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  • Where Did UkeHunt Go?

    First off, thanks so much for your patience and support while Use Hunt was down. I massively appreciate it.

    As you might have noticed, the site has been struggling for a while and it finally collapsed like a Frenchman in the penalty box. It was a long and stressful journey that ended with finding out that most of the old server was unrecoverable.

    I do have backups of everything (or mostly everything) but they’ll have to be put back manually rather than automatically. So restoring things is going to be a process rather than an event.

    In the meantime, I’ve uploaded an archive of all the tabs to the Internet Archive here.

    Thanks in particular to Patreon backers. I can say very concretely the site would be gone for good without your support. With that, thanks to May’s Tenor level backers:

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  • Panic at the Disco – High Hopes (Tabs)

    Panic at the Disco – High Hopes (Tab)

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    Here’s my take on Panic at the Disco’s High Hopes.

    Intro: Starting out dead easy with the parping horns section.

    Chorus: This section is fiddly. But it’s all contained on the lower frets. It’s also fun to play once you get it down.

    Verse: This section moves up the neck and ramps up in difficulty. Setting up bar 17 is particularly hard. To help with that, I recommend not letting the F chord in the previous bar ring. That gives your fingers more time to set up.

    Bridge: This is the fiddliest section. You can replace the 5 – 6 on the E-string with 0 – 1 on the A-string if you find that easier. Or even just use the open A-string followed by the E-string 6th fret.

    Pre-Chorus: A welcome easy section. You’re just blasting out chords here. That leads into a chorus with just the melody, then a final chorus with chords.

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  • The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go (Tabs)

    The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go (Tab)

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    The Clash’s Should I Stay or Should I Go like all good punk songs, it’s just four chords. And the melody and chords alternate so you’re only doing one of them at any given time. Just make sure you’re bashing it out.

    The only slightly unusual element is the song shifting to double time in the chorus. So you’re strumming twice as fast with this pattern:
    d – d – – u d u
    d – d – – u d u
    d – d – (then a picking section)

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  • Pink Floyd – Time (Tabs)

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    Pink Floyd’s Time is a real epic so I’ve done the most un-Pink Floyd thing of all time and shortened the song by trimming the solo and cutting out the more atmospheric parts.

    Intro: Starting off with the ticking sound. Made by muting the strings high up the neck and plucking close to the bridge. Then a lick to lead into the verse.

    Verse: This section is forceful and confrontational so keep the chords short and stabby.

    Chorus: The chorus switches from the brooding G minor section to a blissed out Ebmaj7. Let the chords ring out in this section to match the mood.

    Solo: I’ve changed this considerably from the original. So feel free to make changes for your version. I’m using the G minor pentatonic for the solo plus the occasional A note.

    Outro: The outro throws in a few curve balls. It throws in a Gb and modulates to Bb. Then ending on a glum sounding Ebm – E – Cm.

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  • R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People (Tabs)

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    It’s crazy it’s taken me this long to cover R.E.M.’s Shiny Happy People given how perfectly it captures my personality.

    Intro: For such a light-hearted song, there’s a bunch going on musically. There are three key changes and a change of time signature before the vocals kick in.

    The song starts in 6/8 time in the key of G# (G in the original) for a relaxed intro before it kicks into 4/4 in bar 4. That shifts into the riff in the key of Bb. The riff is very fun to play. Worth learning even if you’re not bothering with the rest of it.

    Verse: The verse moves into the key of G minor. A less abrupt key change since Gm is the relative minor of Bb. The verse bounces up and down the fretboard. But it’s not too challenging to play.

    Chorus: Things are a bit more difficult in the chorus with the three, slightly overlapping, voices covering a large range.

    Outro: This is made up of the main riff and Kate Pierson’s “Happy peeepooooooole” bit. There’s room to play around with the chorus melody here if you fancy stretching out a bit.

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  • Alice in Chains – Down in a Hole (Tabs)

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    Down in a Hole by Alice in Chains fits on uke better than I was expecting. There’s a nice mix of fun bits and challenging bits.

    Intro: This sets up the Gm – F – C chord progression that runs through the verse and pre-chorus. I’ve thrown in a few twiddles based on the acoustic and electric parts in the original. Definitely room for your own ideas here.

    Verse: I played around with just doing one of the vocal parts here (first heard in bar 9). But I think the vocal harmony is too good to ditch.

    Pre-Chorus: This is the hardest part of the song by some distance. It’s high up the neck and fiddly. You could get away with simplifying the section. Either by repeating parts or moving notes around. But I’d be reluctant to get rid of the dissonant C# (E-string, 9th fret).

    Chorus: Mostly bashing out the chords in the chorus. Things get tricky towards the end though with a trip up the neck and a short lick.

    Outro: A reprise of the intro but with the baffling choice of ending on an A major chord (despite the whole song being gloomy and minor).

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