Richard G’s Ukulele Songbook!                       www.scorpex.net/uke.htm               331 songs listed              Scroll down for more songs

Here are lyrics and chords for a few songs that I like playing.     Click on the links below to bring up a PDF file to save or print.    All sheets have uke chord charts.

I hope you find something here that keeps you amused!       Come back and visit as I am adding songs all the time.        Email comments to ukulele@scorpex.net

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Across The Universe        Beatles

After Hours   Velvet Underground

Ain't No Cure For Love     Leonard Cohen

Ain't No Sunshine      Bill Withers

A Kind Of Hush   Herman's Hermits

Algorithm March    Pythagoras Switch

All I Want For Christmas Is You   Mariah Carey

All My Loving      Beatles

Alma Mater      Alice Cooper

A Message To You Rudy Dandy Livingstone

And I Love Her     Beatles

Angel Of The Morning   Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts

Angie     Rolling Stones

Anna (Go To Him)      Beatles

Another Brick in the Wall   Pink Floyd

Another Day     Paul McCartney

Arkansas Grass     Axiom

Asshole    Dennis Leary

As Tears Go By       Marianne Faithfull

A Well Respected Man    Kinks

Back Home Again      John Denver

Bad Moon Rising   Creedence Clearwater Revival

Banks of Marble   Pete Seeger

Better Be Home Soon    Crowded House

Beware Oh Take Care    Blind Alfred Reed

Bird On The Wire     Leonard Cohen

Big Rock Candy Mountain

Blame It On The Bossa Nova  Eydie Gorme

Blinded By The Light   Manfred Mann

Blue Bayou     Roy Orbison

Blueberry Hill      Fats Domino

Blue Moon

Bobby's Girl      Marcie Blaine

Bonnie and Clyde    Georgie Fame

Born Free   Matt Monro

Brand New Key       Melanie Safka

Brazos River

Breakaway    Beach Boys

Bring It On Home To Me    Sam Cooke

Brother Can You Spare A Dime

Brown Eyed Girl    Van Morrison

Buenas Tardes Amigo       Ween

Bus Stop     Hollies

By The Time I Get To Phoenix                       Glen Campbell

California Dreaming   Mamas and the Papas

Can't Help Falling In Love   Elvis Presley

Catch The Wind      Donovan

Cat's In The Cradle      Harry Chapin

Celluloid Heroes    Kinks

Changes     David Bowie

Chelsea Hotel #2     Leonard Cohen

Chippy Tea    Lancashire Hotpots

Chiquitita      Abba

Coin Operated Boy    Dresden Dolls

Come Away Melinda     Fred Hellerman

Come Back Again (in A)    Daddy Cool

Come Back Again (in F)    Daddy Cool

Comes A Time     Neil Young

Crazy          Patsy Cline

Crazy Little Thing Called Love  Queen

Crippled Inside     John Lennon

Dance Me To The End Of Love   Leonard Cohen

Dark End of the Street     James Carr

Danny Boy

Daydream Believer     Monkees

Desperado     The Eagles

Different Drum  Stone Poneys

Dirty Old Town     Pogues

Dizzy     Tommy Roe

Dock Of The Bay     Otis Redding

Don't Dream It's Over     Crowded House

Don't Fence Me In     Roy Rogers

Down To My Last Cigarette   Billy Walker

Dreadlock Holiday    10CC

Dream A Little Dream Of Me

Dream Baby     Roy Orbison

Dreaming My Dreams With You (G)    Waylon Jennings

Dreaming My Dreams With You (F)    Waylon Jennings

Egyptian Reggae    Jonathon Richman

Eight Days A Week   Beatles

End Of The Line   Traveling Wilburys

Eve Of Destruction      Barry McGuire

 

Evil Ways     Santana

Everybody's Talking     Harry Nilsson

Fake Plastic Trees       Radiohead

Famous Blue Raincoat    Leonard Cohen

Fire and Rain      James Taylor

First We Take Manhattan  Leonard Cohen

Fisherman's Blues      The Waterboys

Five Hundred Miles   Peter Paul and Mary

Fly Me To The Moon

For No One     Beatles

For What It's Worth   Buffalo Springfield

Freight Train

Galveston     Glen Campbell

Gimme Gimme Gimme     Abba

Ghost Riders in the Sky  Vaughan Monroe

Ginger Man       Brian Cadd

Girl From Ipanema

God Only Knows      Beach Boys

Golden Brown     The Stranglers

Goodnight Sweetheart    The Spaniels

Good Riddance (F)      Green Day

Good Riddance (G)     Green Day

Gotta Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul  Patsy Cline

Guantanamera    The Weavers

Gypsy Queen     Country Radio

Hallelujah (C)     Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah (F)     Leonard Cohen

Handle With Care     Travelling Wilburys

Happy Together   Turtles

Hard Times Come Again No More

Harvest Moon     Neil Young

Have You Ever Seen The Rain  Creedence Clearwater Revival

Heart of Gold (Am)     Neil Young

Heart Of Gold (Em)     Neil Young

Hello In There     John Prine

Help Me Make It Through The Night   Kris Kristofferson

Hey Jude     Beatles

Hide In Your Shell    Supertramp

Hold Me Tight (C)       Johnny Nash

Hold Me Tight (F)       Johnny Nash

Hold That Critter Down     Roy Rogers

Hooked On A Feeling   BJ Thomas

House Of The Rising Sun

How Can I Tell You     Cat Stevens

Hungry Eyes     Eric Carmen

I Can See Clearly Now       Johnny Nash

I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire Ink Spots

I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag   Country Joe and the Fish

If I Had A Hammer Peter Paul and Mary

I Get A Kick Out Of You   Gary Shearston

I Got A Woman     Ray Charles

I Have A Dream     Abba

I'll Never Find Another You     Seekers

I'm Into Something Good   Herman's Hermits

I'm Your Man    Leonard Cohen

I'm Yours (C)     Jason Mraz

I'm Yours (Bb)    Jason Mraz

I'm On Fire     Bruce Springsteen

Imagine    John Lennon

Indian Giver (G)   1910 Fruitgum Company

Indian Giver (C)   1910 Fruitgum Company

Indian Lake      The Cowsills

In My Room     Beach Boys

In My Life     Beatles

Into My Arms    Nick Cave

I Only Want To Be With You (in C)   Dusty Springfield

I Only Want To Be With You (in G)  Dusty Springfield

I Shot The Sheriff      Bob Marley

It Ain't Necessarily So

In the Pines     Leadbelly

It Doesn't Matter Any More   Buddy Holly

It's My Party       Lesley Gore

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me   Billy Joel

I've Just Seen A Face     Beatles

I Want To Be Alone     Vashti Bunyan

I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water

I Will Follow You Into The Dark                    Death Cab For Cutie

I Will Survive     Gloria Gaynor

I Won't Stand In Your Way     Stray Cats

 

Jealous Guy     John Lennon

Jingle Bell Rock

Jolene         Dolly Parton

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine   The Weavers

Land Down Under     Men At Work

Last Kiss  J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers

Layla (Acoustic Version)     Eric Clapton

Leah         Roy Orbison

Leaving On A Jet Plane Peter Paul and Mary

Legend Of Xanadu      Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich

Let The Sunshine In     Hair

Letter From America      Proclaimers

Life On Mars    David Bowie

Light My Fire     Jose Feliciano

Limbo Rock     Chubby Checker

Little Bombardier     David Bowie

Little Queen Of Spades   Robert Johnson

Little Red Riding Hood  Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

Living In A Child's Dream Master's Apprentices

Locomotion     Little Eva

Lola    Kinks

Losing My Religion      REM

Love Hurts      Everly Brothers

Love Of My Life    Queen

Love Potion #9     The Clovers

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds   Beatles

Mamma Mia (in C)      Abba

Mamma Mia (in F)      Abba

Man of Constant Sorrow   Soggy Bottom Boys

Mary In The Morning    Johnny Cymbal

Mecca     Gene Pitney

Mele Kalikimaka (in C)    Bing Crosby

Mele Kalikimaka (in F)    Bing Crosby

Mellow Yellow      Donovan

Melting Pot     Blue Mink

Memories Are Made Of This    Dean Martin

Miner's Life

Modern Love    David Bowie

Moonlight Shadow  Mike Oldfield/Maggie Reilly

Mother's Little Helper     Rolling Stones

Mr Tambourine Man    Byrds

Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter Herman's Hermits

Mrs Robinson      Simon and Garfunkel

Mustang Sally

My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes

My Favourite Things

My Last Cigarette    Sheila Hancock

My Ramblin' Boy

Name of the Game           Abba

Nashville Cats     Lovin' Spoonful

Never Tear Us Apart    INXS

New York Mining Disaster 1941    Bee Gees

Nights In White Satin (Em)    Moody Blues

Nights In White Satin (Am)    Moody Blues

Not Responsible    Helen Shapiro

Nowhere Man    Beatles

O Come Angel Band (A)

O Come Angel Band (C)

Oh Yoko     John Lennon

One Crowded Hour     Augie March

Open Up Your Heart    G.Wayne Thomas

Out On The Weekend    Neil Young

People Are Strange     Doors

Perfect Day       Lou Reed

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

Proud Mary  Creedence Clearwater Revival

Puppet On A String   Sandie Shaw

Rawhide

Red Red Wine (in F)    UB40

Red Red Wine (in C)    UB40

Reuben James    Kenny Rogers

Ring Of Fire    Johnny Cash

Road To The Isles

Rockin' Robin (F)      Bobby Day

Rockin' Robin (G)     Bobby Day

Rock Me To Sleep In My Saddle  Roy Rogers

Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town   Kenny Rogers

Run To Me     Bee Gees

Sail On Sailor     Beach Boys

San Franciscan Nights     Animals

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Science Fiction/Double Feature   Rocky Horror

Seasons of Change      Blackfeather

Sentimental Friend (in C)    Herman's Hermits

Sentimental Friend (in G)    Herman's Hermits

She's Not There     The Zombies

 

 

 

Silver Bells   Bing Crosby and Carol Richards

Silver Threads and Golden Needles    Springfields

Singing The Blues     Guy Mitchell

Sloop John B     Beach Boys   

Song To Raymondo     Autumn

Solitary Man     Neil Diamond

Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World  Israel Kamakawiwo`ole

Sooner Or Later     Jimmy Cliff

Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind     Vashti Bunyan

Something Stupid    Nancy Sinatra

Somewhere         West Side Story

Sophisticated Hula

Soul Deep    The Box Tops

Space Oddity     David Bowie

Starman        David Bowie

Strange Brew      Cream

Stray Cat Strut    Stray Cats

Sugar Sugar     The Archies

Sukiyaki (whistling version!)  Kyu Sakamoto

Summertime

Sunny Afternoon      The Kinks

Surf City       Jan and Dean

Suzanne Beware Of The Devil  Dandy Livingstone

Sway      Dean Martin

Take This Waltz     Leonard Cohen

Tell Him       The Exciters

Temma Harbour    Mary Hopkin

The Boxer (in C)   Simon and Garfunkel

The Boxer (in F)   Simon and Garfunkel

The Letter      Box Tops

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance    Gene Pitney

The Man Who Sold The World  David Bowie

The River (G)    Bruce Springsteen

The River (F)   Bruce Springsteen

These Boots Were Made For Walking                Nancy Sinatra

The Rose    Bette Midler

The Weight       The Band

This Wheel's On Fire     Bob Dylan

Those Were The Days   Mary Hopkin

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

Today's Teardrops     Rick Nelson

Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Trouble Some More     The Yearlings

True Love Ways   Buddy Holly

Tumbling Tumbleweeds  Sons of the Pioneers

12.30 (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)  Mamas and the Papas

Ukulele Baby       James Evan Jones

Ukulele Lady

Under The Boardwalk       The Drifters

Unforgotten Dreams    King Fox

Van Diemen’s Land     U2

Venus     Shocking Blue

Walk Away Renee    The Left Banke

Walkin' Down The Line    Bob Dylan

Walking On The Moon     Police

Walk On By     Dionne Warwick

Warmth Of The Sun     Beach Boys

Wasn't Born To Follow    Byrds

Wayfaring Stranger   Emmylou Harris

Wayfaring Stranger   Alternative Arrangement

Way Out West    Dingoes

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place  Animals

What a Day for a Daydream    Lovin' Spoonful

When A Man Loves A Woman   Percy Sledge

When You Walk In The Room     Searchers

White Rabbit    Jefferson Airplane

Wichita Lineman     Glen Campbell

Wild World (Bb)    Cat Stevens

Windmills of Your Mind     Noel Harrison

Winter In America (Am7)   Doug Ashdown

Winter In America (Dm7)   Doug Ashdown

Wishing And Hoping    Dusty Springfield

Wish You Were Here     Pink Floyd

Without You     Harry Nilsson

World Without Love      Peter and Gordon

You Ain't Going Nowhere (F)   Bob Dylan

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (G)   Bob Dylan

You Can't Do That     Beatles

You're Beautiful     James Blunt

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away    Beatles

 


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These files are the author's own work and represent his interpretation of these songs.  They are intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.