Banana Boat Song
Harry Belafonte
Intro:
[C]
|Chorus:
|[C] Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o. [C] Daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
|[C] Day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day-o
|[C] Daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
Verse 1:
[C] Work all night on a drink a’ rum
[C] Daylight come an’ me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] Stack banana till de mornin’ come
[C] Daylight come an’ me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
Verse 2:
[C] Come, Mister tally man [G7] tally me banana.
[C] Daylight come an’ me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] come, Mister tally man [G7] tally me banana.
[C] Daylight come an’ me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
Verse 3:
[C] Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
[C] daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
[C] daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home
|Chorus:
|[C] Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o. [C] Daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
|[C] Day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day-o
|[C] Daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
Verse 4:
[C] Beautiful bunch of ripe banana
[C] daylight come an’ me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] Hide the deadly, black taranch-la
[C] daylight come an’ me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
Verse 5:
[C] Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
[C] daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
[C] Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
[C] daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home
|Chorus:
|[C] Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o. [C] Daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
|[C] Day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day-o
|[C] Daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
Verse 6:
[C] Come, Mister tally man [G7] tally me banana.
[C] Daylight come an’ me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
Me say [C] come, Mister tally man [G7] tally me banana.
[C] Daylight come an’ me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.
|Chorus Acapella:
|[N/C] Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o. [N/C] Daylight come an' me [N/C] wan’ go [N/C] home.
|[N/C] Day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day-o
|[N/C] Daylight come an' me [N/C] wan’ go
[C] home.
Intro
C
Chorus
C Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o. C Daylight come an' me G7 wan’ go C home.
C Day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day-o
C Daylight come an' me G7 wan’ go C home.
Verse 1
C Work all night on a drink a’ rum
C Daylight come an’ me G7 wan’ go C home.
C Stack banana till de mornin’ come
C Daylight come an’ me G7 wan’ go C home.
Verse 2
C Come, Mister tally man G7 tally me banana.
C Daylight come an’ me G7 wan’ go C home.
C come, Mister tally man G7 tally me banana.
C Daylight come an’ me G7 wan’ go C home.
Verse 3
C Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
C daylight come an' me G7 wan’ go C home.
C Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
C daylight come an' me G7 wan’ go C home
Chorus
C Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o. C Daylight come an' me G7 wan’ go C home.
C Day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day-o
C Daylight come an' me G7 wan’ go C home.
Verse 4
C Beautiful bunch of ripe banana
C daylight come an’ me G7 wan’ go C home.
C Hide the deadly, black taranch-la
C daylight come an’ me G7 wan’ go C home.
Verse 5
C Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
C daylight come an' me G7 wan’ go C home.
C Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
C daylight come an' me G7 wan’ go C home
Chorus
C Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o. C Daylight come an' me G7 wan’ go C home.
C Day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day-o
C Daylight come an' me G7 wan’ go C home.
Verse 6
C Come, Mister tally man G7 tally me banana.
C Daylight come an’ me G7 wan’ go C home.
Me say C come, Mister tally man G7 tally me banana.
C Daylight come an’ me G7 wan’ go C home.
Chorus Acapella
N/C Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o. N/C Daylight come an' me N/C wan’ go N/C home.
N/C Day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day, eestay day-o
N/C Daylight come an' me N/C wan’ go
C home.