Harry Belafonte - Day-o banana boat song
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Title: Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
Artist: Harry Belafonte
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Play bass quarters consequently with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
[VERSE1] (2x)
C + + + + G + + +
E|-0-------3-------0-------3---3---|-0---3------/8-------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-----------|---------0-----------0-----------|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------------------------------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-------------------------7-------|
E|---------------------------------|-3---------------8---------------|
Work all night on a drink of rum.
Stack banana till de morning come.
C + + + + G + + C + +
E|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|
G|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
Daylight come me wanna go home.
Daylight come me wanna go home.
[CHORUS]
C + F + C + C + + + +
E|-8-------------------------|-7--p5---------------------|-------------0-------0-----------|
B|-------------8-------------|---------8---5-------------|-1-------1-------------------1---|
G|---------9------------9----|---------5------------5----|-----0---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-5---------------5---------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|
E|-8---------------8---------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
Day- o, day- o, day- light come me
G + + C + + C + + F + Dm +
E|---------------------------------|-8------------------------8---|-7--------7---5--------5---|
B|-3-------3-------1---------------|-------------8--------8-------|-5----8-------5----6-------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|---------9------------9-------|-5------------5------------|
D|---------0---------------2-------|------------------------------|-5------------5------------|
A|-----------------3---------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|-8---------------8------------|---------------------------|
wanna go home. Day, me say day, me say day, me say
G + F + C + + + + + +
E|-3--------3---1--------1---|-0-------------------------|-------------0-------0-----------|
B|-3----5-------1----3-------|-----1---------------------|-1-------1-------------------1---|
G|-4------------2------------|---------2---0--------0----|-----0---------------------------|
D|-5------------3------------|---------------------------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|---------------------------|-3---------------3---------|-3---------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
day, me say day, me say day- o! Daylight come me
G + + C + +
E|---------------------------------|
B|-3-------3-------1---------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------0---------------2-------|
A|-----------------3---------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|
wanna go home.
[VERSE2] (2x)
C + + + + G7 + + + +
E|-0-------3---3---0---0---3-------|-1---1---1-----------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------3---0---------------|
G|-----0-----------------------0---|-------------------------0-------|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0-----------0-------0---|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-------------------------2-------|
E|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|
Come, Mister tallyman, tally me banana
C + + + + G + + C + +
E|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|
G|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
Daylight come me wanna go home.
[MoreLyrics]
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come me wanna go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come me wanna go home
A beautiful bunch o' ripe banana
Daylight come me wanna go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come me wanna go home
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