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Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine Ukulele Chords

Chord reference D, C, G, Bb, Fm
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[D] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G]Drop your silver [D]in my [C]tambour[G]ine [D] [C] [G]Help a poor man [D]build a [C]pretty [G]dream [D] [C] [Cm]Give me pennies I’ll take any[G]thing

Now [Bb]listen while I [Fm]play. My green tambour[G]rine [D] [C] [G] [D] [C]

[G]Watch the jingle [D]jangle [C]start to [G]chime [D] [C] [G]Reflections of the [D]music [C]that is [G]mine [D] [C] [Cm]When you toss a coin you’ll hear it [G]sing

Now [Bb]listen while I [Fm]play. My green tambour[G]rine [D] [C] [G] [D] [C]

[G]Drop a dime be[D]fore I [C]walk a[G]way [D] [C] [G]Any song you [D]want I’ll [C]gladly [G]play [D] [C] [Cm]Money feeds my music ma[G]chine Now [Bb]listen while I [Fm]play.

My green tambour[G]rine [D] [C] [G] [D] [C]

[Bb]Listen and I’ll [Fm]play.

Artist The Lemon Pipers
Album Green Tambourine
Genres Psychedelic Rock, Rock
Year 1967
Key D

How to Play Green Tambourine on Ukulele?

The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine can be played in the key of D using the D, C, G, Bb, Fm chords.

  • For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A 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.
  • For Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 across E–A with finger 1, press fret 3 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2.
  • For Fm, To play Fm, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 3, leave C open.

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

You can play Green Tambourine with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.