{title: Bananaphone}
{artist: Raffi}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 92}
{key: G}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[G6] [D9] [G6] [D9]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[G6]Ring ring ring ring [D9]ring ring ring, ba[G6]nana phone! [D9]
[G6]Ring ring ring ring [D9]ring ring ring, ba[E7]nana phone!
[Am7] I've got this feeling, [G6] so ap[Em7]pealing,
[A7] For us to get together and [D9]sing, sing!
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[G6]Ring ring ring ring [D9]ring ring ring, ba[G6]nana phone! [D9]
[G6]Ding dong ding dong [D9]ding dong ding, do[E7]nana phone!
[Am7] It grows in bunches, [G6] I've got my [Em7]hunches,
[A7]It's the best, beats the rest, [D9]cellular, modular, interactive-odular
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[G6]Ring ring ring ring [D9]ring ring ring, ba[G6]nana phone! [D9]
[G6]Ping pong ping pong [D9]ping pong ping, pa[E7]nana phone!
[Am7] It's no baloney, [G6] it ain't a [E7]phoney,
my [A7]cellular, [D9] bananular [G]phone!
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{start_of_part: Bridge}
[F#]Don't need quarters, don't need dimes to [Bm]call a friend of mine
Don't [F#]need computer or TV to [Bm]have a real good time
I'll [E]call for pizza, I'll [E7]call my cat,
I'll [A]call the White House, have a chat
I'll [Am7]place a call around the world:
ope[D9]rator, get me Bejing, jing jing jing
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Solo 1}
[G6] [D9] [G6] [D9]
[G6] [D9] [E7]
[Am7] [G6] [E7]
[A7] [D9]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Solo 2}
[G6] [D9] [G6] [D9]
[G6] [D9] [E7]
[Am7] [G6] [E7]
[A7] [D9]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
[G6]Ring ring ring ring [D9]ring ring ring, ba[G6]nana phone! [D9]
[G6]Ying yang ying yang [D9]ying yang ying, ya[E7]nana phone!
It's a [C]real-life momma and [C#dim]pappa phone,
a [G6]brother and sister and a [E7]dog-a-phone
A [A7]grandpa-phone and a [D9]grandmaphone [G]too, oh [E7]yeah,
my [A7]cellular [D9] bananular [G]phone [Edim7] [D7]
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{start_of_part: Outtro}
Ba[G]nanaphone, [Edim7]ring [D7]ring [G]ring
[G] [Edim7] [D7] (It's a phone with a peel!)
Bana[G]naphone, [Edim7]ring [D7]ring [G]ring
[G] [Edim7] [D7] (Now you can have your phone and eat it, too!)
Ba[G]nanaphone, [Edim7]ring [D7]ring [G]ring
[G] [Eb7] [D7] (This song drives me banana's!)
Ba[G]nanaphone, [Edim7]ring [D7]ring [G6]ring
[G6]
{end_of_part}