Day-o Banana Boat Song Chords
Day-o Banana Boat Song by Harry Belafonte is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7, Dm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Refrain
E|-0-------3---3---0---0---3-------|-1---1---1-----------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------3---0---------------|
G|-----0-----------------------0---|-------------------------0-------|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0-----------0-------0---|x2
A|-3---------------3---------------|-------------------------2-------|
E|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|
Verse
E|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|-8-------------------------|
B|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|-----8-------8-------------|
G|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|---------9------------9----|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|---------------------------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-8---------------8---------|
E|-7---5---------------------|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B|---------8---5-------------|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|
G|---------5------------5----|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|-5---------------5---------|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A|---------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
E|-8------------------------8---|-7--------7---5--------5---|-3--------3---1--------1---|
B|-----8-------8--------8-------|-5----8-------5----6-------|-3----5-------1----3-------|
G|---------9------------9-------|-5------------5------------|-4------------2------------|
D|------------------------------|-5------------5------------|-5------------3------------|
A|------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-8---------------8------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------|-------------0-------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B|-----1---------------------|-1-------1-------------------1---|-3-------3-------1---------------|
G|---------2---0--------0----|-----0---------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------------------------|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------3---------|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
Lyrics
Refrain
C F C
Day-o, day-o
G7 C
Daylight come me wanna go home
F Dm G
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
F C
Me say day, me say day-o
G7 C
Daylight come me wanna go home
Verse
C G7
Work all night on a drink of rum
C G7 C
Daylight come me wanna go home
C G7
Stack banana till de morning come
C G7
Daylight come me wanna go home
C G7
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
C G7 C
Daylight come me wanna go home
C G7
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
C G7 C
Daylight come me wanna go home
C G7
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
C G7 C
Daylight come me wanna go home
C G7
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
C G7 C
Daylight come me wanna go home
C G7
A beautiful bunch o' ripe banana
C G7 C
Daylight come me wanna go home
C G7
Hide the deadly black tarantula
C G7 C
Daylight come me wanna go home