Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen in Love (Tab)

Today’s tab is Buzzcock’s many-apostrophed punk-pop hit Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve).

Intro: Well worth learning the opening even if you don’t bother with the rest of it. It’s the easiest part of the song.

Verse: Here’s where things get tricky. A lot of quick alternate picking to deal with. Make sure you’re fretting the E-string with you pinky for the G minor chord in bar 11. That’ll mean you’re in position for the quick hammer-on and pull-off between bars 12 and 13.

Chorus: The trickiest part of the song comes in the transition between the Ab and the Eb. You can make it easier by releasing the Ab chord rather than letting it ring. That’ll give you time to prepare your index finger on the A-string, 1st fret.

Break: Just the second half of the intro played a few times. Build up the volume here to increase the pull back to the chorus.

Outro: A key change right at the end. Which does make it trickier to play. The upside is you can just slow it down and call it ritardando and people will think you’re fancy.

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Outkast – Hey Ya! (Tab)

Here’s my take on Outkast’s Hey Ya! which was ably covered by the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra back in the day.

Verse: The big challenge with this arrangement is the speed. The second verse in particular needs some quick alternate picking.

The other thing to watch out for is the bars of 2/4 that crop up on the G chord in the verse and chorus.

Chorus: I’ve arranged the chorus a couple of ways. The first half (bars 8 to 13) is just strumming it through (with the exception of a little bit of picking in bar 12).

Then in the second half (bars 14-19) I add in the synth riff. It’s more tricky to play but the chorus feels incomplete without it. It’s your choice which way to play it.

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Mike Post – Quantum Leap Theme (Tab)

The Quantum Leap theme was written by Mike Post who also wrote (previously tabbed) themes for Magnum P.I. and The A-Team.

I love the 80s cheese of the theme. And it’s fun to play on uke too. I particularly enjoy the end of the B section (bars 17-22).

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Stealers Wheel – Stuck in the Middle with You (Tab)

Stuck in the Middle with You is just strumming almost all the way through. Just a bit of fingerpicking on the “please-e-e-e-e-ease” bits and in the solo.

And the fretting hand isn’t too much of a challenge either. There’s a fair amount of bouncing up and down the neck but it’s set against the open g and C strings for most of the song. The solo is a little challenging, but you’re free to change that up to suit your own playing.

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Stereophonics – Handbags and Gladrags (Tab)

Handbags and Gladrags was written by, lead singer of Manfred Mann, Mike d’Abo in the sixties. But it wasn’t until the song was used as the theme to The Office (UK) and Stereophonics released a version that it became a hit. And it’s that version I based this arrangement on.

Intro: The first four bars are the sweet oboe melody. Then the bluesier piano riff comes in bar 5 (which is my favourite part).

Verse: The verse melody itself is very simple. The tricky part is quickly moving all the way up the neck for the piano riff. If you don’t fancy that, you can always sub in the oboe line for the piano line.

Chorus: Also needs a few jumps around the neck but they’re not so big and quick. There’s a big stretch at the start of bar 16 to watch out for.

Solo: The big brass solo is just three notes played over and over again.

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R.E.M. – Nightswimming (Tab)

Today I’m talkin’ REM RE:you and doing a version of Nigthswimming.

The chords for this one are very simple, and the melody fits nicely on the fretboard. But the way the vocals shift unevenly against the chords made this tricky for me to get my head around.

The other challenge is to keep the vocal melody distinct from the backing (both the chords and the piano runs e.g. bar 8) by giving the melody notes an extra-hard pluck.

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Green Day – American Idiot (Tab)

Green Day’s American Idiot doesn’t require a whole lot finesse. Just blasting out the strums all the way through. The hardest bit is making sure the strum blocking is effective in the parts where there’s just a vocal melody.

The solo is just messing around with the chorus melody and chords. Lots of scope for you to come up with your own set of chord inversions here.

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