One thing that struck me working through these sheets was how well-structured – and sometimes quite complex – these songs are. Obviously, if you’re a virtuoso and can manage the solos then extended them and give them a go – they’ll probably add something to these. I’ve tried to keep these as close to the originals as I can, although some of the extended instrumental sections I’ve cut down a bit. From their first single (I Can’t Explain), through a golden run of 1960s classics (My Generation, I Can See For Miles, Pinball Wizard), on into the 1970s rock gods (Won’t Get Fooled Again, Baba O’Reily, Who Are You) and even into the 1980s (You Better You Bet), these are songs that have become ingrained into the consciousness of generations of rock fans.Īnd now they can become ukulele classics as well! Well, maybe not, but you can certainly have a lot of fun with these.
To be honest, I didn’t dig too far – everything in this book should be relatively well known to anybody (myself included) with little more than a passing awareness of the repertoire that Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwhistle and Keith Moon contributed to the rock cannon over the last 50 years. And so if a song like that – a true classic that is everything an overblown, overamped, and yes, probably over-sexed, rock band and song should be – can translate to the humble ukulele, then why shouldn’t the rest of their oeuvre.Īnd so began a journey into The Who’s back-catalogue. But the genesis of this book was the post I made over a year ago of Won’t Get Fooled Again, prompted by a superb video performance with The Roots on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Certainly if you take your uke-ing seriously you could end up looking very foolish with this one. All that male aggression, testosterone, riffing and power chords isn’t going to translate well to a tiny pseudo acoustic guitar. ) * Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston) * Grenade (Bruno Mars) * I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash) * I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles) * If You Leave Me Now (Chicago) * It Don't Mean a Thing (Standard) * Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones) * Just the Way You Are (Amazing) (Bruno Mars) * Leaving on a Jet Plane (Peter, Paul and Mary) * Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett) * Marry Me (Train) * Theme from New York, New York (Frank Sinatra) * Over the Rainbow (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) * Paint It, Black (The Rolling Stones) * Pinball Wizard (The Who) * (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley and His Comets) * Rocky Mountain High (John Denver) * (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones) * She Loves You (The Beatles) * Shower the People (James Taylor) * Singin' in the Rain (Standard) * Son of a Son of a Sailor (Jimmy Buffett) * Squeeze Box (The Who) * Stand by Your Man (Tammy Wynette) * Superstar (Carpenters) * Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver) * Tell Her No (The Zombies) * When You're Smiling (Standard) * Woodstock (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) * You Send Me (Sam Cooke).Ever fancied the chance to practice your Pete Townshend windmill actions on your uke? Well here are 16 golden opportunities to have a go with.Īt first glance, I guess The Who aren’t the obvious choice for ukulele. This Rock and Pop edition features songs spanning seven decades from such artists as Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole, Cee Lo Green, Bruno Mars, and many more! Titles: Ain't Misbehavin' (Standard) * Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood and the Destroyers) * Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) * Blue Moon (The Marcels) * Both Sides Now (Judy Collins) * Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones) * Bye Bye Blackbird (Standard) * Chain Gang (Sam Cooke) * Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes (Jimmy Buffett) * Colour My World (Chicago) * Cool Kids (Echosmith) * Dancing Queen (ABBA) * Do You Want to Know a Secret (The Beatles) * Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) * Easy to Be Hard (Three Dog Night) * Everything Is Awesome (Awesome Remixxx!!!) (from The LEGO® Movie) * Falling Slowly (from Once) (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova) * Fernando (ABBA) * Forget You (Cee Lo Green) * Ghostbusters (Ray Parker, Jr. The Passenger Perfect Pinball Wizard The Power Of Love Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head Rolling In The Deep Roxanne Run Sailing Should I Stay Or. The Easy Hits Ukulele format provides melody, chords, and lyrics for easy "strum and sing" performance-plus suggested strum patterns and TAB for any integral "hook" parts.
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For beginning musicians, Alfred's Easy series is the fast track to developing a repertoire of well-known and fun-to-play songs, while more experienced players will find an excellent resource of favorite songs.
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