Uncle Benny's Celebration chords by The Limeliters

SimplifiedB · Em · C

GuitarPianoUkulele

Verse 1
B 
Em 
B 
 (B major) Uncle Benny had one  (E minor) too  (B major) many, yes,
Em 
B 
Uncle Benny had one  (E minor) too  (B major) many, yes,
Uncle Benny had one too many,
but he had himself a ball.
Oh, my father's Uncle Benny,
when he had a few too many,
one too many made him just a trifle gay.
Put his glasses in his case,
Em 
put a smile upon his  (E minor) face,
B 
an (B major) d  he called for the fiddler to play.
Em 
Well, the  (E minor) fiddler took his fiddle,
B 
 (B major) put the bow across the middle,
C 
B 
and the fiddle fiddled out  (C major) a little too.  (B major) 
When the fiddler with his fiddle,
fiddled, fiddled, diddle, diddle,
C 
B 
 (C major) Uncle Benny bobbled  (B major) like
Em 
a toy balloon.  (E minor) 
B 
Em 
Un (B major) cle Benny, feeling frisky,  (E minor) 
B 
 (B major) took another drop of whiskey,
C 
B 
C 
 (C major) and the  (B major) whiskey made  (C major) 
B 
him frisky to  (B major) his toes.
Em 
B 
So he  (E minor) took my  (B major) old Aunt Flora,
Em 
and they sort of danced the  (E minor) horror,
C 
B 
then he  (C major) roared for the  (B major) piper to blow.
Em 
B 
 (E minor) Well the piper tweedle  (B major) tweeted
and the fiddle it repeated
Em 
B 
C 
B 
fiddle  (E minor) diddle diddle diddle  (B major)  (C major) diddle  (B major) dee.
C 
When the piper tweedle  (C major) tweeted
B 
an (B major) d  the fiddle it repeated
C 
B 
Uncle Benny was  (C major) beside  (B major) 
Em 
himself with Lee.  (E minor) 
B 
As he filled his glass too  (B major) often
Benny's eyes began to soften
and the tears began to trickle from his chin.
As his ears were
A sympathetic cousin whispered,
C 
B 
 (C major) Please let the  (B major) drummer begin!
Em 
 (E minor) The drum instead of beating
B 
Started  (B major) tweedle -tweedle -tweeting
And the piper fiddled har
C 
B 
 (C major) mon (B major) ies galore
C 
While the drum was tweedle -t (C major) weeting
B 
And the  (B major) fiddle started beating
C 
Uncle Benny  (C major) was compet
B 
 (B major) ing with a snore
Em 
B 
Em 
B 
 (E minor) Uncle  (B major) Benny had one  (E minor) too  (B major) many, yes
Uncle Benny had one too many, yes
Uncle Benny had one too many,
Em 
B 
C 
but he had  (E minor) himself  (B major) a  ball.  (C major) 
B 
Em 
 (B major) That's the  (E minor) tale of Uncle Benny
B 
when  (B major) he had a few too many,
and there's only one thing
C 
B 
 (C major) more that must be  (B major) said.
Em 
B 
When you're  (E minor) at   a  (B major) celebration,
C 
B 
Em 
 (C major) use  (B major) a  little moderation,  (E minor) 
B 
C 
B 
 (B major) or you'll  (C major) wake up  (B major) wearing
Em 
Uncle Benny's head.  (E minor) 
C 
Or you'll  (C major) wake up wearing
B 
Em 
 (B major) Uncle Benny's head.  (E minor) 
you