Ingrid Michaelson – Be OK

October 16, 2008


Ingrid Michaelson – Be OK (Chords) (PDF)

A lovely, simple uke tune from Ingrid Michaelson. Even simpler if you’ve still got your uke tuned down from the Eddie Vedder – Goodbye post (this one is in B tuning also).

The chords are straightforward, but the strumming is a little trickier. It involves plenty of chnks – rather than strumming, you bring the bottom of your hand down onto the strings as you strum to produce a click. The strum pattern for the verse goes like this:

Ingrid Michaelson chords

The up arrows are down strums and vice versa. The row of x’s are chnks.

Here’s me strumming it slowly then up to speed.

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For the chorus you play the strumming pattern of bar 1 for the A chord and the strumming pattern of bar 3 for the next two chords.

Requested by Maz

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21 Responses to “Ingrid Michaelson – Be OK”

  1. Gary on October 17th, 2008 7:02 am

    Nice song, I’d like her Compass rose walnut uke. Damn UAS!

  2. Cardboardfrog on October 17th, 2008 4:09 pm

    i think we’d all like her uke, wouldn’t mind some of her either :P
    a very nice song, works just the same with left hand muting which people might find a little easier.
    once again with the good work woodshed

  3. Woodshed on October 18th, 2008 5:36 pm

    Gary: Definitely one to add to the (very large) list.

    Dan: Guys definitely make passes at girls who wear glasses.

  4. Tim on October 27th, 2008 12:18 am

    And if you really like the song, please buy it from iTunes. Proceeds go for cancer research (Stand Up 2 Cancer).

  5. Woodshed on October 27th, 2008 8:43 pm

    Thanks, Tim.

  6. Nils on November 22nd, 2008 9:13 pm

    Nice song and thanks for the chords :)
    Btw: Does anybody now the brand of Ingrid’s ukulele?

  7. alex on December 21st, 2008 4:51 am

    Could you tab her song “You and I”?

  8. barb on December 26th, 2008 4:15 am

    agreed, i’d love to find the tabs for “You and I”.

  9. Arden on December 29th, 2008 5:45 am

    Ingrid is super cool!
    I met her at a show in July.
    She was so sweet and has awesome stage presence. :D

  10. jeff on January 23rd, 2009 11:09 pm

    I can’t get the tuning down. What should each string be tuned to??? I wouls also love the tab to “You and I”

  11. jeff on January 23rd, 2009 11:17 pm

    I found the tuning on the site, but I still would love to figure out “You and I.”

  12. Kristen on January 24th, 2009 6:55 am

    I would also love the tabs for You And I!

  13. jotini on January 31st, 2009 8:43 pm

    What are the chords for the bridge?
    “open me up and you’ll see….”

    Thanks for these though, they’re perfect.

  14. Woodshed on February 1st, 2009 2:38 pm

    jotini: Download the PDF at the start of the post.

  15. Coll on June 9th, 2009 6:23 pm

    Can you please do “you and I”?
    Please please please?
    I can’t find the correct chords anywhere

  16. Kelly on September 7th, 2009 4:37 pm

    I can seem to manage the chinks on a down strum, anybody got any great tips for a chink on an up strum? I can’t seem to get it to sound right, I am very new to this though so it might be that. :)

  17. Donnie Bubbles on September 8th, 2009 2:28 am

    Kelly – if it is this song you are chinking on, it is the downstrokes. The up arrow is a downstroke and vice versa. Using the palm of your strumming hand for these is the easiest way.

    For upstroke chinks, I lay my freting hand pinky lightly on the strings in front of the chord I have fingered. On chords like G, where only the top string is open, I loosen my pressure on the three strings that are fingered and try not to hit the top string when I chink. Practice – it will come….

  18. Woodshed on September 13th, 2009 9:12 am

    Donnie: Thanks for explaining it.

  19. Kelly on September 14th, 2009 2:31 am

    Thanks so much. I am a total noob. I appreciate it.

  20. Maya on November 4th, 2009 10:47 pm

    This is a great song. Do you think that you could put up the Way I am by Ingred Michaelson?

  21. Woodshed on November 5th, 2009 9:07 pm

    Maya: There are chords for it here.

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