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Hoosier Hotshots - I Like Bananas Chords

Chord reference C, G7, Gm, Am, D7, G
Rhythm tips ↓-↓-↓-↓↑

[C]Standing by the [G7]fruit store on the [C]corner [C]Once I heard a [G7]customer com[Gm]plain [A7] You [D7]never seem to [G]show The [D7]fruit we all love [G]so [D7]That’s why busi[Am]ness [D7]hasn’t been the [G]same [Dm] [G7]

[C]I don’t like [G]your [C]peaches, [D7]They are full of stones [G7]I like bananas because they have no [C]bones! [G]

[C]Don’t give me [G]to[C]matoes, [D7]Can’t stand ice cream cones [G7]I like bananas because they have no [C]bones! [C7]

No [F]matter where I go, With Susie, [Cdim]May or [C]Anna [Am]I [D7]want the world to [Am]know, I [D7]must have my ba[G7]nanas

[C]Cabbages [G]and [C]onions [D7]Hurt my singing tones [G7]I like bananas because they have no [C]bones!

[C]We don’t like [G]to [C]whistle [D7]Can’t blow saxaphone [G7]We like bananas because they have no [C]bones!

Artist Hoosier Hotshots
Album Rural Rhythm 1935-1942
Genres Pop
Year 1992
Key C

How to Play I Like Bananas on Guitar?

Hoosier Hotshots - I Like Bananas can be played in the key of C using the C, G7, Gm, Am, D7, G chords.

  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.
  • For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let D, G ring open.
  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play I Like Bananas with the ↓-↓-↓-↓↑ strumming pattern.