Jason Mraz – I’m Yours (Tab and Chords)


Jason Mraz – I’m Yours (Chords)

Here it is. Due to popular demand (i.e. to stop people requesting it). And also due to the fact that the other versions on line keep it in the original key of B. It makes more sense, for beginners in particular, to move all the chords up a fret so it’s in the more uke-friendly key of C. So if you want to play along with the original, tune down half a step.

I’ve based the chords and tabs on the version in the video (which seems to have survived the cull). It’s very similar to the album version but there are some differences in the intro (and the lyrics but it’s not like they were the world’s ‘bestest’ to begin with).

Suggested Strumming

The strumming in this version (and Aldrine’s version) goes like this:

(d) (u) d – (d) (u) d -

With the strums in brackets being muted strums.

But that’s a little sparse if you are playing the uke by itself. So you could go with.

d u d u d u d u

Emphasizing the second and fourth beats.

Twiddly Bits

Here’s the intro as it’s played

i'm yours ukulele tab

But if you’re doing a solo version it’s easy to fill in the chords in between these parts.

I’m Yours

37 Comments

  1. Jimmy June 7th, 2009 6:35 pm

    woodshed ur such a fag y wud u do this u suck sellout

    Good tab. Just wondering, what’s the ease of putting it up a semitone?

  2. Woodshed June 7th, 2009 6:44 pm

    Jimmy: Ha ha. Guilty! It officially got quicker to tab it out than reply to all the requests.

    The semitone shift makes it possible to use open chords (useful because most people wanting to learn this are newbies). It also makes the B in the guitar lick accessible.

  3. Becca June 8th, 2009 3:55 am

    Hi Woodshed, I’m afraid to ask but do you accept requests?
    I’ve looked around but couldn’t find a sure answer :/

    But would you consider Meiko’s “under my bed?”
    or really all of her songs, just kidding, but i’d think you’d like her.
    She sort of in the bright eyes to priscilla ahn region

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFJby0MVW4A

  4. Narciso Lobo June 8th, 2009 8:30 am

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  5. Woodshed June 8th, 2009 10:35 am

    Becca: Sorry, I only do requests for ukulele songs now.

    Sesso: Don’t worry, I’ve already had my divine retribution for this post. I ended up in hospital last night. Coincidence? I think not.

  6. LonnaB June 8th, 2009 12:52 pm

    I heard this song for the first time on Saturday. (yeah, I’m living under a rock and quite happy about it)

    I was in a mega-store (haven’t been in one of those for months, either- ewww!) shopping for the Ukulele World Congress.

    Al, I hope all is well.

  7. Alice June 8th, 2009 1:33 pm

    Well you done done it..

    (haha, you get it? It’s kinda sad that I actually laughed when I thought of writing that)

    Did you seriously end up in hospital? Hope you’re okay :)

  8. Woodshed June 8th, 2009 6:34 pm

    Lonna: How was the UWC?

    Alice: Yes, I did. I’m completely fine now, thanks for asking.

  9. LonnaB June 8th, 2009 6:46 pm

    Mike is a great host, I’m pretty sure everyone enjoyed themselves.

  10. Becca June 9th, 2009 12:12 am

    Okay, thanks anyways!

  11. Mary S. June 10th, 2009 1:29 am

    Oh goodness, this song is horrible! Thank you for being such a gracious site manager and giving people what they wanted—you are a better man than I! As an English major, yes, these lyrics are FAR from “bestest.” :)

    Personally, I’m putting in a vote for more Dent May. :) He’s a better ukulele mascot than Jason Mraz or–God forbid–Jason Castro.

  12. crystal June 10th, 2009 4:12 am

    thank you so much for telling me to click on the red title.
    i havent been here before. and i couldnt for the life of me fgure out why i couldnt find the cords!

  13. Matthew June 10th, 2009 2:10 pm

    Very gracious of you sir. I know it’s not your favorite, and you claim to have the motive of stopping the requests, but I know you just love the peoples.

  14. Hello Jodi June 10th, 2009 2:35 pm

    Since when does proper grammar have anything to do with songwriting?

    I think it’s a cute little song. If people are sick of it, maybe they should stop consuming so damn much popular media. I had never heard it until about a month ago, but I listen to one AM radio station that seems to play nothing but Perry Como and the only TV program I watch is Lawrence Welk. I’m a bit of a throwback.

    I’d like to add that the very same progression is used in Victoria Vox’s Bird Song. If two people did it as a medley since hers is slower I think it would sound pretty cool in counter-point.

  15. HumbleUker Jeff June 10th, 2009 3:58 pm

    Al, thanks for putting I’m Yours together. There are many people in the world. So many likes and dislikes and too much politics and polarization. If anyone doesn’t like the song, move on to the next gadzillion other ones. Simple. Isn’t it?

  16. Coll June 10th, 2009 4:27 pm

    I am not sure if you take requests but if you do, could you do “you and I” by ingrid michaelson and “the show” by lenka? That would be awesome! Thank you!

  17. Woodshed June 10th, 2009 8:26 pm

    Mary: Thanks. I should do another Dent song soon.

    crystal: You’re not the first person to miss it – hence the presence of the message.

    Jodi: My hatred stems from consuming too much YouTube media. I don’t remember ever hearing it on the mainstream media (probably because I don’t consume much of it).

    Matthew: Scurrilous rumour. I hate people.

    Jeff: Thanks.

    Coll: Ugh! Maybe the Ingrid one.

  18. Charles June 12th, 2009 7:21 pm

    I’m a little bit shocked. I promised many people I’d learn this song, but “only if Woodshed puts it on Uke Hunt”. Confident in the knowledge you’d never do that.

    Although How I wrote elastic man was very good, you’ve almost made up for it.

    Hope you’re okay after your trip to hospitle.

  19. Woodshed June 13th, 2009 9:11 pm

    Charles: Very sorry to ruin a good excuse for you.

  20. Chris Anderson July 16th, 2009 5:12 am

    I’m new to the uke, trying to get things figured out, so pardon the beginner question: do I play these chords as written on a soprano uke with C-tuning? I noticed on the pdf chord sheet, the four strings are listed as G#, D#, B, F#, which seems more than a half step difference from G, C, E, A… or maybe I’m way off the mark?

  21. Alicia Walter July 17th, 2009 6:27 am

    Chris, you are quite right in your observation – you need to tune your uke a half step up on each string.

  22. Woodshed July 17th, 2009 3:39 pm

    Chris and Alicia: It’s actually tuned half a step DOWN (turn the string listing the other way round and all should become clear). But you don’t need to retune at all if you’re just playing it by yourself.

  23. Ralene August 7th, 2009 12:54 am

    heey, can you do She Was Mine by AJ Rafael?

  24. Deb September 25th, 2009 12:07 am

    Bless you for posting this… You saved me from “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”!

  25. Woodshed September 27th, 2009 11:59 am

    Deb: Glad some good came of it.

  26. sammy October 4th, 2009 11:39 pm

    hi woodshed, im looking for songs for beginers do you recomend any? i can sorta play this one its a good song.

  27. Woodshed October 5th, 2009 11:48 am

    sammy: Take a look at So You Just Got Your First Ukulele. And anything in the beginners section should suit.

  28. Byjimini October 15th, 2009 7:41 pm

    So I’m playing my usually uke stuff at a folk night. This guy comes up to me and tells me he has the chords to I’m Yours, and that whilst he can play it on the geetar, he thinks it would sound awesome on the uke. I jot it down on my iPhone, and just tonight I remember about it, and started fretting about finding the uke tab for it.

    Still having no idea what the song was, did the usual thing and Youtube’D it. Couldn’t believe it when I heard it, because I downloaded this tab from here when you first posted it.

    Obviously a fan favourite around my bit up here! Shall have to learn it and play at the next folk night.

  29. Woodshed October 17th, 2009 9:24 am

    Byjimini: Glad I could be of use.

  30. Elizabeth November 8th, 2009 8:26 am

    Don’t be down on Mraz…you know you know you done done it because it is the bestest…lol

  31. Katie February 9th, 2010 6:08 pm

    Heya, Thanks for posting it,
    However, I honestly don’t understand the “Twiddly bits”
    So hard to figure out,
    I’m new to the Uke..
    Really wanna learn all my favourite songs,
    this being my number 1 on meh list :)
    Help much appriciated x

  32. Woodshed February 11th, 2010 9:00 pm

    Katie: There’s an explanation of how to read tab here.

  33. Cat February 16th, 2010 5:21 pm

    hey i use G D Em C, will the tab intro still work with these chords? :)

  34. Woodshed February 16th, 2010 9:00 pm

    Cat: No, it wouldn’t. You’d have to move everything up 8 frets.

  35. Cat February 22nd, 2010 10:08 pm

    thanks woodshed… btw i love you utube vids ;)

  36. Woodshed February 25th, 2010 6:54 pm

    Cat: Thanks very much.

  37. Cor March 5th, 2010 12:54 am

    I love this website. It’s awesome. The only thing is that… well? You guys are kind of ukulele snobs. Could you give a break to the rest of us Jason Mraz-loving plastic-glasses wearing indie freaks?

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