I’m listing here some ukulele play along songs at youtube that I found working for me. Naturally this is very much about personal preference, but hopefully you find some of these working for you too 🙂
- Note: In some links, the play along is at the end of tutorial
- Note: with some songs, several play alongs are include to show the variations (different strumming or chords used)
- Note: finger picking technique is not included in this list, even though it fits nicely for some of these songs
- Note: I play E7 instead of E, for me E7 is much easier
| Song | Chords | Strumming notes |
| A Little Respect | DDU UDU (too fast for beginner) | |
| Against All Odds | Dm, G, Am, Bm, C, F, Em, G7, | DDU UDU |
| All my loving | Dm G7 C Am F Bb | DDDUDU or DDU UDU |
| All of Me | Em C G D Am | D DU |
| All Of Me | Em C G D | DDD + DDU UDU |
| All of me | Dm C G Am F | DDD + DDU UDU |
| All of me | C Am F G | D + DDU UDU |
| All of me | Em C G D Am | DDD + DDU UDU |
| Believe | "C G Dm F" C Em F G | DDU UDU (actually needs chords visible, as not well in video) |
| Blowing in the wind | C F G | DDU UDU |
| Boulevard Of Broken Dreams | Em G D A B7 C | D DDU (too fast for beginner) |
| Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Em G D A | (note, quite heavy for fingers) |
| Breakfast at Tiffany’s | D G A | DDU UD – DD – DD chorus also:D D – DD – DD D G A D G A |
| Breakfast At Tiffany’s | D G A | DDU UDU and (DD UUDU) |
| Brown Eyed Girl | G C D D7 Em | DDU UDU |
| Can You Feel the Love Tonight | G D Em C Am | D DU and DDU UDU |
| Can You Feel the Love Tonight | C G F Am Dm Bb | D DU and D (takes some time to know the places for D) |
| Can’t Help Falling in Love | C Em Am F G | D DU |
| Can’t Help Falling In Love | C F G G7 A7 Am Dm Em B7 | D DUDU |
| Can’t Help Falling In Love | C G Em Am F A7 Dm | D (down strums only) |
| Can’t Take My Eyes Off You | DDU UDU | |
| Can’t Take My Eyes Off You | DDU UDU | |
| Castle on the Hill | C Em F Am G | DDU UDU |
| Chasing Cars | ||
| Chasing Cars | D DUDUDU | |
| Chasing Cars | in G | DDU UDU |
| Close to You | C B7 Bm Em G D | DDU UDU |
| Come On Eileen | DDU UDU | |
| Corazón Espinado | D DU | |
| Corazón Espinado | DDU UDU | |
| Counting Stars | Am C G F Dm | D + DDU UDU |
| Counting Stars | DDU UDU | |
| Count On Me | DDU | |
| Count On Me | D D DUDU or D DU U DU | |
| Crazy Little Thing Called Love | DUDU UDU | |
| Crocodile Rock | DDU UDU | |
| Crocodile Rock | Am F G D7 G7 C A7 | D xU UxU + DUxU UxU |
| Dance Monkey | D DU | |
| Dancing in the Moonlight | DDU UDU | |
| Despacito | AmF C G | D UDU ? |
| Dive | C Am F G | D DUDU D DUDU and |
| Don’t Worry, Be Happy | DDU DDU | |
| Down Under | C G Am F
G D DU – D DU – D DU – DU – DU |
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| Dreams | F G | DDU UDU |
| Estoy aqui | D + DDU UD | |
| Eternal Flame | G Em C D B7 Bm | D DUDU (fingerpicking better) |
| Eye of the Tiger | Am G F Dm Em | DDU UDU and |
| Feliz Navidad | F G7 C | DDU UDU |
| Final Countdown | DDU UDU | |
| Firework | G Am Em C | DDU UDU |
| Firework | ||
| Five hundred miles | C Am Dm F | DDU UDU |
