Tabs
‘Ukulele tabs in PDF/Powertab format for free! Here you will find all of Live ‘Ukulele’s unique ‘ukulele tabs for Hawaiian and mainstream songs and also links to many others that are scattered around the web.
‘Ukulele Tabs for Mainstream Songs:
Amazing Grace – Traditional
America the Beautiful by Samuel Ward*
Angels We Have Heard on High by John King*
Ave Maria - Traditional
Better Together by Jack Johnson
Bigs & Littles by James Hill*
Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen by Carlos Santana
Breakdown by Jack Johnson*
Bugler’s Dream (Olympic Fanfare)
Cavatina – (low G version) – tabbed by Glenn Reither
China Grove by The Doobie Brothers (low G)
Classical Gas – Low G (First Two Sections) by Mason Williams*
Csardas by Brittni Paiva
Desperado by the Eagles*
Eucalipstick by James Hill*
Europa by Herb Ohta Jr.*
Every Breath You Take by the Police*
Gently Weeps – Jake Shimabukuro****
Going to California – Led Zeppelin*
Happy Birthday – Traditional
Heaven by the Los Lonely Boys
Here Comes the Sun by Jennifer Perri
I’m yours by Jason Mraz
I Only Have Eyes for You – low G by Ron Hetteen*
If I Had Eyes by Jack Johnson
Imagine by John Lennon*
Love of my Life by Carlos Santana
Message in a Bottle by the Police
Oye Como Va by Carlos Santana
Samba Pa Ti by Carlos Santana
Sir Duke as played by Herb Ohta Jr.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Arr. by Glenn Reither
Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Brittni Paiva*
Song for Cheri by James Hill*
Song of Storms from the Legend of Zelda video games
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin (low G)
Star Wars: Main Theme and Vader’s March by John Williams
The Star Spangled Banner – Low G by Francis Scott Key*
Super Mario Bros. by Koji Kondo (all parts)
Sweet Home Alabama as recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd*
Tico Tico by Herb Ohta Jr. (low G)
Victory by Eric Johnson
‘Ukulele Tabs for Hawaiian Songs:
Ain’t No Way by Malino
Bandito Tyler by Aldrine Guerrero*
Country Road by Paula Fuga and Jack Johnson
Crazy G based on Jake’s live version*
Glass Ball Slack Key (Turkey in the Straw) by Herb Ohta Jr./Brittni Paiva
Guava Jam by The Ka’au Crater Boys*
Happy ‘Ukulele by Pure Heart*
Hawai’i by Ohta-San (submitted by Glenn Reither)
Hawai’i 78 (Intro) as performed by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole*
Ho’onani I Ka Makua Mau (The Doxology) – Traditional
How Can I Get Over by Pure Heart*
Ka `Ukulele Lele by Bryan Tolentino*
Kiss You in the Morning by Kalaeloa
Ku’u Hoa as performed by Robi Kahakalau*
Ledward Kaapana Slack Key ‘Ukulele Tribute Medley – MIDI File
Little Rock Getaway by Bryan Tolentino*
Lovely Hula Hands by Troy Fernandez
Memories of You by Herb Ohta Jr.†
On Fire by the Ka’au Crater Boys***
Pahala We Go by Herb Ohta Jr. and Daniel Ho
Palolo – Ukulele Solo by David Kamakahi*
Sand Castles by Herb Ohta Jr.†
Sophisticated Hula by Sol K. Bright*
TNC by Troy Fernandez*
Together by Herb Ohta Jr.
Touch – Jake Shimabukuro****
Uke Talk by James Hill*
‘Ukulele Boogie by Brittni Paiva
White Sandy Beach – Intro – Low G as performed by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole*
Other Tab-Related Stuff:
- How to figure out songs for yourself
- Blank ‘Ukulele Tab Sheet (for tabbing out your own songs)
- How to Read tab
- How to Use Powertab
- Powertab Legend
- Scales
‘Ukulele Tab Books:
While there is a huge shortage of ‘ukulele tab books, I will not be making any tabs that have already been done as an official transcription. At the moment this includes only:
In an interview with Jake Shimabukuro I asked about an official tab book and he said that it is in the works!
Credits:
While I wish I was as productive at making tabs as it looks from this page, alas I am not. Many of the tabs included here are links to other people’s awesome work.
* – ‘Ukulele Tabs transcribed by Dominator – The King of Tabs!
