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Banana Boat Song Chords

by The Kinks
KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays406

Banana Boat Song by The Kinks is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed 
  			 B7 
Day-oh, Day-oh 
B7                  E7 
Daylight come and I wanna go home 
Day-oh, Day-oh 
B7                  E7 
Daylight come and I wanna go home 

B7                E7 
Workin' on banana boat all day long 
B7                  E7 
Daylight come and I wanna go home 
B7                    E7 
Six boat, seven boat, eight boat job 
B7                  E7 
Daylight come and I wanna go home 
Day-oh, Day-oh 
B7                  E7 
Daylight come and I wanna go home

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante