George Formby
[C] Now everybody’s [G7] got a crazy notion of their [C] own
[F] Some like to mix up with a [C] crowd, some [D7] like to be [G7] alone
It’s no [F] one else’s business, as [C] far as I can see
But [D7] every time that I go out the people stare at [G7] me
With my [C] little ukulele in my hand [C7]
Of [F] course the people do not [C] understand
Some [G7] say, ‘Why don’t you be a scamp? Why [C] don’t you read a book?’
But [D7] I get lots more pleasure when I’m playing with me [G7] uke!
Of [C] course I take no [E7] notice you [Am] can tell [C7]
For [F] mother’s sound advice will always [G7] stand
She said ‘My [C] boy do as I [E7] say
And you’ll [A7] never go [Dm] astray
[G7] If you [C] keep your uku-[G7]-lele in your [C] hand, [E7] Yes [A7] son!
[D7] Keep your [G7] ukulele in your [C] hand
While [C] walking on the [G7] prom one night as [C] peaceful as can be
When [F] some young girl said, “What about a [D7] walk down by the [G7] sea?”
She [F] said her name was Jen and that she’d [C] just come for the day,
She [D7] looked so young and harmless that I couldn’t turn a-[G7]-way.
So with me [C] little ukulele in my hand [C7]
[F] Me and Jen we walked along the [C] sand
We [G7] walked along for miles without a [C] single care or frown,
But [D7] when we reached the sand dunes, she said, “Come on lets sit down.” [G7]
I [C] felt so shy and [E7] bashful sitting [Am] there [C7]
Cause the [F] things she said I didn’t under-[G7]-stand
She said, “Your [C] love just makes me [E7] dizzy
[Am] Come on big boy get [Dm] busy!”
[D7] But I kept a [G7] ukulele in my [C] hand
[E7] Yes [A7] sir!
[D7] I kept my [G7] ukulele in my [C] hand!
[C] Made up my mind that [G7] I’d get wed some [C] eighteen months ago,
I [F] also bought a book about [D7] the things a boy should [G7] know.
But [F] just about a week ago I [C] had an awful fright,
I [D7] had to get dressed quickly in the middle of the [G7] night.
And with my [C] little ukulele in my hand, [C7]
I went [F] running down the street to Doctor [C] Brand.
It [G7] didn’t take him long to get his [C] bag of tools
I [D7] held his hat and coat and let him have me book of [G7] rules
[C] Out the bedroom [E7] door he looked and [Am] smiled [C7]
He said, [F] “Come inside and see your wife and [G7] child!”
My [C] heart it filled with [E7] joy
I could [A7] see it was a [Dm] boy
[D7] For he [G7] had a ukulele in his [C] hand
[E7] Oh [A7] Baby!
[D7] He had a [G7] ukulele in his [C] hand!
