Van Morrison - Bein' Green: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Bein' Green" 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 Bein' Green 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 "Bein' Green" smoothly on your ukulele.

         E                D#m7
It's not easy bein' green,
                              E                  C#7
Having to spend each day the colour of the leaves.
                             F#m7
When it could be nicer bein' red,
or yellow, or gold,
B7                            E          F#m7 B7
Or something much more colourful like that.

It's not, it's not easy bein' green
You seem to blend in with so many
ordinary everyday things
And people tend to pass you by
'cause you're not standing out
Like sparkles in the water or stars in the sky

Chorus:
                 Amaj7
But green is the colour of spring,
                  E                    E7
And green can be cool and friendly like.
                 C#7              F#7
And green can be big like an ocean,
                             B7
Or important like a mountain, or tall like a tree.

And when green is all there is to be
Could make you make you wonder why,
wonder why, wonder why
I am green, it'll do, it'll do fine,
it is what I want to be

Chorus:
Green is the color of spring, oh yeah
Green can be cool and friendly like
And green can be big like an ocean
Or important like a mountain or tall like a tree

And when green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why,
but why why, wonder why
I am green it'll do, it'll do fine,
and it's what I wanna be

Listen to me, I am green it'll do fine and it's
I don't wanna be blue
I just wanna be what I wanna be

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

Amaj7

Ukulele chord Amaj7

B7

Ukulele chord B7

C#7

Ukulele chord C#7

D#m7

Ukulele chord D#m7

E

Ukulele chord E

E7

Ukulele chord E7

F#7

Ukulele chord F#7

F#m7

Ukulele chord F#m7

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 "Bein' Green" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Bein' Green" by Van Morrison.

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