An excellent choice of song for any ukulele group: dead easy chords and plenty of widdling for the flash Harrys.
Megan’s intro is based on the chords switching between the major and the 5 chord:
The twiddly bit that comes after that, and crops up a few times in the song, goes like this:
Or, if you want to play it fingerstyle, you can play it like this:
And there’s the little inbetweeny bit in the chorus:
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outstanding! I was hoping you’d do this :D
I feel like my numbers have come up on the Premium bonds, ive won the pools, and that Jim has fixed it for me – all in one day :D
Thank you!
This is a glorious day! This is one of my favorite songs by them.
I literally fist pumped the air when I saw the Bucket by WIUO today.
Thank you again!
thx so much, i’d nvr heard this before. i tend to stick with classical or obscure songs when it comes to my uke music, but this is an excellent song, big ups lol
Ahh excellent! Yet another very useful post :)
Love this version, and you’ve even got Megan’s intro.
Yeah, as ‘zym’ said, i was hoping you’d do this.
I I check everyday for new posts so this is brilliant.
Many thanks,
Craig Shrewsbury UK
You are the master.We amateurs salute you!
Oh my God, could you do Sex on Fire? That’d be a legend song to do on the uke!
this has been one of my favorite songs for ages, i cant believe i never saw this uke version!
Most excellent post.
In time I will be able to read the music thanks to a wee book I recieved today…
A good friend of mine in NZ sent me a book entitled “Kiwi Ukulele” which has an endorsement on the back by….
You, Al!
Yay! :-)
@Al,
whats is the litle ‘vibrato’ bit being played at 1:32 to 1:57?
Hey guys,
being new to the uke and trying to play one of my favorite songs would anyone mind helping me out with the strum pattern?
Thank You!
zym, the 1:32 to 1:57 bit is just a tremelo( playing the note over and over as fast as you can) on the a string playing frets
7(for two beats) 5(for two beats) 3(for four beats)
Tuscadero: Yes, what little refinement my writing has went out the window with this post.
Melissa: You’re very welcome.
paul: I don’t know how you managed to avoid, but glad you’ve caught on.
Craig DJ: Thanks very much.
Rob: Thanks, but I’m definitely no master.
Alice: I’m not too keen on KoL’s more recent stuff. It’s all gone a bit U2.
zym and Charles: Yep, I’m with Charles. Thanks for that.
Raj: A lot of it is just single down strums. For the rest of it, just something simple like d – d – d u d u will get you through.
thanks charles
easy and fun to play (: thanks woodshed
mathilde: You’re welcome.
Omg!!! Loooove you guys!! this is the greatest uke song ever! with the tab(thanks so much for it) intro, the second chord sounds off… aswell as the one after G =( im deeesperete to play this but it sounds off almost to high? im not sure because im a novice. thank you heaps for putting it up!!
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i love this song! they look like they’re having such fun!
Hey, I love this song and I love playing it. Could you post the strum part for the middle of the song, I can’t quite figure out what chords you guys are playing.
Thanks
What are the strumming patterns for the basic chords bit? I am so lost! Can you tell that I’m a uke newbie? :P
This was to amazing.
Gabriel: Agreed!
Thanks so much!
glbolt: You’re welcome!
That twiddly part on the the a string is played pretty quickly. Would you recommend using a pick for that part?
Jon: The Wellies play it with a pick.
Superb. We want to collaborate with your
group. I asm teaching ukulele solo to students
in Toyo.
Awaiting your intererst, we are
Hirakawa
Ukulele Soloist
Interbnatioal Ukulele Club
Tokyo , Jzpsn
I’m brand new……so forgive me if this is a stoopid question. What is the strum pattern for the cords/where do I find it/what do I presume it it?
Bethhhhh: It’s worth practicing coming up with your own stumming patterns. Here’s a couple of posts that should help:
http://ukulelehunt.com/2008/10/22/ukulele-strumming/
http://ukulelehunt.com/2011/06/29/ukulele-strumming-patterns/
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“widdling for the flash Harrys”, “twiddly bit”, “little inbetweeny”
If this is as much fun to play as it is to read about, I’m game! Thanks.