Dido – Thank You (Tabs) Here’s my take on Dido’s very catchy but slightly annoying Thank You. Famously sampled in Eminem’s Stan. Intro: A nice little chord arpeggio section using one finger per string picking. Verse: From this point on, the picking is all over the place. There are a few tricky sections here. I […]
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The Foggy Dew (Tab) The Foggy Dew is a traditional Irish tune that gathered lyrics in 1919. It’s usually sung slowly but my version is closer to the tempo The Dubliners play it at. The arrangement starts of with a bit of campanella playing before beefing things up with chords. It’s also worth varying the […]
Someone decided it would be a good idea to hand out ukuleles on flight to Hawaii and give everyone a ukulele lesson leading to headlines like “Terror In the Sky!” and “Why the Hague Exists”. Although, with the amount of cheap publicity this got, the furore might have been the goal from the start. Choan […]
The Beatles – Oh! Darling (Tab) It was a nice surprise to see Paul McCartney playing Oh! Darling live for the first time at the Taylor Hawkins memorial. It’s a nice blend of early-era R&B Beatles in the verses and the harder-edged, bluesier later Beatles in the chorus. Links Buy the original More 60s tabs […]
Petula Clark – Downtown (Tabs) I was surprised to learn this song was written by Tony Hatch. Who is best known to me for writing the theme tunes to Neighbours, Emmerdale Farm and Crossroads. I was inspired to tab this one when it cropped up in Girl, Interrupted and I immediately lost interest in the […]
What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor? (Tab) I recorded the video for this ages ago and never got around to posting it. But International Talk Like a Pirate Day seems like a good occasion to get it up at last. This arrangement of Drunken Sailor includes one of my favourite tricks: playing the […]
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Joan Jett – Bad Reputation (Tab) I first heard Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ Bad Reputation as the Freaks and Geeks theme.It’s a very straightforward punk song that’s ideal for just bashing out. I’m using strumming the whole way through this. Including using strum blocking to strum the individual notes. You can pick these notes […]
Jim Croce – Time in a Bottle (Tab) Jim Croce is an artist that past me by. He never get much attention in the UK. But after Time in a Bottle was a popular request on Patreon and it’s given me an appreciation of the song. Intro: With this song, the more impressive sounding parts […]
Beau Hannam adds an understated whammy bar to a uke. Debut album from the ukulele duo Moon Berries aka Charlotte Pelgen and Sage Harrington. Returning a ukulele to the shop 100 years after it was bought there. (Plus a tour of Leeds and a quick history of Kumalae.) Belfast ukulele flash mob. Window Shopping – […]
