Now this is one of my favorite reggae/Jawaiian songs. It has a bridge! (But that’s not the only reason I like it.) Dial up a little bit of envelope filter and go to town.

The picking is pretty straightforward with only a few hammer-ons to watch for. Playing the second two lines of tab with your index finger plectrum-style or alternating thumb/index is going to be easiest for the fast open notes.

To play the intro just like the record, hit two punches on the first three chords in the progression and then one each for the last two. So it will be like:

C// G// Am// F/ G/

The riffs after each chord go like this:

For C: -3-5-3- on the E string
For G: -2-4-2- on the C string
For Am: -5\- on the G string (low G)

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Of all the songs that my students ask me about (“Do you know how to play…”), Honey Baby by 3 Plus is probably in the top 5. It’s a fun song that anyone can make their own.

Dominator did a great ‘ukulele tab for this song a while back, but didn’t include the words. I figured I would make a more jam session friendly version. If you want to know all the fills and solos, check out Dom’s tab.

Dominator’s Honey Baby tab

The chords repeat throughout the whole song with a DXUUD strum: A C#m7 Bm7 E7.

• Honey Baby song sheet

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Most of the time teaching requires sheet music. I’ve found over the years that the more straightforward your ‘ukulele sheets can be, the better.

Here are two songs that have been on the site for years. I recently cleaned them up and made them more acurate.

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For the longest time I couldn’t figure out what this song was called. I would hear it on the radio and want to learn it, but the DJ never said its name. Finally I discovered the title of this beautiful song. Fallen is by Pana’ewa, one of the few local bands to  feature the ‘ukulele prominently. As beautiful as the playing is, I’m not sure who laid the track. (Finding info on Hawaiian bands is next to impossible!) Regardless, the picking part that repeats throughout Fallen makes makes the song tick.

Four chords = beautiful song. People complain about Jawaiian, but done well it’s hard to beat.

• Fallen by Pana’ewa song sheet