Watermelon Man Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays351

Watermelon Man by Mongo Santamaria is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C7, G7, F7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Watermelon Man:Mongo Santamaria. 
#10 in 1963. 

#1. 
C7         G7    C7    F7             C7 
Oh! Water..melon man...Ah! Watermelon man. 
G7                 F7 
Cause he's got the best watermelons, 
G7                 F7         C7 
he's a real good...watermelon man. 

#2. 
C7          G7    C    F7             C7 
Oh! Water...melon man. Ah! Watermelon man. 
G7               F7 
They are just as round as they can be, 
G7              F7 
make you almost want to eat the seeda, 
G7        F7        G7    C7 
everybody dig..Watermelon man. 

Chorus: 
G7              F7 
I will buy one, from you every day. 
G7                  F7 
Just be sure you'll always come my way.. 
G7                F7       G7    C7 
that would really be..Watermelon man. 

#3. 
C7         G7    C7    F7             C7 
Oh! Water..melon man...Ah! Watermelon man. 
G7                 F7 
Cause he's got the best watermelons, 
G7               F7         C7 
he's a real good watermelon man. 

Chorus: 
G7             F7 
I will buy one from you every day. 
G7                  F7 
Just be sure you'll always come my way.. 
G7                F7       G7    C7 
that would really be..Watermelon man.(Fade.) 


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Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante