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  • Harry Belafonte – Jump in the Line (Tabs)

    Harry Belafonte – Jump in the Line (Tab)Download

    Jump in the Line was originally by Lord Kitchener but most famous for the Harry Belafonte version in Beetlejuice.

    Intro: Like the rest of the song, the intro is challenging but fun to play. The biggest challenge is playing it at tempo. So I recommend getting it under your fingers at a low tempo before you try to speed it up.

    The first four bars of the intro are picked with thumb and two fingers. Then it switches to one-finger-per-string for the final four bars.

    Chorus: The picking here is more chaotic. It’s mostly strummed with the single notes played by whatever finger comes to hand.

    Verse: Back to thumb and two finger picking for the first four bars. After that, there’s some very rapid notes. So you’ll need to alternate between thumb and middle finger to pick those.

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  • Glenn Miller, The Strokes, Wet Leg: Intros and Riffs

    Glenn Miller – In the Mood

    The Strokes – The Adults are Talking

    Wet Leg – Catch These Fists

    Macklemore – Thrift Shop

    Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer

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  • Addams Family Theme (Tabs)

    Vic Mizzy – Addams Family Theme (Tab)Download

    Since it’s almost Halloween, here’s the Addams Family Theme.

    Intro: I played this section across the strings rather than up and down them. Here’s a more straightforward version:

    I also went with the traditional finger clicks. But playing muted strums works too and is easier.

    Chorus: The chorus is more bouncy and playful than it is mysterious and spooky. Lots of slides and pull-offs to navigate. It’s a little tricky but lots of fun once it’s under your fingers.

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  • Steppenwolf – Born to Be Wild (Tabs)

    Steppenwolf – Born to Be Wild (Tab)Download

    Steppenwolf’s Born to be Wild is a real basher. It’s one of the rare occasions where the video is my first take. It’s not the cleanest, but it had the most energy. And that’s the most important thing to get in this song.

    Intro: This is all strumming away on a C5 chord until the last bar where I throw in a little lick inspired by the bass part.

    Verse: Still hammering away on that C5 chord.

    Chorus: We finally get a couple more chords. So there’s a slight increase in difficulty. There’s a stretch for the fifth fret in bar 13. Otherwise, it’s clear sailing.

    Bridge: The bridge section gets sparse. So I was tempted to throw in some muted strums in bar 28 and build up into the “Borrrrrrn to be wiiiiiiieiiiild” section. So give that a try and see how it feels.

    Solo: This solo doesn’t match the original in anything more than vibe. So feel free to change it however you like. Any sort of widdling on the C minor pentatonic scale will work.

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  • The Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There (Tabs)

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    Here’s my take on The Jackson 5’s I’ll Be There.

    Intro: It’s odd to hear a harpsichord on a Motown record. The song was recorded in Motown’s “Hitsville West” in LA rather than Detroit. So perhaps they were influenced by the scene that produced songs like Monday, Monday and When I Grow Up.

    Verse: Nothing too difficult in the first verse. The only tricky bit is a quick flourish on the melody in bar 8. Which you can drop altogether if you don’t fancy it.

    The second verse brings in some noodling higher up the fretboard that requires some fast shifting.

    This section has my favourite part of the song: the tasty C7sus4 in bar 10.

    Chorus: The chorus modulates from the key of F to Ab. This much less uke-friendly key does present some challenges. Particularly some awkward finger-shuffling between bars 15 and 16.

    Outro: Probably the trickiest part of the song with the most shifting up and down the fretboard.

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  • Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club (Tabs)

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    Here’s my take on Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club.

    Verse: There are two halves to the verse. The first half is loose and rhythmically varied. You can be very expressive in your playing here.

    The second half is much more structured. You have a repeated rising pattern of eighth notes. But you can still get some emotion in through dynamics. I like to increase the volume through the pattern.

    Pre-Chorus: My favourite section to play. Both the loud first pre-chorus and the quiet second one.

    Chorus: Lots of rapid picking here that you’re going to need to use alternate picking to play (i.e. alternating between picking with your index and middle fingers).

    Solo: By far the most difficult section to play. I switch to strict thumb and two-finger picking for this section. It’s played fast and you have to be quick with the chord changes.

    If you don’t fancy it, I think you can skip it and no one will care. You could also come up with your own section here using the same chords.

    Bridge: The melody here is almost the same as the verse but played over a different chord progression.

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  • Lenny Kravitz – It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over (Tabs)

    Lenny Kravitz – It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over (Tab)Download

    Intro: This sets up the chord progression that’s used for the whole song except the solo. The main feature is the descending line that moves down from C down to G#.

    Verse: The verse is very loose and a little tricky on the uke since the melody notes sometimes conflict with that descending note in the chords.

    Chorus: The chorus, on the other hand, works perfectly on the uke. To give the melody extra inflection, there are a few slides and hammered-on grace notes (e.g. bars 14 and 16).

    Solo: The solo is completely different from the rest of the song. It’s in a different key and the chords don’t have that simple connection between them. But, as solos go, it’s fairly easy to play.

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  • Dean Martin – Sway (Tabs)

    Dean Martin – Sway (Tab)Download

    Sway aka Quién será? is best known to me for Dean Martin’s version. Although it seems like Michael Bublé’s is the most popular these days. Since Cris mentioned Dean Martin, it’s that version I worked from. Also, it’s the superior version.

    Intro: This is by far the hardest part of the song. There are a few runs, the most rapid of which comes in bar 7.

    Since it’s an intro, you have a lot of leeway to change things. The easiest option is to follow Buble’s version and create a variation of bars 13 – 16.

    Verse: Things get a lot simpler in the verse. It’s just switching between A7 and Dm with the melody sticking to the first three frets.

    Chorus: There’s a bit more going on in the chorus. More chords and a small journey up the neck. But nothing too challenging.

    Solo: The solo is based on the guitar solo in the Martin version. It’s very simple. Just the verse melody harmonised.

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