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Charlie Chaplin – This Is My Song (Chords)

Charlie Chaplin/Alvin Okami – This Is My Song (Chords)

I’ve made a pact with myself that I’m going to buy a tenor KoAloha Sceptre at the next available opportunity. I don’t care how ridiculous they are, or how little I need or deserve another uke. Of course, I make that pact and the next Sceptre seller refuses to ship outside the US.

A big part of the reason I want one is that Alvin Okami is just such a great myth-maker. How could you resist after watching this extra nugget from The KoAloha Story?

He ends the section with a lovely version of This Is My Song by Charlie Chaplin (it starts at about 12:30) and it’s that version that I’ve written up. There are a bunch of useful chord variations and inversions in the arrangement that are well worth making note of.

If you want to be part of the follow-up to The KoAloha Story, you can have your own KoAloha story told in Gary San Angel’s next project.

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  1. Peter June 17th, 2010 8:09 pm

    Awesome! Thanks Al.

  2. Gary June 17th, 2010 8:27 pm

    benlew!

    That is awesome! I can’t wait to try those chords when I get home. Thanks for sharing the chords to a beautiful song and also for sharing this extra tid bit from Pop’s story.

    For those who have a KoAloha story be it written form, in musical form, or through spoken word please share!

    This new film it to commemorate KoAloha’s 15th year anniversary.

    You can contact me at gary@componentgeek.com

    Mahalo,

    Gary

  3. Jenny June 17th, 2010 9:11 pm

    This is a great site!!

  4. J-Hob June 17th, 2010 10:26 pm

    That uke sounds seriously awesome, especially in his hands. I can see totally where your obsession has come from, that really is a uke like no other and I’ve no doubt that you’d make it sing.

  5. Rob NY June 18th, 2010 12:40 pm

    Thanks for this! You planted a new seed in my already fertile UAS brain.But which will grow? The Sunday, or the Sceptre? Thanks also for the tabs. I love that song.

  6. Tom June 18th, 2010 2:09 pm

    Terrific story with a terrific song. I hope you eventually get that Sceptre. Thanks for sharing this, Al!

  7. CharlesHugh June 19th, 2010 2:13 pm

    I saw that on ebay to. Little odd that he’s selling it because it’s too light.

  8. CJ June 21st, 2010 4:02 am

    What’s the strumming for the song? I really like it.

  9. Woodshed June 21st, 2010 10:27 am

    Peter: You’re welcome.

    Gary: Oops. It was me that wrote the post rather than Ben. Anyhoo, good luck with the project. Looking forward to seeing the results.

    Jenny: You’re too kind.

    J-Hob: Yeah, it’s pretty irresistible.

    Rob: I’ve never been that keen on the Pineapple Sunday. I can appreciate it but it’s never struck me on the level of the Sceptre.

    Tom: Thanks. Me too!

    CharlesHugh: I guess some people like a hefty chunk of wood in their hands.

    CJ: It’s a bit too loose to go through the strumming. Better to play it by feel.

  10. CanariX June 24th, 2010 10:18 am

    I don’t want to make your UAS worse, but a
    Koaloha Sceptre Concert is available in the french Ukulele forum. It seems to be still available :

    http://www.ukulele.fr/forum/index.php?topic=8917.0

    Perhaps the seller can send it to UK ?

  11. Woodshed June 26th, 2010 5:08 pm

    CanariX: Thanks very much. Just bought one. Don’t think I could justify buying two… yet.

  12. Jon Jonsson June 30th, 2010 12:38 am

    What the… you should get one for free for this nice exposure.

  13. Woodshed July 3rd, 2010 12:42 pm

    Jon: Yes, I entirely agree with you! Particularly since I have one now and I’ll be giving it a whole lot more praise in future.

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