The Beatles – Let It Be (Tab)
Samer uke started a challenge to play this song and spread some aloha and a bunch of people have jumped on). So here’s a very simple arrangement if you want to do likewise.
The song is all played with the thumb on the picking hand and the chords are just C, Am, F and G. And I have added fingering suggestions in a couple of places that make for smoother transitions. There’s plenty of room in the arrangement for you to add your own flair to it.
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The Lumineers – Gloria (Tab)
Thanks to Patreon Jenn for requesting this typically catchy stomper from The Lumineers.
Most of the arrangement is strummed with the melody notes added to the chords. Arranging like that does risk the melody getting lost in the chords. It helps that this song has a strong melody. And it really helps if the listener already knows the song.
The little arrowheads above the notes indicate emphasised strums. So give those an extra bit of oomph or the strum is going to sound very boring.
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Tracklist
Hope And Social – Sunrise Laughing
Coi Leray x Einer Bankz – Do Better
Kawika Kahiapo – Na Puna Lei Ilima
TANA & THE POCKET PHILHARMONIC – The Pirate's Son
RIO with Carl Herring – Bluesette
Tiffany Topol – Heart Throbbing Heart
EatMyUke – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
KimaMusic – Pretty Venom (Interlude)
Herman Vandecauter – Dance of the Bear
Ra/Laura Currie – Treehouse
Tyrone – Beautiful Cosmos
Kanye West – All of the Lights (Interlude)/Violent Crimes (Tab)
In these divided times it’s comforting to know that Kanye lovers and Kanye haters can unite in hating Kanye.
Like James Brown and Duke Ellington, one of Kanye’s under-appreciated skills is finding talented collaborators and pushing them to make their best work. For the first piece in this little medley, he worked with arranger Rosie Danvers. Who until that point had mostly worked with British artists and recently worked on Dave’s showstopping performance at the BRITS.
Kanye had a whole raft of collaborators on Violent Crimes (including an unexpected writing credit for the drummer form Pond). But the standout collaborator here is 070 Shake who was signed to Kanye’s label from nowhere and was immediately phenomenal on this album.
The two songs tackle the subject of loss of innocence in two different ways. Lyrically and musically. All of the Lights uses basic chords and a simple, emotional melody. Violent Crimes uses a maze of complex jazz chords. But I think they work together very nicely.
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Bonus: Jay Z & Kanye West – N*s in Paris
Al Green – Let’s Stay Together (Tabs)
Today’s tab comes courtesy of Nicolas Fingerstyle Ukulele. He has a great channel and I highly recommend checking it out.
This arrangement uses low-G tuning. And it’ll need some readjustments to transfer to high-g. But in either tuning the chord changes are tasty. Particularly bars 17-18 (the fourth row on page 2).
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Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends (Tab)
Thanks to Patron Jeff for suggesting this one. It transfers to ukulele very nicely and is in the same key as the original.
It’s mostly played with thumb and two finger picking. But there’s strumming when things get rowdy in the second verse and at the end of the solo.
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Angelo Badalamenti – Twin Peaks Theme (Tab)
Finishing off this bonus Patreon week with a request from Taras. A fitting request since this week sees the 30th anniversary of Twin Peaks.
Other than some thumb action in bars 27 and 28, I’m using one finger per string picking all the way through. And thanks to the slow pace, it’s mostly easy going.
There are some big stretches in section C. So here’s an alternative version of bars 21 to 24:
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Bill Withers – Lean On Me (Tab)
It was so sad to hear of the death of Bill Withers last weekend. He always filled with such warmth it’s hard not to love him.
For my little tribute I went with Lean On Me. It has such a strong melody that I kept the arrangement very simple. For the first verse and the choruses I’m picking out the melody with one finger per string picking including some fake strums where the chords and melody intersect. There are also a bunch of supporting chords to keep the tune going that are just strummed in the normal fashion.
The middle section is picked mainly with my index finger. But it’s just one note at a time so you can play it however you like. And then the second verse breaks it down to just the melody (on the E-string) harmonised with thirds (on the g-string).
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Bonus: Bill Withers – Use Me (Riff)
Use Me is my favourite Bill Withers song. It’s not as well suited to uke as Lean On Me, but that riff is funky.
