Glenn Miller/David Beckingham – In the Mood (Tab)

David Beckingham – In the Mood

I’ve had a couple of half-hearted attempts at working up a version of this myself but never came up with anything that I thought really worked. Lucky for me, David nailed it and he’s kindly let me share the tab for his version with y’all.

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More from David:

The Stripper
Mississippi Blues
If I Had You
The Whistling Milkman

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21 Comments

  1. byjimini November 29th, 2009 6:37 pm

    Yes yes yes! Thanks muchly. :)

  2. cardboardfrog November 29th, 2009 9:26 pm

    this is just, as they would say on the internet ‘EPIC WIN’
    great arrangement of a great song thanks so much woodshed/ david beckingham, EPIC WIN

  3. Ron Hale November 30th, 2009 2:10 am

    Off topic, but may be of interest to some –

    musicradar.com “The no.1 website for musicians,” just released
    the results of its readers poll of the 50 best guitar riffs of all time.
    Any bets on no. 1?

  4. Woodshed November 30th, 2009 9:28 pm

    byjimini: You’re welcome.

    cbf: Epic win to David indeed.

    Ron: Thanks. Wouldn’t have guessed it. Here’s a link for the curious.

  5. Tamster December 1st, 2009 3:03 am

    Thanks to both of you. This is really great.

  6. Josh Blair December 1st, 2009 3:35 am

    That is awesome. Thanks guys.

  7. Selwyn December 1st, 2009 6:21 am

    I new you could do it…..thanks Uke hunt and davey too.

  8. Griemers December 6th, 2009 2:29 am

    This is fantastic! Ever since I heard the Oscar Aleman gypsy guitar version of this, I’ve wanted to figure it out for the uke. Now I don’t have to– this is pretty much perfect. Thank you!

  9. John P. Cooper December 9th, 2009 8:47 pm

    Sounded good! Why’d you stop? I wanted to hear the rest of the ‘record’!

  10. cardboardfrog December 26th, 2009 6:27 pm

    i love this song but i think the end from bar 33 is killing me, i just can’t get my fingers in the right places or when i do, i screw up the timing! GOD DAMN YOU UKULELE! YOU HAVE TAKEN MY SANITY!

  11. Woodshed December 30th, 2009 11:34 am

    cbf: I have been there many a time. Don’t give up!

  12. SidneyTurner May 10th, 2010 11:08 am

    YES!! Discovered this website 2 days ago and am now in love. Tried this on guitar years ago and gave up.This tab seems a lot easier and sound twice as good.Big thanks to Woodshed and David.

  13. Jimmy July 28th, 2010 9:39 pm

    I know i discovered it at the beggining of june, now I’m having an uber duber fun time

  14. Woodshed August 3rd, 2010 4:16 pm

    SidneyTurner: You’re welcome.

    Jimmy: Glad to hear it!

  15. josh October 6th, 2011 5:53 am

    great tabs what a work of art

  16. jcmcgee November 1st, 2011 12:35 pm

    Fantastic bit of playing and brilliant tab, thanks for that! I think the last chord is a C 7787?

    What about a full William Tell Overture tab?

  17. john hubbard June 15th, 2012 9:06 pm

    David Beckinghams playing is great and I do wonder if has a kind of Travis picking style.I think he only uses his thumb and index finger. Perhaps someone will clarify. Whatever he uses its very effective.Its also interesting that he often favours a soprano long neck. In this way he gets the charm of the soprano sound and neck space of the concert uke.

  18. brian hill March 12th, 2013 8:08 am

    Aloha,

    Dose anybody know what the chord progression for in the mood would be? I bought the ireal B app for my Iphone and want to use it to back me up while I play In the Mood. Thank you in advance. Brian

  19. Joe Smith May 23rd, 2013 2:57 am

    I’m a beginner and to me the tab just doesn’t seem to play the same way as the recordings sound.

  20. John Hubbard May 23rd, 2013 9:06 pm

    Joe
    Joe
    I can understand what you are saying.From my humble opinion try studying Davids version on U Tube. He is great at swinging his versions and sometimes the tab does not always reflect this if played straight. He also adapts a Travis alternating bass style which is again difficlt to illustrate in tab. Hope this helps Good Luck

    John Hubbard

  21. sharon August 6th, 2013 7:00 pm

    What a great swingy song. I really hope you will consider putting together the uke tabs for Stompin at the Savoy. With closed string chords to give it that swing style.

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