Skipper Dan chords by Weird Al Yankovic

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Half-step down

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	     Skipper Dan (Acoustic Ver)- Weird Al Yankovic
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Tuning: Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb

*This is how I play the song

Intro Riff/Verse

NOTE: The last note isn't played the same as the electric guitar does it in the song,
however it makes it easier to play by yourself on an acoustic guitar.

eb|-------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------------------|
GbGb|-------------------|
DbDb|--------------2~---|
AbAb|---/4-2---2-0-0----|
Eb MajorEb|-0------0----------| REPEAT

I stared in every high school play
Blew every drama teacher away
Graduated first in my class at Juilliard
Took every acting workshop I could
And I dreamed of Hollywood
While I read my Uda Hagen
And studied the Bard

TRANSITION

eb|------------------------|
Bb majorBb|------------------------|
GbGb|------------------------|
DbDb|------------2-2-6-6-4~--|
AbAb|---/4-2---2-0-0-4-4-2~--|
Eb MajorEb|-0------0---------------|

Pre-Chorus
(Listen for Strumming)
      E MajorE     E MajorE    A augmentedA  E5E5     E MajorE     E MajorE   A augmentedA   E5E5
eb|---------0----------0-------0----------------0----------0------0-----------|
Bb majorBb|---------0----------0-------2----5-----------0----------0------2-----5-----|
GbGb|---------1----------1-------2----4-----------1----------1------2-----4-----|
DbDb|---------2----------2-------2----2-----------2----------2------2-----2-----|
AbAb|---------2----------2-------0----------------2----------2------0-----------|
Eb MajorEb|---------0----------0------------------------0----------0------------------|

  Hit the boards and paid my dues   and got phenomenal rave reviews
        E MajorE     E MajorE   A augmentedA    E5E5    E MajorE   E MajorE  A augmentedA
eb|------------0---------0-----0-----------------0------0----0----------------|
Bb majorBb|------------0---------0-----2-------5---------0------0----2----------------|
GbGb|------------1---------1-----2-------4---------1------1----2----------------|
DbDb|------------2---------2-----2-------2---------2------2----2----------------|
AbAb|------------2---------2-----0-----------------2------2----0----------------|
Eb MajorEb|------------0---------0-----------------------0------0---------------------|

  I knew the world was gonna love me without a doubt.
     E5E5       E MajorE       E MajorE     A augmentedA   E5E5
eb|----------------------0-------------0----------0---------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------5--------------0-------------0----------2------5--------------------|
GbGb|-------4--------------1-------------1----------2------4--------------------|
DbDb|-------2--------------2-------------2----------2------2--------------------|
AbAb|----------------------2-------------2----------0---------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------0-------------0--------------------------------------|

  I was sure that Tarantino would be calling me on the phone
     E MajorE        E MajorE      A augmentedA    E5E5
eb|-------0---------------0------------0--------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------0---------------0------------2-------5------------------------------|
GbGb|-------1---------------1------------2-------4------------------------------|
DbDb|-------2---------------2------------2-------2------------------------------|
AbAb|-------2---------------2------------0--------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|-------0---------------0---------------------------------------------------|

  Annie Leibowitz would shoot me for Rolling Stone
      E MajorE     E MajorE    A augmentedA      E5E5    F# minorF#m
eb|---------0----------0--------0---------------------2-----------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------0----------0--------2------------5--------2-----------------------|
GbGb|---------1----------1--------2------------4--------2-----------------------|
DbDb|---------2----------2--------2------------2--------4-----------------------|
AbAb|---------2----------2--------0---------------------4-----------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------0----------0------------------------------2-----------------------|

  But the years have come and gone and I'm sorry to say
                 A augmentedA
eb|------------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|------------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
GbGb|------------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
DbDb|------------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
AbAb|------------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  That's not the way that it's all worked out

CHORUS


   C# minorC#m BB      A augmentedA       E MajorE
I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride

A augmentedA    E MajorE     BB
Skipper Dan is the name

    C# minorC#m  BB A augmentedA      E MajorE    A augmentedA   E MajorE       BB
And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same

C# minorC#m      BB        A augmentedA       E MajorE
Look at those hippos, they're wiggling their ears

A augmentedA               BB
Just like they've done for the last 50 years

    C# minorC#m      BB         A augmentedA    E MajorE
Now I'm laughing at my own jokes, but I'm crying inside

      A augmentedA       BB       BACK TO INTRO/VERSE RIFF
'Cause I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride

VERSE 2
(Con't Riff throughout)

Oh the critics they used to say, I was the new Olivier
Thought I'd be the toast of Sundance, or maybe Cannes


PRECHORUS
       E MajorE        A augmentedA E5E5
Ah, but don't bother trying to IMDB me,

  E MajorE          A augmentedA    E5E5
The only place you might possibly see me,

  E MajorE        A augmentedA          E MajorE
Is riding my little boat around Adventureland,

     A augmentedA
It ain't exactly what I planned but


CHORUS

   C# minorC#m BB      A augmentedA       E MajorE
I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride

A augmentedA    E MajorE     BB
Skipper Dan is the name

    C# minorC#m  BB A augmentedA      E MajorE    A augmentedA   E MajorE       BB
And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same

C# minorC#m    BB       A augmentedA         E MajorE
I would've killed if I'd been in Speed-the-Plow

A augmentedA                BB
But what's the difference that's all behind me now

      C# minorC#m    BB      A augmentedA       E MajorE
'Cause I'm paying the rent and I'm swallowing my pride

    A augmentedA       BB       E MajorE
And I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride


BRIDGE
(KEY CHANGE TO G+G)

G+G           A augmentedA           D MajorD        B minorBm
 I should be there on Broadway, knocking 'em dead in 12 Angry Men

G+G           A augmentedA
 But instead I'm here telling these lame jokes

(BACK TO KEY OF E MajorE)

BB
Again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again!


REPEAT CHORUS CHORDS FROM EARLIER OVER THE JUNGLE JOKES

[Bengal tigers can jump over 20 feet...
 That's an African Bull-Elephant...
 There it is the backside of water! What have I done with my life?]

LAST CHORUS W/ CHANGE

C# minorC#m     BB        A augmentedA      E MajorE
I should've listened when my Grandfather said

A augmentedA           BB
Why don't you major in business instead?

    C# minorC#m    BB        A augmentedA        E MajorE
Now my hopes are vanished and my dreams have all died

     A augmentedA       BB
And I'll probably work forever as a

C# minorC#m BB      A augmentedA       E MajorE
Tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride

A augmentedA    E MajorE     BB
Skipper Dan is the name

    C# minorC#m  BB A augmentedA      E MajorE    A augmentedA          BB
And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same

C# minorC#m      BB        A augmentedA       E MajorE
Look at those hippos, they're wiggling their ears

A augmentedA            BB
Somebody shoot me 'cause I'm bored to tears!

    C# minorC#m     BB     A augmentedA      E MajorE
Always said I'd be famous, I guess that I lied

      A augmentedA       BB       C# minorC#m
'Cause I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride

     A augmentedA       BB       E MajorE
I'm still working on the Jungle Cruise ride!