Guacamole Ukulele Song (Chords)

June 26, 2008

Lauren and Lena – Guacamole Ukulele Song (Chords)

YouTube’s little ukulele video feature made me reassess this song. I’d skipped over it fairly quickly the first time round – there are a lot of ukulele videos to watch – but I shouldn’t have, it’s a damn fine song (no such change of heart over Where Your Scar Is though) and it’s already inspired its own ukulele tribute parody.

For this song Lauren and Lena are tuned to DGBE: baritone/guitar tuning – five frets lower than the standard ukulele tuning. Other than that, the chords are pretty easy. Much easier than they make them look.

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EXPECTING TO FIND CHORDS/TABS? Try clicking where it says the name of the song in red under the video.
Written by Woodshed · Filed Under Chords 
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14 Responses to “Guacamole Ukulele Song (Chords)”

  1. Nelson on June 26th, 2008 7:32 pm

    I think it’s pretty obvious, Woodshed.
    You got’s a hankerin’ for some guac’.

  2. tuscadero on June 26th, 2008 10:06 pm

    Hi there. Let’s say I don’t want to restring my uke to DGBE, should I just play the same chords but with GCEA uke fingerings or do I have to transpose? And if I just play the same chords on my GCAE, what is a D-5? I’ve looked around online and I can’t find it.

  3. Woodshed on June 26th, 2008 10:42 pm

    Nelson: That might be it.

    tuscadero: You can play the same chords. D-5 is a D chord with a flattened fifth. You can play it 1220.

  4. Cardboardfrog on June 27th, 2008 12:56 am

    wow…..its a nice song but everything else about this video is both annoying and irritating.
    its nice to see people getting excited about their ukes though :)

  5. Brian on June 27th, 2008 8:09 am

    Al-
    mostly I defer to your superior musical taste(Ukulady -Beirut etc) however the Guacomole song is merely twee-with great voices-
    “Where Your Scar Is”-is superb and reminds me of a girl version of Boo Hewerdine-poignant and it appeals to this sentimental middle aged old uker
    Brian

  6. Minamin on June 27th, 2008 6:54 pm

    If there’s one thing that annoys me more than Guitar Center, it’s teenage girls. The song was alright, but I think I’ll cleanse my palette with some Patti Plinko.

  7. tuscadero on June 27th, 2008 7:19 pm

    thanks, Woodshed. Much obliged.

  8. J-Hob on June 29th, 2008 8:38 am

    This song doesn’t do it for me I’m afraid, I find them rather irritating.

  9. Woodshed on June 29th, 2008 3:20 pm

    Wow, this one is nearly as controversial as Julia Nunes.

  10. Gintis on June 29th, 2008 4:15 pm

    i remember my first song then i bought ukulele it was about pussy in the chimney and about her ears. But guacamole ukulele is better

  11. Salvador on July 23rd, 2008 4:06 pm

    Its impressive that they composed that in the car but they get on my nerves. The song is good though. Wait, no its not.

  12. Akucua on August 8th, 2008 6:09 pm

    Hey, there was a bit of an error in the lyrics. Instead of one beat, it is Whompy….yeah. They were on a Wrock tour….which you probably don’t even know what that is. But yeah one beat = Whompy …

  13. Auty on January 6th, 2009 3:12 am

    Haha! I think you did a good job.
    :)

  14. Woodshed on January 6th, 2009 5:37 pm

    Auty: Thanks. And I’ve just checked out your music – excellent stuff.

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