Harry Belafonte

Day-o Banana Boat Song(Keyboard chords)

Harry Belafonte

Key: C

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Lyrics 

Refrain 
C      F   C 
Day-o, day-o 
                 G7       C 
Daylight come me wanna go home 
            F           Dm          G 
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day 
       F           C 
Me say day, me say day-o 
                 G7       C     
Daylight come me wanna go home 

Verse 
C                   G7       
Work all night on a drink of rum 
C                G7       C    
Daylight come me wanna go home 
C                    G7 
Stack banana till de morning come 
C                G7       
Daylight come me wanna go home 

C                       G7 
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana 
C                G7       C 
Daylight come me wanna go home 
C                       G7 
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana 
C                G7       C 
Daylight come me wanna go home 

C                          G7 
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch 
C                G7       C 
Daylight come me wanna go home 
C                     G7 
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch 
C                G7       C 
Daylight come me wanna go home 

C                    G7 
A beautiful bunch o' ripe banana 
C                G7       C 
Daylight come me wanna go home 
C               G7 
Hide the deadly black tarantula 
C                G7       C 
Daylight come me wanna go home
	        

Written by William Attaway, Irving Burgie

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