Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight (Tabs and Chords) The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight (Tabs and Chords) A song to support the embattled ukulele brother Billy Corgan. I think he was remarkably restrained. I would have Axled the guy. Besides that, it’s an incredible song. And a complicated one. No two verses, chorus or bridges are the same. Getting it to sound right on uke takes some finangling. Tuning Even the tuning isn’t straight forward. Tuning Notes Intro For the intro I’ve written it up as the full guitar part – with the occasional added C note on both the G and Em chords. Intro Main Riff A fun little fingerpicking riff to play. Main Riff This is Riff 2 in the tab. Bridge Not too much to worry about here. Chorus In the chorus I’ve thrown in the string part as well.
Chorus And I think that covers it. Bon Iver – Skinny Love (Tab and Chords) Bon Iver – Skinny Love (Chords) UPDATE – Sophie’s Version: I’ve added the video for Sophie Madeleine’s version based on this tab. But her version is one step up (g#C#FG#). So you’ll have to tune up or put a capo on the first fret to play along. Living in the UK makes it easier to pick an album of the year this year as Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago didn’t come out over here until 2008. And if you’re not familiar with its charms, get over to his website and download the album’s standout track Skinny Love. I had a bit of trouble working out how to get this tune onto the uke. It’s obvious he’s using an usnusal tuning and a bit of research turned up that he was using CGEGCC. For the outro (and the intro) I play this: How to play Boy With the Arab Strap by Belle and Sebastian Video.
From: ukulaladotcom Chords and lyrics at: This is a video by a beginner and for a beginner. It goes over the tuning, chords, chord order, and strumming pattern for Boy with the Arab Strap by Belle and Sebastian. This is one of the most rockin'est songs Belle and Sebastian songs ever made. It's a simple song to learn, at least in terms of chords. The good people over at ukulelehunt.com figured out that the missing chord in the online chord list was a "D", so if they put up a version of this song I will post a link. Video breakdown: 0:00 - Intro 0:12 - Tuning (GCEA) 0:25 - Chords (G,C,D) 1:05 - Strumming pattern (details below) 2:55 - Chord switch timing 3:21 - Demonstration (slow to faster w/ lyrics) The difficult part here is the strumming pattern.
Section 1: 1) down 2) up 3) hit 4) up Section 2: 5) miss 6) up 7) hit 8) up Then, once you can do those sections individually, the entire pattern loops like this: Belle & Sebastian Piazza New York Catcher Juno Sou Video.
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black (Chords) Amy Winehouse – Back To Black (Chords) She might not have been much of a uker, but she could certainly write a tune. The chords for this one are pretty straight forward, but it’s worth switching it up a bit with these inversions. Suggested Strumming You can mimic the guitar by strumming down on the 2 and 4 beats.
Or mimic the piano by strumming down on each beat. D u D U d u D U Back to Black Strum Twiddly Bits You can play the piano part like this: You can make it even more piano-like by picking rather than strumming (so all the notes sound at the same time). Back to Black Piano Solo Version Back To Black (Solo Version)(Tab) When I was working up the chords I started playing this little arrangement of the tune. Solo Version. How to Play Alt-J Breezeblocks- Guitar Tutorial Video. How to play For Emma by Bon Iver Video. The xx – Intro (Tab) The xx – Intro (Harp Ukulele Tab) The xx were the highlight of my sofa-Glastonbury this year. It might have been Arctic Monkeys if it weren’t for that weird gameshow host thing and the cheesy, Oasis-style string arrangements.
For a better example of arranging for pop bands have a listen to Alex Baranowski’s work with The xx. Anyway, their performance inspired me to have a go at this instrumental piece. I first tried it on standard uke but it didn’t work out. Harp Ukulele The harp strings on the uke are supposed to be tuned C, D, E, F. Important: The letters above the tab represent the bass note being played in that bar they’re not the chords. Low-G The strings tabbed are just tuned like a normal low-G. Standard Tuning Version To play it with a high-g ukulele you’ll need to move the whole thing up an octave.
The xx – Intro (gCEA Tab) Links But the MP3Thexx.infoCrystalised Intro TabHere Comes the Sun on Harp Ukulele. The xx – Crystalised (Intro Tab) I wasn’t as impressed with The xx’s debut album as most of the internet seems to have been, but there was enough interesting stuff on it to make me eager to hear the follow up that’s arriving in September. The most interesting being Crystalised with it’s interlocking guitar lines. I’ve wangled the intro onto ukulele in few ways: with two ukes, with one, and a simpler version with one. The rest of the song is just Em – Bm – A. There’s also this guitar line in the chorus and the uke 1 part in bars 9 – 12 crops up later in the song.
Duet Version The xx – Crystalised (Intro)(Duet Version) Duet Version Solo Version The xx – Crystalised (Intro)(Solo Version) Simpler Version The xx – Crystalised (Simplified Intro) Simpler Version Buy the MP3.