TLC – Waterfalls (Tab) Here’s my attempt at TLC’s heartbreaking tale of Jason Waterfalls. The intro is by far the trickiest part of the song. There are a bunch of chord stabs and some tasty licks. The melody line is exceptionally straight-forward and easy to play. The only interesting part is the bluesy “Listen to […]
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Black Books Theme View this post on Instagram A post shared by @ukulelehunt Despite sounding a whole lot like Tom Waits, the Black Books theme was written by Jonathan Whitehead who provided outrageous and contagious music for much of Channel 4’s comedy output of that era. You can listen to Chris Morris’s tribute to him […]
Bob Marley & the Wailers – One Love (Tab) One Love first came out in a ska version in 1965. But my arrangement is based on the later, more laid-back and more famous reggae version. You might have noticed that good-time island vibes and togetherness are not my métier. So I’m sure you can improve […]
Watch on YouTube Tracklist Jim Boggia – Growing Up Uheuhene – Home Kapaka Mike Haysom – James Bond Theme Miracle King, G Herbo – My Dawg 4stringboy – Rain EmiSunshine and Reed Elliotte – You Ain’t Woman Enough Maia Mayeshiro – Vienna Winchester 7 & the Runners – Riding High Again We Will Rock Uke […]
Nico – These Days (Tabs) These Days has been covered many times by acts including Elliott Smith and St Vincent. Even Miley did an excellent version. Drake, not so much. But the song was written by Jackson Browne and first released by Nico. This arrangement is based on Nico’s version rather the more laid-back Jackson […]
Uke Hunt turned 15 years old a few months ago. Meaning it’s lasted 14 years longer than I expected. According to WebMD a 15 year olds may, “Get taller and more muscular.” Which is something to look forward to. A massive shoutout to everyone who has generously supported the site via Patreon over the last […]
R.E.M. – Man on the Moon (Tab) I tabbed R.E.M.’s Losing My Religion a while back. So high time I did a song from their follow-up Automatic for the People: Man on the Moon Intro: Plenty of room to play around with ideas in the intro. I’m just picking out notes from a few chord […]
Joe Hisaishi – Summer (Tab) Joe Hisaishi is a prolific film composer (I only realised while researching this post that he scored a movie I watched while working on this piece). But he’s best known for his scores for the Studio Ghibli films and for Takeshi Kitano. Summer comes from one of Kitano’s gentler movies: […]
Choan Gálvez – Brevity for Anita (Tab) Today we have a guest post from Choan Gálvez with a piece from his latest book. Here are his notes: ‘Brevities‘ is a collection of short solo pieces for baritone ukulele aimed at the intermediate fingerpicker. In this set Choan Gálvez profits from the extended range, the sustain, […]
Keane – Somewhere Only We Know (Tab) Here’s my take on Keane’s mega-hit Somewhere Only We Know. Intro: All down-strums here to give an authentic dad-rock feel. Verse and Pre-Chorus: Switching to fingerpicking using a one-finger-per-string set up. Chorus: Adding some strums here on the Em chord and picking more heavily than before. You can […]
