12 Feb 10 Chord Friday: Walking on sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
The Hull Ukulele Group (HUG) had a 80s evening a few weeks back, and this is one of the songs that proved to be a hit.
Unfortunately i cant embed the actual video for this, but heres the song for those who arent familar.
Theres a little bit of ‘artistic licence with regards to the structure here, but its a pretty easy one to play. Get the riff right and it will sound ace 
Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
Just make sure everyone joins in with the ‘Whoahs’!!
18 Dec 09 Chord Friday: Winter winds – Mumford and Son
I dont wish to be all smug about this, but i reckon got this one right, and the rest of the interweb has
it wrong. All of the other versions ive seen have it in C, while im pretty sure its in G.
Also ive got the intro right, and the riff 
IN YOUR FACE INTERWEB, IN YOUR FACE!!!
Your on your own regarding the strumming pattern, and your probably best working out your own style , rather than copying the track 100%
Tags: chords, dirty folkies, ukulele
11 Dec 09 Chord Friday: Debaser – The Pixies
Last Christmas I received a Mahalo Les Paul & mini Amp, and made a little video of me trying them out.
Amazingly 2,500 have now watched it, but i’ve never quite got round to sticking the chords & intro on here. So here goes
Im planning on playing this at the HUG xmas party, but to avoid the cries of ‘Judas’ – im going to do it unplugged
04 Dec 09 Chord Friday: Happy Hour – The Housemartins
Often refered to as a ‘Hull Folk Song’ during H.U.G gigs…
27 Nov 09 Chord Friday: Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
Bobby J from the Hull Ukulele Group tells me that this is a solid gold uke hit. Im not convinced, but since i have nothing else to stick up today, i’ll give him the benefit of the doubt!
20 Nov 09 Chords Friday: After Hours – Velvet Underground
I love this song. I have done for years and years. Its perhaps a little ‘twee’ conpared to some of The Velvet Undergound’s earlier stuff, but it has that same ‘show tunes’ feel that features in Lou Reed’s later work. It appeared on their 3rd album, and was sung by the drummer, Maureen (Mo) Tucker
After Hours – The Velvet Underground
So put those drum sticks down and get warbling along to this one in a Mo’ Tucker Stylee 
08 Nov 09 And it burns burns burns…
I decided to knock out a quick chord sheet for Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash in honor of Bonfire night last Thursday. We’re going to have a go of it at this Monday’s Hull Ukulele Group.
Its only 3 chords – G, C, D, and its so familiar that it was almost a pointless exercise doing it! BUT ive tabbed out the Brass parts for ukulele which makes it much more fun if theres more than one of you!!
Tags: chords, Hull Ukulele Group, ukulele
06 Nov 09 Chord Friday: Just cant get enough – drunken Hull Ukulele Group version
Originally performed by Depeche Mode, and covered by Nouvelle Vague, The Saturdays, and now a few members of the Hull Ukulele Group.
We made the video a while back, but ive only just got round to writing up a decent version of the chordsheet
Just cant get enough – Depeche Mode
As you’ll see, theres nothing complicated about it, and i think it sounds quite nice on the uke
Tags: chords, Hull Ukulele Group, ukulele
30 Oct 09 Chord Friday: Ever fallen in love – The Buzzcocks
Cracking song this one!! Like all good punk songs, the faster you play it the better it sounds
The majority of the song is pretty easy, the trick is to get the changes right at the end of the “You should’nt have fallen in love with” line. The best way for me to explain it, is to spell it out phonetically. Its ‘Cee-Cee Eff-Cee, Cee-Cee-Eff-Cee’. The same pattern is used on the Bb/Eb bit.
Ever Fallen In Love – The Buzzcocks
Theres also a Db that pops up at the end. On the chord sheet ive written this as 4111, but it could also be played as 4456. Either way, you then just need to slide everything down 1 fret to play the C.
22 Oct 09 Chord Friday: We’re From Barcelona
There arent enough 29 piece Swedish pop groups in the world, as far as i’m concerned. Its fortunate then that we have ‘I’m from Barcelona’…
This is a great song, its dead easy, and would sound good with a ukulele group or a load people singing
Im from Barcelona – We’re from Barcelona
Why are ‘I’m From Barcelona’ huge, and why was’nt this song No1 all over the world!?
