Nov32023

Jimmy Buffett – University Of Bourbon Street Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsC A D7 G F G7 C7 F#dim A7 Am Cdim D Bb Dm F7 F#

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[Intro]
C A D7 G C

[Verse 1]
C
I guess the point of
goin' to college
        F
Was to acquire myself
          C
a little knowledge
C
And help me figure out
     G7                   C7
What life was really all about
        F
It made Peets and J.D. happy
    F#dim
And set me wild and free
       C
Then I danced out
of Mississippi
A7           D7
To the University of
 G7      C
 Bourbon Street

[Verse 2]
C
I sang, "Hey Pocky A-way"
       F                  C
On the streetcar headed uptown
C
I went to class every day
G7
And never wore a frown
      C
I was taught by the
 Neville Brothers
      F
Benny Spellman, and a
 F#dim
 whole lotta others
     C                   A7
That brass brand blew my mind
       D7
When I joined in the
 G7     C
second line

[Bridge]
           F
I felt the power of
the gris-gris
       F#dim      Am     Cdim
Got my soul saved by the backbeat
      C                 A7
I was branded by Jean Lafitte
          D
At the University of
 G       C
Bourbon Street
  Bb                    C
I sang on a paddlewheel boat
Bb                       C
Floated down the Mississippi
Bb             F          C
Helped build a Mardi Gras float
             G7
And smoked a joint with
a beautiful hippie

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[Verse 3]
          C
I heard a church choir sing
C
"Change my guitar strings"
        F
Thought things just
couldn't get better
       C
'Til I walked to the
         A7
Central Grocery
    Dm           G    C
And had myself a muffaletta
          F
I took my lunchbox
to the streetcar
     F#dim               Cdim
That Tennessee named, "Desire"
       C                   A7
Then I followed my dancin' feet
          D7
To the University of
 G7      C
Bourbon Street

[Interlude]
C7   F  C   G7   C7
F  F#dim  C  A7  D7 G7 C


[Bridge]
C
Yeah, we got high-class,
low-rent Voodoo information
C
Pat O'Brien's hurricane
 accreditation
C
Old-school sex education
    G
And I learned how to eat

[Verse 4]
         C
From the music and the people
C
To the cookin' and the joy
   F7                  F#
It really ain't a mystery
C
I just followed my
         A7
dancin' feet
          D7
To the University of
 G7      C
Bourbon Street
                      A7
I got my Lucky Dog Ph.D.
          D7
At the University of
 G7      C
Bourbon Street

Yeah, I just followed
             A7
my dancin' feet
          D7
To the University of
  G7      C
 Bourbon Street
                         A7
And a Po' Boy Master's Degree
          D7
At the University of
 G7      C
Bourbon Street

[Outro]
     A7
It's all sweet, darling
   D7         G7      C
University of Bourbon Street
C
Hand me that umbrella
          A7
Follow me to school
   D7         G7
University of Bourbon
  C       A7
Street
   D7         G7
University of Bourbon
 C       D7 G7  C
 Street
A7   D7 G7 C
  A7  D7 G7 C   A7
D7 G7 C
  A7  D7 G7 C

Watch: Jimmy Buffett - University of Bourbon Street ft. Preservation Hall Jazz Band

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How to play University Of Bourbon Street: key, chords and progression

These are University Of Bourbon Street chords by Jimmy Buffett on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

University Of Bourbon Street by Jimmy Buffett is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 16 chords: C, A, D7, G, F, G7, C7, F#dim, A7, Am, Cdim and D and 4 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – A7 – D7 – G7 (IV – II7 – V7 – I7 in G major). In solfa, that is fah – reh – soh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F, F#dim, Cdim, Bb and F7 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.