D  F  Em  A  D  F  Em  A  D

[Verse]
              F                 Em
I was born in Hannibal, Missouri
               A          D
A funny little frog-faced man
                 F                    Em
I made my livin' singin' in the movies
                A       D
The back lot of Fantasy Land

[Verse]
G          D         A            D
Mark Twain come from Hannibal, Missouri
    G       D     A           D   G
And various other drunks like me
             D        A  D
I learned to play the ukulele
      Bm        E    A
I reinvented my destiny

[Chorus]
       G      D     A
'Cause no one dies, do they?
            G        D  A
Not if they play the Ukulele
    G      D      A
And no one cries, baby
               G            D         A
Not if they're wishin' on a star, well maybe

[Verse]
     D              F
Yes, I kept singin' in the rain
Em                         A        D
Dancin' in the Klieg light sunshine too
                   F              Em
I was the voice of Jiminy Cricket
               A        D
A-wishin' on a star for you

[Verse]
    G      D         A      D
But I died penniless and forgotten
       G      D       A          D     G
In the motion picture old folks' home
         D          A       D
In Never Land I was in High Cotton
   Bm                       E    A
My voice warbled out of the gramophone

[Chorus]
    G      D     A
But no one dies, do they?
            G        D  A
Not if they play the Ukulele
    G      D      A
And no one cries, baby
               G            D         A
Not if they're wishin' on a star, well maybe

[Instrumental]
D  F  Em  A D   F  Em  A  D

[Verse]
                    F
Now hand me down my walkin' cane
   Em               A        D
My old vaudevillian croonin' pipes
               F                    Em
I got one more song for you, Charley
                          A    D
'The Lonesome Death Of Ukulele Ike'

[Chorus]
    G             D     A
But no one really dies, do they?
            G        D  A
Not if they play the Ukulele
    G             D      A
And no one really hurts, baby
               G            D         A       D
Not if they're wishin' on a star, well maybe

[Outro]
                   Em    A
'Cause it's only a paper moon
               D
Hanging over a cardboard sea