Carrie Hope Fletcher – Somewhere Only We Know (Chords)
When I mentioned I was doing this song to Uke Hunt’s US Cultural Affairs Correspondent her reaction was, “Somewhere Only We Know?! Isn’t it several years too late for that song?” So I feel I should explain. Last year Lily Allen did a cover for a Christmas advert. The ad was everywhere, the song was everywhere, it went to number 1. I thought that was the end of it but it’s been cropping up again this year as Christmas song even though there’s nothing particularly Christmassy about it (other than containing a Jesus4 chord). But it’s a nice song so I’m not complaining.
I’ve written up the chords for Carrie Hope Fletcher’s version. Partly because it’s dead easy and a great place to start if you’re looking to get into fingerpicking. And partly because that makes this the first time I’ve featured separate a brother and sister ukulele songs.
To play along with the video tune up by one fret or put a capo on the first fret.
Picking Pattern
The picking is a thumb and two finger pattern. The full pattern goes like this:
Thumb picks C
Index picks E
Middle picks A
Thumb picks C
Index picks E
Middle picks A
Thumb picks C
Index picks E
So you go up the top three strings in order twice, then just the C- and E-strings. Do that once for every chord.
Here’s how it looks slow then up to speed:
And here it is in tab form:
Links
The original version on iTunes
The Lily Allen version on iTunes
Carrie Hope Fletcher on YouTube
More Christmas tabs and chords
Honest question, but what’s the purpose of playing an ‘A minor’ chord if you don’t pick the G string during the song?