David Bowie - Janine: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Janine" 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 Janine 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 "Janine" smoothly on your ukulele.

       D                 F#m                G
Oh my love, Janine, I'm helpless for your smile
 E             E7          A         G                D
Like a Polish wanderer I travel ever onwards to your land
             A                G                    F#m
And were it not just for the jewels I'd close your hand

        D               F#m            G
Your strange demand to 'collocate' my mind
  E             E7                  A
Scares me into gloom, you're too intense
              G                 D
I'll have to keep you in your place
           A                  G                  F#m
I've no defence, I've got to keep my veil on my face

Chorus:
   D        D          G        C      G
Janine, Janine, you'd like to know me well
      C                G                F             C
But I've got things inside my head that even I can't face
   D       D           G        C       G
Janine, Janine, you'd like to crash my walls
    C              G
But if you take an axe to me
        F            C
you'll kill another man
          D C G C D C G C D
Not me at all

You're fey, Janine, a tripper to the last
But if I catch you standing on my toes
I'll have a right to shout you down
For you're a lazy stream, in which my thoughts would drown

So stay, Janine, and we can glide along
I've caught your wings for laughs
I'm not obliged to read your statements of the year
So take your glasses off and don't act so sincere

Chorus

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

C

Ukulele chord C

D

Ukulele chord D

E

Ukulele chord E

E7

Ukulele chord E7

F

Ukulele chord F

F#m

Ukulele chord F#m

G

Ukulele chord G

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 "Janine" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Janine" by David Bowie.

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