The Pogues - Haunting: Ukulele Chords

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

Gm                               Dm
Sit down on that stool hear the cant of a fool
       Gm                            Dm
And a strange tale I'll tell unto to ye
      F                        D#
Of a time that I lived at the buff of a hill
            D                  Gm
'Neath the burial chambers you see

One Saturday night, I got up on my bike
For to go to a dance in the town
I set off at seven to be there at eleven
No thought of the rain coming down

I pushed up the hill, the rain started to spill
So for shelter I had to resort
Helter skelter I went as downhill I sped
To the trees at the old fairy fort

I pulled up my bike near a tree in the gripe
To find shelter out of the storm
The rain it came down and like
stones beat the ground
But it was grand to be dry in that storm

I was dreaming away about better days
When a voice it says, "Dirty ould night"
I fell over me bike, I got such a fright
When the ghostly voice bid me the night

I jumped up with a start,
gave the storm not a thought
As the hail beat a rhythm on me
And I stared at the tree that had spoken to me
Not a body was there I could see

I trembled and shook, the tree twisted and booked
As the wind got into a scream
And I grabbed on me bike in the devil's own night
Expecting to wake from a dream

The voice I had heard not another word said
As the hair on the head stood on me
And I said an "Our Father" as I peddled much faster
Away from that ghost-haunted tree

For weeks and weeks after, with nerves a disaster
Nowhere near that road would I go
And from dusk through the night,
I would shake with the fright
Of the tree that had haunted me so

Now whenever I go to a dance in the town
I make sure not to stop on the way
To be there for eleven, I still leave at seven
But I go by a different way

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

D

Ukulele chord D

D#

Ukulele chord D#

Dm

Ukulele chord Dm

F

Ukulele chord F

Gm

Ukulele chord Gm

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 "Haunting" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Haunting" by The Pogues.

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