Category: Pop

  • Tiptoe Through the Tulips — Strum-Along

    Tiptoe Through the Tulips in the key of F with ukulele chords included in the video. The chords aren’t difficult, but a chord change in almost every measure of the song makes it a little difficult. If you’re learning it, you might want to take a short section at a time after listening to it…

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  • Make You Feel My Love — Fingerstyle Tutorial

    The Bob Dylan classic, “Make You Feel My Love” played in the key of C on ukulele, contains chords and lyrics. The fingerstyle ukulele picking pattern is explained at the end of the song. The video tutorial begins at 2:40. “Make You Feel My Love” by Bob Dylan is a heartfelt ballad about unconditional love…

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  • Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World — Clawhammer

    How to play Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World with clawhammer ukulele style strumming. Includes chords and lyrics. I did this in the style of Iz but kept the lyrics more closely to the original songs. If you need help with the clawhammer style be sure to watch my Clawhammer Tutorial. Bruddah Iz’s version of…

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  • Hallelujah — Fingerstyle with Tutorial

    How to play Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen on the ukulele. This is an easy fingerstyle accompaniment arrangement with chords and lyrics. The fingerstyle pattern I used is explained at the conclusion of the song. Although the fingerpicking pattern is easy, it might take a while to get used to playing it and singing at the…

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  • Love is My Religion — Strum-Along

    The Ziggy Marley song, “Love is My Religion,” with chords and lyrics. I played this in the key of E like the original recording, but it’s just a 3-chord song and can easily be transposed to an easier key (for playing or singing). Instead of the E-D-A chords, play G-F-C for the key of G…

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  • Cat’s in the Cradle — Clawhammer

    Clawhammer Ukulele strumming (standard bum-ditty with drop thumb accompaniment) along with chords and lyrics. If you need help with the clawhammer technique, please watch my Clawhammer Tutorial. “Cat’s in the Cradle” by Harry Chapin is a folk-rock song that tells the poignant story of a father and son whose relationship is marked by missed opportunities…

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  • American Pie — Strum-Along

    Play-along ukulele version of Don McLean’s classic song from the early 1970s. I’ve included all of the chords and lyrics to every verse from the original recording. There are no difficult chords but they do change quickly. You might want to slow down the video until you get the hang of it. “American Pie” is…

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  • Me and Bobby McGee — Clawhammer

    My recording of Me and Bobby McGee contains straight clawhammer accompaniment. It’s simple and in 4/4 time, so you can pick it or strum it in any way you like. “Me and Bobby McGee” by Kris Kristofferson is a classic country-rock song about love, freedom, and loss. The song tells the story of two drifters,…

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  • A Place in the Sun — Strum-Along

    I played it in the key of F here, which works great on the uke. There are very easy chord changes that stay pretty much the same throughout the song. “A Place in the Sun” is a song by Stevie Wonder, released in 1966 as a single and later included on his album Down to…

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  • Love Me Tender — Strum-Along

    “Love Me Tender” is one of Elvis Presley’s most iconic songs, released in 1956. The song’s melody is based on the Civil War-era tune Aura Lee, written in 1861 by George R. Poulton with lyrics by W. W. Fosdick. Elvis’ version was given new lyrics by Ken Darby, though it was officially credited to Presley…

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