Elvis Presley - Clean Up Your Own Backyard: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" 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 Clean Up Your Own Backyard 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 "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" smoothly on your ukulele.

E7
Back porch preacher preaching at me
E7
Acting like he wrote the golden rules
A7
Shaking his fist and speeching at me
E7
Shouting from his soap box like a fool
      B7
Come Sunday morning he's lying in bed
         A7
With his eye all red, with the wine in his head
Wishing he was dead
                                        E7 A E7
When he oughta be heading for Sunday school

Chorus:
                      A7
Clean up your own backyard
                              E7
Oh don't you hand me none of your lines
              B7
Clean up your own backyard
A7                                       E7 A7 E B7
You tend to your business, I'll tend to mine

Drugstore cowboy criticizing
Acting like he's better than you and me
Standing on the sidewalk supervising
Telling everybody how they ought to be
Come closing time 'most every night
He locks up tight and out go the lights
And he ducks out of sight and he cheats on his wife
With his employee

Chorus

Armchair quarterback's always moanin'
Second guessing people all day long
Pushing, fooling and hanging on in
Always messing where they don't belong
When you get right down to the nitty-gritty
Isn't it a pity that in this big city
Not a one a'little bitty man'll admit
He could have been a little bit wrong

Chorus

              B7
Clean up your own backyard
A7                                       E7
You tend to your business, I'll tend to mine

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

A7

Ukulele chord A7

E

Ukulele chord E

E7

Ukulele chord E7

B7

Ukulele chord B7

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 "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" by Elvis Presley.

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