Ukulele Music Links


Level 1: 

One Chord Songs  


Coconut Song  by Harry Nilsson (C7) 
The Beat  Goes On  by Sonny and Cher (F) 
Everyday People by Sly and the Family Stone (G) 
Low Rider (G)  Includes some very simple picking 

Level 2 
Two Chord Songs (F C7) 
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Banana Boat Song (F, C7) 
Best Day of My Life   (C, F and a wee bit of Dm) 
Jambalaya (D, A) 
Iko Iko (F,C) 
Roar  (Am, C) 

Level 3
Three Chord Songs in C major  (C, F, G or G7, with a few extra chords here and there)
Cups Song (C, F, G, Am)  
Hound Dog C,F,G 
Johnny B Goode (C,F,G7) 
Mustang Sally   C,F,G
Rock 'n' Roll medley (C, F, G7) Rockin' Robin, Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog 
Surfin' USA  (C, F, G7)
Stand by Me (C, F, Am, G7) 
The Lion sleeps tonight (C, F ,G or G7)
You are my sunshine (C, F, G or G7) Fast forward to 35 seconds in. 
Yellow Bird (C, F, G7)
La Bamba (C, F, G)

Le Aute  (C, F, G)
Little Talks (Am, F, C, G) 
Try Everything  (C, F, G) 
Don't Worry, Be Happy   (C, Dm, F) 
Locked Away (C, Am, F, G) 
I Got A Feeling (Black Eyed Peas) (C, Em, G) 
I'm a Believer G,C,D
I'm Yours  C, Am, F, G 
Love, Love, Love C, Am, F, G 
Old Time Rock and Roll G, C, D 
One Call Away   C, Am, F, G 
Rip Tide  C, Am, F G 
Rockin' all over the World - Status Quo  C F G7  
Royals - Lorde D, C, G 
Shake it Off - Taylor Swift Am C, G 
Teach Your Children Well   Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young D, G, A, A7, Bm7
Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes Am, G, F, C 

Waka Waka (Shakira) C, G, Am, F 


Level 3 Plus 
 Four chords or more,  and songs in other other keys 
Beautiful Sunday D, G, A, E7 
Blue Suede Shoes A, D, E7, G
Born to Be Wild  G, A, Em (Use Em for E) This is the lyrics/tabs/chords site,  see Just Dance Born to be Wild for the backing track
Can't Help Falling in Love (21 pilots cover of Elvis Presley song) C, Em, A, F, G, Em, B7, A7,
Can't Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake C, Am, F, Bb
Cheap Thrills - Sia  Em, C , D,  G
Count on Me  C,  Em, Am, G, F, Dm 
Dance Monkey  Am, F, G, Em 
Eight Days a Week  C, F, G, G7, Am, D, D7
El Condor Pasa (C,G,Am, Em)
Fight Song   G, Em7, C, G, D, 
Havana (Am, F, E7) 

Hotel California Am, E7, G, D7, F, C, Dm.
I Have a Dream (Abba) E7, A, D 
Sweet Home Alabama  D, C, G, F
Better When I'm Dancing D, G, Em, A
Somewhere Over the Rainbow C, Am F, C, Em, E7
Hallelujah  C, Am, F, G, E7, 
Let it Be   C, Am, F,G with a few extras in the instrumental 
I Got A Feeling   (G, C, Em) 
Lion King - Can you feel the love tonight (C,G,F, Dm,Am, Bb)
Bad Moon Rising  D,G,A

Pepeha - SIX60 C, F, G, Am, E7 
Stand By Me    G, Em, C, D
Story of My Life  Bm7, D, G, A
Sweet Child o Mine - Guns n Roses  D, C, G, A 
Move it on Over  - George Thorogood G, C, D7 
Rock Around the Clock A, A7, D7, E7 
Take it Easy The Eagles G, G7, C, Am7, Em, D
This is Me  Am, G, C, F
Wagon Wheel   G, D, Em C.
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Am, Em, C, G, D, A
We Know the Way from Moana A, D, E7 
Wonderful World C, F, G7, Em, Am 
Wreck of the Diddley - by Fatcat and Fishface C, F, G, Em, Am, D 
YMCA  G, Am, D, C. 

Extra Hard: 
Roar by Katy Perry. The chords/words are here. You'll need to have the song vid going separately if you want to accompany the original.  Stick to Bb, Gm, Cm to start with - with Bb being OK for most of the song. 

Here's a site with lots of beginner songs you can play along with. 

Christmas Songs in ukulele 
Jingle Bells (C, F, G7)
Jingle Bell Rock - Quite difficult 

1 comment:

  1. Another great resource is this page that shows all kinds of easy ukulele songs for beginners:

    http://acousticbridge.com/easy-ukulele-songs-for-beginners/

    It's amazing waht you can play with only a few chords!

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