Richard G’s Ukulele Songbook!             www.scorpex.net/uke.htm              531 songs listed                Scroll down for more songs

Here are lyrics and chords for a few songs that I like playing.      Click on the links 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

A little information about me and my ukes         I’ve started listing some “secret” chords….chords that don’t seem to be in the books….go here to find them

I built a StewMac Uke Kit - go here for the story                                            I’ve now posted revised Stewmac kit assembly hints after finishing Scorpex 005

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Find out more information about the Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society                                                                         I’ve posted a handy transposing table

Follow changes on the site by visiting the Update Log  Newest songs: 24 Hours From Tulsa, Mr Rock and Roll (F), Ruby Tuesday, In Between Days, God Only Knows (D), Imagine (G), Don't Hurt My Little Sister, This Little Bird, Music To Watch Girls By, Oh Boy, Kiss Me Baby, Wendy, Surf City (G)

 

Across The Universe (C)    Beatles

Across The Universe (F)     Beatles

After Hours   Velvet Underground

After The Goldrush    Neil Young

Ain't No Cure For Love (C) Leonard Cohen

Ain't No Cure For Love (F) 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

Amazing Glow    Pernice Brothers

America    Simon and Garfunkel

A Message To You Rudy Dandy Livingstone

And I Love Her     Beatles

And She Was   Talking Heads

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

Aquarius     Fifth Dimension

Arkansas Grass     Axiom

Armstrong    Reg Lindsay

Asshole    Dennis Leary

As Tears Go By       Marianne Faithfull

A Well Respected Man    Kinks

A Whiter Shade Of Pale  Procol Harum

A World Of Our Own    Seekers

Baby Face     Little Richard

Baby I Love You   Andy Kim

Back Home Again      John Denver

Back In The U.S.S.R.   Beatles

Bad Moon Rising   Creedence Clearwater Revival

Banks of Marble   Pete Seeger

Barbara Ann    Beach Boys

Beach Boy Blues  Elvis Presley

Behind Blue Eyes   The Who

Be True To Your School (A)    Beach Boys

Be True To Your School (Bb)   Beach Boys

Be True To Your School (G)  Beach Boys

Better Be Home Soon    Crowded House

Beware Oh Take Care    Blind Alfred Reed

Big Rock Candy Mountain

Bird On The Wire     Leonard Cohen

Black Is Black   Los Bravos

Blame It On The Bossa Nova  Eydie Gorme

Blinded By The Light   Manfred Mann

Blitzkrieg Bop   Ramones

Blue Bayou     Roy Orbison

Blueberry Hill      Fats Domino

Blue Hawaii   Elvis Presley

Blue Moon

Bobby's Girl      Marcie Blaine

Bonnie and Clyde    Georgie Fame

Born Free   Matt Monro

Brand New Key       Melanie Safka

Brand New Spaces Michael Bernard Fitzgerald

Brazos River

Breakaway    Beach Boys

Bridge Over Troubled Water   Simon and Garfunkel

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

Bye Bye Love   Everly Brothers

By The Time I Get To Phoenix                       Glen Campbell

California Dreaming   Mamas and the Papas

California Girls    Beach Boys

Can't Help Falling In Love   Elvis Presley

Captain Zero      The Mixtures

Carmelita    Warren Zevon

Catch A Wave   Beach Boys

Catch The Wind      Donovan

Cathy's Clown    Everly Brothers

Cat's In The Cradle      Harry Chapin

Celluloid Heroes    Kinks

Changes     David Bowie

Chanson d'Amour  Manhattan Transfer

Chelsea Hotel #2     Leonard Cohen

Chippy Tea    Lancashire Hotpots

Chiquitita      Abba

Choir Girl    Cold Chisel

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

Conquistador    Procol Harum

Country Honk    Rolling Stones

Crazy          Patsy Cline

Crazy Little Thing Called Love  Queen

Creep     Radiohead

Crippled Inside     John Lennon

Crying In The Rain    Everly Brothers

Cupid     Sam Cooke

Dance Me To The End Of Love   Leonard Cohen

Danny Boy

Dark End of the Street     James Carr

Daydream Believer     Monkees

