Ukulele Songsfor Beginners A resource for Kiwi teachers and students. Compiled by Zenobia Southcombe, Feb 2012. Contents Your first two chords: C & G7 Songs using C & G7 Ma is White / A.E.I.O.U. / Nga Tae Row your boat Your third chord: F Songs using C, G7 & F You are my sunshine One day a taniwha Twinkle, twinkle little star Waltzing Matilda I have a dream The lion sleeps tonight A few more chords… Hey, Soul Sister Pokarekare ana The campfire song song Happy birthday I can see clearly now Somewhere over the rainbow Resources / links Chord Chart (kiwiukulele.com) Page 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 8-9 10 10 11 11 12 13 App. 1 Your first two chords: C & G7 The first two chords you’ll learn on the ukulele are C and G7. With just these two chords you can play some songs and waiata. The fingering for these chords are shown below: 2 Ma is White / A.E.I.O.U. / Nga Tae C G7 Mä is white, whero is red, käkäriki green C Pango is black, pangu is too, A. E. I. O. U. C G7 Köwhai yellow, päkäkä brown, kiko-rangi blue C Pa-raka-raka is our orange, A. E. I. O. U. Wera is hot, maku wet, makariri cold Ua is rain, mahana warm, A. E. I. O. U. Tahi is one, rua is two, toru number three Whä is four, rima is five, 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 Ono is six, whitu is seven waru number eight, Iwa is nine, tekau is ten, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Row your boat (c) Row, row, row, your boat. Gent-ly down the stream. Merr-ily, merr-ily, merr-ily, merr-ily, (G7) Life is but a (C) dream. 3 The Wheels on the Bus (C)The wheels on the bus go round and round (G7)Round and round (C)Round and round. (C)The wheels on the bus go round and round (G7)All day (C)long. Your third chord: F The third chord you will learn is F, pictured below. With the three chords C, G7 and F, there are heaps of songs you will be able to play. You are my sunshine (C)You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. (C)You make me (F)happy, when skies are (C)gray. (C)You’ll never (F)know dear, how much I (C)love you. (C)Please don’t take my (G7)sunshine (C)away. 4 One day a taniwha (C)One day a taniwha, Went swimming in the moana (C)He whispered (F)sweetly in my (C)taringa "Won't you come (F)along with me, There such a (C)lot to see Underneath the (G7)deep blue (C)sea." (C)I said "Oh, no, no, no! You'd better go, go, go, (C)Although I (F)know we could be (C)friends. My Mama's (C)waiting for me Underneath the (G7)kowhai (C)tree (C)Taniwha, (G7)haere (C)ra!" Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star C F C Twinkle, twinkle little star. G7 C G C How I wonder what you are. C F C G Up above the world so high, C F C G Like a diamond in the sky. C F C Twinkle, twinkle little star. G7 C G C How I wonder what you are. Waltzing Matilda (C)Once a jolly (G7)swagman (C)camped by a(F) billabong Under the (C)shade of a (G7)coolabah tree And he (C)sang as he (G7)watched and (C)waited till his (F)billy boiled (C)Who’ll come a-waltzing (G7)Matilda with (C)me? Chorus: (C)Waltzing Matilda, (F)waltzing Matilda (C)Who’ll come a-waltzing (G7)Matilda with me? And he (C)sang as he (G7)watched and (C)waited till his (F)billy boiled (C)Who’ll come a-waltzing (G7)Matilda with (C)me? Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me (Chorus) Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred Down came the troopers One, Two, Three Where’s that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tuckerbag? You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. (Chorus) Up jumped the swagman and sprang into that billabong "You’ll never take me alive" said he And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. (Chorus) 5 I have a dream [C] I have a [G7] dream, a song to [C] sing To help me [G7] cope with any[C]thing If you see the [G7] wonder of a fairy[C]tale You can take the [G7] future even if you [C] fail I believe in [G7] angels something good in [F] everything I [C] see I believe in [G7] angels when I know the [F] time is right for [C] me I’ll cross the [G7] stream; I have a [C] dream I have a [G7] dream, a fanta[C]sy To help me [G7] through reali[C]ty And my desti[G7]nation makes it worth the [C] while Pushing through the [G7] darkness still another [C] mile I believe in [G7] angels something good in [F] everything I [C] see I believe in [G7] angels when I know the [F] time is right for [C] me I’ll cross the [G7] stream; I have a [C] dream I’ll cross the [G7] stream; I have a [C] dream [C] I have a [G7] dream, a song to [C] sing To help me [G7] cope with any[C]thing If you see the [G7] wonder of a fairy[C]tale You can take the [G7] future even if you [C] fail I believe in [G7] angels something good in [F] everything I [C] see I believe in [G7] angels when I know the [F] time is right for [C] me I’ll cross the [G7] stream; I have a [C] dream I’ll cross the [G7] stream; I have a [C] dream 6 The Lion Sleeps Tonight Intro: (C)Dee deedee dee dee, (F)dee dee-dee dee, (C)de-wee-um, um, a-weh(G7) x2 Bridge: (C)A-wim-a-weh A-wim-a-weh A-(F)wim-a-weh A-wim-a-weh (C)A-wim-a-weh A-wim-a-weh A-(G7)wim-a-weh A-wim-a-weh (C)A-wim-a-weh A-wim-a-weh A-(F)wim-a-weh A-wim-a-weh (C)A-wim-a-weh A-wim-a-weh A-(G7)wim-a-weh-Verse 1: C F C G7 (C)In the jun-gle, the (F)migh-ty jun-gle , The (C)li-on sleeps to(G7)night; x2 Chorus: (C)We-eee – (F)ee-ee-ee- ee (C)um, um, a-weh- (G7) x2 Verse 2: Near the vil-lage, the qui-et vil-lage, The li-on sleeps to-night x2 Repeat Chorus. Verse 3: Hush my dar-ling, don’t fear my dar-ling, The li-on sleeps to-night x2 Repeat Chorus; then: We-eee - ee-ee-ee- ee um, um, a-weh (fade) 7 A few more chords… Here are chord diagrams for some common chords. You’ll also find a full chord chart at the end of this booklet. 8 Hey Soul Sister [G] [G] Hey [D] ay Hey ay ay [Em] ay Hey ay ay [C] ay Your [G] lipstick stains [D] on the front lobe of my [Em] left side brains [C] I knew I wouldn't for[G]get you And so I went and [D] let you blow my [Em] mind [C] [D] Your [G] sweet moonbeam [D] The smell of you in every [Em] single dream I [C] dream I knew when we co[G]llided you're the one I have de[D]cided Who's one of my [Em] kind [C] [D] [C] Hey soul sister [D] ain't that mister [G] mister [D] on the [C] radio stereo The [D] way you move ain’t [G] fair you [D] know [C] Hey soul sister [D] I don't want to [G] miss a [D] single [C] thing you do [D] To[G]night [G] Hey [D] ay Hey ay ay [Em] ay Hey ay ay [C] ay [G] Just in time [D] I'm so glad you have a [Em] one track mind like [C] me You gave my love dir[G]ection a game show love co[D]nnection We can't de[Em]ny [C] [D] I'm [G] so obsessed [D] my heart is bound to beat Right [Em] outta my untrimmed [C] chest I believe in [G] you Like a virgin you're Ma[D]donna And I'm always gonna [Em] wanna blow your [C] mind [D] Chorus [G] The way you can't cut a rug [D] watching you's the only drug I [Em] need You're so gangster I'm so thug you're the [C] only one I'm dreaming of you [G] see I can be myself now fina[D]lly in fact there's nothing I can't [Em] be I want the world to see you [C] be with [D] me Chorus To[G]night Hey [D] ay Hey ay ay [Em] ay Hey ay ay [C] ay [D] To[G]night