Chords for Calypso Strum for Uke 03 - Jamaica Farewell (Irving Burgie)
Tempo:
116.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F#
E
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi there, welcome back.
We are continuing our exploration of the calypso strum pattern
with this song, Jamaica Farewell.
A real calypso inspired song, even if it was, I don't believe,
written by a calypso artist.
Very much inspired by the style and of course the place.
So,
in this song, you can already see I'm ready with my G chord.
We're in the key of G here.
The really nice thing about this song is that we're going to cycle through the key of G,
that standard family of three chords.
We've got [C] G, C, [F#]
and [G] D7.
And we're going to cycle
through those chords in the same pattern throughout the verse and the chorus.
It's going to sound
a little like this.
Let's start off just with our calypso strum pattern here on the G chord.
Sounds like this.
Ready, and one, two, three, four.
One, two, three.
We're going down, down,
up, up, down, up, down, down, up, up, down, up, down.
So just feel free to get warmed up with
that a little bit to start with.
Nice.
All right, now the pattern, like I said, is the same for the
verse and the chorus.
And they kind of lead one right into the next.
It goes pretty quickly.
There isn't a lot of waiting around or vamping in between verses.
So, I'll guide you through
the pattern first and then we'll jump into the song.
Here we go.
Start on G, one cycle through
[C] to C, to D7, [F#] and back to [G] G.
Start all over again on G, [C] to C, [F#] D7, and back to [G] G.
Now remember to start on G
again, right?
When you start the pattern to C, [C]
[E] D7, [G] G.
One more time through to C, [C] D7, [F#] and back to G.
Here we go.
Verse one.
Down the way, [C] see the night's arcade.
[E] D7, sun shines daily.
G [G] on the mountaintop.
I'd make a trip, C, [C] on a sailing.
D7, [F#] I reached a mate.
[G] G on E, to stop the chorus.
I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
Keep the pattern [E] going.
We'll be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, [C] my head is turning round.
I had [E] to leave a little girl in [G] Kingston town.
Verse two.
Sounds of laughter everywhere, [E] and the dancing girls [G] swing to and fro.
I [Em] must declare [C] my heart is there, [F#] though I've been from Maine [G] to Mexico.
Chorus.
I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
[F#] Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is turning [C] round.
[E] I had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston town.
Verse three.
Down at the market [C] you can hear [F#] ladies cry out while [G] on their heads they bear.
Ackie rice, [C] salt fish are nice, [E] and the rum is fine [G] any time of year.
But I'm chorus, sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
[F#]
Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is [C] turning round.
I [F#] had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston town.
First verse again.
Down [Em] the way [C] where the nights are gay and the [E] sun shines daily [G] on the mountain top.
I took a trip [C] on a sailing ship, and [F#] when I reached Jamaica, [G] I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
[F#]
Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my [C] head is turning round.
[F#] I had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston town.
And right there on G.
Nice job.
Feel free to use this video as often as you need to to go back and review this one.
It's a real fun one to sing.
So, enjoy your practice, and I'll see you in another video soon.
We are continuing our exploration of the calypso strum pattern
with this song, Jamaica Farewell.
A real calypso inspired song, even if it was, I don't believe,
written by a calypso artist.
Very much inspired by the style and of course the place.
So,
in this song, you can already see I'm ready with my G chord.
We're in the key of G here.
The really nice thing about this song is that we're going to cycle through the key of G,
that standard family of three chords.
We've got [C] G, C, [F#]
and [G] D7.
And we're going to cycle
through those chords in the same pattern throughout the verse and the chorus.
It's going to sound
a little like this.
Let's start off just with our calypso strum pattern here on the G chord.
Sounds like this.
Ready, and one, two, three, four.
One, two, three.
We're going down, down,
up, up, down, up, down, down, up, up, down, up, down.
So just feel free to get warmed up with
that a little bit to start with.
Nice.
All right, now the pattern, like I said, is the same for the
verse and the chorus.
And they kind of lead one right into the next.
It goes pretty quickly.
There isn't a lot of waiting around or vamping in between verses.
So, I'll guide you through
the pattern first and then we'll jump into the song.
Here we go.
Start on G, one cycle through
[C] to C, to D7, [F#] and back to [G] G.
Start all over again on G, [C] to C, [F#] D7, and back to [G] G.
Now remember to start on G
again, right?
When you start the pattern to C, [C]
[E] D7, [G] G.
One more time through to C, [C] D7, [F#] and back to G.
Here we go.
Verse one.
Down the way, [C] see the night's arcade.
[E] D7, sun shines daily.
G [G] on the mountaintop.
I'd make a trip, C, [C] on a sailing.
D7, [F#] I reached a mate.
[G] G on E, to stop the chorus.
I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
Keep the pattern [E] going.
We'll be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, [C] my head is turning round.
I had [E] to leave a little girl in [G] Kingston town.
Verse two.
Sounds of laughter everywhere, [E] and the dancing girls [G] swing to and fro.
I [Em] must declare [C] my heart is there, [F#] though I've been from Maine [G] to Mexico.
Chorus.
I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
[F#] Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is turning [C] round.
[E] I had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston town.
Verse three.
Down at the market [C] you can hear [F#] ladies cry out while [G] on their heads they bear.
Ackie rice, [C] salt fish are nice, [E] and the rum is fine [G] any time of year.
But I'm chorus, sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
[F#]
Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is [C] turning round.
I [F#] had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston town.
First verse again.
Down [Em] the way [C] where the nights are gay and the [E] sun shines daily [G] on the mountain top.
I took a trip [C] on a sailing ship, and [F#] when I reached Jamaica, [G] I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
[F#]
Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my [C] head is turning round.
[F#] I had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston town.
And right there on G.
Nice job.
Feel free to use this video as often as you need to to go back and review this one.
It's a real fun one to sing.
So, enjoy your practice, and I'll see you in another video soon.
Key:
C
G
F#
E
Em
C
G
F#
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_ _ Hi there, welcome back.
We are continuing our exploration of the calypso strum pattern
with this song, Jamaica Farewell.
A real calypso inspired song, even if it was, I don't believe,
written by a calypso artist.
Very much inspired by the style and of course the place.
_ _ So,
in this song, you can already see I'm ready with my G chord.
We're in the key of G here.
The really nice thing about this song is that we're going to cycle through the key of G,
that standard family of three chords.
We've got [C] G, C, [F#] _
and [G] D7.
And we're going to cycle
through those chords in the same pattern throughout the verse and the chorus.
It's going to sound
a little like this.
Let's start off just with our calypso strum pattern here on the G chord.
Sounds like this.
Ready, and one, two, three, four.
One, two, three.
We're going down, down,
up, up, down, up, down, down, up, up, down, up, down.
So just feel free to get warmed up with
that a little bit to start with. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nice.
All right, now the pattern, like I said, is the same for the
verse and the chorus.
And they kind of lead one right into the next.
It goes pretty quickly.
There isn't a lot of waiting around or vamping in between verses.
So, I'll guide you through
the pattern first and then we'll jump into the song.
Here we go.
Start on G, one cycle through
[C] to C, _ to D7, [F#] _ _ and back to [G] G.
Start all over again on G, _ _ [C] to C, _ _ _ [F#] D7, _ and back to [G] G.
Now remember to start on G
again, right?
When you start the pattern to C, [C] _
_ _ _ [E] D7, _ _ [G] G.
One more time through to _ _ C, [C] _ _ _ D7, [F#] _ and back to G.
Here we go.
Verse one.
Down the way, [C] see the night's arcade.
[E] D7, sun shines daily.
G [G] on the _ _ mountaintop.
I'd make a trip, C, [C] on a sailing.
_ D7, [F#] I reached a mate.
[G] G on E, to stop the chorus.
I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
Keep the pattern [E] going.
We'll be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, [C] my head is turning round.
I had [E] to leave a little girl in [G] Kingston town.
Verse two.
Sounds of laughter _ everywhere, [E] and the dancing girls [G] swing to and fro. _
I [Em] must declare [C] my heart is there, [F#] though I've been from Maine [G] to Mexico.
