Laura Lee and a Ukulele

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

The Lakes of Canada Sufjan Stevens

This song is my latest obsession. It was originally written and performed by The Innocence Mission, but I first heard it as a Sufjan Stevens cover on the banjo. The lyrics and melody are simply lovely, and I think it makes for a good ukulele song.

Chords Used:

INTRO
Dm  F   C   G   x2

Dm

F                   C
Look for me another day
                    G
I feel that I could change,
                    Dm
I feel that I could change.
F                           C
There's a sudden joy that's like
                 G
A fish, a moving light;
                Dm
I thought I saw it
F                      C     G
Rowing on the lakes of Canada

CHORUS
           Dm          
Oh laughing man
              C
What have you won?
              Am             F
Don't tell me what cannot be done.
          Dm               C
My little mouth, my winter lungs
              Am             F
Don't tell me what cannot be done,
              Dm        F            C         G    (2x)   Dm
Cannot be done di-da-di-da de da da da de da de da-a

F                     C        
Walking in the cirlce of a flashlight
        G                       Dm
Someone starts to sing, to join in.
F                     C
Talk of loneliness in quiet voices
     G                     Dm
I am shy but you can reach me.
F                      C     G   
Rowing on the lakes of Canada
F                      C     G
Rowing on the lakes of Canada

CHORUS
           Dm          
Oh laughing man
              C
What have you won?
              Am             F
Don't tell me what cannot be done.
          Dm               C
My little mouth, my winter lungs
              Am             F
Don't tell me what cannot be done,
              Dm        F            C         G    (2x)   Dm
Cannot be done di-da-di-da de da da da de da de da-a



OUTRO
F                      C    G
Rowing on the lakes of Canada,
F                      C    G
Rowing on the lakes of Canada.

F                      C    G
Rowing on the lakes of Canada,
F                      C    G
Rowing on the lakes of Canada.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

You and I
Ingrid Michaelson

VERSE 1
C
Don't you worry there my honey
F/C
We might not have any money
Am/C F/C
But we've got our love to pay the bills
C
Maybe I think you're cute and funny
F/C
Maybe I wanna do what bunnies
Am/C F/C
Do with you if you know what I mean

CHORUS
C E7 F C
Oh lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
C E7 F G
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
C E7 F D
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
C F G C
From way up there, you and I, you and I

VERSE 2
C
Well you might be a bit confused
F/C
And you might be a little bit bruised
Am/C F/C
But baby how we spoon like no one else
C
So I will help you read those books
F/C
If you will soothe my worried looks
Am/C F/C
And we will put the lonesome on the shelf

CHORUS 2x

Hey Ya Outkast Obadiah Parker

Hey Ya
Outkast/Obadiah Parker

Verse One

C             F
My baby don't mess around

Because she loves me so
    G              Am
And this I know for sho
C            F
But does she really wanna

But can't stand to see me
     G       Am
Walk out the door
C            F
Don't try to fight the feelin'
                                     G        Am
Because the thought alone is killing me right now
C             F
Thank god for mom and dad

For sticking two together
          G          Am
'Cause we don't know how

Chorus
C   F
Hey Yah
G   Am
Hey Yah
C   F
Hey Yah
G   Am
Hey Ya

Verse 2 
C               
You think you've got it
F
Ohh, you think you've got it

But got it just don't get it
              G          Am
Till' there's nothing at all
C
We get together
F
Ohh, we get together
                                          G        Am
But seperate's always better when there's feelings involved
C                   F
If what they say is "Nothing is forever"
G                Am
Then what makes, Then what makes, Then what makes
                                 C        F
Then what makes, Then what makes love the exception
C
So why you, why you
F
Why you, why you, why you are we so in denial
        G              Am
When we know we're not happy here


CHORUS

Bridge (optional-same chords)

CHORUS