Tally Hall – Banana Man (Guitar)

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* = strum once [Intro]
 D
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Colonel PT Chester Whitmore is proud to present
Bung Vulchongo and the Zimbabwe Songbirds!" [Verse 1]
D
Do you see banana man?

                    A7
Hopping over on the white hot sand
Here he come with some for me
                     D
Freshly taken from banana tree

  D
Banana man, me want a ton

                     A7
Give me double and a bonus one
Give me more for all me friends
                     D
Dis banana flow will never end
[Chorus]
G               D
Do you want a banana?

A7                   D*
Peel it down and go "mm mm mm mm"

G               D
Do you want a banana?

A7             D
Dis banana for you
[Verse 2]
  D
Tonight we dance around the flame

                        A7
Then we get to play the spirit game
Spirit names we shout out loud
                           D
Shake the thunder from the spirit cloud

D
All the songbirds in the tree

                        A7
Chant a tune to let the spirits free
Then we see them in the night
                       D
Spirits jumpin' by the fire light
[Chorus]
G               D
Do you want a banana? (Do you want a banana?)

A7                   D*
Peel it down and go "mm mm mm mm"
(VOCAL) D G6 Ddim D7
G               D
Do you want a banana? (Do you want a banana?)

A7             D
Dis banana for you
N.C. (oh ho ho) (ahhh) [Verse 3]
D                A7
Look you, you're too uptight you know

D                 A7
You can laugh and kick it back and go (weee)

D             A7
But without a rhythm or a rhyme

D            A7
You do not banana all the time

D             A7
Fly away from city on the run

D             A7
Try to make a little fun
[Verse 4]
D              A7
Look you, come to de bungalow

D             A7
African't you tell me told you so

D                 A7
Don't you love de bumping of de drum

D                A7
Make you shake until de bum go numb

D            A7
Let de bongo play you till you drop

D          A7
Dis banana never stop
[Verse 5]
   D*
Forget all your troubles and go with the flow

   D*
Forget about whatever you may never know

             D*
Like whether whatever you doing is whatever you should

            D
And whether anything you ever do is ever anything good

            D                        A7
And then forget about banana when it stick in your throat

         D                                 A7
And when it make you wanna bellow but you stuck in a choke

            D                           A7
And then forget about de yellow from de beckoning man

             D                           A7           D
Who make you take another one and make a mock of your plan
[Interlude]
D         A7
Bungalay, bungalow

D                     A7
Make up your mind and tell me no
N.C. (Shhh!) [Bridge]
           D                     Ebdim7
Well, it's nine o'clock and it's getting dark

        Em7                     A7   A7add6 A7
And the sun is falling from the sky

Gm     Gm6 Gm       D
I've never left so early

            Em7     Bb  A
And you may wonder why
[Solo] D Ebdim7 Em7 A7 A7add6 A7 Gm Gm6 Gm D Em7 Bb A [Verse 6]
  D*             D*
Tomorrow morning on de plane

D*                 A7*
No banana make you go insane

A7*              A7*
Floating back to busy town

A7*                D
No banana make you want to frown
[Chorus]
G               D
Do you want a banana? (Do you want a banana?)

A7                   D*
Peel it down and go "mm mm mm mm"

G               D
Do you want a banana?

A7
Dis banana for... you
[Outro]
D    C7    D    C7    D    C7   Fm*   D6
                              *(Or Bbm in Complete Demos)