Skipper Dan chords Guitar Chords Weird Al
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
That’s not the way that it’s all worked out
CHORUS
D#m C# B F#
I’m a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
B F# C#
Skipper Dan is the name
D#m C# B F# B F# C#
And I’m doing 34 shows every day, and every time it’s the same
D#m C# B F#
Look at those hippos, they’re wiggling their ears
B C#
Just like they’ve done for the last 50 years
D#m C# B F#
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
F# B F#5
Ah, but don’t bother trying to IMDB me,
F# B F#5
The only place you might possibly see me,
F# B F#
Is riding my little boat around Adventureland,
B
It ain’t exactly what I planned but
CHORUS
D#m C# B F#
I’m a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
B F# C#
Skipper Dan is the name
D#m C# B F# B F# C#
And I’m doing 34 shows every day, and every time it’s the same
D#m C# B F#
I would’ve killed if I’d been in Speed-the-Plow
B C#
But what’s the difference that’s all behind me now
D#m C# B F#
‘Cause I’m paying the rent and I’m swallowing my pride
B C# F#
And I’m working on the Jungle Cruise ride
BRIDGE
(KEY CHANGE TO G)
A B E C#m
I should be there on Broadway, knocking ’em dead in 12 Angry Men
A B
But instead I’m here telling these lame jokes
(BACK TO KEY OF E)
C#
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
D#m C# B F#
I should’ve listened when my Grandfather said
B C#
Why don’t you major in business instead?
D#m C# B F#
Now my hopes are vanished and my dreams have all died
B C# D#m C# B F#
Tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride
B F# C#
Skipper Dan is the name
D#m C# B F# B C#
And I’m doing 34 shows every day, and every time it’s the same
D#m C# B F#
Look at those hippos, they’re wiggling their ears
B C#
Somebody shoot me ’cause I’m bored to tears!
D#m C# B F#
Always said I’d be famous, I guess that I lied
B C# D#m
‘Cause I’m working on the Jungle Cruise ride
B C# F#
I’m still working on the Jungle Cruise rid