heres a song... played on uke......used on several movie soundtracks....and its easy to play and sounds ok on acoustic guitar
i'm sure you've all heard it done by a huge hawaiian guy.....check the vid link first then have a go....
it sounds ok in open chords as a song....generally each chord plays two beats...you can straight strum or arpeggio...play strum/mute or bass note/strum... have some fun with it...above all else enjoy it...SIMPLE D/duud strum works ok
you can mess with the capo too.....again just try it
you'll soon gather its a touching song,mixing 'somewhere over the rainbow' with 'wonderful world'.....both feel good songs
even easier for beginners...play the F as an Fmaj7...still sounds ok and no barre!
ENJOY :lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brRsRTTp1Pw C C Em Em F F C C
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
F F C C G G Am Am F F
And the dreams that you dream of once in a lul-la-by
C C Em Em F F C C
Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly
F F C C G G Am Am F F
And the dreams that you dream of, dreams really do come true
C C G
Someday I'll wish upon a star, wake up where the
G Am Am F F
clouds are far behind me
C C
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
G G Am Am F F
High above the chi-mn-ey tops that's where, you'll find me
C C Em Em F F C C
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
F F C C G G Am Am F F
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?
C Em F C
Well I see trees of green and red roses too,
F C Em F
I'll watch then bloom for me and you
F F G G Am Am F F
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
C Em F C F C
Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white and the brightness of day
E7 Am F G C F C C
I like the dark and I think to myself, what a wonderful world
G G C C
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
G G C C
are also on the faces of people passing by
F C F C
I see friends shaking hands saying, "How do you do?"
F C Dm7 Dm7 G G
They're really saying, "I, I love you"
C Em F C
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
F C E7 Am
they'll learn much more than we'll know
F G Am Am F F
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
C C G G Am Am F F
Someday I'll wish upon a star, wake up where the clouds are far behind me
C C
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
G G Am Am F F
High above the chimney tops is where you'll find me
C C Em Em F F C C
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
F F C C G G Am Am F F
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?
Cant wait to get home and watch the vid. I am no good at reading it and figuring out how it sounds. Cute, happy lyrics though. heh
Jim
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
Thats terrific Ballybiker,
I've been fooling around with the Clapton version of this ( on "One More Car One More Rider" cd ) for some time now. It has a different chord structure to this one, with many awkward chords, I think I may be able to combine the best of both.
The intro to the Clapton version has a lovely intro using 4 chords E - C#7add9 - F#m7 - B7add9 which you can play as many times as you like for as long an intro as you want and then you get the first line of the song which is sung over E C#m7 G#m7 Ebm7 E7.
Sounds really nice but hey so does this!!!!
See Eric Clapton version here
Thanks again,
Be excellent to each other & party on dudes!
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yes rodders...it does sound good in simple format.....and i think the newbies will all be able to master this one......love the intro...thanks :lol:
i'm sure you've all heard it done by a huge hawaiian guy.....check the vid link first then have a go....
Israel Kamakawiwo`ole. What a soft voice for such a huge man. Died in 1997.
Nice one Ballybiker. :D What a voice...
I've seen another TAB of it that was done by Lisa Frankel, which has some additional details. She gives a strumming pattern, some chords for the intro and outro and also says to put a capo on the 5th fret for a closer match to the Uke sound. (Unfortunately, she wasn't able to suggest where I should attach a capo in order to make my voice sound more like Israel K's... :shock: ..)
Her suggested chords are not quite the same as above, but are also very easy.
The words are better laid out in the one posted above, so I took a little from both. :)
Cheers,
Chris
