Adele – Hello (Chords)
Holy Cribbins! Now that’s a comeback song. I managed to see through the floods of tears long enough to write up some chords.
As well as being incredible, it’s sparse (in the first half at least) which makes it ideal for ukuleling. Strap on a capo at the first fret and the chords are dead easy. The only chord that isn’t entirely beginner friendly is Bm. If you haven’t got your barre chords down here’s an alternative chord you can use in this case.
Suggested Strumming
Because the song is so sparse you can do just one down strum per chord most of the way through (or even all the way through if you like). If you want something more full for the chorus try this:
Note that you’re changing chords slightly before the second half of the bar. Here’s how it sounds:
As you say, that is a comeback song. Passionate, powerful and the words are something else. One of the best songs I’ve heard in a long time.
I’ll be using your chords but also looking at tuning the bass strings on the Emerald Guitars harp uke I have. I hope that’ll add some resonance / depth to the song. I’ll let you know.
Thanks again, Woodshed, one of your best posts. Top man.