The Banana Boat Song chords by The Blue Diamonds

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Verse 1
D 
Day  (D major) old, he said day old
A 
D 
Daylight comes and I  (A major) wanna go home  (D major) 
Well I'm loadin' the banana
G 
D 
boats  (G major) all night long  (D major) 
F#m 
A 
G 
Daylight comes  (F sharp minor)  (A major) and I wanna go  (G major) home
D 
G 
 (D major) Hey, all of the workmen sing  (G major) this song
D 
Em 
G 
D 
 (D major) Daylight comes and I  (E minor) want to  (G major) go home  (D major) 
F#m 
G 
D 
Day -o,  (F sharp minor)  (G major) day -o  (D major) 
A 
G 
Daylight comes and I  (A major) want to  (G major) go home
D 
F#m 
G 
D 
 (D major) Day -o,  (F sharp minor)  (G major) day -o  (D major) 
Em 
G 
Daylight comes and I  (E minor) want to  (G major) go home
D 
 (D major) Day -o, me said day -o
A 
Daylight comes and I  (A major) want to go home
D 
 (D major) Day -o, me said day -o,
A 
Daylight comes and I  (A major) wanna go home
D 
 (D major) Well, I sleep by the sun
G 
D 
and I work  (G major) by the moon  (D major) 
G 
Daylight comes and I  (G major) wanna go home
D 
G 
 (D major) When I get some money, gonna quit  (G major) so soon
D 
F#m 
A 
G 
 (D major) Daylight comes  (F sharp minor) and I  (A major) wanna go  (G major) home
D 
F#m 
G 
D 
 (D major) Day -o,  (F sharp minor) day  (G major) -o,  (D major) 
G 
D 
Daylight comes and I  (G major) wanna go home  (D major) 
F#m 
G 
D 
Day -o,  (F sharp minor)  (G major) day -o  (D major) 
G 
Daylight comes and I  (G major) wanna go home
D 
Eb 
 (D major) Day  (E flat major) -o, me say day -o
Bb 
Daylight comes and I  (B flat major) wanna go home
Eb 
 (E flat major) Day -o, me say day -o
Bb 
Daylight comes and I  (B flat major) wanna go home
Eb 
 (E flat major) Well, I'll pack up all my things
Ab 
and I'll  (A flat major) go  to sea
Eb 
Bb 
 (E flat major) Daylight comes and I  (B flat major) wanna go home
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
 (E flat major) Then the bananas see the  (A flat major) last of  (E flat major) me
Bb 
Eb 
Daylight comes and I  (B flat major) wanna go home  (E flat major) 
Gm 
Ab 
Eb 
Day -o,  (G minor)  (A flat major) day -o  (E flat major) 
Bb 
Eb 
Daylight comes and I  (B flat major) wanna go home  (E flat major) 
Gm 
Ab 
Eb 
Day -o,  (G minor)  (A flat major) day -o  (E flat major) 
Bb 
Eb 
Daylight comes and I  (B flat major) wanna go  (E flat major) home
E 
Day  (E major) -o, me said day -o
B 
E 
Daylight comes and I  (B major) wanna go home  (E major) 
Day -o, me said day -o
E 
Daylight  (E major) comes
B 
E 
And I wanna  (B major) go home  (E major) 