Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd (D, C, G).

Save Tonight – Eagle-Eye Cherry (Am, F, C, G).Run-Around – Blues Traveler (G, C, Am, D).Oye Como Va – Santana (Am, D7 – Use Am instead of Am7).Mustang Sally – Wilson Picket (C, F, G – strip 7ths for easier version).I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers (D, G, A – transpose -2).Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles (Am, G, F, E7).Hand in my Pocket – Alanis Morissette (G, C, F, D).All the Small Things – Blink 182 (C, G, F).With a steady downstrum and some nimble changes you’ll be rocking your uke like the Heartbreakers! Pick a favorite here and click through to the chords to get started.Ī study in chugging rock from the late Tom Petty, I Won’t Back Down has a fun push-pull rhythm that shortens the time spent strumming some chords and lengthens others.

With popular music where it’s at today using simple chords, it’s easier than ever for a beginner to strum recognizable songs on their ukulele. They are separated by genre with some of my top picks highlighted at the beginning of each section.īefore we get going, if you want really simple two-chord songs, check out my page of tunes that only use F and C7 (two of the easiest uke chords). So with those criteria in mind, let’s jump in and look at the songs.

Can generally be played by most beginners without too much struggle.

Use chords that require no more than three fingers.

Have four or less chords in the whole piece.

This is just my opinion of what an easy song should be, but all songs on this page: Easy ukulele songs for beginners: The Criteria Since that means lots of beginners searching the web and the fact that truly easy uke songs can be hard to find if you’re not sure what you’re looking for, I put together some favorites that are fun to play and I often teach my students.

The ukulele is regarded as one of the easier instruments to start playing and it’s more popular than ever. Some lists actually include quite difficult songs! (More on that at the very end.) Which is why most of these collections are not particularly useful and possibly frustrating. But, of course, “popular” is not the same as “easy.” Lots of people like to make lists and link to songs that are popular on the uke.

Which is why three or four chord easy ukulele songs totally rock! Perfecting your uke strumming and chording techniques require a sandbox of fun, easy music.

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