This is a pleasant and dreamy song when played on the ukulele, especially a tenor or baritone. However, once you start playing it you will notice how easily the fingerings progress into one another. The chord changes are definitely for a more intermediate ukulele player, they will take some time to learn. This song was written by the great Hoagy Carmichael (who has many famous pop standards especially suited for Valentine’s Day) and is still being covered to this day. A couple other great Everly Brothers love songs are “ Till I Kissed You” (great for mute strumming) and “ All I Have To Do Is Dream.” The Nearness of You (Hoagy Carmichael) At the bridge I switch to a little more deliberate strumming to enhance that section.
The chords aren’t too difficult, I like to do a little fingerpicking in the first two verses as I also lightly strum the chords. This Everly Brothers song can make a loved one quite teary eyed, sing this to your significant other and they will melt in your arms. A great style of strumming is kind of a carefree vaudeville style, and it helps to hum the simple bass pattern to this song as an intro. In these chords the Ab7 is likely the hardest chord, but remember that is simply a G7 chord barred on the first fret. There are a variety of keys to play it in, for the ukulele C will be the easiest. It is a perfect and silly love song that even mentions Valentine’s in the lyrics. This was a song written by Paul McCartney when he was 16 and often played by The Beatles in the early days on occasions when the electricity would go out in the clubs. If you need to you can transpose the song to the Key of C and the chords will simply be C-G-Am-F (the famed Axis of Awesome chord progression used in many songs). Of course you can always change the key but I find the key of B to be the most fitting, you will have to deal with the dreaded E chord, but that is good practice! The good news is that you only need to know 5 chords for the whole song and much of it is repeating. This song has a great uplifting and carefree feel to it, the hardest part is the chords. Of course one of the most popular songs these days on the ukulele is perfect for Valentine’s Day, and that is the Jason Mraz song “ I’m Yours”. Once you can play that main riff you have most of the song down save for the bridge. The main hook of the song is F-Dm-Gm-C, practice this progression a few times before trying the song out. The hardest part about the chords is switching them fast enough. Now as a doo wop song it is played a little fast, but for the ukulele we can slow it down a little. Sh-Boom is an early doo-wop song from 1954 when the genre was first getting started, the most popular version of Sh-Boom was by the group The Chords.
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Another version of this song that is always great for a laugh is The Beatles on the old Morecombe and Wise TV show. If you notice, the chords of the song have some augmented and diminished chords that are common of jazz pop standards, but nothing too complicated for a beginning ukulele player. This is a great ukulele song, especially when you add a little swing to the strum, keep it simple and moderate paced when playing. This song was published way back in 1912 by Edward Madden and Percy Wenrich, while numerous artists have recorded it, I have always been fond of Doris Day’s version. If you really want to challenge yourself and impress your special someone… learn the lyrics in French! When played on the ukulele, keep your strum very simple, it is slow and deliberate, and will sound very nice once practiced. (The chords may be a bit confusing that last part of the verse is played Dm-G7 on the word “rose”). I would suggest learning the basic chords first and when you feel like a challenge add the tabs into the mix. The title can be translated as “Life Through Rose Colored Glasses” or its literal meaning which is “Life in Pink.” The chords and ukulele tabs can be found here. The French cabaret singer-songwriter Edith Piaf wrote this song back in 1946, and was made popular with an English version by Louis Armstrong. Below are a few song examples for the beginner and more advanced player to learn for Valentine’s Day, hopefully they will impress your love to be or an audience just simply in the spirit of such a romantic day! La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf) For those ukulele players who made New Years resolutions to start practising more, we have a few weeks to prepare the perfect love songs for our ukulele. What better holiday to have near the end of a cold and dreary winter than Valentine’s Day? It seems strange we don’t celebrate love at the height of spring or the warm days of summer, but hey I don’t make the rules.
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