Dead Flowers   Rolling Stones

Dear Prudence    Beatles

Desperado     The Eagles

Different Drum  Stone Poneys

Dirty Old Town     Pogues

Dizzy     Tommy Roe

Dock Of The Bay     Otis Redding

Do It Again     Beach Boys

Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim   Kirsty McColl

Don't Cross The River     America

Don't Dream It's Over     Crowded House

Don't Fence Me In     Roy Rogers

Don't Hurt My Little Sister   Beach Boys

Doo Wah Diddy    Manfred Mann

Don't Worry Baby     Beach Boys

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

Dreams Are Ten A Penny    Kincade

Early In The Morning   Peter Paul and Mary

Egyptian Reggae    Jonathan Richman

Eight Days A Week   Beatles

End Of The Line   Traveling Wilburys

Eve Of Destruction      Barry McGuire

Evil Ways     Santana

 

 

Every Day   Buddy Holly

Everybody's Talking     Harry Nilsson

Fake Plastic Trees       Radiohead

Famous Blue Raincoat    Leonard Cohen

Feeling Good     Nina Simone

Fire and Rain      James Taylor

First We Take Manhattan  Leonard Cohen

Fisherman's Blues      The Waterboys

Five Hundred Miles   Peter Paul and Mary

Flowers On The Wall    Statler Brothers

Fly Me To The Moon

Folsom Prison Blues  Johnny Cash

For No One     Beatles

For What It's Worth   Buffalo Springfield

409    Beach Boys

Frank and Jesse James   Warren Zevon

Free The People     Barbara Keith

Freight Train

From Great Heights    Iron and Wine

Frosty The Snowman

Fun Fun Fun   Beach Boys

Galveston     Glen Campbell

Georgy Girl    Seekers

Get Together    Youngbloods

Ghost Riders in the Sky  Vaughan Monroe

Gimme Gimme Gimme     Abba

Ginger Man       Brian Cadd

Girl From Ipanema

God Only Knows (F)    Beach Boys

God Only Knows (D)    Beach Boys

Golden Brown     The Stranglers

Good Morning Starshine   Oliver

Goodnight Sweetheart (C)   The Spaniels

Goodnight Sweetheart (G)   The Spaniels

Good Riddance (F)      Green Day

Good Riddance (G)     Green Day

Good Vibrations   Beach Boys

Gotta Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul  Patsy Cline

Grey Haired Chord Basher Lyrics Richard G with apologies to Wheatus

Groovin'     Young Rascals

Guantanamera    The Weavers

Gypsy Queen     Country Radio

Hallelujah (C)     Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah (F)     Leonard Cohen

Handle With Care     Travelling Wilburys

Hangin' Five    Delltones

Happy Together   Turtles

Happy Xmas (War Is Over)  John Lennon

Hard Times Come Again No More

Harvest Moon     Neil Young

Have You Ever Seen The Rain  Creedence Clearwater Revival

Hawaii    Beach Boys

He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother  Hollies

Heart of Gold (Am)     Neil Young

Heart Of Gold (Em)     Neil Young

Hello In There     John Prine

Hello Mary Lou   Rick Nelson

Help Me Make It Through The Night   Kris Kristofferson

Help Me Rhonda   Beach Boys

Here Comes Santa Claus

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

Honolulu Rock-a Roll-a    Moon Mullican

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 Did What I Did For Maria   Tony Christie

I Don't Like Mondays    Boomtown Rats

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 Didn't Have A Dime   Gene Pitney

If I Had A Hammer Peter Paul and Mary

I Fought The Law    The Crickets

I Get A Kick Out Of You   Gary Shearston

I Get Around   Beach Boys

I Got A Woman     Ray Charles

I Go To Pieces   Peter and Gordon

I Have A Dream     Abba

I Just Wanna Dance With You    John Prine

I'll Be Back    Beatles

I'll Be Gone    Spectrum

I'll Never Find Another You     Seekers

I'm A Believer     Monkees

Imagine (C)    John Lennon

Imagine (G)   John Lennon

I'm Gonna Be A Wheel   Fats Domino

I'm Into Something Good   Herman's Hermits

I'm Not In Love   10cc

I'm On Fire     Bruce Springsteen

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry   Hank Williams

I'm Straight  Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers

I'm Your Man    Leonard Cohen

I'm Yours (AUAS Version)

