Once you have the basic melody and song down, experiment a little!

Sometimes when playing simple two chord songs we want to add a little spice with some fingerpicking since we don’t have too much going on musically. This is another simple two chord melody that works with a basic uke strum. Hank Williams, who wrote Jambalaya back in 1952 (well he most likely co-wrote it based off an old Cajun melody), may have played it on a guitar, but it sounds great on the ukulele. However, it is always good to know these really simple tunes like Mary had a Little Lamb because you never know when you will have a young audience that will want to hear a familiar tune! Mary Had a Little Lamb can always be jazzed up a little, just like they do on Sesame Street! Ha! It switches back and forth quite simply between C and G without much fuss and is a great beginners song.Īs mentioned before, most songs that only have these two chords of C and G will often be kid’s songs or folk songs. This song dates all the way back to the 1840’s, so while it may be a simple children’s song we have to give it some respect for such staying power. Most two chord songs of the root and fifth are going to be in the folk, gospel, and country genre, but we have a few that fit in the modern rock category! In western music the easiest and best sounding interval is the root and the fifth, that’s why it is so simple to write songs using only the chords C major (root) and G major (fifth). Most new ukulele players immediately learn C major and G major so let’s find some music that can be played with just those two chords. We are going to stick to one of the common keys and in this case the Key of C. That way from the very beginning you have something to show for each step on your ukulele journey! In this article we are going to provide some great examples of songs you can play with a limited number of chords. When we first start playing our ukulele it is common to learn just a couple chords, and usually those first two chords are C and G.

Tplaing tab for ukulele