Probably the most famous chord riff ever and very popular on the ukulele thanks to the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain version. These chords are in the same key as those used in the UOGB version.
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I reckon this would work really well on my new TV Pal! I will give it a bash in the morn when the wife’s not asleep.
Cheers Sheddy!
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How awesome, it’s like Nirvana on 45 speed…
Nice work!
A.
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Al (and everybody else) here’s another one for you: The Stones’ Brown Sugar riff.
The basic chords are:
Eb, C, Ab, Bb, C.
Try that, it’ll sound roughly right. The Eb and C are for a full bar, the Ab and Bb for half a bar each.
There are some embellishments.
The Eb starts with the normal 0331 but you throw in a 0311 as well.
The C chord starts the normal 0003 but goes to 0010.
Ab is hard enough without any embellishments. But if I’m feeling dexterous I’ll play the Bb with with a bit of 3213.
The C at the end is like the C at the first.
Feel free to tab this out properly, I don’t have — and don’t plan to learn — any tabbing software. It’s an amazing riff and fun to play on the uke.
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PS How about the Chuck Berry intro riff (from Johnny B Goode, Roll Over Beethoven)? Or do you already have that in your incredible Blues Uke book? (I’ve read the book, I just can’t recall if it’s in there.)
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Lonna: No, it’s entirely consistent with good musical breeding.
John: Absolutely. Made for plastic ukuleles.
Mr Australia: Thanks.
David: Thanks for the chords. There is a ‘Chuck Berry Style Lick’ in the ebook which bears an uncanny resemblance to Johnny B Goode.
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Somebody should tab the Battlefield 2 theme. You know, the chords behind the snares? and the Bugle call. I might give that a go actually… keep an eye on the game themes area Ill try and see if I can work it out XD
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Nice tab, any help on muted string strum? i just cant get it to sound right. . .
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mcnilly: For this one, I lay my index finger flat across all the strings.
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Cheer al, I’ll have a bash at that later then!
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Yes I was looking for this song thanks!
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Corey: You’re welcome.
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What would be the tabs for the verse ???
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thx man, u are really awesome
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stan: You too!
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at what fret to you mute the strings?
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james: Any fret, it doesn’t make too much difference.
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how do you play the xxxxx’s ???
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shamus: They’re muted strums. You stop all the strings from ringing with your fretting hand.
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what do that arrows going up and down mean?
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sam: They’re strumming directions. An up-arrow is a down strum and a down-arrow is an up strum.
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How do you play the D5 chord? My hands seem to be too small. :)
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Alex, the way I do it is by using my pointer finger on the lower notes (i.e., barred all the way across 2) and pinky finger barring the higher ones.. so it looks as if my entire hand is just smashing across the frets but are actually positioned as such. The F5 is the same but just 3 frets higher. (Note that the C is also the same as A but three frets higher).
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i found i much easier to play
A – 2100
D – 2225
C – 0003
F – 5553 or 5558 -
Hey guys,
Do you know where I can find all “5” chords ? (without 3rd note)
Thanks,
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Am I the only one who noticed that Uke Hunt sounds like You C*nt?
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for the chorus you could try
eeed – gggf – cccb – fff e(flat)
then e(flat)dc
it doesn’t sound spot on – perhaps someone can find a better way of doing it.
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|---------------------------------------------------------
|-8-11------11-11^-9-8--9-8-6-4-6-6^--4-3-1---------------
|---------8-----------------------------------------------
|------10-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------
|-8-11------11-11^-9-8--9-8-6-4-6-6^-|4-3--4-3--4-6^--4-3-1
|---------8--------------------------|--------------------
|------10----------------------------|--------------------I’ve tabbed out the solo in case anyone wants an adventure. The only problem is i stayed in the same key as the guitar version, ohh wait, actually I didn’t because I forgot to downtune my guitar :S . So it’s in some random key but no-one will notice anyway, it’s nirvana after all. Also, I changed the very last bit to make it more interesting you might notice. Enjoy!
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Mark: Thanks very much.
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My hand physically can’t move fast enough to fit the muted bits in, even when im playing slow my brain just wont let it happen :(
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I’d just like to say that for the solo tab i posted, it’s all picking and the note on the tenth fret on the G string comes before the 8th fret on the C string, i just couldn’t get it to look right in the comments section
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Mark: Thanks. Should look better now.
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Hi
I wondered if anyone can play the intro to Lithium.
I can play the Chords but it’s not the same as being able to play the intro part.
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