Time for a Sing-along with George, who’s seriously happy in the passenger seat!
Did you know that ‘riding shotgun’ comes from a time when stage-coaches dashed around the new colonies of America and Australia?
A driver controlled the horses and the person in the passenger seat defended the carriage from attackers, usually with a gun. Carriages carried post, money, gold, people and anything else that was valuable.
These days ‘riding shotgun’ means you’re in the passenger seat and helping the driver if they need it, maybe…calling directions or answering their phone. It also means you’re important in the driver’s life. Maybe that’s why George is ‘feeling like a someone’.
If you fancy playing along with the ukelele, here’s Ukutabs again.
https://ukutabs.com/g/george-ezra/shotgun/
Shotgun
George Ezra
Intro: F - Bb - Dm - CVerse 1:
F Bb
Home grown alligator, see you later
Dm C
Gotta hit the road, gotta hit the road
F
The sun and change in the atmosphere,
Bb
Architecture unfamiliar,
Dm C
I could get used to this
Pre-Chorus:
F Bb
Time flies by in the yellow and green,
Dm C
stick around and you’ll see what I mean.
F Bb
There’s a mountain top, that I’m dreaming of,
Dm C
If you need me, you know where I’ll be.
Chorus:
F
I’ll be riding shotgun,
Bb
Underneath the hot sun,
Dm C
Feeling like a someone.
F
I’ll be riding shotgun,
Bb
Underneath the hot sun,
Dm C
Feeling like a someone.
Verse 2:
F Bb
The south of the equator, navigator,
Dm C
Gotta hit the road, gotta hit the road.
F
Deep-sea diving round the clock,
Bb
Bikini bottoms, lager tops
Dm C
I could get used to this
Pre-Chorus:
F Bb
Time flies by in the yellow and green,
Dm C
stick around and you’ll see what I mean.
F Bb
There’s a mountain top, that I’m dreaming of,
Dm C
If you need me, you know where I’ll be.
Chorus:
F
I’ll be riding shotgun,
Bb
Underneath the hot sun,
Dm C
Feeling like a someone.
F
I’ll be riding shotgun,
Bb
Underneath the hot sun,
Dm C
Feeling like a someone.
Middle 8:
F Bb
We got two in the front, two in the back,
Dm C
Sailing along and we don’t look back.
Pre-Chorus:
F Bb
Time flies by in the yellow and green,
Dm C
stick around and you’ll see what I mean.
F Bb
There’s a mountain top, that I’m dreaming of,
Dm C
If you need me, you know where I’ll be.
Chorus:
F
I’ll be riding shotgun,
Bb
Underneath the hot sun,
Dm C
Feeling like a someone.
F
I’ll be riding shotgun,
Bb
Underneath the hot sun,
Dm C
Feeling like a someone.
F
I’ll be riding shotgun,
Bb
Underneath the hot sun,
Dm C
Feeling like a someone.
F
I’ll be riding shotgun,
Bb
Underneath the hot sun,
Dm C
Feeling like a someone, a someone,a someone, a someone.
Outro:
FBbDmC
The B flat chord is a bit difficult, but practice, practice, practice and you’ll get it!
Here’s a good video for that. Don’t worry if you don’t understand everything. Just copy what he does with his fingers.
And here’s the Ukelele Teacher doing the whole song.
- Bb
- Dm
- C
Verse 1: F Bb Home grown alligator, see you later Dm C Gotta hit the road, gotta hit the road F The sun and change in the atmosphere, Bb Architecture unfamiliar, Dm C I could get used to this Pre-Chorus: F Bb Time flies by in the yellow and green, Dm C stick around and you’ll see what I mean. F Bb There’s a mountain top, that I’m dreaming of, Dm C If you need me, you know where I’ll be. Chorus: F I’ll be riding shotgun, Bb Underneath the hot sun, Dm C Feeling like a someone. F I’ll be riding shotgun, Bb Underneath the hot sun, Dm C Feeling like a someone. Verse 2: F Bb The south of the equator, navigator, Dm C Gotta hit the road, gotta hit the road. F Deep-sea diving round the clock, Bb Bikini bottoms, lager tops Dm C I could get used to this Pre-Chorus: F Bb Time flies by in the yellow and green, Dm C stick around and you’ll see what I mean. F Bb There’s a mountain top, that I’m dreaming of, Dm C If you need me, you know where I’ll be. Chorus: F I’ll be riding shotgun, Bb Underneath the hot sun, Dm C Feeling like a someone. F I’ll be riding shotgun, Bb Underneath the hot sun, Dm C Feeling like a someone. Middle 8: F Bb We got two in the front, two in the back, Dm C Sailing along and we don’t look back. Pre-Chorus: F Bb Time flies by in the yellow and green, Dm C stick around and you’ll see what I mean. F Bb There’s a mountain top, that I’m dreaming of, Dm C If you need me, you know where I’ll be. Chorus: F I’ll be riding shotgun, Bb Underneath the hot sun, Dm C Feeling like a someone. F I’ll be riding shotgun, Bb Underneath the hot sun, Dm C Feeling like a someone. F I’ll be riding shotgun, Bb Underneath the hot sun, Dm C Feeling like a someone. F I’ll be riding shotgun, Bb Underneath the hot sun, Dm C Feeling like a someone, a someone,a someone, a someone. Outro: F