JUNGLE LULLABY
C.W.STONEKING
http://cwstoneking.com/
Listen to the song for strummyness and just run between the root notes
here and there to get that jungle blues feel...
Lots of jazzy chord voicings in this, so I've done what I can
from the record. Also, I think CW sometimes tunes down to Eb,
but this is for standard tuning.
Chords used.
VERSE
E/Adim 0xx545
Am* x0x555
E7 x7675x
E7/B 7x675x
CHORUS
C x32010
C/G 3x2010
G7 320001
C7add5 x32100
Fmaj x3321x
B7 x2120x
Am x0221x
Dm* x57765
F#dim7 xx4545
G#m7-5 32010x
Em7 02203x
Dm xx3231
Gmaj 3200xx
VERSE 1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cw_stoneking/jungle_lullaby_crd.html ]
E/Adim Am* E/Adim Am* E/Adim
It was deep in the Jungles of Africa
Am* E/dim E7 E7/B
Where the bugs is thick as fleas
E7 E7/B E7 E7/B
And the heat will drive sane men crazy
E7 E7/B Am* E/Adim
And the water's full o' disease
Am* E/Adim Am* E/Adim
I went out walkin with a beautiful girl
Am* E/Adim E7 E7/B
Where the spotted honeysteppers fly
E7 E7/B E7 E7/B
We lay down under the bamboo trees
E7 E7/B Am* G7
I sang that Jungle Lullaby Oh
CHORUS
C C/G C C/G
Sing-------ing,
G7
Swi----ngin, on a
C C7add5 Fmaj
Lazy afternoon in paradise
Fmaj B7
Croo---nin,
Fmaj Am
Swoo---nin. That
Dm* F#dim7 G#m7-5 Em7
Old time song, where the days are long,
Dm Gmaj C
It's a Jungle Lullaby
VERSE 2
Well we made it down to a riverbank,
Spied a steamboat comin along,
Then we hitched a ride, lawd, lookin over the side,
Everything was goin on wrong,
There was bird-eatin spiders, big as my fist,
Snakes that hung down like vines
And eyes that watched as we drifted along ,
I sang that Jungle Lullaby
Singin, swingin,
On a lazy afternoon in paradise
Croonin, swoonin,
That old time song, where the days are long,
It's a Jungle Lullaby
(Just repeat chorus for the rest of the song)
Bom bow domp
Bomp ow domp ay ohh
lay dat omp
Folks you know, when we got back into town that night,
there was excitement in the air.
I heard there was a party over at the Officers Club,
so I took that girl on over,
man, we walked in the joint,
orchestra playin so sweet I thought I'd die.
I got up on that old bandstand,
sang that Jungle Lullaby.
Singin, swingin,
On a lazy afternoon in paradise
Croonin, swoonin,
That old time song, where the days are long,
It's a Jungle Lullaby
