The Offspring - I Choose: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "I Choose" 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 I Choose 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 "I Choose" smoothly on your ukulele.

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         D             F          G
Look at me I'm fallin' off of a cliff now
        D                         F     G
I can still hear my mama yelling No No No
         D                   F                G
But the words mean nothing. Can't catch up to me now
     D                   F            G
The view is so beautiful all the way down

When I was a little boy sucking juice from a bottle
Believing my perceptions were oh so real
But I didn't know nothing, still, knowing nothing
Was just enough for me to know the way I feel

Chorus:
         D
This is life
        C          G       D
What a fucked up thing we do
        C    G          D
What a nightmare come true
       F        G       A# A          D
Or a playground if we choose, and I choose

Look at me, I'm swollen like a banana fish now
I'm never going to make it, make it out of my hole
But I keep on laughing, doesn't really matter
There's dozens of reasons for explaining my soul
When I was a teenager, sucking booze with the Vatos
Discussing who was gonna live to be twenty-one
They said they wouldn't make it; they didn't make it
We're all naked when the day is said and done

Chorus

A               C        G          D
Don't know who made this all come true
A                     C             G     A#                A
But now while you're here you just gotta do what you gotta do
1, 2, 3, 4

Now, if I wasn't such a weenie, do you think you'd still love me?
Pretending I'm an airplane on the living room floor
Like a lovely generator, you stand right by me
And if words were wisdom, I'd be talking even more

So I keep on falling as I'm looking back above me
Watching as my mama just becomes a little dot
Now I'm, I'm like DeNiro, I'm Amarillo
And I'll never know when I hit the ground

Chorus:
         D
This is life
        C          G       D
What a fucked up thing we do
        C    G          D
What a nightmare come true
       F        G      A# A    A# A    A# A
Or a playground if we choose, choose, choose,
        D
and I choose

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

A#

Ukulele chord A#

C

Ukulele chord C

D

Ukulele chord D

F

Ukulele chord F

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 "I Choose" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "I Choose" by The Offspring.

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