Heavenly Uke-Song: "MY BLUE SIT-ON"

SONG with UKULELE CHORDS

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "My Blue Heaven", W. Donaldson (music), G.A.Whiting (lyrics), 1928. Performed originally by Gene Austin, covered by almost 100 other bands and soloists, from Marlene Dietrich to Norah Jones.

PARODY COMPOSED: Dr.G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, May 2015, post updated May 2018. To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications), and treat yourself to pile of wordplay, illustrated poems and nature photos, click HERE.

 

Shem Creek, SC
foreground: sit-on kayak
background: trawlers

MY BLUE SIT-ON

(to the tune of "My Blue Heaven")l

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT (and guitar, too!)

(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)

Specifics for C-tuned ukulele):
F7 = 2310 (or 2313);  Bb6 = 0211;  Bb = 3211;  Cm7 = 3333;  Fdim7 = 1212;  Bb7 = 1211;  Eb = 0331 . 

final harmonic = 7565

ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS (Johnny Horton version)

Click on any chord chart to enlarge and enter thumbnail mode (the slides for both the parody and the original versions can then be enlarged and viewed in any order). 

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