Bob Dylan - Floater (Too Much to Ask): Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Floater (Too Much to Ask)" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Floater (Too Much to Ask) ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Floater (Too Much to Ask)" smoothly on your ukulele.

F7
Down over the window
          A#       D#7    A#
Come the dazzling sunlit rays
             F7
Through the back alleys, through the blinds,
                A#          D#m  A#
Another one of them endless days.

Honey bees are buzzing
Leaves begin to stir
I'm in love with my second cousin
I tell myself I could be happy forever with her.

Dm                    A7
I keep listening for footsteps,
Dm                       A#  A7
But I ain't ever hearing any.
Dm                        A7
From the boat, I fish for bullheads
  Dm                C         F
I catch a lot, sometimes too many.

A summer breeze is blowin',
A squall is setting in.
Sometimes it's just plain stupid
To get into any kind of wind.

The old men ’round here, sometimes they get
On bad terms with the younger men
But old, young, age don’t carry weight
It doesn’t matter in the end

One of the boss’ hangers-on
Comes to call at times you least expect
Try to bully ya—strong-arm you—inspire you with fear
It has the opposite effect

There’s a new grove of trees on the outskirts of town
The old one is long gone
Timber two-foot-six across
Burns with the bark still on

They say times are hard, if you don’t believe it
You can just follow your nose
It don’t bother me—times are hard everywhere
We’ll just have to see how it goes

My old man, he’s like some feudal lord
Got more lives than a cat
Never seen him quarrel with my mother even once
Things come alive or they fall flat

You can smell the pinewood burning
You can hear the school bell ring
Gotta get up near the teacher if you can
If you wanna learn anything

Romeo, he said to Juliet, “You got a poor complexion
It doesn’t give your appearance a very youthful touch!”
Juliet said back to Romeo,
“Why don’t you just shove off
If it bothers you so much”

They all got out of here any way they could
The cold rain can give you the shivers
They went down the Ohio,
the Cumberland, the Tennessee
All the rest of them rebel rivers

If you ever try to interfere
with me or cross my path again
You do so at the peril of your own life
I’m not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound
I’ve seen enough heartaches and strife

My grandfather was a duck trapper
He could do it with just dragnets and ropes
My grandmother could sew new dresses out of old cloth
I don’t know if they had any dreams or hopes

I had them once though, I suppose, to go along
With all the ring-dancing Christmas
carols on all of the Christmas eves
I left all my dreams and hopes
Buried under tobacco leaves

It’s not always easy kicking someone out
Gotta wait a while—it can be an unpleasant task
Sometimes somebody wants you to give something up
And tears or not, it’s too much to ask

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

A#

Ukulele chord A#

A7

Ukulele chord A7

C

Ukulele chord C

Dm

Ukulele chord Dm

D#m

Ukulele chord D#m

D#7

Ukulele chord D#7

E

Ukulele chord E

F

Ukulele chord F

F7

Ukulele chord F7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Floater (Too Much to Ask)" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Floater (Too Much to Ask)" by Bob Dylan.

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