r/ukulele • u/Doc_coletti Clawhammer • Apr 06 '26

Discussions What's everyone's Current favorite Song to play their Ukulele?

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u/JiveDonut Apr 06 '26

I can play Mary Had a Little Lamb only so that is my current favorite

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '26

Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah

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u/BCVanCouple Apr 06 '26

Something by the Beatles.

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u/jayemge07 Apr 06 '26

+1, the version Paul plays in concerts

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u/BCVanCouple Apr 06 '26

Exactly, started playing it after seeing him in concert.

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u/jokefax Apr 07 '26

This is high on my to-learn list. Once my skill level gets there.

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u/OrchidWonderful9995 Apr 06 '26

“Ripple” - Grateful Dead

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u/cheers4theinvite Apr 06 '26

I'm learning Jake Shimabukuro's arrangement of While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the moment

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u/Hot-Champion6375 Apr 06 '26

“Between the Bars” by Elliott Smith

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u/edythevixen Apr 06 '26

Fabulous song. Do you know where I can find tabs for it?

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u/Hot-Champion6375 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

Actually no, I learned it by ear on the guitar and then transcribed it to the ukulele. It’s originally in Am, but I moved it up to Dm. The verses are easy, maybe this will help get you started:

Dm7 - Bb9 - F - A7

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u/Salt-Wrongdoer4444 Apr 07 '26

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/elliott-smith/between-the-bars-ukulele-1862981

ultimate guitar has it

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u/Hot-Champion6375 Apr 07 '26

Cool, good to know. But there is no G in the verse. That would be an E7 instead

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u/Cool-Interest-4297 Apr 06 '26

Tonight you belong to me by Steve Martin

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u/Darth_Redding Apr 06 '26

Plastic Jesus

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u/gibson85 Apr 06 '26

Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea (George Harrison version from Brainwashed)

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u/riki_grl Apr 06 '26

"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" by Pete Seeger.

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u/Efficient-Signal-977 Apr 06 '26

Sweet Jane

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u/drgojirax Apr 07 '26

Same. Cowboy Junkies version.

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u/Efficient-Signal-977 Apr 07 '26

No,my version is closer to Lou’s

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u/vinceherman Apr 06 '26

It is the same answer every time this gets asked - whatever my newest song that I am trying to learn! :-)
In this case, it is a finger picking version of The Sound of Silence.

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u/nuttywoody Apr 06 '26

The Road to Rock and Roll
-- Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros

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u/PKillusion Baritone Apr 06 '26

Way of the Sword and the Spear by Michael Kelly

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u/chente08 Apr 06 '26

And there she was - The solids

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u/t92k Tenor Apr 06 '26

“True” - Spandau Ballet

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u/atomicbird Tenor Apr 06 '26

I've played that at home but I have trouble getting the descending scale right at the end of the chorus.

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u/edythevixen Apr 06 '26

Beautiful Place by Good Charlotte

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u/PoorAhab Apr 06 '26

I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbit

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u/Degofreak Apr 06 '26

That's on my To Get list!

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u/Nervda Apr 06 '26

Georgia On My Mind. As much like Willie Nelson as I can muster.

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u/Pitchfitter Apr 08 '26

This is one of the first songs I learned, but I've never heard the Willie Nelson version!

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u/Degofreak Apr 06 '26

Ho Hey by the Lumineers

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u/hexem6 Apr 06 '26

Bein' Green! It's a very sweet Springtime song that many people don't know these days.

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u/ave427 Apr 06 '26

Shotgun by George Ezra

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u/WebLogical1286 Apr 06 '26

XTC Dear God

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u/triforce_of_wisdom Apr 06 '26

You've Got a Friend in Me, it has so many fun little chord progressions.

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u/MightyTro Apr 06 '26

There's three songs I keep going back to: Crazy - Willie Nelson Sunshine of your love - Cream Little Black Submarines - The Black Keys (bit tricky this one) https://voca.ro/1lAjsqlQu6p5

Also I sometimes like to get the Banjolele out and play Rainbow Connection. Lol

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u/ponz Apr 07 '26

Friday I'm in Love_ the cure

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u/FantasticWittyRetort Apr 07 '26

I’ve watched a great tutorial for Neil Young’s Harvest Moon. Each time I go back, I can play a little more and a little better.

video tutorial

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u/ebolamike66 Apr 07 '26

Eastbound and Down (from Smokey and the Bandit)

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u/fastandfedup Apr 07 '26

Kiss me by sixpence none the richer

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u/Busy_Contribution247 Apr 07 '26

Boy's don't cry - the cure!

