Crowded House – Dr Livingstone (Ukulele)

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Chords

this is an attempt to 'catch' the feel of the song into single chords, so it can be played on one guitar.
Intro:
  F     .     G     .      Bb7                 Bb7*
e|1-----1-----3-----3----|-1-----1-----1-----1-4p1|
B|1-----1-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
G|2-----2-----4-----4----|-1-----1-----1-----1-1--|     2x
D|3-----3-----5-----5----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
A|3-----3-----5-----5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------------------|

F              G
   Steam ship    sail down the river

Bb7
     Fight the mosquitoes

    Bb7
that   lie in the swamp

F              G
  White smoke    cover the jungle

Bb7
    see Dr. Livingston

Bb7
     land with a thump

Dsus2     Dm          Dsus2    Dm                G#/C
     Down    where the      sad    widows gather
C+sus2/Ab G#* C+sus2/Ab
G#*          Bb7
          Young    women          weep     for their   dying babies

Dsus2    Dm     Dsus2      Dm
       I    am a     white    man in Africa

C+sus2/Ab   G#*           C+sus2/Ab     G#*
          If     I were to         stay      here there'd be

   Bb7
no     one to save me /

           F                     F
I hear the   drums, I know it's    urgent

            Cm7               F
I hear sur-     vival in his    hands

           F                    F
Switch to    record, I get the    picture

          Cm7               F
But I will     never under-    stand

Break:
  F     .     G     .      Bb7                 Bb7*
e|1-----1-----3-----3----|-1-----1-----1-----1-4p1|
B|1-----1-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
G|2-----2-----4-----4----|-1-----1-----1-----1-1--|     2x
D|3-----3-----5-----5----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
A|3-----3-----5-----5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------------------|

F               G
   Mad world in-   visible army

Bb7                          Bb7
     Blow up the bridges and     come like a storm

F            G
  Young girl   eyes full of promise

Bb7                     Bb7
     Carry the baby and     keeping it warm

Dsus2      Dm          Dsus2     Dm               G#/C
      Down    where the      sad    widows gather
C+sus2/Ab G#* C+sus2/Ab
G#*          Bb7
          Young    men          go down     on their     knees

Dsus2    Dm      Dsus2      Dm
       I     am a      white    man in Africa
C+sus2/Ab G#*
C+sus2/Ab            G#*     Bb7/
With           more    than just my           god to ap-   pease

            F                    F
I hear the    drums, I know it's   urgent

            Cm7              F
I hear sur-     vival in his   hands

          F                    F
Switch to    record, I get the    picture

           Cm7               F
But I will     never under-    stand

             Bb             C
How there is    love in his    face

       Bb                   C
In the    midst of all this   waste
Bb7sus4
       Bb           C      Bb          C
In the   Mozambique    sun    under the   gun

           F          F
I hear the    drums,

      Cm7                  F
I hear     survival in his    hands,

           F        F
I hear the    drums

            Cm7                F
There is a     curse upon this   land

         F                   F
Hear the    drums, know it's   urgent

              Cm7              F
   Hear sur-      vival in his    hands

        F              F
Hit re-   cord get the    picture,

       Cm7              F
I will     never under-    stand

Solo:
  F     .     G     .      Bb7                 Bb7*
e|1-----1-----3-----3----|-1-----1-----1-----1-4p1|
B|1-----1-----3-----3----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
G|2-----2-----4-----4----|-1-----1-----1-----1-1--|
D|3-----3-----5-----5----|-3-----3-----3-----3-3--|
A|3-----3-----5-----5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3|------------------------|

F               G7              Bb7       Bb7*
   Child of the    sound and the    fury

F             G7           Bb7           Bb7*
  Left all a-    lone in a    warzone,

F              G7             Bb7      Bb7*
  Child of the   sound and the   fury

G#/F      Bb7      G#/F     Bb7
      aah     aaah      aah     aaah

    F                      G7
The   hour is late and the    thought of my bed

         Bb7           Bb7
Makes me     tired and     ready for sleep

    F                       G7
So    tell me about all the    places you go

        Bb7                          Bb7
All the    lies that you swallow The    people you keep

         F             G7
Viva the    monastery,   That's where I wanna be

Bb7           Bb7
   wrestle my    soul!
F /// Bb7 x13131 Bb7* x13134 Dsus2 x5775x Dm x5776x G#/C x3654x G7 353433 C+sus2/Ab 4x653x G#* 4x654x Cm7 x35343 Bb7sus4 x13344