Chords for Jamaica Rum by Ruth Wallis on 1953 Wallis Original 78.
Tempo:
140.15 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
G
F
Cm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[F] [Bb] If you ever have a holiday, you must go [Cm] down Jamaica way.
[F] The weather is balmy, [Cm] the moon shines [F] bright, the [Em] girls are pretty and the price is [Bb] right for Jamaica rum.
Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [Cm] that the rum comes from.
Keeps us [G] busy night and [F] day, [Cm] making rum and [Gm] making hay.
[A] [Gm] Rich men come from New York town, oh boy, he [F] really get it round.
Two [Eb] sweethearts on [G] same block he keep, poor fella ain't [B] got no time to [Bb] sleep.
Drinking Jamaica rum, [Eb] Jamaica [Bb] rum, Jamaica is the [Cm] place that the rum comes from.
[G] Keeps us busy night and [F] day, [A] making rum and [Gm] making hay.
[A] [F] [Bb] Take a girl out, spend all your dough, [Eb] pray all [A] night that she won't say no.
Bring her home, find out the [F] worst, [B]
travelling salesmen got [Bb] there first.
Honeymoon couple come down last week, go sightseeing [Cm] so to speak.
The [Gm] scenery's lovely, the flowers [F] in bloom, [Gb] but so far they haven't even [Bb] left the room.
Drinking Jamaica rum, Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [Cm] that the rum comes from.
Keeps us busy night and day, making rum and [Gm] making hay.
[G] [Bb]
Tired old man come from out of the west, the doctor [Gm] told [A] him to take long [F] rest.
But there's fifteen girls [G] for every guy, so he says it's [Bb] a wonderful way to die.
Drinking Jamaica rum, Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [G] that the rum comes from.
Keeps us busy night and day, making rum and making [Gm] hay.
[G] [D]
I have a brother [Gm] who's not so dumb, he works on plantation [Eb] making rum.
He could [Gm] squeeze the girls [Cm] with the pretty [G] shape, but he says [Ab] he makes more money [Bb] squeezing the grapes.
He jumps on them in his bare feet, he squashes them good, he says [Cm] that makes [C] them sweet.
[Cm] You Yankees drink it and have a [G] ball, but if you take a look at my brother's feet, you never touch [Gm] this stuff at all.
[B] [Bb] [B] [N]
[F] [Bb] If you ever have a holiday, you must go [Cm] down Jamaica way.
[F] The weather is balmy, [Cm] the moon shines [F] bright, the [Em] girls are pretty and the price is [Bb] right for Jamaica rum.
Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [Cm] that the rum comes from.
Keeps us [G] busy night and [F] day, [Cm] making rum and [Gm] making hay.
[A] [Gm] Rich men come from New York town, oh boy, he [F] really get it round.
Two [Eb] sweethearts on [G] same block he keep, poor fella ain't [B] got no time to [Bb] sleep.
Drinking Jamaica rum, [Eb] Jamaica [Bb] rum, Jamaica is the [Cm] place that the rum comes from.
[G] Keeps us busy night and [F] day, [A] making rum and [Gm] making hay.
[A] [F] [Bb] Take a girl out, spend all your dough, [Eb] pray all [A] night that she won't say no.
Bring her home, find out the [F] worst, [B]
travelling salesmen got [Bb] there first.
Honeymoon couple come down last week, go sightseeing [Cm] so to speak.
The [Gm] scenery's lovely, the flowers [F] in bloom, [Gb] but so far they haven't even [Bb] left the room.
Drinking Jamaica rum, Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [Cm] that the rum comes from.
Keeps us busy night and day, making rum and [Gm] making hay.
[G] [Bb]
Tired old man come from out of the west, the doctor [Gm] told [A] him to take long [F] rest.
But there's fifteen girls [G] for every guy, so he says it's [Bb] a wonderful way to die.
Drinking Jamaica rum, Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [G] that the rum comes from.
Keeps us busy night and day, making rum and making [Gm] hay.
[G] [D]
I have a brother [Gm] who's not so dumb, he works on plantation [Eb] making rum.
He could [Gm] squeeze the girls [Cm] with the pretty [G] shape, but he says [Ab] he makes more money [Bb] squeezing the grapes.
He jumps on them in his bare feet, he squashes them good, he says [Cm] that makes [C] them sweet.
[Cm] You Yankees drink it and have a [G] ball, but if you take a look at my brother's feet, you never touch [Gm] this stuff at all.
[B] [Bb] [B] [N]
Key:
Bb
G
F
Cm
Gm
Bb
G
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] If you ever have a holiday, you must go [Cm] down Jamaica way.
[F] The weather is balmy, [Cm] the moon shines [F] bright, the [Em] girls are pretty and the price is [Bb] right for Jamaica rum.
Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [Cm] that the rum comes from.
Keeps us [G] busy night and [F] day, [Cm] making rum and [Gm] making hay. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Gm] _ Rich men come from New York town, oh boy, he [F] really get it round.
Two [Eb] sweethearts on [G] same block he keep, poor fella ain't [B] got no time to [Bb] sleep.
Drinking Jamaica rum, [Eb] Jamaica [Bb] rum, Jamaica is the [Cm] place that the rum comes from.
[G] Keeps us busy night and [F] day, [A] making rum and [Gm] making hay. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] Take a girl out, spend all your dough, [Eb] pray all [A] night that she won't say no.
Bring her home, find out the [F] worst, _ [B]
travelling salesmen got [Bb] there first.
Honeymoon couple come down last week, go _ sightseeing [Cm] so to speak.
The [Gm] scenery's lovely, the flowers [F] in bloom, [Gb] but so far they haven't even [Bb] left the room.
Drinking Jamaica rum, Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [Cm] that the rum comes from. _
Keeps us busy night and day, _ making rum and [Gm] making hay. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Tired old man come from out of the west, the doctor [Gm] told [A] him to take long [F] rest.
But there's fifteen girls [G] for every guy, so he says it's [Bb] a wonderful way to die.
Drinking Jamaica rum, Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [G] that the rum comes from. _
Keeps us busy night and day, _ _ making rum and making [Gm] hay.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
I have a brother [Gm] who's not so dumb, he works on plantation [Eb] making rum.
He could [Gm] squeeze the girls [Cm] with the pretty [G] shape, but he says [Ab] he makes more money [Bb] squeezing the grapes.
He jumps on them in his bare feet, he squashes them good, he says [Cm] that makes [C] them sweet.
[Cm] You Yankees drink it and have a [G] ball, but if you take a look at my brother's feet, you never touch [Gm] this stuff at all.
[B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [N] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] If you ever have a holiday, you must go [Cm] down Jamaica way.
[F] The weather is balmy, [Cm] the moon shines [F] bright, the [Em] girls are pretty and the price is [Bb] right for Jamaica rum.
Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [Cm] that the rum comes from.
Keeps us [G] busy night and [F] day, [Cm] making rum and [Gm] making hay. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Gm] _ Rich men come from New York town, oh boy, he [F] really get it round.
Two [Eb] sweethearts on [G] same block he keep, poor fella ain't [B] got no time to [Bb] sleep.
Drinking Jamaica rum, [Eb] Jamaica [Bb] rum, Jamaica is the [Cm] place that the rum comes from.
[G] Keeps us busy night and [F] day, [A] making rum and [Gm] making hay. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] Take a girl out, spend all your dough, [Eb] pray all [A] night that she won't say no.
Bring her home, find out the [F] worst, _ [B]
travelling salesmen got [Bb] there first.
Honeymoon couple come down last week, go _ sightseeing [Cm] so to speak.
The [Gm] scenery's lovely, the flowers [F] in bloom, [Gb] but so far they haven't even [Bb] left the room.
Drinking Jamaica rum, Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [Cm] that the rum comes from. _
Keeps us busy night and day, _ making rum and [Gm] making hay. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Tired old man come from out of the west, the doctor [Gm] told [A] him to take long [F] rest.
But there's fifteen girls [G] for every guy, so he says it's [Bb] a wonderful way to die.
Drinking Jamaica rum, Jamaica rum, Jamaica is the place [G] that the rum comes from. _
Keeps us busy night and day, _ _ making rum and making [Gm] hay.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
I have a brother [Gm] who's not so dumb, he works on plantation [Eb] making rum.
He could [Gm] squeeze the girls [Cm] with the pretty [G] shape, but he says [Ab] he makes more money [Bb] squeezing the grapes.
He jumps on them in his bare feet, he squashes them good, he says [Cm] that makes [C] them sweet.
[Cm] You Yankees drink it and have a [G] ball, but if you take a look at my brother's feet, you never touch [Gm] this stuff at all.
[B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [N] _ _ _