*** – ‘Ukulele Tabs from Tropical Storm Hawaii
**** – ‘Ukulele Tabs transcribed by Edmund Whitehead
† – ‘Ukulele Tabs courtesy of Herb Ohta Jr. – Thanks Uncle!
Most of my ‘ukulele tabs were made with Powertab editor 1.7. and then converted to PDF. (If for some reason you would like the Powertab file for one of my ‘ukulele tabs – the ones without the “*” – please let me know and I will send it to you.) Download Powertab here. All others were created in Word using font: Courier New.
As with anything in life, the standard notation in these ‘ukulele tabs is not perfect. It’s hard to make a computer sound like a person using a MIDI file. But I try my hardest to get the note durations close. As my transcribing skills get better so will my ‘ukulele tabs.
Please note: I have tried my best to contact the artists and/or copyright holders of all the songs tabbed by Live ‘Ukulele. If you are an artist or copyright holder and would like your tab removed please let us know and we will take it down.
Want to find ‘ukulele tabs for your favorite songs? E-mail me at: liveukulele[at]gmail.com with the song title and artist. I’ll try my best to find or figure out the tab and post it here.
If you have ‘ukulele tabs to share – please let me know! I will check it out, and if it’s new, post it, giving you credit.
Hi Live Ukulele.com,
Thank you for taking the time to feature your free tabs. Looks like hard work.
I know I won’t understand all the musical stuff above the tabs.
After awhile, they begin to look like erect bean sprouts, some alone and some with pals hanging together, not to mention the squiggly worms every now and again. The big looking ‘S’ at the beginning must stand for Super.
I have an Ohana tenor Ukulele. I am at the point where I can barely spell Ukulele, without looking. Perhaps, someday I could make folks IZ, Herb Ota-Jr, Jake Shimabukuro, Brittany, and Live Ukulele.com, proud that I can sound fairly good using your tabs and without much musical background. At best, I will be able to entertain myself by playing the music I love.
Thank you, Warmest and Best Regards,
Lloyd
Hello Live Ukulele,
You truly are wonderful people. I am in Ireland where Ukes are only becoming popular so there ‘s not much in the line of tuition or help for a lonely Uke learner like myself. You really help greatly. I got the tabs for Brittni’s ‘Glass ball slack key’, but they seen to be different from the album or the live performance. The difference is around the 6th line on the tabs sheet where the line begins with a bar chord on the 7th fret, In her performance she starts this line on the 1st or 2nd fret,(hope I’m making sense!) or else I am reading it wrong. Anything that you can advise on would be much appreciated.
PS. I just received delivery of a Moore Bettah Tenor uke. It really is something special with a beautiful sound. Highly recommended!!
The very best to you all.
Kieran
thankyou great tabs
Wow,
You guys realy got some awsome tabs on here. I like the fact that you have Hawaiian songs along with more mainstream songs; so there’s kind of something for everyone. It’s also cool that you guys have the star wars theme, I think thats great.
Keep up the good work!
Bassmaster
Herb Ohta Jr’s Europa is nice but I just can’t seem to get Brittni Paiva’s beautiful solo arrangement out of my mind – just have to find a way to play it. She hasn’t published any tab arrangements yet, so wondering if anyone else out there has tried to work it out. Hours I’ve spend studying her video has met with only partial success.
I would ask Dominator about that, he does a lot of alternate tab versions.
Keep in mind that Brittni has done her own thing with that song. Try doing a Herb Tanimoto version!
Check out these videos, same song different interpretation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq2Ta-8Zrnc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgAc4B7zHos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP1kI0RlHv4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygFOq0khWY
and the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weoGpyvIqP8
Thanks for the song but I can’t get the While my Guitar gently weeps printed out.
Thanks Jake Shimabukuro.
That tab is the only one that I link to that is a Powertab file (for some reason Mr. Whitehead’s PDF file will not open). You will need to download Powertab to open it. You can download it at:
http://www.power-tab.net/guitar.php#d5
~Hippie Guy
Where do you get the music for Gently weeps Jake Shimabukuro?
We have our own version that Slack Key Kid made. We don’t dare put it on the site because Sony would be all over us, but it is there for anybody who asks…
~Hippie Guy
do you guys hav me and shirly-t?
i wuold relly like to have it…..
No, we don’t have a tab for Me & Shirly T. But I think that dominator has one (please correct me if I’m wrong).
~Hippie Guy
This site is great, thanks! I’ve been attempting to learn to play the uke for about a year and it’s going pretty well. I wanted to know if anyone know where I can get my hands on a Jack Johnson tab for Better Together?
