any magazine, would do for a [D] while. _
[G] But sometimes they stick.
And we [A] were looking through the newspapers in the back pages.
Lennon was looking at the personals.
So was I.
And then I saw it.
[G] One day.
Must have been 67.
[D] A [N] thing called a Marisol [G] Aid.
_ [A] And [Dm] it was making a big noise in the [E] world.
[G] Which was a bit sad for the [Gb] guys who weren't satisfying the girls.
[E] So somehow the girls liked this Marisol [A] Aid.
My goodness, [D] what is this, I said.
And I don't know how it happened, but it _ became_
Eat, lick, drink of [G] banana.
_ [D] It's gonna be a sudden [A] craze.
_ _ [G] Eat, lick, drink of banana.
_ [A] It's gonna be the very [Ab] next phase.
They call me Mellow [D] Yellow.
Quite [G] right here.
[A] They call me Mellow [E] Yellow.
Quite [G] right here.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
[D] _ [G] Oh yeah. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Just mad [G] about saffron. _ _
[E] _ Saffron's mad about [A] me. _ _ _
[G] I'm just mad about saffron. _ _
[A] She's [Dm] just mad about [A] me.
See, they call me [Dm] Mellow Yellow.
Quite [G] right there.
[A] They call me Mellow Yellow.
_ [G] I'm a real man.
[E] They call me Mellow Yellow.
_ Oh [G] yeah.
[A] They call me Mellow [D] Yellow. _ [C] Mellow _ [D] Yellow. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ Howdy, stay.
_ Listening to the J45.
See