Archive for March, 2023

UkeTube: Ruthie Craft, 4stringboy

Watch on YouTube Tracklist Ruthie Craft – Nineteen 4stringboy – Interstellar (Main Theme) Feng E – Johnny B Goode RIO – Moon River Arko Mukhaerjee feat. Arinjoy Sarkar – Manouche Wisdom Max & Veronica – Sweet Georgia Brown Alex Fam – Catastrophe Steven Warren – Paint it Black Melanie Mergen – Breathe

Afroman – Because I Got High (Tab)

Afroman – Because I Got High (Tabs) Afroman’s Because I Got High is a very simple song. Three chords and just a verse with a bit of variation in the intro and a bit of getting jiggy with it in the outro. The only tricksy thing going on (other than a bunch of percussive chnks) […]

Irish Tabs and Chords

It’s St. Patrick’s Day on Friday. Just enough time to ditch your dullest friend, threaten to cut off your fingers and dedicate yourself to achieving musical immortality. Chords The Cranberries – Linger (Chords) The Dubliners and The Pogues – The Irish Rover Fontaines D.C. – Boys in the Better Land Imelda May/Blondie – Dreaming The […]

The Pogues – Dirty Old Town (Tabs)

The Pogues – Dirty Old Town (Tab) To celebratre St Patrick’s Day on Friday, I thought I’d cover a song written by an American about a place in England. But it has become thouroughly Irish-ised through versions by The Dubliners and the Pogues version. For this arrangement, I worked from The Pogues version. Intro: A […]

Friday Links: Mini Shimabukuros, Popeye, Banned in Prison

Hawaii News Now are impressed by Jake’s sons’ ukulele playing. Choan Galvez has a new ebook out: For Four Fingers and a new one on the way Eight Rags a Week. Billy Costello (the original voice of Popeye) and his ukulele. A book teaching you to play ukulele is banned in Oregon prisons. Ukulele Player […]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps (Tabs)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps (Tab) Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist, Nick Zinner is one of my favourite guitar players. His playing is very minimal but he makes every note count. Never more so than on Maps. This arrangement is minimal too. With a few nods to the acoustic version which is a bit more fleshed […]

7 Second Ukulele Lessons: Wet Leg, Justin Bieber, 100 gecs

Justin Bieber – Sorry Wet Leg – Wet Dream Fat Joe and Remy Ma – All the Way Up Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta (aka Peep Show theme) 100 gecs – Hollywood Baby