Chords for The Doobie Brothers - Ukiah/The Captain and Me

Tempo:
149.7 bpm
Chords used:

D

Am

C

G

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Doobie Brothers - Ukiah/The Captain and Me chords
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[Em]
[D] [C]
[D] [Em]
[D] [C] [Em] We've been swarms rushing [C] everywhere, [Am]
[Em] if it only slowed down once, [C] they might find [Am] something there.
[D] Green trees and tender [Am] lands, people working with their [G] [C] hands, for sure, a different [Em] way to live.
[D] Gonna keep my cabinet [Am] hand, we three can't live for [G] [C] man.
All around [G] you can,
[C] [Am]
[Em]
[C] [Am]
[Em] mountain streams that [D] rush [C] on by,
[D] [Em] show the bishop jumping [D] and [C] reflecting open [Am] sky.
[D] The smell of the pine, [Am] symbol of unchanging
[Bm] [C] ties, all around this [A] sacred [Em] land.
[D] Strange though I found my [Am] way, right here I'm gonna [C] stay, in this land you [Em] call
[Bm] [C] your own.
[Am]
[Em]
[D] [C]
[D] [Em]
[C] [Am]
[Em]
[C]
[D] The smell of the [Am] pine, symbol of unchanging
[D] [C] ties, all around this [Em] sacred land.
[D] Strange though I found my [Am] way, right here I'm gonna [D] stay, [C] in this land you [Em] call your [C] own.
[D] [Em]
[D] [C]
[D] [Em] Who
[D] [C] is God?
[D] [Em] Who,
[C] [Am]
[D] [Em] who,
[C] [Am]
[D] [Em]
who is God?
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
[D] [Dm] Steep [G] as a river, [C] [D] wide as a sea, [C] gent in [G] the ways [D] of a captain and he.
[Dm] I could [D] be [G]
happy, lost [C] [D] nothing to be, [G]
all of the universe, I'm telling [D] self to me.
[Dm] No [G] better day, close [D] in the night, [G]
sweet the beggar man, he [D] found himself in wine.
[Dm] I [G] am a good man, ensuring [D] all my ways, [G] captain of a starship, that's how I [D] found a day.
[Bm] Growing, growing, changing [D] every day,
[G]
[D] [Bm] Knowing, showing all my [D] worldly ways.
[G]
[D] [G]
Here's a chance, [A] here I'll play, marking time on [C]
who's to [Am] play.
[G] [D] Whisper [G] and ask the fire [D] in the night, [C]
drag [G] down, turn around, I'm [D] feeling a fire.
[Dm] The Indian [G] will clap now, the Asian [D] will see, [G] the door that is opening, I've got [D] to be free.
[Bm] Growing, growing, changing [D] every day,
[Am] [D]
[Bm] Knowing, showing [D] all my worldly ways.
[G]
[D] [G]
Here's a [A] chance, here I'll play, [G] marking time [A] on [C] who's to play.
[A] [F] We are all [Am] acceptable, [G] [F]
we are [D] all places,
[Am] I'm free to pass and [D] play.
[F] I'm [D] walking at the time, [Bm]
changing
[D] every day.
I'm feeling everything, [Bm] knowing, showing all my [D] worldly ways.
[G] Here's a [A]
chance, here I'll play, [G]
marking time on [C] who's to play.
[Am]
[F] Like the [Am] clouds of the day, [F]
[D] the snow's on the way.
[Dm]
Changing [Am] times, the clock's fast, [G] [F] we will [D] all be free to pass.
[Am]
[D]
[Am]
[Dm]
[D]
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [D]
[Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[D]
[F] We are the [Am] people of the roundabout,
[F] we are the [D] sailor from the sea.
[Am] We're gonna be that way, everybody laugh about, [F] with that we are changing [D] you and me.
[Am]
We are the people of the roundabout, we are the [D] sailor from the sea.
[Am] We're gonna be that way, everybody laugh about, [Dm] with that we are changing [D] you and me.
[Dm] We are King [Am] of all and we are set on [D] a [G] dream.
[F] [Am]
Do do do [D] do do do do do do [Am] do do [A] do do do [D]
do do do do do do do.
[Am]
[D]
Key:  
D
1321
Am
2311
C
3211
G
2131
Em
121
D
1321
Am
2311
C
3211
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Learn the basic chords of The Doobie Brothers - Ukiah chords, with this master sequence: Am, Em, D, Em, D, C, Em, C, Bm, D, G and D. A good strategy is to initiate at 74 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 150 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of G Major in mind.