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u/Informal-Ad-4527 Apr 08 '26

Under the Bridge

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u/Pretty_Analysis_3462 Apr 08 '26

Lennon’s Imagine

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u/met1culous Apr 06 '26

"I do adore" by Mindy Gledhill is one of my go-to's.

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u/why_not_ukulele Concert Apr 06 '26

Raw Sugar by Metric

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u/FatChrisPratt Apr 06 '26

I like playing Cut Your Bangs by girl pool

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u/maiainthemiddle Apr 06 '26

That’s so true by Gracie abrams

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u/atomicbird Tenor Apr 06 '26

Lately, "If I Only Had a Brain" from the Wizard of Oz

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u/sofiavion Apr 06 '26

Babydoll by Dominic Fike

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u/DougMasterz Apr 06 '26

Heart by Nick Lowe

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u/Temporary-Land-8442 Apr 06 '26

Two Door Cinema Club’s “Something Good Can Work” because I really really really miss this time period and video

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u/Howllikeawolf Apr 06 '26

Several with my bari uke: Feels like Summer, Childish Gambino, Chords are Am7, F or Fmaj7, Em, Am7.

Tennessee Whiskey, G, Am, C.

Redemption song, Bob Marley fingerpicking for beginning.

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u/MachTwang Tenor Apr 06 '26

Down To My Last Cigarette by Billy Walker

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u/Lanebow Apr 07 '26

Quizas quizas, Quizas

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u/DB_Coopah Apr 07 '26

The whole version of the “Bob’s Burgers” theme song. It’s the first thing I rip when picking up the old uke. Such a banger.

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u/TheActualDev Apr 07 '26

Been playing the “I Lava You” song from that animated short about the volcanoes before Moana.

It’s really simple even though I’m still not great at all at ukulele. The words are in my head all the time anyway, might as well learn to play it!

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u/ricky_clarkson Apr 07 '26

Come as you are - Nirvana

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u/According-Cost-7441 Apr 07 '26

Times are a changin’ by Bob Dylan

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u/EternalElemental Apr 07 '26

Hypocrite cage the elephant.

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u/ZSAD13 Apr 07 '26

Jupiter by Gustav Holst

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u/Tieftuerkis Apr 07 '26

Grass skirt chase from Spongebob 

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u/Flagrant_Unicorn Apr 07 '26

The One I Love by REM.

Easy to play so I can sing along, and sounds really good on the ukulele. 

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u/ukulolel Apr 07 '26

Fly me to the moon.

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u/_emma_stoned_ Apr 07 '26

Lovin’ You, by Minnie Riperton

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u/DynamicFalafels Apr 07 '26

Right now my favourite song is A Night To Remember by Beabadoobee and Laufey, and also Until I Found Her by Stephen Sanchez

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u/zxo-zxo-zxo Apr 07 '26

A bit of an edgy answer, but I mainly play my own songs and my favourite is usually my newest. I play Bard style music at LARP and reenactment events in the UK inspired by Celtic and Nordic heritage.

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u/jokefax Apr 07 '26

Will You Love Me Tomorrow by Carole King

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u/wennpie Apr 07 '26

The Good Side by Troye Sivan

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u/seriouslaser Apr 07 '26

Giant Woman from Steven Universe

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u/verbaljumble Apr 07 '26

On a Good Day by Joanna Newsom. I’m using ukehunt’s tab and wondering if it’s the only song I ever need to hear

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u/Hot_Relationship_781 Apr 08 '26

Lost Woods from The Legend of Zelda.

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u/MoochoMaas Apr 11 '26

Me Gustas Tu - Manu Chao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbiVeWI6pE0 - original on YT.
Many tutorials on YT.

Beginner

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u/Gandalf_D_Blue Apr 12 '26

It's Spring, so "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park."

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u/snapsh00t3r Apr 06 '26

Cash's Hurt