I'm Yours (Album Version)  Jason Mraz

I'm Yours (C)     Jason Mraz

I'm Yours (Bb)    Jason Mraz

In Between Days    The Cure

Indian Giver (C)   1910 Fruitgum Company

Indian Giver (G)   1910 Fruitgum Company

Indian Lake      The Cowsills

In My Life     Beatles

In My Room     Beach Boys

In the Pines     Leadbelly

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 Scare Myself   Dan Hicks

I Shot The Sheriff      Bob Marley

Island In The Sun (C)   Harry Belafonte

Island in the Sun (D)   Harry Belafonte

Israelites    Desmond Dekker and the Aces

Is This The Way To Amarillo  Tony Christie

It Ain't Necessarily So

It Came Upon The Midnight Clear

It Doesn't Matter Any More   Buddy Holly

It Must Be Love    Labi Siffre

It's A Heartache [C]  Bonnie Tyler

It's A Heartache [F]  Bonnie Tyler

It's My Life    Animals

It's My Party       Lesley Gore

It's Still Rock and Roll To Me   Billy Joel

I've Just Seen A Face     Beatles

I Wanna Hold Your Hand   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 (Am)   Gloria Gaynor

I Will Survive (Dm)  Gloria Gaynor

 

I Won't Stand In Your Way     Stray Cats

Jackson Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash

Jamaica Farewell    Harry Belafonte

Jealous Guy     John Lennon

Jingle Bell Rock

Joanne    Mike Nesmith

Jolene         Dolly Parton

Kings Of The World    Mississippi

Kiss Me Baby   Beach Boys

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine   The Weavers

Kokomo   Beach Boys

Ku-u-i-po   Elvis Presley

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 (C) Peter Paul and Mary

Leaving On A Jet Plane (G) 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 Deuce Coupe  Beach Boys

Little Queen Of Spades   Robert Johnson

Little Ray Of Sunshine    Axiom

Little Red Riding Hood  Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

Living In A Child's Dream Master's Apprentices

Locomotion     Little Eva

Lola    Kinks

Long Black Veil   Lefty Frizzell

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

Make Me Smile Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel

Mamma Mia (in C)      Abba

Mamma Mia (in F)      Abba

Man of Constant Sorrow   Soggy Bottom Boys

Mary In The Morning    Johnny Cymbal

Mary's Boy Child    Boney M

Maxwell's Silver Hammer    Beatles

Me And Julio    Paul Simon

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

Mendocino  Sir Douglas Quintet

Merry Xmas Everybody    Slade

Miner's Life

Miss America    Mark Lindsay

Modern Love    David Bowie

Moonlight Shadow  Mike Oldfield/Maggie Reilly

Most People I Know (Think That I'm Crazy)  Billy Thorpe

Mother's Little Helper     Rolling Stones

Mr Moonlight    Beatles

Mr Rock and Roll (C)    Amy Macdonald

Mr Rock and Roll (F)     Amy Macdonald

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

Mrs Robinson      Simon and Garfunkel

Mr Tambourine Man    Byrds

Music To Watch Girls By   Andy Williams

Mustang Sally

My Aim Is To Please You  The Executives

My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes

My Favourite Things

My Island Home   Warumpi Band

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

Oh Boy   Diana Trask

O Come Angel Band (A)

O Come Angel Band (C)

Oh Yoko     John Lennon

One Crowded Hour     Augie March

On The Border    Al Stewart

Open Up Your Heart    G.Wayne Thomas

Out On The Weekend    Neil Young

Overload   Sugababes

Pancho and Lefty  Townes Van Zandt

Passionate Kisses    Lucinda Williams

Pearly Shells

Penny Lane      Beatles

People Are Strange     Doors

Perfect Day       Lou Reed

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

Proud Mary  Creedence Clearwater Revival

Puppet On A String   Sandie Shaw

Raining In My Heart    Buddy Holly

Rawhide

Red Red Wine (in F)    UB40

Red Red Wine (in C)    UB40

Reflections Of My Life   Marmalade

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

Sad Dark Eyes   Loved Ones

Sail On Sailor     Beach Boys

San Franciscan Nights     Animals

Santa Baby      Eartha Kitt

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Satellite Of Love   Lou Reed

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

Sister Golden Hair   America

Sloop John B     Beach Boys   

Smoke On The Water    Deep Purple

Snoopy vs The Red Baron  Royal Guardsmen

Solitary Man     Neil Diamond

Somebody's Crying   Chris Isaak

Some Girls     Racey

Something    Beatles

Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind     Vashti Bunyan

 

