old bill bailey Key: C When Old BIll Bailey Plays the Ukalele Chas McCarron and Nat Vincent 1915 Chords provided by Judy Muldawer Visit banjojudy.com for additional songs Intermediate/advanced ukulele chord shapes Verse 1: C G7 In Hono lulu town C G7 A man known miles around E7 Am7 Has turned things upside down D7 G7 They call him Old Bill Bailey C G7 Bill Bailey won his fame E7 Am7 With his old gui tar D7 G Ukulele is its name D7 G7 In that land a far G7 Gdim G7 The ships ‘way out at sea G7 Gdim G7G7+5 Can hear his melo dy Chorus C G7 C When Old Bill Bailey plays G7 the uka lele C G7 C Down in Hono lula they do G7 the "hula Hula" E7 Am7 Ev'ry evening there they are, D7 G7 Swayin' while he's playin' his Ha waiian guitar C G7 C G7 The ragtime motion even has the ocean C Dm7 E7 Bobbin' up and down, Dm7 F Dm7 F Some times a whale gets feeling flip C Gm7 Gdim A7 Wags his tail and sinks a battle ship C G7 C When Old Bill Bailey plays G7 the ukalele C G7 C Down in Honalulu town. Verse 2: C G7 Some suffra gettes went down, C G7 to Hono lulu town E7 Am7 Among those gals of brown D7 G7 They tried a “Suffrage Movement” C G7 the meetings that they held E7 Am7 never lasted long D7 G Old Bill Bailey broke them up D7 G7 When he played a song, G7 Gdim G7 Why for suffrage they don’t care G7 Gdim G7 G7+5 There is other “move ments” there. Chorus: C G7 C When Old Bill Bailey plays G7 the uka lele C G7 C Down in Honolula they do G7 the "hula Hula" E7 Am7 Ev'ry evening there they are, D7 G7 Swayin' while he's playin' his Hawaiin guitar C G7 C The ragtime motion even has G7 the ocean C Gm7 E7 Bobbin' up and down, Dm7 F Dm7 F sometimes a whale gets feeling flip C Gm7 Wags his tail and sinks Gdim A7 a battle ship C G7 C When Old Bill Bailey plays G7 the Uka lele C G7 C Down in Honolulu town. Chorus: C G7 C When Old Bill Bailey plays G7 the Uka lele C G7 C Down in Honolula they do G7 the "hula Hula" E7 Am7 Ev'ry evening there they are, D7 G7 Swayin' while he's playin' his Hawaiian guitar C G7 C The ragtime motion even has G7 the ocean C Gm7 E7 Bobbin' up and down, Dm7 F Dm7 F Some times a whale gets feeling flip C Gm7 Gdim A7 Wags his tail and sinks a battle ship C G7 C When Old Bill Bailey plays G7 the Ukalele C G7 C G7C Down in Hono lulu town.