Hey [D] ay Hey ay ay [Em] ay Hey ay ay [C] ay [D] To[G]night 9 Pokarekareana Po-ka-re-ka-re (C)a-na, nga wai o Ro-to-(Dm)rua, Whi-ti a-tu ko-e (G)hi-ne, Ma-ri-no a-na (C)e. E hi-ne (F)e, Ho-ki mai (C)ra, Ka ma-te a-u (G)i, Te a-ro-ha (C)e. Tu-hi-tu-hi ta-ku (C)re-ta, Tu-ku a-tu ta-ku(Dm) ri-ngi, Ki-a ki-te to (G)i-wi, Ra-ru ra-ru a-na (C)e. E hi-ne (F)e, Ho-ki mai (C)ra, Ka ma-te a-u (G)i, Te a-ro-ha (C)e. The Campfire Song Song (Spongebob Squarepants) [G] Let's gather round the campfire And [C] sing our campfire [G] song Our C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E [C] S-O-N-G [G] song [G] And if you don't think that we can sing it [C] faster Then you're [G] wrong But it'll [A7] help if you just sing a[D7]long....... (C2) Bom (E0) bom (E2) bom... [G] C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E [C] S-O-N-G [G] song [G] C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E [C] S-O-N-G [G] song [G] And if you don't think that we can sing it [C] faster Then you're [G] wrong But it'll [A7] help if you just sing a[D7]long [G] C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E [C] S-O-N-G [G] song [G] C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E [C] S-O-N-G [G] song [G] And if you don't think that we can sing it [C] faster Then you're [G] wrong (Slower) But it'll [A7] help it’ll [D7] help If you just sing a[G]long [G7] [C] [Cm] [G] [D7] [G] Now, wasn’t that relaxing? 10 Happy Birthday Happy (C)birthday to (G7)you. Happy birthday to (C)you, Happy (C7)birthday dear (F)_________; Happy (C)birthday (G7)to (C)you! I can see clearly now [G] I can see [C] clearly now the [G] rain is gone [G] I can see [C] all obstacles [D] in my way [G] Gone are the [C] dark clouds that [G] had me blind It’s gonna be a [F] bright [C] bright sun shiny [G] day It’s gonna be a [F] bright [C] bright sun shiny [G] day [G] I think I can [C] make it now the [G] pain is gone [G] All of the [C] bad feelings have [D] disappeared [G] Here is the [C] rainbow I’ve been [G] prayin for It’s gonna be a [F] bright [C] bright sun shiny [G] day It’s gonna be a [F] bright [C] bright sun shiny [G] day [Bb] Look all around there’s nothing but [F] blue skies [Bb] Look straight ahead nothing but [D] blue skies [G] I can see [C] clearly now the [G] rain is gone [G] I can see [C] all obstacles [D] in my way [G] Gone are the [C] dark clouds that [G] had me blind It’s gonna be a [F] bright [C] bright sun shiny [G] day It’s gonna be a [F] bright [C] bright sun shiny [G] day It’s gonna be a [F] bright [C] bright sun shiny [G] day 11 Somewhere over the rainbow C Em Somewhere over the rainbow F C Way up high F C And the dreams that you dream of G Am F Once in a lullaby I-I-I C Em Somewhere over the rainbow F C Blue birds fly F C And the dreams that you dream of G Am F Dreams really do come true, ooh-ooh-ooh C Someday I'll wish upon a star G Am F And wake up where the clouds are far behind me C Where troubles melt like lemon drops G A-way above the chimney tops Am F That's where you'll find me C Em Somewhere over the rainbow F C Blue birds fly F C And the dreams that you dare to G Am Dreams really do come true F C Oh, yes. Dreams come true. 12 Web Resources Sources of information & music, and some great resources to explore some new songs and extend your ukulele skills. 13 http://folksong.org.nz http://tekohanga.co.uk http://tki.org.nz http://ukulelehunt.com (highly recommended) http://www.cathyschords.com/ http://www.kiwiukulele.co.nz (highly recommended) http://www.scorpex.net/uke (highly recommended) http://www.songdrops.com