Mr. President - Coco Jambo - Chord

Key E major – C# minor Chords C#m, A, B Easy key G

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C#m  A  B  

C#m                  A        B
Ya ya ya Coco Jamboo ya ya ye

C#m  A  B  

C#m                  A         B
Ya ya ya Coco Jamboo ya ya ye


       C#m
Put me up, put me down
       A                B
Put my feet back on the ground
       C#m
Put me up, take my heart
            A      B
And make me happy


       C#m
Put me up, put me down
       A                B
Put my feet back on the ground
       C#m
Put me up, feel my heart
            A      B
And make me happy

 
C#m     
Here we go, gettin' smooth to the groove
A                            B
Watching lovely ladies, as I smooth as I move
       C#m    
'Cause that's what they say, but I can't prove
   A                             B
So turn it up again and watch me move to the groove
C#m        
As we get close, you whisper coco
  A                       B     
I hold you in my arms and you say Jamboo
C#m    
Scream and shout, turn and say Colombo
A                  B
Now I gotta go, so coco



       C#m
Put me up, put me down
       A                B
Put my feet back on the ground
       C#m
Put me up, take my heart
            A      B
And make me happy


       C#m
Put me up, put me down
       A                B
Put my feet back on the ground
       C#m
Put me up, feel my heart
            A      B
And make me happy


C#m                  A        B
Ya ya ya Coco Jamboo ya ya ye


C#m     A  B


C#m     
That's the way I treat dem girls, kinda smooth, see
       A                   B                  
'Cause there's one man and yo, well that's me, see
   C#m     
So let me show you round while you sip your tee gee
    A                   B
But no coco loco, boom, while I take a pee leak
C#m     
When I hold my baby, she says I do it nicer
A                      B
I like my chicken with rice and lemonade and
C#m     
That's what you get, when she shouts out Jamboo
A                  B
Now I gotta go, yo coco



       C#m
Put me up, put me down
       A                B
Put my feet back on the ground
       C#m
Put me up, take my heart
            A      B
And make me happy


       C#m
Put me up, put me down
       A                B
Put my feet back on the ground
       C#m
Put me up, feel my heart
            A      B
And make me happy


C#m                  A        B
Ya ya ya Coco Jamboo ya ya ye
C#m                  A        B
Ya ya ya Coco Jamboo ya ya ye


       C#m
Put me up, put me down
       A                B
Put my feet back on the ground
       C#m
Put me up, take my heart
            A      B
And make me happy


       C#m
Put me up, put me down
       A                B
Put my feet back on the ground
       C#m
Put me up, feel my heart
            A      B
And make me happy


C#m                  A        B
Ya ya ya Coco Jamboo ya ya ye (Coco Jamboo)

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Harmony analysis

Mr. President – Coco Jambo: key and chord analysis

The song opens on C#m and ends on B. Its chords belong to both E major and C#m, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

E major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = D# (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = A (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

C# minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = A (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = B (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the C# minor side because it opens on C#m and C#m is heard 33 times while E never appears. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from E major, and switching between the two views is exactly where the practice value lies.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to E or to C#m; comparing both readings is a practice of its own.

Every chord of the key, listed 1 to 7 separately for each key. Chords played in the song show how often they appear; chords from outside the scale sit next to their own degree.

Seen from E major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	E	Tonic — home	E · G# · B	—
ii	F#m	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	F# · A · C#	—
iii	G#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	G# · B · D#	—
V/vi	G#	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to C#msecondary dominant	G# · B# · D#	—
IV	A	Subdominant — moves away from home	A · C# · E	33×
V	B	Dominant — strongest pull home	B · D# · F#	33×
vi	C#m	Relative minor — the melancholy side	C# · E · G#	33×
vii°	D#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	D# · F# · A	—

Seen from C# minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	C#m	Tonic — home	C# · E · G#	33×
ii°	D#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	D# · F# · A	—
III	E	Relative major — the bright side	E · G# · B	—
iv	F#m	Subdominant — moves away from home	F# · A · C#	—
v	G#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	G# · B · D#	—
V	G#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	G# · B# · D#	—
VI	A	Submediant — warm colour	A · C# · E	33×
VII	B	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	B · D# · F#	33×

Analysis

The key pair is E major and its relative C# minor (4 sharps). 3 different chords appear 99 times in total; 3 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Everything stays inside one scale, which is why the song is easy to follow by ear.

Chord movement

A B EIV → VIV → V C#mVI → VIIVI → VII ×33
B C#m EV → videceptive cadence C#mVII → iAeolian arrival ×32

The move to watch is A → B, heard 33 times. From the C#m side it is VI → VII (VI → VII: the rising step that heads for the tonic); from the E side it reads IV → V (IV → V: the lift that builds tension before home). Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

E major pentatonic and C# minor pentatonic are the same five notes (E – F# – G# – B – C#): start from E for a brighter phrase, from C# for a bluesier one.
Over C#m, land on C#, E, G# — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over A, land on A, C#, E — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over B, land on B, D#, F# — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.

The song on the circle of fifths

Played in the song — chord of the key
Played — the minor's harmonic V or a secondary dominant
Played — borrowed or outside chord
Home region: IV–I–V and ii–vi–iii

Empty slices are chords the song doesn't use.

Capo and easier keys

With E major shapes

No capo — open E shapes
Capo 2 + D shapes
Capo 4 + C shapes

With C# minor shapes

Capo 4 + Am shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

3 semitones up
2 semitones down · capo 2 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

Starting on C#m, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. The backbone is C#m, A, B — vi–IV–V from the E side, i–VI–VII from the C#m side. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on A → B (IV → V in E, VI → VII in C#m): VI → VII — the rising step that heads for the tonic. Ending on B, the song seals E as home.

This analysis is generated from the song's chords by akorculuk's harmony engine using consistent rules. When you change key, the degrees stay the same; only the chord names change.

Mr. President - Coco Jambo Chords on Guitar, Ukulele and Piano

Hover over or tap a chord in the lyrics for its shapes, its degree in both keys and a listen button. Here you have every chord of the song side by side.

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