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Banana Man

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The song is done in bar chords and Glen Hansard wrote it after his niece told him 
I couldn't find the chords so i looked at all of the different video's on youtube 
Am:                Dm:               Em:
E[---5---]         E[---5---]        E[---7---]
B[---5---]         B[---6---]        B[---8---]
G[---5---]         G[---7---]        G[---9---]
D[---7---]         D[---7---]        D[---9---]
A[---7---]         A[---5---]        A[---7---]
E[---5---]         E[---5---]        E[---7---]
 intro:   Am    Dm   Em  
VERSE 1:
AmI'm the banana man, I go uppa that tree,
DmI go downa that tree, EmI go home for me tea
AmI'm the banana man, And I drink me Coca cola,
DmAnd I play me rock'n'rolla down Emby the sea
CHORUS:
AmEverybody likes DmbananaaaEmaa's oooohh
VERSE 2:
AmI'm the banana man, I go uppa that tree,
DmI go downa that tree, EmI go home for me tea
AmI'm the banana man, And I drink me Coca cola,
DmAnd I play me rock'n'rolla down Emby the sea
CHORUS:
AmEverybody likes DmbananaaaEmaa's oooohh
Back to intro :   AM    Dm   Em(x2)
OUTRO:
AmEverybody likes DmbananaaaEmaa's 
AM              Dm      Em
AmEverybody likes DmbananaaaEmaa's

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Banana Man

by Glen Hansard

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The song is done in bar chords and Glen Hansard wrote it after his niece told him

I couldn't find the chords so i looked at all of the different video's on youtube

Am Dm Em

: : :

E[---5---] E[---5---] E[---7---]

B[---5---] B[---6---] B[---8---]

G[---5---] G[---7---] G[---9---]

D[---7---] D[---7---] D[---9---]

A[---7---] A[---5---] A[---7---]

E[---5---] E[---5---] E[---7---]

Am Dm Em

intro:

VERSE 1:

I'm the banana man, I go uppa that tree,

Dm Em

I go downa that tree, I go home for me tea

I'm the banana man, And I drink me Coca cola,

Dm Em

And I play me rock'n'rolla down by the sea

CHORUS:

Am Dm Em

Everybody likes bananaaaaa's oooohh

VERSE 2:

I'm the banana man, I go uppa that tree,

Dm Em

I go downa that tree, I go home for me tea

I'm the banana man, And I drink me Coca cola,

Dm Em

And I play me rock'n'rolla down by the sea

CHORUS:

Am Dm Em

Everybody likes bananaaaaa's oooohh

AM Dm Em

Back to intro : (x2)

OUTRO:

Am Dm Em

Everybody likes bananaaaaa's

AM Dm Em

Am Dm Em

Everybody likes bananaaaaa's

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