Johnny Cash - Nasty Dan: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Nasty Dan" 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 Nasty Dan 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 "Nasty Dan" smoothly on your ukulele.

F                               A#
Nasty Dan was the meanest man I ever knew
       C7                                    F
He's stomp and scream and be real mean the whole day through
                                                    A#
He'd frown a bunch he ate nails for lunch and he'd never laugh
      C7                                                   F
He'd growl and yell and I heard tell that he never took a bath
      A#               F                C7               F
Nasty Dan was a nasty man hard to understand that Nasty Dan

Now Nasty Dan was a nasty man the whole day long
He'd go where he could he'd try real good to make things go wrong
He'd jump for joy when a little boy would trip and fall
And the only words that he ever said were, "I don't like you at all!"
Nasty Dan was a nasty man hard to understand that Nasty Dan

Now a real interesting thing that
I want you to know about is this here
Because it's the most important
thing it concerns a girl and things like that
Now Nasty Pearl was a nasty girl that met Dan somehow
She said you like me rotten as can be let's get married now
So they went and they did and had a nasty kid
And I must confess that Dan

Pretty much leaves everyone alone now
And he doesn't bother anybody anymore
cause he just lives
In his nasty old house with his nasty
ol' wife and his nasty ol' kid
In nasty happiness
Nasty Dan he's a nasty man hard to understand that Nasty Dan

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A#

Ukulele chord A#

C7

Ukulele chord C7

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 "Nasty Dan" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Nasty Dan" by Johnny Cash.

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