Chords for Uranium Fever: Elton Britt, 1955
Tempo:
115.45 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
F
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Well, I don't know but I've been told uranium ore is worth more than gold.
I sold my [Ab] cad, I bought me a [Bb] jeep, I got that [Eb] bug and I can't sleep.
Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and [Eb] got me down.
Uranium fever [F] is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Ab] With a Geiger counter in my hand,
I'm going out [Bb] to take me some gold mines, [Bm] who I have.
[Eb] Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got me [Eb] down.
Well, I had a talk with the AEC and they [Bb] brought out some maps that looked good to me.
And one [Fm] showed me a spot he said he knowed, so I [Eb] straddled my jeep and headed down the road.
I reckon I drove about a hundred miles down a bumpy road [Bb] out through the wilds,
[Ab] when all of a sudden I bounced a stop at [Eb] the foot of a mountain didn't have no top.
Uranium [Ab] fever has gone [Eb] and got me down.
Uranium fever [F] is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter in my [Bb] hand,
I'm going out to take me some gold [B] mines.
[Eb] [A] Uranium fever has [Ab] gone and got [Eb] me down.
Well, I took my Geiger and I started to climb right up to the top where [Ab] I thought I'd find a hunk of rock
that'd make it [Bb] click just like I'd read about [Eb] Vernon Pick.
On the second day I made the top and I'm telling you Steve, I was ready to stop.
The only clicking [Ab] that I heard that day [Eb] was the bones in my back that had gone astray.
Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got [Eb] me down.
Uranium [B] fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter [Ab] in my hand,
I'm [Bb] going out to take me some government [Cm] land.
Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and got [Eb] me down.
Well, you pack up your things, you head out again into some [G] unknown spot where nobody's been.
You reach the [Ab] spot where your fortune [Bb] lies.
You find it's been [Eb] staked by seventeen other guys.
Well, I ain't kidding, I ain't gonna quit.
That bug's done [Bb] caught me and I've been bit.
[N] So with a Geiger counter and a pick in my hand,
I'll keep right [Eb] on staking that government land.
Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got [Eb] me down.
Uranium [A] fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter [Bb] in my hand,
I'm going out to take me some [D] government [Eb] land.
Uranium fever [F] has gone [E] and got [Eb] me down.
[Bb] [Eb]
Well, I don't know but I've been told uranium ore is worth more than gold.
I sold my [Ab] cad, I bought me a [Bb] jeep, I got that [Eb] bug and I can't sleep.
Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and [Eb] got me down.
Uranium fever [F] is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Ab] With a Geiger counter in my hand,
I'm going out [Bb] to take me some gold mines, [Bm] who I have.
[Eb] Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got me [Eb] down.
Well, I had a talk with the AEC and they [Bb] brought out some maps that looked good to me.
And one [Fm] showed me a spot he said he knowed, so I [Eb] straddled my jeep and headed down the road.
I reckon I drove about a hundred miles down a bumpy road [Bb] out through the wilds,
[Ab] when all of a sudden I bounced a stop at [Eb] the foot of a mountain didn't have no top.
Uranium [Ab] fever has gone [Eb] and got me down.
Uranium fever [F] is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter in my [Bb] hand,
I'm going out to take me some gold [B] mines.
[Eb] [A] Uranium fever has [Ab] gone and got [Eb] me down.
Well, I took my Geiger and I started to climb right up to the top where [Ab] I thought I'd find a hunk of rock
that'd make it [Bb] click just like I'd read about [Eb] Vernon Pick.
On the second day I made the top and I'm telling you Steve, I was ready to stop.
The only clicking [Ab] that I heard that day [Eb] was the bones in my back that had gone astray.
Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got [Eb] me down.
Uranium [B] fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter [Ab] in my hand,
I'm [Bb] going out to take me some government [Cm] land.
Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and got [Eb] me down.
Well, you pack up your things, you head out again into some [G] unknown spot where nobody's been.
You reach the [Ab] spot where your fortune [Bb] lies.
You find it's been [Eb] staked by seventeen other guys.
Well, I ain't kidding, I ain't gonna quit.
That bug's done [Bb] caught me and I've been bit.
[N] So with a Geiger counter and a pick in my hand,
I'll keep right [Eb] on staking that government land.
Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got [Eb] me down.
Uranium [A] fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter [Bb] in my hand,
I'm going out to take me some [D] government [Eb] land.
Uranium fever [F] has gone [E] and got [Eb] me down.
