Chords for Pete Seeger performs "Abiyoyo" at 1997 Folklife

_ _ _ So I started telling a story.
_ _ Once upon a [E] time, a boy played the ukulele.
You know that song?
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_ [Fm] _ _ _ [F#] _ Not only that, the boy's father got him covered. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ But he was _ doing a hard job of work.
_ Up comes the boy.
A song. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Now in this town they used to tell stories.
_ [F] The old people used to tell stories about the giants that lived in the old days. _
They used to tell a story about a giant called _ Abiyoyo. _ _
Tall [F#] as a tree. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ One day, one day, the sun rose.
The mud ripped.
_ And the first people got up.
This amazing shadow. _ _ _ _
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_ _ Strong men fainted. _ _ _
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_ Up comes their cow pack.
A hole. _ _
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The boy and his father woke up.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G] Oh son, that's Abiyoyo.
[N] Oh, and like an old gentleman, I could make him.
_ The boy said, come with me, father.
Let's try to catch the magic wallop.
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_ _ He leads you along. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Wallop.
_ _ _ _ Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, _ _ _ _ _ Abiyoyo, _ _ _ Abiyoyo, [D] _ _ [B] Abiyoyo. _
Had never heard a song about himself before.
A foolish grin spread over his face.
[C] The giant started to [Fm] dance.
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_ _ [F#] The giant found out a breath.
He strutted.
He fell down flat.
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They ran across the field.
They lifted up the boy and his father. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ They [B] all sang, Abiyoyo.
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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
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