Lazy Bones Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays487

Lazy Bones by Bing Crosby is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, C7, Em, Dm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
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  			Intro= C G C G C F C F 

verse 1 
C   F     C               F 
Lazybones sleeping in the sun 
C                 F        C          C7 
How you 'spect to get your day's work done 
Em                        Dm 
Never get your day's work done 
Dm              G         C   G                        
Sleeping in the new day's sun 

Verse2 
C   F     C              F 
Lazybones sleepin in the shade 
C                 F        C        C7 
How you 'spect to get your cornmeal made 
       Em                      Dm 
You'll never get your cornmeal made 
Dm                  G      C    C7 
Just sleepin in the evenin shade 

Bridge

     F 
When 'taters need spraying I bet you keep praying 
    C                     C7 
The bugs fall off the vine 
    F                    G  
And when you go fishin I bet you keep wishin 
    Am         C         F   G 
The fish won't grab your line 

verse 3 
C   F     C                   F 
Lazybones loafing through the day 
C                 F     C         C7 
How you 'spect to get a dime that way 
Em                     Dm 
Never make a dime that way 
Dm            G      C  G 
Never heard a word I say 

Repeat verse 1 
C   F     C               F 
Lazybones sleepin' in the sun 
C                 F        C          C7 
How you 'spect to get your day's work done 
Em                        Dm 
Never get your day's work done 
Dm              G         C   C 
Sleepin' in the new day's sun 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante