Tuning your ukulele
You will need your ukulele to be tuned before playing. Here is an online tuner to help with the tuning of the strings. You may need an adult to help with this, as strings that are tightened too far can cause the string to snap and can cause injury.
Chord chart
Before you get strumming, you will need a chord chart. Feel free to print the one below.
Strumming patterns
When you are ready to move on from simple downward strumming on the beat, you can try some of these strumming patterns. Print this free guide:
https://musiprof.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ukulele-Strumming-Patterns.pdf
YouTube plucking playalongs for ukulele
The note A
The note B
The note C
The note E
The note F
The note G
The note C (low)
The note D
C7
Coconut (C7)
C
Uke can play C (C)
Row the boat (C)
Frere Jacques (C)
Ten in the bed (C)
F
Uke can play F (F)
Uke can play C and F (C F)
He’s got the whole world (C F)
Dance the night away (C F)
Hound Dog (C F (tap uke on G7 or rest))
Achy breaky heart (C/C7 F)
Banana boat song (C7 F)
Skip to my Lou (F C7)
Iko Iko (F C7)
Dream baby (C F)
Am
Ho Hey (C Am)
Roar (C Am (6 strums of each. Ignore other chords))
Best day of my life (C F Am)
Good to be alive (C F Am)
Wake me up (Am F C)
Stay with me (Am F C)
I gotta feeling (C F Am)
Thunder (C F Am)
G
Baby shark (G Am (ignore one D))
You are my sunshine (C F G)
Walking on sunshine (C F G)
All right now (C F G)
Shake it off (Am G C)
What's up (G Am C)
I'm yours (C F G Am - up to 2.16)
Me! (C F G Am)
Stitches (Am G F C)
La Bamba (C F G)
Say you won't let go (Am C F G)
Despacito (Am F C G)
This is me (Am G C F)
Girls like you (C G Am F)
Let it be (C G Am F)
Riptide (Am G C F)
Learning to fly (F C Am G)
The greatest (Am C G F)
Hall of fame (Am F C G)
All right now (C F G)
G7
Chicken song (C G7)
Mary had a little lamb (C G7)
He's got the whole world in his hands (C G7)
The lion sleeps tonight (C F G7)
Johnny B. Goode (C F G7)
Surfin’ USA (G7 C F)
Hound Dog (C F G7)
Three little birds (C F G7)
Lava (C F G7 C7)
Polly Wolly Doodle (C G G7) (D-DUD-DU)
Run, run, Rudolf (C F G7)
Mustang Sally (C F G7)
Stand by me (C Am F G7)
Feliz Navidad (C F G7 Am)
Dm
Drunken Sailor (Dm C)
Somebody that I used to know (Dm C (Bb - replace with tap))
Don’t worry be happy (C Dm F C)
Blinding lights (Dm Am C G)
Counting stars (Am C G F Dm)
Someone you loved (C G Am F Dm)
E7
Havana (Am F E7)
True colours (C F G Am E7)
Em
I’ve got a feeling (G C Em)
What about us (Em C G)
Hey there Delilah (C Em Am F G)
Cheap thrills (Em C D G)
Dance monkey (Am F G Em)
D
The middle (D A G)
Sweet home Alabama (D C G F)
We know the way (A D E7)
Firework (G Am Em C D)
Down by the bay (G C D Em)
D7
Ring of fire (G C D7)
I'm yours (C F G Am D7)
Country roads (G Em D C F D7)