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Jah Made Ukulele Chords by Zac Brown Band

Jah Made Ukulele chords by Zac Brown Band

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 5th
Capo 5 (Played with a reggae beat, short notes, maybe palm muted for added effect)
INTRO: F, G, Am, G x2
 F            G                Am              G
Little boy sitting on his daddy's knee

 F      G                Am           G
In a circle full of drums and harmony

 F            G                 Am      G
His mother kneel down and say

F              G                Am7(ring)
"My son do you know why you are here today?"
(No Chord)
and his daddy say
CHORUS:
 F           G                    Am      G
Jah' made these drums for you

 F                   G                        Am                 G
To play with your heart and soul let the music carry you through

 F           G                    Am      G
Jah' made these drums for you

F         G                  Am7 (Ring)
Jah' made these drums for you

 F        G                    Am        G
Just a few years down the road

 F             G                        Am                  G
Same boy is old enough to help his father carry the load

 F      G                Am          G
On a boat they will fish all day

F            G               Am7(Ring)
Boy gets frustrated, so his daddy say

CHORUS:
 F           G                     Am        G
Jah' made these things for you

 F           G                     Am        G
The sky above and the ocean blue

 F           G                     Am        G
Jah' made these things for you

F         G                   Am7(Ring)
Jah' made these things for you

 F              G                        Am         G
Comes to his dad with tears in his eyes

 F                    G                      Am     G
Said now she's gone and I don't know why

 F            G                            Am       G
I gave her three good years of my life

F            G                     Am7(Ring)
Should I run away or swallow my pride?
(No Chord)
and his daddy say

CHORUS:
 F           G                  Am        G
Jah' made this pain for you

 F             G                     Am                        G
Now you are grown so you should choose what you should do

 F           G                  Am        G
Jah' made this pain for you

F         G                Am7(Ring)
Jah' made this pain for you
(Short tounge roll)

BREAK: F,G,Am,F

 F          G              Am          G
Old man lying on his dying bed

 F              G              Am          G
His faithful son right by his side

 F                     G                 Am            G
He said now you are gone and I will have no one

F               G                          Am7(Ring)
But in his last breathe he please tell your son

CHORUS:
 F           G                 Am        G
Jah' made this life for you

 F            G               Am             G
You can do anything that you want to do

 G           G                 Am        G
Jah' made this life for you

F         G              Am7(Ring)
Jah' made this life for you

 Am              G           F
And you, and you, and you.


Zac actually plays this without a capo in the key of C, but the capo on 5 makes it
easier for newer guitarists.

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