Something Stupid  Nancy Sinatra

Somewhere      West Side Story

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

Song To Raymondo     Autumn

Sooner Or Later     Jimmy Cliff

Sophisticated Hula

Sorry Suzanne   Hollies

Soul Deep    The Box Tops

Space Oddity     David Bowie

Spicks and Specks     Bee Gees

Stand By Me     Ben E King

Starman        David Bowie

Strange Brew      Cream

Stray Cat Strut    Stray Cats

Sugar Sugar     The Archies

Sukiyaki (whistling version!)  Kyu Sakamoto

Summertime

Summer Wine  Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood

Sunny Afternoon      The Kinks

Sunny Side Of Life    Carter Family

Surf City (A)       Jan and Dean

Surf City (G)       Jan and Dean

Surfer Girl   Beach Boys

Surfin' Safari    Beach Boys

Surfin' USA   Beach Boys

Suzanne Beware Of The Devil  Dandy Livingstone

Sway      Dean Martin

Sweet About Me   Gabriella Cilmi

Take This Waltz   Leonard Cohen

Tar and Cement   Verdelle Smith

Target's Air Conditioner    Baterz

Tears For Two    Dwight Yoakam

Tell Him       The Exciters

Tell Me Ma

Temma Harbour    Mary Hopkin

The Boxer (C)   Simon and Garfunkel

The Boxer (F)   Simon and Garfunkel

The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill    Beatles

The Harder They Come  Jimmy Cliff

The Letter      Box Tops

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance    Gene Pitney

The Man Who Sold The World  David Bowie

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Bobby Vee

Then I Kissed Her   Beach Boys

The Real Thing   Russell Morris

The River (F)   Bruce Springsteen

The River (G)   Bruce Springsteen

These Boots Are Made For Walking [A]  Nancy Sinatra

These Boots Are Made For Walking [D]  Nancy Sinatra

The Rose    Bette Midler

The Singer Not The Song   Rolling Stones

The Tide Is High    Blondie

The Weight       The Band

This Dream Of You    Bob Dylan

This Little Bird    Marianne Faithfull

This Wheel's On Fire     Bob Dylan

Those Were The Days (Am)  Mary Hopkin

Those Were The Days (Bm)  Mary Hopkin

Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray  Patsy Cline

Time of the Season    Zombies

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

Today's Teardrops     Rick Nelson

Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Trouble Some More     The Yearlings

True Love Ways   Buddy Holly

Try A Little Tenderness  Otis Redding

Tumbling Tumbleweeds  Sons of the Pioneers

Turn Up You Radio   Masters Apprentices

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

24 Hours From Tulsa   Gene Pitney

Twice the Lovin'   Jean Shepard

Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad  Meatloaf

Ukulele Baby       James Evan Jones

Ukulele Lady

Under The Boardwalk       The Drifters

Unforgotten Dreams    King Fox

Upside Down    Paloma Faith

Van Diemen’s Land     U2

Venus     Shocking Blue

Walk Away Renee    The Left Banke

Walkin' Down The Line    Bob Dylan

Walking After Midnight   Patsy Cline

Walking On The Moon     Police

Walk Of Life   Dire Straits

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

Wayfaring Stranger (Am)

Way Out West    Dingoes

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place  Animals

Wendy    Beach Boys

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

Who Put The Bomp   Barry Mann

Wichita Lineman     Glen Campbell

Wild World (Bb)    Cat Stevens

Windmills of Your Mind     Noel Harrison

Windy      The Association

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

Working Class Hero   John Lennon

World Without Love      Peter and Gordon

Worried Man Blues

Wouldn't It Be Nice   Beach Boys

Year of the Cat    Al Stewart

Yellow River    Christie

You Ain't Goin’ Nowhere (F)   Bob Dylan

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

You Are My Sunshine

You Belong With Me   Taylor Swift

You Can't Do That     Beatles

You Can't Hurry Love    Supremes

You Don't Own Me   Leslie Gore

You Never Can Tell   Chuck Berry

You Really Got A Hold On Me     Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

You're Beautiful     James Blunt

Your Song   Elton John

You Still Believe In Me   Beach Boys

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away    Beatles

Your Summer Dream   Beach Boys

 

 


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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.