[Bb] [Eb]
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[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _
Well, I don't know but I've been told uranium ore is worth more than gold.
I sold my [Ab] cad, I bought me a [Bb] jeep, I got that [Eb] bug and I can't sleep.
Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and [Eb] got me down.
_ Uranium fever [F] is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Ab] With a Geiger counter in my hand,
I'm going out [Bb] to take me some gold mines, [Bm] who I have.
[Eb] Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got me [Eb] down.
Well, I had a talk with the AEC and they [Bb] brought out some maps that looked good to me.
And one [Fm] showed me a spot he said he knowed, so I [Eb] straddled my jeep and headed down the road.
I reckon I drove about a hundred miles down a bumpy road [Bb] out through the wilds,
[Ab] when all of a sudden I bounced a stop at [Eb] the foot of a mountain didn't have no top.
Uranium [Ab] fever has gone [Eb] and got me down.
_ Uranium fever [F] is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter in my [Bb] hand,
I'm going out to take me some gold [B] mines.
[Eb] _ [A] Uranium fever has [Ab] gone and got [Eb] me down.
_ Well, I took my Geiger and I started to climb right up to the top where [Ab] I thought I'd find a hunk of rock
that'd make it [Bb] click just like I'd read about [Eb] Vernon Pick.
On the second day I made the top and I'm telling you Steve, I was ready to stop.
The only clicking [Ab] that I heard that day [Eb] was the bones in my back that had gone astray.
_ Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got [Eb] me down.
_ Uranium [B] fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter [Ab] in my hand,
I'm [Bb] going out to take me some government [Cm] land.
Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and got [Eb] me down.
_ Well, you pack up your things, you head out again into some [G] unknown spot where nobody's been.
You reach the [Ab] spot where your fortune [Bb] lies.
You find it's been [Eb] staked by seventeen other guys. _ _
Well, I ain't kidding, I ain't gonna quit.
That bug's done [Bb] caught me and I've been bit.
[N] So with a Geiger counter and a pick in my hand,
I'll keep right [Eb] on staking that government land.
_ Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got [Eb] me down.
Uranium [A] fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter [Bb] in my hand,
I'm going out to take me some [D] government [Eb] land.
Uranium fever [F] has gone [E] and got [Eb] me down.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
Well, I don't know but I've been told uranium ore is worth more than gold.
I sold my [Ab] cad, I bought me a [Bb] jeep, I got that [Eb] bug and I can't sleep.
Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and [Eb] got me down.
_ Uranium fever [F] is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Ab] With a Geiger counter in my hand,
I'm going out [Bb] to take me some gold mines, [Bm] who I have.
[Eb] Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got me [Eb] down.
Well, I had a talk with the AEC and they [Bb] brought out some maps that looked good to me.
And one [Fm] showed me a spot he said he knowed, so I [Eb] straddled my jeep and headed down the road.
I reckon I drove about a hundred miles down a bumpy road [Bb] out through the wilds,
[Ab] when all of a sudden I bounced a stop at [Eb] the foot of a mountain didn't have no top.
Uranium [Ab] fever has gone [Eb] and got me down.
_ Uranium fever [F] is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter in my [Bb] hand,
I'm going out to take me some gold [B] mines.
[Eb] _ [A] Uranium fever has [Ab] gone and got [Eb] me down.
_ Well, I took my Geiger and I started to climb right up to the top where [Ab] I thought I'd find a hunk of rock
that'd make it [Bb] click just like I'd read about [Eb] Vernon Pick.
On the second day I made the top and I'm telling you Steve, I was ready to stop.
The only clicking [Ab] that I heard that day [Eb] was the bones in my back that had gone astray.
_ Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got [Eb] me down.
_ Uranium [B] fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter [Ab] in my hand,
I'm [Bb] going out to take me some government [Cm] land.
Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and got [Eb] me down.
_ Well, you pack up your things, you head out again into some [G] unknown spot where nobody's been.
You reach the [Ab] spot where your fortune [Bb] lies.
You find it's been [Eb] staked by seventeen other guys. _ _
Well, I ain't kidding, I ain't gonna quit.
That bug's done [Bb] caught me and I've been bit.
[N] So with a Geiger counter and a pick in my hand,
I'll keep right [Eb] on staking that government land.
_ Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got [Eb] me down.
Uranium [A] fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter [Bb] in my hand,
I'm going out to take me some [D] government [Eb] land.
Uranium fever [F] has gone [E] and got [Eb] me down.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _