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Gillian Welch - Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor Ukulele Chords

Chord reference F, C, C7, E7, G
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[F]Make me down a pallet on your [C]floor [C7] [F]Make me down a pallet on your [C]floor [G7] [C]Make me [E7]down a [F]pallet soft and low [C]When I’m broken I [G]got nowhere to [C]go [C7]

Been [F]hangin’ around with a good time friends of [C]mine [C7] [F]Hangin’ around with a good time friends of [C]mine [G7] [C]Oh, they [E7]treat me [F]very nice and kind [C]When I’ve got a [G]dollar and a [C]dime [C7]

[F]We’re in blues everywhere I [C]see [C7] [F]We’re in blues everywhere I [C]see [G7] [C]We’re in [E7]blues, honey, [F]everywhere I see No [C]one ever [G]had the blues like [C]me [C7]

[F]Way I’m sleepin’, my back and shoulders [C]tired [C7] [F]Way I’m sleepin’, my back and shoulders [C]tired [G7] [C]Come to[E7]morrow, [F]I’ll be satisfied If [C]I can catch that [G]fast train and [C]ride [C7]

[F]So, make me down a pallet on your [C]floor [C7] [F]Make me down a pallet on your [C]floor [G7] [C]Make me [E7]down a [F]pallet soft and low [C]When I’m broken I [G]got nowhere to [C]go

Artist Gillian Welch
Album Soul Journey
Genres Country
Year 2003
Key F

How to Play Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor on Ukulele?

Gillian Welch - Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor can be played in the key of F using the F, C, C7, E7, G chords.

  • 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 C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open.
  • For C7, To play C7, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E 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 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 Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.