Amanda Palmer – Ukulele Anthem chords
Chords:
Took the chords from ukulele hunt, done by Woodshed and written by Amanda Palmer. Play your ukulele! INTROC C7 Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 x2VERSE 1C C7Sid Vicious played a four-string Fender bass guitar and couldnt singFsus2 G7sus4 G7And everybody hated him except the ones who loved himC C7A ukulele has four strings, but Sid did not play ukuleleFsus2 G7sus4 G7He did smack and probably killed his girlfriend Nancy SpungenVERSE 2C C7If only Sid had had a ukulele, maybe he could have been happyFsus2 G7sus4 G7Maybe he would not have suffered such a sad endC C7He maybe would have not done all that heroin insteadFsus2 G7sus4 G7He maybe wouldve sat around just singing nice songs to his girlfriendCHORUSC C7So play your favorite cover song, especially if the words are wrongFsus2 G7sus4 G7Cos even if your grades are bad, it doesnt mean youre failingC C7Do your homework with a fork and eat your fruit loops in the darkFsus2 G7sus4 G7And bring your etch-a-sketch to work and play your ukuleleBRIDGEFsus2 G7Ukulele small and forceful, ukulele, brave and peacefulC Fsus2You can play the ukulele too it is painfully simpleFsus2 G7Play your ukulele badly, play your ukulele loudlyBb6Ukulele banish evil, ukulele save the people,Ukulele gleaming golden on the top of every steeple VERSE 3C C7Lizzie borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacksFsus2 G7sus4 G7Then gave her father forty-one, and left a tragic puzzleC C7If only they had given her an instrument, those puritansFsus2 G7sus4 G7Had lost the plot completely, see what happens when you muzzleVERSE 4C C7A persons creativity and do not let them sing and screamFsus2 G7sus4 G7And nowadays its worse cause kids have automatic handgunsC C7It takes about an hour to teach someone to play the ukuleleFsus2 G7sus4 G7About same to teach someone to build a standard pipe bomb you do the math(s)CHORUS BRIDGEFsus2 G7Ukulele, thing of wonder, ukulele, wand of thunderC Fsus2You can play the ukulele too in London and down underFsus2 G7Play Joan Jett, and play Jacques Brel and Eminem and Neutral Milk Ho-Bb6Tell the children crush the hatred, play your ukulele nakedIf anybody tries to steal your ukulele, let them take it VERSE 5C C7Imagine theres no music, imagine there are no songsFsus2 G7sus4 G7Imagine that John Lennon wasnt shot in front of his apartmentC C7 Fsus2Now imagine if John Lennon had composed Imagine for the ukuleleG7sus4 G7Maybe people would have truly got the messageVERSE 6C C7You may think my approach is simple-minded and naïveFsus2 G7sus4 G7Like if you want to change the world then why not quit and feed the hungryC C7But people for millennia have needed music to surviveFsus2 G7sus4 G7And thats why Ive promised John that I will not feel guiltyVERSE 7C C7So play your favorite Beatles song and make the subway fall in loveFsus2 G7sus4 G7Theyre only $19.95, that isnt lots of moneyC C7Play until the sun comes up and play until your fingers sufferFsus2 G7sus4 G7Play LCD Soundsystem songs on your ukuleleVERSE 8C C7Quit the bitching on your blog and stop pretending art is hardFsus2 G7sus4 G7Just limit yourself to three chords and do not practice dailyC C7Youll minimize some strangers sadness with a piece of wood and plasticFsus2 G7sus4 G7Holy fuck its so fantastic, playing ukuleleVERSE 9C C7Eat your homework with a fork and do your fruit loops in the darkFsus2And bring your etch-a-sketch to work, your flask of jack, your vibratoryour fear of heights, your nikon lens VERSE 10C C7Your mom and dad, your disco stick, your soundtrack from Karate KidFsus2 G7sus4 G7Your ginsu knives, your rosary, your new Rebecca Black CDC C7Your favorite room, your bowie knife, your stuffed giraffe, your new glass eyeFsus2 G7sus4 G7Your sousaphone, your breakfast tea, your Nick Drake tapes, your giving treeC C7Your ice cream truck, your missing wife, your will to live, your urge to cryFsus2 CRemember were all going to die so play your ukulele