Hellogoodbye – Oh, It Is Love
March 25, 2008
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Hellogoodbye – Oh, It Is Love (Chords)
Hellogoodbye’s Oh, It Is Love is a very popular tune with uke players. There are a bunch of ukulele covers of it on YouTube. There are many instruments moving in and out of the tune including banjo and mandolin, which are in ukulele territory.
I got a request, ages ago, from Emily asking for tab of the twiddly bits in the song. So, here’s a few.
This is the high part played on the mandolin in the first few lines:
The part that accompanies the verse is played slightly differently by each instrument. This is a sort of uke-ified version of it:
If you’re feeling adventurous, using those higher versions of the B, Bbm and Am7 chords in the verses sounds very effective.
In the first little instrumental interlude, that part is followed by the mandolin going like this first time (but an octave lower):
And this the second time:
One last bit, for good measure. This little mando lick occurs at around 1:30
Even if you’re not planning on learning the song, it’s definitely worth taking a look at that last lick as it’s a bit of a cliche and can be used in many situations.
Thanks woodshed!
Definitely gonna be learning the twiddly bits =]
Really appreciate you taking the time to take requests from incompetent people like me >.<
Thanks again,
Emily
You’re welcome, Emily. Good luck with the twiddly bits.
Very well put together.
Thanks for simplifying the chords for us newbs. I’ve only been playing a few months and this song is a blast. (Makes my wife smile when I play it for her too.)
Keep it up!
ps. the Bm7 graphic seems to be missing from the chords. Small kine though. Thanks
What program are you using to make your tabs?
Johnny: D’oh! Thanks for pointing it out. Bm7 = 2222.
J: I use Guitar Pro.
What would be really quite wonderfully helpful for me would be the lyrics with Am, Bm, etc. written over top. I, and hopefully some others, don’t read that kind of tab!
Thanks.
Molly: If you click where it says ‘Hellogoodbye – Oh, It Is Love (Chords)’, that’s exactly what you’ll get.
Ah, yeah the Bm7 was missing but I still managed to figure it out
Thanks for writing this stuff out, and the mandolin parts are especially helpful; I couldn’t figure them out on the ukulele.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks, Cakemaster. I meant to get the Bm7 fixed but I couldn’t find the original file. Then my laziness took over.
Thanks for the chords!
having a bit of trouble with the main strum
sounds abit like Down, Down, Up, Up, Down but there seems to be a few extra strums in there.
help?
ah i’m a little confused. are the tabs that are on this page meant to be played on the ukulele or on the mandolin/banjo?
coco: Ukulele – hence the name of the blog.
Is the last lick on the first string supposed to be played on the first fret? Because for some reason playing it open doesn’t sound correct.
Haha oh wait jk.
I got it.
This helped so much!
Thanks :]
i love this song lol, i wanna play it for my GF but i cant figure out what the strumming pattern is, any help? thanks!
ukunoob: Try D – D U – U D -
Thanks so much. But is this on a standard ukulele or a concert one? I’m shopping for one and not sure which to get. Many thanks JS
John: Either will do the job. Personally, I’m a concert man.
What’s the strum pattern??