Ukulele Anthem

	  		

INTRO:  C C7 Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 (2x) 

VERSE 1 

C C7 
Sid Vicious played a four-string Fender bass guitar and couldn?t sing 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
And everybody hated him except the ones who loved him 
C C7 
A ukulele has four strings, but Sid did not play ukulele 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
He did smack and probably killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen 

VERSE 2 

C C7 
If only Sid had had a ukulele, maybe he could have been happy 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Maybe he would not have suffered such a sad end 
C C7 
He maybe would have not done all that heroin instead 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
He maybe would?ve sat around just singing nice songs to his girlfriend 



C C7 
So play your favorite cover song, especially if the words are wrong 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Cos even if your grades are bad, it doesn?t mean you?re failing 
C C7 
Do your homework with a fork and eat your fruit loops in the dark 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
And bring your etch-a-sketch to work and play your ukulele 


BRIDGE 

Fsus2 G7 
Ukulele small and forceful, ukulele, brave and peaceful 
C Fsus2 
You can play the ukulele too it is painfully simple 
Fsus2 G7 
Play your ukulele badly, play your ukulele loudly 
Bb6 
Ukulele banish evil, ukulele save the people, 
Ukulele gleaming golden on the top of every steeple 

VERSE 3 

C C7 
Lizzie borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Then gave her father forty-one, and left a tragic puzzle 
C C7 
If only they had given her an instrument, those puritans 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Had lost the plot completely, see what happens when you muzzle 

VERSE 4 

C C7 
A person?s creativity and do not let them sing and scream 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
And nowadays it?s worse ?cause kids have automatic handguns 
C C7 
It takes about an hour to teach someone to play the ukulele 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
About same to teach someone to build a standard pipe bomb you do the math(s) 

CHORUS 

BRIDGE 

Fsus2 G7 
Ukulele, thing of wonder, ukulele, wand of thunder 
C Fsus2 
You can play the ukulele too in London and down under 
Fsus2 G7 
Play Joan Jett, and play Jacques Brel and Eminem and Neutral Milk Ho- 
Bb6 
Tell the children crush the hatred, play your ukulele naked 
If anybody tries to steal your ukulele, let them take it 

VERSE 5 

C C7 
Imagine there?s no music, imagine there are no songs 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Imagine that John Lennon wasn?t shot in front of his apartment 
C C7 Fsus2 
Now imagine if John Lennon had composed ?Imagine? for the ukulele 
G7sus4 G7 
Maybe people would have truly got the message 

VERSE 6 

C C7 
You may think my approach is simple-minded and naïve 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Like if you want to change the world then why not quit and feed the hungry 
C C7 
But people for millennia have needed music to survive 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
And that?s why I?ve promised John that I will not feel guilty 

VERSE 7 

C C7 
So play your favorite Beatles song and make the subway fall in love 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
They?re only $19.95, that isn?t lots of money 
C C7 
Play until the sun comes up and play until your fingers suffer 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Play LCD Soundsystem songs on your ukulele 

VERSE 8
 
C C7 
Quit the bitching on your blog and stop pretending art is hard 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Just limit yourself to three chords and do not practice daily 
C C7 
You?ll minimize some stranger?s sadness with a piece of wood and plastic 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Holy fuck it?s so fantastic, playing ukulele 

VERSE 9 

C C7 
Eat your homework with a fork and do your fruit loops in the dark 
Fsus2 
And bring your etch-a-sketch to work, your flask of jack, your vibrator 
your fear of heights, your nikon lens 

VERSE 10 

C C7 
Your mom and dad, your disco stick, your soundtrack from ?Karate Kid? 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Your ginsu knives, your rosary, your new Rebecca Black CD 
C C7 
Your favorite room, your bowie knife, your stuffed giraffe, your new glass eye 
Fsus2 G7sus4 G7 
Your sousaphone, your breakfast tea, your Nick Drake tapes, your giving tree 
C C7 
Your ice cream truck, your missing wife, your will to live, your urge to cry 
Fsus2 C 
Remember we?re all going to die so play your ukulele