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Skipper Dan (Acoustic Ver)- Weird Al Yankovic
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Tune your guitar a half step down for this song
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
*This is how I play the song
Intro Riff/Verse
NOTE: The last note isn't played the same as the electric guitar does it in the song,
however it makes it easier to play by yourself on an acoustic guitar.
eb|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|
Gb|-------------------|
Db|--------------2~---|
Ab|---/4-2---2-0-0----|
Eb|-0------0----------| REPEAT
I stared in every high school play
Blew every drama teacher away
Graduated first in my class at Juilliard
Took every acting workshop I could
And I dreamed of Hollywood
While I read my Uda Hagen
And studied the Bard
TRANSITION
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Bb|------------------------|
Gb|------------------------|
Db|------------2-2-6-6-4~--|
Ab|---/4-2---2-0-0-4-4-2~--|
Eb|-0------0---------------|
Pre-Chorus
(Listen for Strumming)
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Bb|---------0----------0-------2----5-----------0----------0------2-----5-----|
Gb|---------1----------1-------2----4-----------1----------1------2-----4-----|
Db|---------2----------2-------2----2-----------2----------2------2-----2-----|
Ab|---------2----------2-------0----------------2----------2------0-----------|
Eb|---------0----------0------------------------0----------0------------------|
Hit the boards and paid my dues and got phenomenal rave reviews
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Bb|------------0---------0-----2-------5---------0------0----2----------------|
Gb|------------1---------1-----2-------4---------1------1----2----------------|
Db|------------2---------2-----2-------2---------2------2----2----------------|
Ab|------------2---------2-----0-----------------2------2----0----------------|
Eb|------------0---------0-----------------------0------0---------------------|
I knew the world was gonna love me without a doubt.
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Bb|-------5--------------0-------------0----------2------5--------------------|
Gb|-------4--------------1-------------1----------2------4--------------------|
Db|-------2--------------2-------------2----------2------2--------------------|
Ab|----------------------2-------------2----------0---------------------------|
Eb|----------------------0-------------0--------------------------------------|
I was sure that Tarantino would be calling me on the phone
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Bb|-------0---------------0------------2-------5------------------------------|
Gb|-------1---------------1------------2-------4------------------------------|
Db|-------2---------------2------------2-------2------------------------------|
Ab|-------2---------------2------------0--------------------------------------|
Eb|-------0---------------0---------------------------------------------------|
Annie Leibowitz would shoot me for Rolling Stone
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Bb|---------0----------0--------2------------5--------2-----------------------|
Gb|---------1----------1--------2------------4--------2-----------------------|
Db|---------2----------2--------2------------2--------4-----------------------|
Ab|---------2----------2--------0---------------------4-----------------------|
Eb|---------0----------0------------------------------2-----------------------|
But the years have come and gone and I'm sorry to say
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Bb|------------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
That's not the way that it's all worked out
CHORUS
I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
Skipper Dan is the name
And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same
Look at those hippos, they're wiggling their ears
Just like they've done for the last 50 years
Now I'm laughing at my own jokes, but I'm crying inside
A B BACK TO INTRO/VERSE RIFF
'Cause I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride
VERSE 2
(Con't Riff throughout)
Oh the critics they used to say, I was the new Olivier
Thought I'd be the toast of Sundance, or maybe Cannes
PRECHORUS
Ah, but don't bother trying to IMDB me,
The only place you might possibly see me,
Is riding my little boat around Adventureland,
It ain't exactly what I planned but
CHORUS
I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
Skipper Dan is the name
And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same
I would've killed if I'd been in Speed-the-Plow
But what's the difference that's all behind me now
'Cause I'm paying the rent and I'm swallowing my pride
And I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride
BRIDGE
(KEY CHANGE TO )
I should be there on Broadway, knocking 'em dead in 12 Angry Men
But instead I'm here telling these lame jokes
(BACK TO KEY OF E)
Again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again!
REPEAT CHORUS CHORDS FROM EARLIER OVER THE JUNGLE JOKES
[Bengal tigers can jump over 20 feet...
That's an African Bull-Elephant...
There it is the backside of water! What have I done with my life?]
LAST CHORUS W/ CHANGE
I should've listened when my Grandfather said
Why don't you major in business instead?
Now my hopes are vanished and my dreams have all died
A B <----Chord change in this part of Chorus
And I'll probably work forever as a
Tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
Skipper Dan is the name
And I'm doing 34 shows every day, and every time it's the same
Look at those hippos, they're wiggling their ears
Somebody shoot me 'cause I'm bored to tears!
Always said I'd be famous, I guess that I lied
'Cause I'm working on the Jungle Cruise ride
I'm still working on the Jungle Cruise ride!