Banana Man Uke tab by Tally Hall

8 Chords used in the song: D, A, G, B7, Em, Gm, Eb, Dmaj7

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Year:  2005
Difficulty: 
4.38
(Intermediate)
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Verse 1:
D D
Do you see banana man?
A A
Hopping over on the white hot sand

Here he come with some for me
D D
Freshly taken from banana tree

1, 2, 3, 4


D D
Banana man me want a ton
A A
Give me double and a bonus one

Give me more for all me friends
D D
Dis banana flow will never end

Chorus:
G G D D
Do you want a banana?
A A D D
Peel it down and go mm mm mm mm
G G D D
Do you want a banana?
A A D D
Dis banana for you

Verse 2:
D D
Tonight we dance around the flame
A A
Then we get to play the spirit game

Spirit names we shout out loud
D D
Shake the thunder from the spirit cloud


D D
All the songbirds in the tree
A A
Chant a tune to let the spirits free

Then we see them in the night
D D
Spirits jumping by the fire light

Chorus:
G G D D
Do you want a banana? -Do you want a banana-
A A D D
Peel it down and go mm mm mm mm
G G
Do you want a banana? -Do you want a banana-
A A D D
Dis banana for you

(Laughing)

Verse 3:
D D A A
Look you, you're too uptight you know
D D A A
You can laugh and kick it back and go
D D A A
But without a rhythm or a rhyme
D D A A
You do not banana all the time
D D A A
Fly away from city on the run
D D A A
Try to make a little fun


D D A A
Look you, come to de bungalow
D D A A
African't you tell me told you so
D D A A
Don't you love de bumping of de drum
D D A A
Make you shake until de bum go numb
D D A A
Let de bongo play you till you drop
D D A A
Dis banana never stop

Verse 4:
D D
Forget all your troubles and go with the flow
D D
Forget about whatever you may never know
D D
Like whether whatever you doing is whatever you should
D D
And whether anything you ever do is ever anything good
D D A A
And then forget about banana when it stick in your throat
D D A A
And when it make you wanna bellow but you stuck in a choke
D D
And then forget about de yellow from de beckoning man
D D A A D D
Who make you take another one and make a mock of your plan

Bridge:
D D A A
Bungalay, bungalow
D D A A
Make up your mind and tell me no

Verse 5:
D D B7 B7
Well it's nine o'clock and it's getting dark
Em Em A A
And the sun is falling from the sky
Gm Gm D D
I've never left so early
Em Em A A
And you may wonder why

Interlude: D D B7 B7 Em Em A A Gm Gm D D Em Em A A

Verse 6:
D D D D
Tomorrow morning on de plane
D D A A
No banana make you go insane
D D
Floating back to busy town
A A
No banana make you want to frown

Chorus:
G G D D
Do you want a banana?
A A D D
Peel it down and go mm mm mm mm
G G D D
Do you want a banana?

Outro:
A A D D Eb Eb D D Eb Eb D D Eb Eb Dmaj7 Dmaj7
Dis banana for you

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