Chorus.
I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
[F#] _ Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is turning [C] round.
[E] I had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston town.
Verse three.
Down at the market [C] you can hear [F#] ladies cry out while [G] on their heads they bear.
_ _ Ackie rice, [C] salt fish are nice, [E] and the rum is fine [G] any time of year.
But I'm chorus, sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
_ [F#] _
Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is [C] turning round.
I [F#] had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston town.
First verse again.
Down [Em] the way [C] where the nights are gay and the [E] sun shines daily [G] on the mountain top.
I took a trip [C] on a sailing ship, and [F#] when I reached Jamaica, [G] I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
_ [F#] _
Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my [C] head is turning round.
[F#] I had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston _ town.
And right there on G.
Nice job.
Feel free to use this video as often as you need to to go back and review this one.
It's a real fun one to sing.
So, enjoy your practice, and I'll see you in another video soon. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hi there, welcome back.
We are continuing our exploration of the calypso strum pattern
with this song, Jamaica Farewell.
A real calypso inspired song, even if it was, I don't believe,
written by a calypso artist.
Very much inspired by the style and of course the place.
_ _ So,
in this song, you can already see I'm ready with my G chord.
We're in the key of G here.
The really nice thing about this song is that we're going to cycle through the key of G,
that standard family of three chords.
We've got [C] G, C, [F#] _
and [G] D7.
And we're going to cycle
through those chords in the same pattern throughout the verse and the chorus.
It's going to sound
a little like this.
Let's start off just with our calypso strum pattern here on the G chord.
Sounds like this.
Ready, and one, two, three, four.
One, two, three.
We're going down, down,
up, up, down, up, down, down, up, up, down, up, down.
So just feel free to get warmed up with
that a little bit to start with. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nice.
All right, now the pattern, like I said, is the same for the
verse and the chorus.
And they kind of lead one right into the next.
It goes pretty quickly.
There isn't a lot of waiting around or vamping in between verses.
So, I'll guide you through
the pattern first and then we'll jump into the song.
Here we go.
Start on G, one cycle through
[C] to C, _ to D7, [F#] _ _ and back to [G] G.
Start all over again on G, _ _ [C] to C, _ _ _ [F#] D7, _ and back to [G] G.
Now remember to start on G
again, right?
When you start the pattern to C, [C] _
_ _ _ [E] D7, _ _ [G] G.
One more time through to _ _ C, [C] _ _ _ D7, [F#] _ and back to G.
Here we go.
Verse one.
Down the way, [C] see the night's arcade.
[E] D7, sun shines daily.
G [G] on the _ _ mountaintop.
I'd make a trip, C, [C] on a sailing.
_ D7, [F#] I reached a mate.
[G] G on E, to stop the chorus.
I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
Keep the pattern [E] going.
We'll be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, [C] my head is turning round.
I had [E] to leave a little girl in [G] Kingston town.
Verse two.
Sounds of laughter _ everywhere, [E] and the dancing girls [G] swing to and fro. _
I [Em] must declare [C] my heart is there, [F#] though I've been from Maine [G] to Mexico.
Chorus.
I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
[F#] _ Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is turning [C] round.
[E] I had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston town.
Verse three.
Down at the market [C] you can hear [F#] ladies cry out while [G] on their heads they bear.
_ _ Ackie rice, [C] salt fish are nice, [E] and the rum is fine [G] any time of year.
But I'm chorus, sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
_ [F#] _
Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is [C] turning round.
I [F#] had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston town.
First verse again.
Down [Em] the way [C] where the nights are gay and the [E] sun shines daily [G] on the mountain top.
I took a trip [C] on a sailing ship, and [F#] when I reached Jamaica, [G] I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say, [C] I'm on my way.
_ [F#] _
Won't be back [G] for many a day.
My heart is down, my [C] head is turning round.
[F#] I had to leave a little girl [G] in Kingston _ town.
And right there on G.
Nice job.
Feel free to use this video as often as you need to to go back and review this one.
It's a real fun one to sing.
So, enjoy your practice, and I'll see you in another video soon. _ _ _ _ _
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