I Will Play For Gumbo Ukulele chords by Jimmy Buffett

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Verse 1:

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I don't smoke I don't shoot smack
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But I got a spicy monkey riding on my back
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Don't eat beignets too much sugar and dough

Chorus:

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But I will play for gumbo
  G   F     C
Yes I will play for gumbo

Verse 2:

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It started in my grandma's in her kitchen by the sea
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She warned me when where she told me "son the first one's free"
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It hit me like a rock or some Taekwondo

Chorus:

   G   F     C
Cause I will play for gumbo
    G   F     C
Oh yeah I will play for gumbo

Verse 3:

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A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl
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Good for the body, good for the soul
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It's a little like religion and a lot like sex
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You should never know when you're gonna get it next

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At midnight in the Quarter or noon in Thibodaux

Chorus:

G   F     C
I will play for gumbo
   G   F     C
Yes, I will play for gumbo

Verse 4:

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I'm not talking quesadillas or a dozen Krispy Kremes
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Or a pound of caviar that's a rich man's dream
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No banana split or filet of pompano

Chorus:

  G   F     C
No, I will play for gumbo
   G   F     C
Yeah, I will play for gumbo

Solo on C scale or argeggio:

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Bridge:

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A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl
C
Good for the body, good for the soul
    F
It's a little like religion and a lot like sex
G
You should never know when you're gonna get it next

Verse 5:

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Maybe it's that sausage or those pretty pink shrimp
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Or that popcorn rice that makes me blow up like a blimp
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Maybe it's that voodoo from Marie Laveau

Chorus:

  G   F     C
But I will play for gumbo
  G   F     C
Hey I will play for gumbo

Verse 6:

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Now the sauce boss makes his cookin' on the stage
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Singing and a-picking for his nightly wage
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Sweating and a frettin' from his head to his toe

Chorus:

G      F         C
Playin' and swayin' with the gumbo
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Prayin' and buffetin' with the gumbo

Bridge:

 F
A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl
C
Good for the body, good for the soul
    F
It's a little like religion and a lot like sex
G
You should never know when you're gonna get it next

  C
At midnight in the Quarter or noon in Thibodaux

Chorus:
G   F    C
I will play for gumbo
G   F    C
I will play for gumbo
G   F    C
I will play for gumbo
G   F    C
I will play for gumbo

Solo on C scales or argeggio and Fade Out:

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