Mother What'll I Do Now Ukulele chords by George Formby

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

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C    A7    Dm     G7     C      A7      D7     G7
C    C7    F      G#7    C      Dm7 G7  C      C

C                            G7
Mother you give good advice, always you mean well.
C     E7      Am             D               G7
Now I need it more than ever I'm inside this cell.

Verse 1:
C   A7       Dm     G7        C        A7       D7       G7
I'm behind a prison wall, the bed's so hard and much too small
        C    C7    F       G#7     C              Dm7 G7 C
There's no pyjamas here at all, Oh Mother what'll I   do now?

     C       A7          Dm      G7    C        A7      D7     G7
They told me they would treat me swell tucked inside my little cell
     C    C7       F         Fm    C              Dm7 G7 C
But up to now it's been like h...! Mother what'll I   do now?


Chorus:
      C7                     F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7                                             G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.


Verse 2:
   C         A7    Dm       G7      C           A7    D7     G7
Tonight I've got a date you see but they won't let me have a key
        C        C7         F      G#7     C              Dm7 G7 C
And the Warder's won't wait up for me, Oh! Mother what'll I   do now?

     C       A7       Dm     G7   C        A7       D7     G7
It's hard to pass the time away, I'm in a dangerous mood I say.
      C         C7       F   Fm       C              Dm7 G7 C
I've smoked two cigarettes today, Oh! Mother what'll I   do now?

C       A7        Dm     G7    C     A7      D7     G7
First I stand and then I sit, then I sit and stand a bit
    C       C7         F       G#7     C              Dm7 G7 C
But I can't stand much more of it, Oh! Mother what'll I   do now?


Chorus:
      C7                     F
We're parted from each other   and that's too bad.
D7                                             G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.


Verse 3:
C     A7      Dm     G7        C        A7       D7       G7
I got such an awful shock, I asked the time for there's no clock
        C      C7       F           G#7      C              Dm7 G7 C
And the Warder said six months "Old Cock Oh! Mother what'll I   do now?

   C      A7         Dm      G7        C        A7     D7       G7
I ordered lunch from soup to sweet but they forgot the fish and meat
    C         C7           F       Fm      C              Dm7 G7 C
And since the soup there's nowt to eat, Oh Mother what'll I   do now?

C        A7     Dm     G7   C          A7       Dm       G7
I've had such a tummy ache. All night long I've been awake.
     C      C7       F       G#7       C              Dm7 G7 C
Some castor oil they made me take, Oh! Mother what'll I   do now?


Chorus:
      C7                     F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7                                             G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.


Verse 4:
C          A7    Dm       G7    C          A7     Dm        G7
Ive played Peter fly away Paul, Ive played tiddly winks and all
    C       C7          F       G#7     C              Dm7 G7 C
Ive written rude words on the wall, Oh! Mother what'll I   do now?


Banjolele Solo:
(these chords are a bit of an approximation: add lots of hammer-ons/pull-offs on the top string,
and play the chords fast enough, and you'll get a decent approximation!)

1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
(like verse)
C       A7      G7      G7
C       A7      G7      G7
C       C7      F       G#7
C       Dm7 G7  C       C

(like chorus)
C7      C7      C7      C7
F       F       F       F
D7      D7      D7      D7
G7      G7      G7      G7

(like verse again)
C       A7      G7      G7
C       A7      G7      G7
C       C7      F       G#7
C       Dm7 G7  C       C