60 Minutes and 7 Chords That Will Change Your Life!

What will we cover? • G C E A Tuning (My Dog Has Fleas)• How to hold a ukulele• How to strum. Why NOT use the thumb?• Practice chord shapes C, C7, F, G, G7, Dm & D7• Practice switching back and forth between chords• Play some tunes

Other things you might like to know: • What are the different sizes of ukuleles?

• Soprano, Concert, Tenor, Baritone.• What are the names of the parts of a ukulele?

• Head, Tuners, Nut, Neck, Fingerboard, Frets, Strings, Body, Sound Hole, Bridge.• See the last page of this handout

CHORD SHAPES FOR C, C7, F, G, G7, Dm & D7

These files are the Club Members own work and represent their interpretation of these songs. They are intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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First 2 Chords: F Chord and the C7 Chord First Song: Singing In the Rain

Singing In The Rain I'm [F] singing in the rain Just singing in the rain What a glorious feelin' I'm [C7] happy again I'm laughing at clouds So dark up above The sun's in my heart And I'm [F] ready for love

Let the stormy clouds chase Everyone from the place Come on with the rain I've a [C7] smile on my face I walk down the lane With a happy refrain Just singin', Singin' in the [F] rain

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Traditional 5/15/14

SKIP TO MY LOU 1

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[C] Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, 7

[G7] Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, 8

[C] Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, 9

[G7] Skip to my Lou my [C]darling. 10

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[C] Lost my partner what’ll I do, 12

[G7] Lost my partner what’ll I do, 13

[C] Lost my partner what’ll I do, 14

[G7] Skip to my Lou my [C]darling. 15

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[C] I’ll get another one, prettier than you, 19

[G7] I’ll get another one, prettier than you, 20

[C] I’ll get another one, prettier than you, 21

[G7] Skip to my Lou my [C]darling. 22

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CHORUS 24

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[C] Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, fly, shoo! 26

[G7] Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, fly, shoo! 27

[C] Flies in the buttermilk, shoo, fly, shoo! 28

[G7] Skip to my Lou my [C]darling. 29

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Traditional 5/15/14

Row, Row & The More We Get Together 1

2 3 4 ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT 5 6 [C] Row, row, row your boat, 7 [C] gently down the stream; 8 [C] merrily, merrily, merrily, 9 [G7] life is but a [C]dream. 10 11 12 13 THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER 14

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[F] The more we get together, 16

[C7] together, to[F]gether, 17

[F] the more we get together, 18

the [C7] happier we’ll [F] be. 19

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[F] For [C7] your friends are [F] my friends and 21

[C7]my friends are [F] your friends. 22

[F] Oh, the more we get together, 23

the [C7] happier we’ll [F] be! 24

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[F] Oh, let’s play the ukulele, 26

[C7] let’s all play it [F] daily, 27

[F] the more we play it daily, 28

the [C7] happier we’ll [F] be. 29

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[F] When [C7] I uke and [F] you uke and 31

[C7]we uke and [F] they uke. 32

[F] Yes, the more we play it daily, 33

the [C7] happier we’ll [F] be! 34

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Same Four Chords New Song

You Are My Sunshine Chorus:

You Are My [C] Sunshine, My only [C7] sunshine.

You make me [F] happy, when skies are [C] grey.

You'll never [F] know, dear, How much I [C] love you.

Please don't take my sun[G7]shine [C] away (last G7 C)

Verse 1

The other [C] nite, dear, as I lay [C7] sleeping

I dreamed I [F] held you in my [C] arms.

When I [F] awoke, dear, I was [C] mistaken

And I hung my [G7] head and [C] cried.

Verse 2

I'll always [C] love you, and make you [C7] happy

If you will [F] only say the [C] same

But if you [F] leave me to love [C] another

You'll regret it all [G7] some [C] day;

Play the Chorus Twice To End

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UkuleleTonya.com • rev. Sept. 16, 2012

Beginner Lesson • SongClementine (C and G7) C G7IN A CAVERN, IN A CANYON, EXCAVATING FOR A MINE,

C G7 C DWELT A MINER, FORTY-NINER AND HIS DAUGHTER CLEMEN-TINE.

Chorus:C G7

OH MY DARLING, OH MY DARLING, OH MY DARLING, CLEMEN-TINEC G7 C

THOU ART LOST AND GONE FOR-EVER, DREADFUL SORRY, CLEMEN-TINE.

C G7LIGHT SHE WAS AND LIKE A FAIRY, AND HER SHOES WERE NUMBER NINE,

C G7 C HERRING BOXES WITHOUT TOPSES SANDALS WERE FOR CLEMEN-TINE

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C G7DROVE SHE DUCKLINGS TO THE WATER, EVERY MORNING JUST AT NINE

C G7 C HIT HER FOOT AGAINST A SPLINTER, FELL INTO THE FOAMING BRINE.

Chorus:

C G7RUBY LIPS ABOVE THE WATER, BLOWING BUBBLES SOFT AND FINE

C G7 C BUT ALAS, I WAS NO SWIMMER, SO I LOST MY CLEMENTINE.

Chorus:

C G7THEN THE MINER, FORTY-NINER, SOON BEGAN TO PEAK AND PINE,

C G7 C THOUGHT HE OUGHTER JOIN HIS DAUGHTER, NOW HE’S WITH HIS CLEMENTINE.

Chorus:

C G7IN MY DREAMS, SHE STILL DOTH HAUNT ME, ROBED IN GARMENTS SOAKED IN BRINE

C G7 C THOUGH IN LIFE I USED TO HUG HER, NOW SHE’S DEAD, I DRAW THE LINE.

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No New Chords Useful Song Every Uke Player Needs to Know

Happy Birthday Happy [C] Birthday to [G7] you, Happy Birthday to [C] you, Happy [C7] Birthday, dear [F] Name, Name, Happy [C] Birthday [G7] to [C] you

Parts Of The Ukulele

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UkuleleTonya.com • rev. Sept. 16, 2012

Beginner Lesson • Strum patternsCourtesy of Joyce Flaugherwww.AlohaYall.net

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Michelle Kiba’s “Pa Mele O Hokulea Ukulele Academy” STUDENT UKULELE CHORD CHART

“g c e a” Standard Tuning C C7 Cm Cm7 Cdim Caug C6 Cmaj7 C9

Db Db7 Dbm Dbm7 Dbdim Dbaug Db6 Dbmaj7 Db9

D D7 Dm Dm7 Ddim Daug D6 Dmaj7 D9

Eb Eb7 Ebm Ebm7 Ebdim Ebaug Eb6 Ebmaj7 Eb9

E E7 Em Em7 Edim Eaug E6 Emaj7 E9

F F7 Fm Fm7 Fdim Faug F6 Fmaj7 F9

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© Michelle Kiba, Ukulele Instructor (831) 476-4819 Ukalady@aol.com

Gb Gb7 Gbm Gbm7 Gbdim Gbaug Gb6 Gbmaj7 Gb9

G G7 Gm Gm7 Gdim Gaug G6 Gmaj7 G9

Ab Ab7 Abm Abm7 Abdim Abaug Ab6 Abmaj7 Ab9

A A7 Am Am7 Adim Aaug A6 Amaj7 A9

Bb Bb7 Bbm Bbm7 Bbdim Bbaug Bb6 Bbmaj7 Bb9

B B7 Bm Bm7 Bdim Baug B6 Bmaj7 B9

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