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

[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

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

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.