Chords for Ukulele Video Lesson - Banana Boat Song 1

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So this is a practice video for the banana boat song you can get the song sheet from the igloo blog along with the
handout about playing reggae style called reggae beat 1 getting that [G] reggae feel both of those are available from the igloo blog
_ So here's our chord of F.
So take your index finger and _ _
on your third string
_ _ Put that on the first fret and then your middle finger _ [F] on _ _ the second fret of your first string
_ _ _ And [Eb] that's F _
_ to play a C
_ Take your ring finger
_ _ And put it on your fourth string on the [C] third fret _ _ _
Try to avoid
_ Using the wrong finger _ as this will make your chord changes more difficult further down the line.
So use your ring finger _ _
That's our C
_ [G] _ _ _ Lots of people ask about how to strum
It _ depends on what sort of sound you like, but if you like a soft sound
[F] You can use the fleshy part of your thumb on the way back down
_ And the fleshy part of your finger on the way up
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_ _ _ _ If you use [Db] a harder part of your hand like the nail for [F] example, you get a slightly harder sound
_ _ _ [G] Reggae has a distinctive feel because of the strumming pattern and where on the beat the chords are played
Normally in 4-4 when you play down and up strums [F] you get 1 2 3 4
The down [G] strum is always on the number [C] and the up [F] strum is always on the half beat so it's 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
So _ the reggae [G] feel
[B] It has that bounce because we're playing on the offbeat or the upbeat
When we split the numbers into 1 and 2 and you're [Abm] just playing on the and or not on the number
So [F] it's 1 2 and 3 and 4 1 2 3 4
_ _ _ _ [G] Always a lovely genre to play on the [G] ukulele.
It sounds lovely
So to play the banana boat song
The chord progression is fairly simple, _ but what we want you to concentrate on is getting the feel right so getting [F] the reggae _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] So you're just playing the upbeat there.
So it's [F] work
All _ night on a drink _
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_ _ [F] _ _ So we recommend that you [G] mime the down strum so you don't play the strings but move your hand so you've got [F] down up down down
_ _ And that's how you get that reggae feel
_ _ _ _ [G] So here we go, let's play the chord progression twice through all together nice and slow
_ one two three four
[F] one two three four again _ two three
four third part of F two three four two [C] on the C
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and again one two three four one two three _
four F again one two three four two on the [C] C
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So [A] this is a banana boat song
_ [Ab] We're playing one strum on each chord on the downbeat for the intro and then we're starting the reggae rhythm
from verse [Eb] one
So you go something like [Gm] this
_ one two three [F] four
_ _ Oh _ _ _
day oh
_ _ _ Daylight [G] come and [C] me one go
[F] _ _
Work all night on a drink a run
_ _ Daylight come and me one go
[F] _ _ Stack _ banana till morning come
_ _ _ Daylight come and [C] me one go
[F] _ _ Come _
_ _ _ _ Me _ _
_ _ Daylight come
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_ _ [F] Come _ mr. _
_ Tallyman, tell me _ _
Did I come and [C] me one _
_ [F] _ _ Six foot seven foot eight foot bunch _ _ Daylight come And [C] me _ _
_ Six _ foot seven foot eight foot bunch _
daylight come
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_ Day
_ _ Me say day
_ _ _ Daylight come And [C] me _ _ _
Day me say day me say day me say day
_ day like a
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Beautiful _ bunch of right banana
_ dear I come _
[C] _ Go
[F] _ _ _ Hide the deadly _ black _ tarantula
Did I come
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Oh
[F] _ _ Six foot seven foot eight foot bunch _
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[F] Six _ _ foot seven foot eight _ bunch
Did I come?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Day _ _ me say day
_ _ Day like _
_ [C] Day _ _ [F] _ _ _
me _ _ say day me say day me say day day like _ _
[C] Come _ [F] _ _ _ _
mr.
_ Tallyman, tell me _ _
Did I come
_ _ [C] _
_ [F] Come _ _ mr. _
Tallyman, tell me _ _ _
Did I come
_ [C] Day _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ me say day
_ Day _ like
_ Day [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ me say day me say day me say day
Day like _ _
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