Bruce Springsteen - Independence Day: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Independence Day" 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 Independence Day 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 "Independence Day" smoothly on your ukulele.

      A#                       F
Well, papa go to bed now it's getting late,
                A#                           F
nothing we can say is gonna change anything now
        A#                               F
I'll be leaving in the morning from St. Mary's Gate,
              C
we wouldn't change this thing even
                A#
if we could somehow

'Cause the darkness of this
house has got the best of us
There's a darkness in this town that's got us too
But they can't touch me now and you can't
touch me now
They ain't gonna do to me what I watched
them do to you

Chorus:
    A#                    F
So say goodbye, it's Independence Day,
          C                         A#
it's Independence Day all down the line
                            F
Just say goodbye, it's Independence Day,
          C                 A#
it's Independence Day this time

Now I don't know what it always was with us
We chose the words, and yeah, we drew the lines
There was just no way this house could
hold the two of us
I guess that we were just too much of the same kind

Chorus:
Well say goodbye, it's Independence Day
It's Independence Day, all boys must run away
So say goodbye, it's Independence Day
All men must make their way come Independence Day

Now the rooms are all empty down at Frankie's joint
And the highway she's deserted
clear down to Breaker's Point
There's a lot of people leaving town now,
leaving their friends, their homes
At night, they walk that dark and dusty
highway all alone

Well Papa, go to bed now, it's getting late
Nothing we can say can change anything now
'Cause there's just different people
coming down here now and they see
things in different ways
And soon everything we've known will
just be swept away

Chorus:
So say goodbye, it's Independence Day
Papa, now I know the things you wanted
that you could not say
But won't you just say goodbye?
It's Independence Day
I swear I never meant to take those things away

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A#

Ukulele chord A#

C

Ukulele chord C

F

Ukulele chord F

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 "Independence Day" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Independence Day" by Bruce Springsteen.

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