Auburn 2019 Ukulele Jamboree Stop!
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www.ukejams.com Auburn 2019 Ukulele Jamboree Stop! Do not download this file! This file contains the songs for the Jamboree in the park. Each song was chosen because it is well known and it contains a simple chord pattern repeated throughout the song! The chord progression for each song will be displayed at the Jamboree. You are encouraged to not use this handout, but if you prefer having the music in front of you, please do bring your own copy. Jambalaya Hank Williams C C G G Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh G G C C Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou C C G G My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh G G C C Son of a gun, we’ll have good fun on the bayou C C G G Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo G G C C ‘Cause tonight I’m’a gonna see my ma cher amio C C G G Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-oh G G C C Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou C C G G Thibodeaux, Fountaineaux, the place is buzzin’ G G C C Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen C C G G Dress in style, they go hog wild, me oh my oh G G C C Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou <Chorus> C C G G Settle down, far from town, get me a pirogue G G C C Gonna catch all the fish in the bayou C C G G Swap my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o G G C C Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou <Chorus> Best Day of My Life American Authors C C I had a dream so big and loud, I jumped so high I touched the clouds F F Whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa, whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa, C C I stretched my hands out to the sky, we danced with monsters through the night F F Whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa, whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa, C C I'm never gonna look back, whoa, I’m never gonna give it up, no F F Please don't wake me now C C F Woo-oo-oo-oo Woo Woo This is gonna be the best day of my life. F C C F F oo-oo-oo My li-i-i-i-i-ife Woo-oo-oo-oo Woo-oo-oo-oo Woo-oo-oo-oo Woo C I howled at the moon with friends and then the sun came crashing in F Whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa, whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa, C But all the possibilities, no limits just epiphanies F Whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa, whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa, C I'm never gonna look back, whoa, I’m never gonna give it up, no F F Just don't wake me now <Chorus> C C C C I hear it calling outside my window, I feel it in my soul (soul) C C The stars were burning so bright, the sun was out 'til midnight C C I say we lose control (control) <Chorus> Leaving on a Jet Plane John Denver C F C F All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go. I'm standing here, outside your door C F G I hate to wake you up to say goodbye C F C F But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn, the taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn C F G Already I'm so lonesome I could cry C F C F So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. C F G Hold me like you'll never let me go C F C F I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again C F G Oh babe, I hate to go C F C F There’s so many times I've let you down, so many times I've played around C F G I tell you now, they don't mean a thing C F C F Every place I go, I think of you, every song I sing, I sing for you C F G When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring <chorus> C F C F Now the time has come to leave you. One more time, let me kiss you. C F G Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way C F C F Dream about the days to come, when I won't have to leave alone C F G About the time I won't have to say <chorus> Simply change between C and F, with a G added at the end of every long phrase. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) Craig Reid (The Proclaimers) C C F// G// C When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you C C F// G// C When I go out, yeah, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you C C F// G// C If I get drunk, well, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you C C F// G// C And if I haver, hey, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you C C F G But I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more C C F G Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door C C F// G// C And when I'm working, yes, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you C C F// G// C And when the money, comes in for the work I do, I'll pass almost every penny on to you C C F// G// C When I come home, oh, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you C C F// G// C And if I grow old, well, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you <Chorus> C C Da lat da da (Da lat da da), da lat da da (Da lat da da) F// G// C Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle un-diddle ah C C Da lat da da (Da lat da da), da lat da da (Da lat da da) F// G// C Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle un-diddle ah C C F// G// C When I'm lonely, well, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who's lonely without you C C F// G// C And when I'm dreaming, well, I know I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream about the time when I'm with you C C F// G// C When I go out, well, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you C C F// G// C And when I come home, yes, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who comes back home for you F// G// C I'm gonna be the man who's coming home for you <Chorus> <Da lat da da> <Da lat da da> <Chorus> The Lion Sleeps Tonight Solomon Linda <Chorus:> C F A wimoweh, a wimoweh a wimoweh, a wimoweh C G7 A wimoweh, a wimoweh a wimoweh, a wimoweh C F A wimoweh, a wimoweh a wimoweh, a wimoweh C G7 A wimoweh, a wimoweh a wimoweh, a wimoweh C F C G7 In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight C F C G7 In the jungle the quiet jungle the lion sleeps tonight <Chorus> C F C G7 Near the village the peaceful village the lion sleeps tonight C F C G7 Near the village the quiet village the lion sleeps tonight <Chorus> C F C G7 Hush my darling, don’t fear my darling the lion sleeps tonight C F C G7 Hush my darling, don’t cry my darling the lion sleeps tonight <Chorus> Last Kiss Cochran, Carpenter, Hoyal, McGlon C Am F G Oh where oh where can my baby be the Lord he took her away from me C Am She’s up in heaven so I got to be good, F G C C So I can see my baby when I leave this world C Am F G We were out on a date in my daddy’s car we hadn’t driven very far C Am F G Up in the road straight ahead, a car was stalled, its engine was dead C Am F G I couldn’t stop so I swerved to the right, I’ll never forget the sounds that night C Am F G C C The screaming tires, the busting glass, the painful scream that I heard last <chorus> C Am F G When I woke up the rain was coming down, there were people standing all around C Am F G Something warm was running through my eyes, but I found my baby somehow that night C Am F G I raised her head as she smiled and said, “Hold me darling for a little while” C Am F G I held her close I kissed her our last kiss, I found a love that I knew I would miss C Am And now she’s gone even though I hold her tight F G C C I lost my love my life that night <chorus> a C F G Renegades X Ambassadors Am C G F Am C G F Run away with me.