Rocky and Balls – I Heart You Online (Chords)

May 21, 2009


Rocky and Balls – I Heart You Online (Chords)

When Sophie Madeleine gets as famous as she’s obviously going to be, I fully intend to take all the glory for discovering her. Seeing as how I get none of the credit (or blame if you’re so inclined) for discovering Julia Nunes.

I’ll try to resist the temptation to dork-out on the chord progression as much as I did for The Ukulele Song*. But there are plenty of moments worth looking at. Like the flamenco like D – Eb-5 in the intro. And the extensive use of the IVm chord (C minor rather than the more common C major). And when they do the IV-IVm (which is pretty standard) they put the chord change between phrases rather than in the middle of it (where it’s usually used by lesser songwriters such as The Beatles).

And then, of course, it’s the Jim’ll Fix It style ba-ba-baa chorus.

Buy Sophie Madeleine’s stuff on BandCamp.

* I failed to resist.

Comments

6 Responses to “Rocky and Balls – I Heart You Online (Chords)”

  1. Fab on May 22nd, 2009 1:38 pm

    Nice song !
    Not too hard but funny. Perfect for me :D

  2. Beth on May 22nd, 2009 1:57 pm

    Thank you thank you thank you! I can’t get enough of Sophie Madeleine. Bought her music (at a premium) but need more chords! Please sir, can we have some more???

  3. Jeanie on May 23rd, 2009 2:09 am

    Does anyone know what size uke she has? Is that a soprano or concert?

  4. Woodshed on May 23rd, 2009 8:56 am

    Fab: Glad you like it.

    Beth: More? MORE?

    Jeanie: I think it’s a concert.

  5. Byjimini on May 23rd, 2009 12:18 pm

    What a lovely song. Was playing it last night thanks to your chords on my eleuke so I didn’t wake up the family. :D

  6. Lauren on July 28th, 2009 1:41 am

    She has a hamano concert uke.

    Also, what is the strumming pattern? Does anyone know?

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