Comments on: Beirut – Elephant Gun

By: Krystyn

Krystyn — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:51:30 +0000

Ok, so this is what I’ve worked out and it sounds pretty right on – U U D D U U D U D. I hammer on to D7, and even on to G, and for G I play U U D U D twice and drop to Gsus2 in the middle and back up to G, then U U D U D once each for C and C7M

By: Starkey

Starkey — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:59:43 +0000

Thanks a lot for the chords, such a lovely song. When i tried the d,u,d,u it sounded weird to me. I think it sounds a lot more like the song when it’s played d,udud. Am I right?

By: Redmond

Redmond — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:26:33 +0000

@smeal: What I’ve been doing is DDUUDDUDU, with a couple changes here and there (especially on the G chord)

I’ve also noticed that most of what makes this song sound more involved is the way you switch between the chords and do a lot of what Zach does in his songs; hammer-on to the D7, a quick hammer on in the middle of the G chord (on the A string),among other things.

Hope that helps!

By: smeal

smeal — Thu, 19 May 2011 11:16:25 +0000

ok, so as far as i can tell, the stumming pattern is like DDUUDUDUU, but that could be wrong. peace

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:23:19 +0000

I really wish someone would explain the strum pattern after D7. SO frustrating. It’s PERFECT except for that. :)

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:03:46 +0000

Zeiram: Definitely starts with a down strum.

By: Zeiram

Zeiram — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:09:24 +0000

Hey thanks for doing this, playing Beirut songs keeps me motivated to work on my ukulele game, well that and my new Lanikai LU-21 CE^^

One question though:

You say to start with the downward strumming, I´ve heard some pretty good covers who said to start with the upwards strumming. I can´t really hear it out.

So I second check with my most trusted source again, at the beginning of the strumming up or down?

By: Clara

Clara — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:07:42 +0000

Oh god, can anyone play and sing this at the same time? I love the strumming pattern, but I’m not nearly coordinated enough to do two things at once.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:47:32 +0000

Happy to help :)

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:08:58 +0000

Miha: You’re very welcome.

Amanda: Thanks very much for letting me know. Fixed it.