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Day-o Banana Boat Song by Harry Belafonte

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

Refrain:
E|-0-------3---3---0---0---3-------|-1---1---1-----------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------3---0---------------|
G|-----0-----------------------0---|-------------------------0-------|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0-----------0-------0---|x2
A|-3---------------3---------------|-------------------------2-------|
E|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|

Verse:
E|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|-8-------------------------|
B|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|-----8-------8-------------|
G|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|---------9------------9----|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|---------------------------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-8---------------8---------|

E|-7---5---------------------|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B|---------8---5-------------|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|
G|---------5------------5----|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|-5---------------5---------|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A|---------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|

E|-8------------------------8---|-7--------7---5--------5---|-3--------3---1--------1---|
B|-----8-------8--------8-------|-5----8-------5----6-------|-3----5-------1----3-------|
G|---------9------------9-------|-5------------5------------|-4------------2------------|
D|------------------------------|-5------------5------------|-5------------3------------|
A|------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-8---------------8------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

E|-0-------------------------|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B|-----1---------------------|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|
G|---------2---0--------0----|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------------------------|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------3---------|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|

Lyrics:

Refrain:
C      F   C
Day-o, day-o
                 G7       C
Daylight come me wanna go home
            F           Dm          G
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
       F           C
Me say day, me say day-o
                 G7       C    
Daylight come me wanna go home

Verse:
C                   G7      
Work all night on a drink of rum
C                G7       C   
Daylight come me wanna go home
C                    G7
Stack banana till de morning come
C                G7      
Daylight come me wanna go home

C                       G7
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
C                G7       C
Daylight come me wanna go home
C                       G7
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
C                G7       C
Daylight come me wanna go home

C                          G7
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
C                G7       C
Daylight come me wanna go home
C                     G7
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
C                G7       C
Daylight come me wanna go home

C                    G7
A beautiful bunch o' ripe banana
C                G7       C
Daylight come me wanna go home
C               G7
Hide the deadly black tarantula
C                G7       C