I Love A Ukulele (Bb)
Lyrics and Music - Arthur Fields and Fred Hall
Key: Bb
Copyright 1930

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File Created 8/29/2015
File Edited 6/24/2020

Intro chords:

BbBbGmGmCm7Cm7F7F7

BbBbEbEbBbF7


Intro Verse:

Bb     F7        Bb
Ifʼn I  must con  fess,
         F7    Bb
I owe my happi ness
Eb         Bb       Cm7        Bb
Not to the flowers, not to the trees,
Eb         Bb     Cm7        F7
not to the birds, not to the bees
Bb       Gm       Cm7   F7
Not to a night in June,
Bb       Gm      Cm7 F7aug
not to a silvery moon

Chorus:

BbGm     Cm7 F7
I love a uku-lele,
BbGm      Cm7      F7
I love to strum it gaily
BbGm      Cm7 F7      Bb
I love to hum while I strum,
Gm     Cm7    F7
strum, strum, strum.

BbGm       Cm7      F7
I love the songs Ha-waiian,
Bb     Gm       Cm7     F7
Starts my sweet sweetie sighinʼ
Bb Gm     Cm7       F7
We softly harmonize as we
Bb  EbBb
hum mmmm

  Bb7           Eb                Bb
I know what Iʼm doing, I never go wrong
           Bbdim                   F7   F7aug
At home or canoeing, Iʼm strumming along

Bb   Gm          Cm7 F7
Some sweet Hawai-ian ditty,
Bb   Gm         Cm7       F7
Gee, donʼt they write ʻem pretty
BbGm     Cm7 F7  Bb
I love a ukulele
    EbBbBb6
song

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