| Folsom Prison Blues | DU | |
| Fly Me to the Moon | Am Dm G C F E | DDU UDU |
| Forever Young | C G Am F Dm | D DDU |
| Forever Young | D DDU and D | |
| Forever Young | DDU UDU | |
| Forever Young | DDU UDU | |
| Hallelujah | Am F C G | DDU |
| Hallelujah | Am F C G E7 | DDU |
| Hallelujah | Am C Em F G | D UD |
| Hallelujah | D UU (thumb + fingers) | |
| Happier | Am F C G | DDU |
| Happier | (DDU UDU for CC) | |
| Havana | DD DUDU U DUDUDU or DUTU DUTU UTUDUTU (T=tap) or D DU DUD UUD UDU Am F E7 or D UU XUU XUUX |
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| Have You Ever Seen the Rain | Am F C G F | DDU UDU |
| Have You Ever Seen the Rain | C G F Am | DDU UDU |
| Heart of Gold | DDU UDU | |
| Heart of Gold | G C D Em | special intro + D DU |
| Heaven | C Am G Dm | DDU UDU |
| Here Comes the Sun | DDU UDU | |
| Hey Soul Sister | C G Am F | D DU |
| Hey, Soul Sister | DDU UDU | |
| Holding Back The Years | G Dm | DDU UDU |
| Horse With No Name | Em D D DUDUDU DUDU UDU |
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| How Would You Feel | G Bm C | DDU UDU |
| I Can See Clearly Now | D G C | DDU UDU |
| I’m a Believer | G D C F | DDU UDU and DD UUDU |
| I’m A Believer | DDU UDU and DD | |
| I’m Yours | C G Am F | DDU UDU |
| I’m Yours | G D Em C A | DDU |
| I’m Yours | C G Am F D7 | DDU UDU |
| I’m Yours | C G Am F | DDU UDU |
| I’m Yours | C F G Am D7 | DDU UDU |
| If I Could Turn Back Time | E A D Bm | D + DDU UDU |
| It Must Have Been Love | DDU UD DUDU | |
| Killing me softly | D XD | |
| Killing Me Softly | Em Am D7 G A C F E7 B7 | D XD |
| Killing Me Softly | DUX UDUX | |
| Killing Me Softly | DDU UDU | |
| Last Christmas | C Am Dm G | DDU UDU |
| Last Christmas | C Am Dm G7 | DDU UDU |
| Lean On Me | D DUDUDU ? | |
| Lean on Me | ||
| Lean On Me | D DDU UD DUDU or DDU UDU |
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| Learning To Fly | F C Am G | DD UUDU 2 chords in same strum pattern |
| Leaving on a Jet Plane | C G D | DDU UDU |
| Lemon Tree | C G Am Em F Dm | DDU UDU |
| Let her go | C D Em G Bm | DDU UDU or D DU |
| Let her go | C G Em D Bm | DDU UDU |
| Let Her Go | DD DUDU ? | |
| Let Her Go | Em7 C D G | DDU UDU |
| Let it Be | C G Am F | D DDU |
| Livin On A Prayer | DDU UDU | |
| Losing My Religion | Am C D Dm Em F G | DDU UDU |
| Losing My Religion | D DUD DU UD DUDU | |
| Losing My Religion | F Dm G Am | DDDD or DDDUDU or DDUUDU |
| Love is All Around | C G Am D | D DU |
| Love Me Do | G C D | DDU UDU |
| Love me do | G C D | DDU UDU |
| Love me do | G7 C D F | D DU UD or D XU UX |
| Love Story | C G Am F | DDU UDU |
| Love Story | ||
| More Than Words | DDU UDU | |
| My Heart Will Go On | ||
| Never Gonna Give You Up | F G Em Am | DDU UDU 2 chords in same strum pattern |
| Nights In White Satin | DDUDU DDUDU | |
| No woman no cry | DDU UDU | |
| Nobre Vagabundo | DDU UDU | |
| Nothing Else Matters | D DUDU D DUDU | |
| Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You | G D Em C Am | D DDU |
| Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You | F C Dm Am G E7 | |
| Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You | G D Em C Am B | D DDU |
| Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You | C F G E7 Am D | D DDU |
| One | Am D F G | DDU UDU |
| One Shoe Blues | ||
| Perfect | G Em C D | D DU |
| Perfect | ||
| Photograph | C Am F | DDU UDU |
| Piano Man | C G Am F D Em | D DUDU |
| Proud Mary | DDU UDU | |
| Proud Mary | DUxU | |
| Put your head on my shoulder | Em Am D G Em | D DU works |
| Red Red Wine | C F Dm G | D DU |
| Rewrite the stars | DDU UDU | |
| Rewrite the Stars | Gm Eb Bb F D | DDD + D UDD UDDD |
| Rewrite the Stars | D Em C G Am | DDU UDU |
| Riptide | Am F G | DD UDU |
| Riptide | Am G C | D DU |
| Riptide | Am G C | DD UDU |
| Riptide | Am G C | DD UDU |
| Rockin All Over The World | DDU UDU | |
| Set Fire To The Rain | DM F C Gm Bb | DDU UDU |
| Set Fire to the Rain | Am C G F | D + DDU UDU |
| Shape of You | DDU UDU | |
| Shape Of You | DDD + DDU UDU | |
| Snowman | DDU or DDU UDU | |
| Someone Like You | G D Em C | DDU UDU |
| Someone Like You | C G Am F | |
| Someone You Loved | C G Am F | DU DU DU and DDU UDU |
| Someone You Loved | DDU UDU | |
| Someone You Loved | DDU UDU | |
| Somewhere Over The Rainbow | C F G Am Em E7 | DDU UDU |
| Sound of Silence | Am G F C | DDU UDU |
| Stand By Me | C Am F G | DDU UDU |
| Stand by me | C Am F G7 | DDU UDU |
| Stand By Me | C Am F G | DXU UXU |
| Stand By Me | C Am F G7 | DDU UDU |
| Stand By Me | C Am F G7 | DDU UDU |
| Stand By Me | ||
| Stand By Me | C Am F G | |
| Stand By Me | DXU UXU | |
| Summer Of ’69 | D DUDUDU or DDU UDU | |
| Supermarket Flowers | G Bm C (C Em F is easier) |
D DU (CC as DDU UDU) |
| Super Trouper | D DUDUDU | |
| Sway | DDU UDU | |
| Swet Home Chicago | C F G7 | DUDUDUDU |
| Take It Easy | DDU UDU | |
| Take on me | Am D G C Em | DDU UDU |
| Take On Me | Am D G C Em7 | DDU UDU |
| The Scientist | ||
| The Scientist | DDU UDU | |
| The Sound of Silence | Am G F C | D and DDU UDU |
| Time After Time | F G Em F C | DD UUDU 2 chords in same strum pattern |
| Titanium | C G Am Em F | DDU UDU |
| True Colors | Am G C F | D DU |
| True Colors | Am G C Em F Dm | DDU UDU |
| Viva La Vida | C D G Em | DDU UDU |
| Viva La Vida | ||
| Viva La Vida | ||
| Wake Me Up | Am F C G | DDU + D D |
| Wake Me Up | DD UDU | |
| Wake Me Up | DD UDU + DDU | |
| Walking On Sunshine | DDU or DDU UDU, very fast song | |
| We’ll meet again | E E7 Am7 A7 D7 G7 C F | DDU UDU works |
| We’ll Meet Again | DDU or DDU UDU | |
| What A Wonderful World | C G Am F | D |
| Wherever You Will Go | C G Am (F C) | DDU UDU |
| Wicked Game | Am G D | DDU UDU |
| Wicked Game | ||
| Wild World | Am D G C F E Dm | DDU UDU |
| Wind Of Change | F Dm C Dm Am G | DDU UDU or D DDUUD DUDU |
| With Or Without You | C G Am F | DDU UDU |
| Wonderful Tonight | G D C Em | DDU UDU |
| Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) | C Am F G | DDU UDU |
| Wonderwall | Em G D A | DDU UDU |
| Wonderwall | Am F C G | DDU UDU + D |
| You Are My Sunshine | C F G | DDU UDU |
| You Are My Sunshine | F C G7 | DDU |
| You Are My Sunshine | D DU UDU | |
| Your Song | G Am Dm F Am7 D7 F | DDU UDU |
| Your Song | C F G Em Am D | DDU UDU |