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Gillian Welch - Annabelle Ukulele Chords

Chord reference Am, F, E7, C, G
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Am]We lease twenty acres and [F]one Ginny mule [E7]From the Alabama [Am]trust [Am]For a half of the cotton and a [F]third of the corn [E7]We get a handful of [Am]dust

We [F]cannot have all things to [C]please us No [G]matter how we [Am]try Until [F]we’ve all gone to [C]Jesus We can [G]only wonder [Am]why [F] [G] [Am]

I [Am]had a daughter [F]called Annabelle [E7]She’s the apple of my [Am]eye [Am]Tried to give her something [F]like I never had [E7]Didn’t want to ever hear her [Am]cry

We [F]cannot have all things to [C]please us No [G]matter how we [Am]try Until [F]we’ve all gone to [C]Jesus We can [G]only wonder [Am]why [F] [G] [Am]

[Am]When I’m dead and buried I’ll take a [F]hard life of tears [E7]From every day I’ve ever [Am]known [Am]Anna’s in the churchyard she got [F]no life at all [E7]She only got these words on a [Am]stone

We [F]cannot have all things to [C]please us No [G]matter how we [Am]try Until [F]we’ve all gone to [C]Jesus We can [G]only wonder [Am]why [F] [G] [Am]

We [F]cannot have all things to [C]please us No [G]matter how we [Am]try Until [F]we’ve all gone to [C]Jesus We can [G]only wonder [Am]why [F] [G] [Am]

Artist Gillian Welch
Album Revival
Genres Country
Year 1996
Key Am

How to Play Annabelle on Ukulele?

Gillian Welch - Annabelle can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, E7, C, G chords.

  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, leave C, E, A open.
  • For F, To play F, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, leave C, A open.
  • For E7, To play E7, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, leave E open.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Annabelle with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.