Banana boat song
C - G
C Em F
C
G C
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I
wanna go home !
C Em F
C
G C
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I
wanna go home !
C F C
1. He say, loading the banana boat all night long,
C
G C
day de light and I wanna go
home.
C F C
Hey, all of the work men sing
this song,
C
G C
day de light and I wanna go
home.
C Em F
C
G C
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I
wanna go home !
C Em F
C
G C
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I
wanna go home !
C F C C
F C
+ Hilly and gully rider, hill and
gully.
C F C C
F C
Hilly and gully rider, hill and gully.
C F
C
2. I sleep by sun and I work by moon,
C G C
day de light and I wanna go
home.
C F
C
When I get some money gonna
quit so soon,
C G C
day de light and I wanna go
home.
C Em F
C
G C
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I
wanna go home !
C Em F
C
G C
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I
wanna go home !
+ F
(orig. moves up half a note to capo 1st here)
C F C C
F C
+ Hilly and gully rider, hill and
gully.
C F C C
F C
Hilly and gully rider, hill
and gully.
C F C
3. I pack up all my things and I'll go to sea,
C G C
day de light and I wanna go
home.
C F
C
Den de bananas will see the
last of me,
C G C
day de light and I wanna go
home.
C Em F
C
G C
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I
wanna go home !
C Em F
C
G C
Day-o, day-o, day de light and I
wanna go home !
+ repeat CHORUS ...
(Shirley Bassey)