Chords for The Mills Brothers - Lazy bones (1930s)

Tempo:
148.1 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

G

B

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Mills Brothers  -  Lazy bones (1930s) chords
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[D] [F#] [A] [C#]
[G] [A] [G]
Lazybones, [A] sleeping in the sun, [G]
[A] how you speak to get [D] your days [Bm] work [Am] done?
[B] I don't wanna get my days [Em] work done,
[B] [A#] I'm sleeping [A] in this noonday [D] sun.
[C]
[C#m] [G] Lazybones, [A] lying in the [G] shade, [D] how you [A] speak to get [D] your cornmeal made?
I [B] don't wanna get no [Em] cornmeal made,
[B] [A#] I'm sleeping in [A] this [D] evening [Bm] shade.
[C] [G] When dater's needs praying, oh I bet you keep [D] praying, the [A] bugs fall off [D] of the vine.
I keep praying [Dm] and when I [Cm] go fishing, [B]
I always [A] keep wishing that [Bm] the fish don't grab [Em] at my [A] line.
[G] [D] [G]
Lazybones, [A] loafing all [G] day, how you [A] speak to make [D] a dime [Am] that way?
I [B] don't wanna make a dime, no [Em] way can't you see, [B] [A#] I ain't [A] heard a word [D] you [A] say.
[D] [C#] [A]
[C#] [D]
[N] [F#m]
[B] [E]
[Em] [A]
[D]
[F#m]
[C#] [D]
Lazybones, sleeping in the sun, how you [B]
[Em] speak [A]
[D]
[F#] [G]
[D]
[A] [D]
[Dm] [Cm] [Bm]
[A] [Bm]
[A]
[D] to [G]
[D] [G] [D]
[A] [D] get your days work done?
[B]
[Em] [Gm]
[A#m]
[A]
[N]
We're looking here.
100%  ➙  148BPM
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
B
12341112
Em
121
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
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To start learning The Mills Brothers - Lazy Bones chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - G, D, G, D, A and D in sequence. Ease into the song by practicing at 74 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 148 BPM. With D Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [G] _
Lazybones, [A] _ sleeping in the sun, [G] _
_ [A] how you speak to get _ [D] your days [Bm] work [Am] done?
[B] I don't wanna get my days [Em] work done, _
_ _ [B] _ [A#] I'm sleeping [A] in this noonday [D] sun.
_ [C] _ _
[C#m] _ [G] _ _ _ _ Lazybones, _ [A] lying in the [G] shade, _ [D] how you [A] speak to get [D] your _ cornmeal made?
I [B] don't wanna get no [Em] cornmeal made, _ _ _ _
[B] [A#] I'm sleeping in [A] this _ [D] evening [Bm] shade.
_ [C] _ _ [G] When dater's needs praying, oh I bet you keep [D] praying, _ the [A] bugs fall off [D] of the vine.
I keep praying [Dm] and when I [Cm] go fishing, [B]
I always [A] keep wishing that [Bm] the fish don't grab [Em] at my [A] line.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G]
Lazybones, _ [A] _ loafing all [G] day, _ _ how you [A] speak to make [D] a dime [Am] that way?
I [B] don't wanna make a dime, no [Em] way _ can't you see, [B] _ [A#] _ I ain't [A] heard a word [D] you _ [A] say. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ _
_ _ Lazybones, sleeping in the sun, how you _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] speak _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ to [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ get your days work _ done?
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ We're looking here. _

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