Hurricane

Hurricane
a parody by Jeanne and Ron


When you've made all the preparations that you possibly can, the only thing left to do is to handle the anxiety of uncontrollable events like Hurricane Irene. Humor and ukulele are our favorite coping strategies. Hope everyone comes through okay.

(to the tune of Caberet by Fred Erb and John Kander)
Strum dduud
Intro C, F, G7, C

Verse 1
(C) What good is (G7) sitting a(C) lone and a (G7) fraid
(C) When there’s a (G7) hurri (C7) cane (C7)

Chorus

(F) When there’s a hurri (C) cane, just (A7) strum.
(Dm) Strum through the (G7) hurri (C) cane.(C)

Verse 2
(C) Finished the (G7) checklist
(C) T.P.’s been ob (G7) tained
(C) here comes the (G7) wind and (C7) rain (C7)

Chorus

(F) When there’s a hurri (C) cane, just (A7) strum.
(Dm) Strum through the (G7) hurri (C) cane. (C)(dduud + d)

Bridge 1 (One down stroke on each chord)

(NC) Board up the (Fm) views
And spread the (C) news
In spite of (Am) fears
That (D7) we are strummin’
(G7) We’re prepared for (G7) Irene’s comin’

Verse 3

(C) We’ll not be (G7) sitting a-(C) lone and a(G7) fraid
(C) going through (G7) this a (C7) gain (C7)

Chorus

(F) When there’s a hurri (C) cane, just (A7) strum.
(Dm) Strum through the (G7) hurri (C) cane. (C)(dduud+d)


Bridge 2 (One down stroke on each chord, except tremellos)

(NC) It could be (Fm) snow (tremello)
Or tor-na- (C) do (tremello)
It could be (Am) floods
or (D7) earth-a-quakin’
(G7) We’ll be ukin’, (G7) spite of shakin (NC) because

Verse 4
(C) What good is (G7) sitting a (C) lone in your (G7) room.
(C) When there’s a (G7) hurri (C7) cane (C7)

Chorus

(F) When there’s a hurri (C) cane, just (A7) strum.
(Dm) Strum through the (G7) hurri (C) cane. (G7), (C)

Love it! Props to you, Luke'nlele!

Thanks, chindog! So glad you liked it!

That was fun. Thanks for posting the words and chords.

Thanks, RoxHum. We've always appreciated the way that UU member, John Pak (keonepax and paxukulele) posts lyrics and chords on his videos, so that we can play along. We think that Irene is a good reason for us to strum together, too.