Bethel Island Chords
by Brudadoug
Bethel Island by Brudadoug is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords C, Am, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
VERSE
C C Am G
you wake up in the morning with nothing to do
C C Am G
just tie your shoe, bruh, ya feel ban' new
C C Am G
but you watch as the big boats float past
C C Am G
they're so rich and they're so fat
pre-Chorus
F G
and swimming in the Delta can make you laugh
F G
when you gotta swim around all that trash
C C Am G
Bethel....Island....Ya----ah, ah ah
C C Am G
Bethel....Island....Ya----ah, ah ah
verse 2
C C Am G
Swing beach is the place to go,
C C Am G
but when the tide come we must go
C C Am G
poppa got drunk and took from there
C C Am G
that crazy f*** man he don't care
pre-Chorus
F G
the fifties bash is a riot- I think
F G
and the catfish race really takes the sink
Chorus
verse 3
C C Am G
Gramma Maury would go to church,
C C Am G
then back to Post Ofiice, she would work
C C Am G
Uncle Jerry was a fire fighter
C C Am G
but he got fought by the lung cancer
pre-Chorus
F G
Uncle Mike on his Harley bike,
F G
stole the fortune and said "goodbye!"