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Chord Friday: Walking on sunshine – Katrina and the Waves

andy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:01:05 +0000

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’!!

Chord Friday: Winter winds – Mumford and Son

andy — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:23:51 +0000

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!!!

Winter Winds – Mumford & Son

Your on your own regarding the strumming pattern, and your probably best working out your own style , rather than copying the track 100%

Chord Friday: Debaser – The Pixies

andy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:31:31 +0000

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

Debaser – The Pixies

Im planning on playing this at the HUG xmas party, but to avoid the cries of ‘Judas’ – im going to do it unplugged

Chord Friday: Happy Hour – The Housemartins

andy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:10:24 +0000

Often refered to as a ‘Hull Folk Song’ during H.U.G gigs…

Happy Hour – The Housemartins

Chord Friday: Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler

andy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:45:34 +0000

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!

Total Eclipse of the heart – Bonnie Tyler

Chords Friday: After Hours – Velvet Underground

andy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:02 +0000

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

And it burns burns burns…

andy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:20:15 +0000

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.

Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash

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!!

Chord Friday: Just cant get enough – drunken Hull Ukulele Group version

andy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:33:35 +0000

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

Chord Friday: Ever fallen in love – The Buzzcocks

andy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:22:04 +0000

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.

Chord Friday: We’re From Barcelona

andy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:04:14 +0000

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!?