the52blues
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Anyone here working up some Christmas tunes on their ukes?
I've noticed that in general alot of Christmas songs are kind of hard to learn. Not alot of 1-4-5's
I've been learning the chords for Jingle Bell Rock, Winter Wonderland, Sleigh Ride and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. Oddly enough, the version of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas I've been learning uses the same chord progression (G - Em - Am - D7) found in Always Look On The Bright Side of Life from Monty Python's Life of Brian and Spamalot.
Me too 52blues...got a few actually:
"The Rebel Jesus" by Jackson Browne
"Sittin On The Ice in the IceRink" by George Formby
"Shaving Cream" a trad. novelty song for which I've re-written the lyrics Christmas style
"Jesus Was A Capricorn" by Kris Kristofferson
"Nothin But A Child" by Steve Earle, and
"Bare Necessities" as an anti-materialism song vs. the West's general treatment of Christmas
I also run a little choir and we are working on a number of the great old Carols and faves like "Rudolph", "Jingle Bells", "Santa Claus is Coming..."
Yep, the two songs I'm doing now are Seeso's version of "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" and "Christmas Time Is Here" (the Charlie Brown Christmas song).
Chestnuts: http://ukuleleunderground.com/forum...Roasting-On-an-Open-Fire)&highlight=christmas
Charlie Brown: http://travellifeisshort.com/ChristmasTimeIsHere.pdf (I can't remember where I downloaded this but if anyone is upset about a potential copyright violation please just let me know and I will take it down)
hey Mark
any chance you could post the link to your version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"?...
I have a work colleague who wants me to accompany her singing it for our Carols night, but can't find a good version.
Sorry. What tabs? I only saw vids
The version I have comes through Ukulele Mike's tutorial on YouTube:
On the YouTube page for this tutorial, there's this link to a downloadable pdf at mediafire.com: http://www.mediafire.com/?zyumyedcnt8ulmr
There are also several versions at chordie.com. http://chordie.com/browsesong.php/h.php?start=1192&end=1587&filter=