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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] We've been _ _ _ swarms _ rushing _ [C] everywhere, _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ if it only slowed down once, [C] they might find [Am] something _ there.
[D] _ Green trees and tender [Am] lands, people working with their [G] [C] hands, for sure, a different [Em] way to live. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ Gonna keep my cabinet [Am] hand, we three can't live for [G] _ [C] man.
_ All around [G] you can, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ mountain streams that [D] rush [C] on by, _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ show the bishop jumping [D] and [C] reflecting open _ [Am] sky.
_ [D] _ The smell of the pine, [Am] _ symbol of unchanging _
[Bm] _ [C] ties, all around this [A] sacred [Em] land. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ Strange though I found my [Am] way, right here I'm gonna [C] stay, _ _ in this land you [Em] call _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] [C] your own.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] The _ _ smell of the [Am] pine, symbol of unchanging _
[D] [C] ties, _ all around this [Em] sacred land. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ Strange though I found my [Am] way, _ right here I'm gonna [D] stay, [C] _ _ in this land you [Em] call _ _ _ _ _ your [C] own. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ Who _ _
[D] _ [C] is God? _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ Who, _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ who, _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
who is God? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] Steep [G] as a river, _ [C] [D] wide as a sea, _ [C] gent in [G] the ways [D] of a captain and he.
[Dm] I could [D] be [G]
happy, lost [C] [D] nothing to be, _ [G]
all of the universe, I'm telling [D] self to me.
_ _ [Dm] No [G] better day, _ _ close [D] in the night, [G] _
sweet the beggar man, he [D] found himself in wine.
[Dm] _ I [G] am a good man, ensuring [D] all my ways, [G] captain of a starship, that's how I [D] found a day. _
[Bm] Growing, _ growing, _ changing _ [D] every _ _ day,
[G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Knowing, _ _ _ showing _ all my [D] worldly ways.
_ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Here's a chance, [A] here I'll play, _ _ marking _ time on [C]
who's to _ _ [Am] play. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ Whisper [G] and ask the fire [D] in the night, [C]
drag [G] down, turn around, I'm [D] feeling a fire.
_ [Dm] The Indian [G] will clap now, the Asian [D] will see, [G] the door that is opening, I've got [D] to be free.
_ [Bm] _ Growing, _ growing, _ changing [D] every _ _ day,
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ Knowing, showing _ [D] all my worldly _ _ ways.
[G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Here's a [A] chance, here I'll play, _ _ _ [G] marking time [A] on [C] who's to _ _ play. _ _
_ _ [A] _ [F] We _ are all [Am] acceptable, [G] _ _ _ _ [F]
we are [D] all places, _ _
[Am] _ I'm free to pass and [D] play.
_ [F] _ _ I'm [D] walking at the time, _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ changing _
[D] every day.
I'm _ _ feeling everything, _ _ [Bm] _ knowing, _ showing all my [D] worldly ways. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Here's a [A]
chance, here I'll play, _ [G] _
marking _ time on [C] who's to _ play.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ Like the [Am] clouds of the day, _ [F] _ _ _ _
[D] the snow's on the way.
[Dm] _ _
Changing [Am] times, the clock's fast, [G] _ [F] _ we will [D] all be free to pass. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] We are the [Am] people of the roundabout, _
_ [F] we are the [D] sailor from the sea.
_ _ _ [Am] We're gonna be that way, everybody laugh about, [F] _ _ with that we are changing [D] you and me.
_ _ [Am] _
We are the people of the roundabout, _ _ we are the [D] sailor from the sea. _
_ [Am] _ We're gonna be that way, everybody laugh about, _ _ [Dm] with that we are changing [D] you and _ me.
_ [Dm] We are King [Am] of all and _ _ _ we are set on [D] a [G] _ dream.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ Do do do [D] do do do do do _ _ do [Am] do do [A] do do do _ _ _ _ _ [D]
do do do do do do do. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was written by Tom Johnston.

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