Day-o Banana Boat Song tab by Harry Belafonte

Tabs

Title: Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
Artist: Harry Belafonte

Refrain:
E MajorE|-0-------3---3---0---0---3-------|-1---1---1-----------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|-------------3---0---------------|
G+G|-----0-----------------------0---|-------------------------0-------|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|---------0-----------0-------0---|x2
A augmentedA|-3---------------3---------------|-------------------------2-------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|

Verse:
E MajorE|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|-8-------------------------|
BB|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|-----8-------8-------------|
G+G|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|---------9------------9----|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|---------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-8---------------8---------|

E MajorE|-7---5---------------------|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------8---5-------------|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|
G+G|---------5------------5----|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D MajorD|-5---------------5---------|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|

E MajorE|-8------------------------8---|-7--------7---5--------5---|-3--------3---1--------1---|
BB|-----8-------8--------8-------|-5----8-------5----6-------|-3----5-------1----3-------|
G+G|---------9------------9-------|-5------------5------------|-4------------2------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-5------------5------------|-5------------3------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E MajorE|-8---------------8------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

E MajorE|-0-------------------------|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|
BB|-----1---------------------|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|
G+G|---------2---0--------0----|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D MajorD|---------------------------|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------3---------|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|

Lyrics:

Refrain:
C majorC   FF  C majorC
Day-o, day-o
         G7G7    C majorC
Daylight come me wanna go home
      FF      DmDm     G+G
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
    FF      C majorC
Me say day, me say day-o
         G7G7    C majorC
Daylight come me wanna go home

Verse:
C majorC          G7G7
Work all night on a drink of rum
C majorC        G7G7    C majorC
Daylight come me wanna go home
C majorC          G7G7
Stack banana till de morning come
C majorC        G7G7
Daylight come me wanna go home

C majorC            G7G7
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
C majorC        G7G7    C majorC
Daylight come me wanna go home
C majorC            G7G7
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
C majorC        G7G7    C majorC
Daylight come me wanna go home

C majorC             G7G7
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
C majorC        G7G7    C majorC
Daylight come me wanna go home
C majorC           G7G7
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
C majorC        G7G7    C majorC
Daylight come me wanna go home

C majorC          G7G7
A augmentedA beautiful bunch o' ripe banana
C majorC        G7G7    C majorC
Daylight come me wanna go home
C majorC        G7G7
Hide the deadly black tarantula
C majorC        G7G7    C majorC