Skipper Dan Chords & Tabs
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Skipper Dan (Acoustic Ver)- Weird Al Yankovic
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Tabbed by: Steve Sherwin 'theelusivesound'
Tune your guitar a half step down for this song
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
*This is how I play the song
Intro Riff/Verse
NOTE: The last note isn't played the same as the electric guitar does it in the song,
however it makes it easier to play by yourself on an acoustic guitar.
eb|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|
Gb|-------------------|
Db|--------------2~---|
Ab|---/4-2---2-0-0----|
Eb|-0------0----------| REPEAT
I stared in every high school play
Blew every drama teacher away
Graduated first in my class at Juilliard
Took every acting workshop I could
And I dreamed of Hollywood
While I read my Uda Hagen
And studied the Bard
TRANSITION
eb|------------------------|
Bb|------------------------|
Gb|------------------------|
Db|------------2-2-6-6-4~--|
Ab|---/4-2---2-0-0-4-4-2~--|
Eb|-0------0---------------|
Pre-Chorus
(Listen for Strumming)
E E A E5 E E A E5
eb|---------0----------0-------0----------------0----------0------0-----------|
Bb|---------0----------0-------2----5-----------0----------0------2-----5-----|
Gb|---------1----------1-------2----4-----------1----------1------2-----4-----|
Db|---------2----------2-------2----2-----------2----------2------2-----2-----|
Ab|---------2----------2-------0----------------2----------2------0-----------|
Eb|---------0----------0------------------------0----------0------------------|
Hit the boards and paid my dues and got phenomenal rave reviews
E E A E5 E E A
eb|------------0---------0-----0-----------------0------0----0----------------|
Bb|------------0---------0-----2-------5---------0------0----2----------------|
Gb|------------1---------1-----2-------4---------1------1----2----------------|
Db|------------2---------2-----2-------2---------2------2----2----------------|
Ab|------------2---------2-----0-----------------2------2----0----------------|
Eb|------------0---------0-----------------------0------0---------------------|
I knew the world was gonna love me without a doubt.
E5 E E A E5
eb|----------------------0-------------0----------0---------------------------|
Bb|-------5--------------0-------------0----------2------5--------------------|
Gb|-------4--------------1-------------1----------2------4--------------------|
Db|-------2--------------2-------------2----------2------2--------------------|
Ab|----------------------2-------------2----------0---------------------------|
Eb|----------------------0-------------0--------------------------------------|
I was sure that Tarantino would be calling me on the phone
E E A E5
eb|-------0---------------0------------0--------------------------------------|
Bb|-------0---------------0------------2-------5------------------------------|
Gb|-------1---------------1------------2-------4------------------------------|
Db|-------2---------------2------------2-------2------------------------------|
Ab|-------2---------------2------------0--------------------------------------|
Eb|-------0---------------0---------------------------------------------------|
Annie Leibowitz would shoot me for Rolling Stone
E E A E5 F#m
eb|---------0----------0--------0---------------------2-----------------------|
Bb|---------0----------0--------2------------5--------2-----------------------|
Gb|---------1----------1--------2------------4--------2-----------------------|
Db|---------2----------2--------2------------2--------4-----------------------|
Ab|---------2----------2--------0---------------------4-----------------------|
Eb|---------0----------0------------------------------2-----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/weird_al_yankovic/skipper_dan_crd.html ]
But the years have come and gone and I'm sorry to say
A
eb|------------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
That's not the way that it's all worked out
CHORUS
C#m B A E
I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
A E B
Skipper Dan is the name
C#m B A E A E B
And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same
C#m B A E
Look at those hippos, they're wiggling their ears
A B
Just like they've done for the last 50 years
C#m B A E
Now I'm laughing at my own jokes, but I'm crying inside
A B BACK TO INTRO/VERSE RIFF
'Cause I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride
VERSE 2
(Con't Riff throughout)
Oh the critics they used to say, I was the new Olivier
Thought I'd be the toast of Sundance, or maybe Cannes
PRECHORUS
E A E5
Ah, but don't bother trying to IMDB me,
E A E5
The only place you might possibly see me,
E A E
Is riding my little boat around Adventureland,
A
It ain't exactly what I planned but
CHORUS
C#m B A E
I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
A E B
Skipper Dan is the name
C#m B A E A E B
And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same
C#m B A E
I would've killed if I'd been in Speed-the-Plow
A B
But what's the difference that's all behind me now
C#m B A E
'Cause I'm paying the rent and I'm swallowing my pride
A B E
And I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride
BRIDGE
(KEY CHANGE TO G)
G A D Bm
I should be there on Broadway, knocking 'em dead in 12 Angry Men
G A
But instead I'm here telling these lame jokes
(BACK TO KEY OF E)
B
Again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again!
REPEAT CHORUS CHORDS FROM EARLIER OVER THE JUNGLE JOKES
[Bengal tigers can jump over 20 feet...
That's an African Bull-Elephant...
There it is the backside of water! What have I done with my life?]
LAST CHORUS W/ CHANGE
C#m B A E
I should've listened when my Grandfather said
A B
Why don't you major in business instead?
C#m B A E
Now my hopes are vanished and my dreams have all died
A B <----Chord change in this part of Chorus
And I'll probably work forever as a
C#m B A E
Tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
A E B
Skipper Dan is the name
C#m B A E A B
And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same
C#m B A E
Look at those hippos, they're wiggling their ears
A B
Somebody shoot me 'cause I'm bored to tears!
C#m B A E
Always said I'd be famous, I guess that I lied
A B C#m
'Cause I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride
A B E
I'm still working on the Jungle Cruise ride!