This Site is Great!! I would love the Gently Weeps Tab!!Thanks!
Thanks for all the great tabs! Has anyone tried to tab out “If we hold on Together” that Herb Ohta, Jr. did one one of his Cds? May I also get Gently Weeps, Please.
Je découvre le ukulele, un site comme ça est une vraie benediction!
Merci beaucoup
Thanks a lot:)
love it lots
thanks so much.
can you put a little harder than happy b-day and easyer than like imagine?
im kinda in the middle.
thxs so much :)
Iam looking for a uke TAB for samba pa ti (Brittni Paiva) style ?
Whoo… I don’t have a tab for Samba Pa Ti. You are asking for a pretty advanced song (if you play it like Carlos) so, you should be able to make a guitar tab should work. If I recall, Brittni’s version isn’t too much different from the original, so using a tab for Santana’s shouldn’t be a problem. There is one at: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/c/carlos_santana/samba_pa_ti_tab.htm
If you use this, just think of the notes as being played five frets lower, or the fifth fret of the guitar = open string on ‘ukulele. It shouldn’t take too long to figure the whole thing out.
Or, you could use a powertab (if you have the program) and use the Tools>>Shifter tool feature and change “shift fret wise” to -5. Now you can play the tab without the two bass strings and it will be equivalent to an ‘ukulele tab.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/c/carlos_santana/samba_pa_ti_power_tab.htm
I hope that helps,
~Hippie Guy
Aloha Ohta San Sr.( Herb)
I am and has always been your fan. I teach all of my Ukulele haumana your style of
playing
Mahalo for all your beautiful music and we all love your tabs.
Ke Akua Pu!
Auntie Nani
Hi,
It’s great to see this great site :-)
I’m looking for “Hawaii” tabs played by Ohta-san.
You can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32pQP8UGQdU
It’s a geat song :-)
this website is Ausome….. Now I will know, how to play the tab with ukulele… thanks
Hi,
first i want to say that this site is awesome! I just play to entertain myself so i’m not that good.
second, I wonder if you guys have a tab for santana’s black magic woman, and if you don’t, you could make one?
thanks =)
Ole
Hi Ole,
I’m glad that you like the site.
I don’t have a tab for Black Magic Woman, but I’ve been jamming on it quite a bit lately – good song. I’ll see if I can make something up for you.
Hippie Guy
Hi
I was looking for tabs for all of White Sandu Beach.
Your tab only produced a small portion of the song for Ukukele tabs.
Can I obtain the whole song on tabs?
Thanks
Andy
Hi Andy,
Dominator’s tab that you saw only shows the intro. I don’t want to tab the whole song because it has already been transcribed in the IZ songbook (http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/0757936717/ref=nosim/livuku-20) Doing so might end up with some toes being stepped on, and I’d rather not go there.
You can get the songbook, check out Jody Kamisato’s tutorial: http://www.fanpop.com/spots/ukulele/videos/175257/title/jody-kamisatos-basic-ukulele-lesson-white-sandy-beach or try and work it out for yourself.
What IZ does in this song is arpeggios. He holds the chords that need to be held and then just plays a picking pattern. I think he just rolls his fingers down all of the strings in order for most of the song. Here are the chords: http://www.ukulelestrummers.com/Songbook/Whitesandybeach.html and here are some picking patterns for you to try: http://liveukulele.com/lessons/picking-patterns/
~Brad
im very very new at the ‘ukulele. i can only play im yours so far. and it takes me a few seconds to get my fingers in the right places. im more into making mainstreams songs sound sweeter. i was looking for more mainstream songs but it told me to go to chordie and ultimate guitar, but i dont really understand how to play them on the uke. it says there the same chords but i dont understand?
can somone explain to me how to play guitar chords on the uke?
Here is how you play guitar chords on the ‘ukulele:
1. Look at the song sheet to find the chord name (not the chord diagram). You will be looking for “C” “G7″ “F” etc…
2. Find that chord name on an ‘ukulele chord chart (http://liveukulele.com/chords/)
3. Play that ‘ukulele chord
The confusing thing is that the names are the same but the fingerings are not. Use the guitar chord names, not the guitar chord fingerings.
Hope that helps you out,
~Hippie Guy
this site is awesome!
i was wondering if you guys can make a ukulele tab for Pink Triangle by Weezer?
hi! i just started learning how to play the ukelele few months ago and i have a hard time reading tabs. i’m wondering if you have tabs for any classical music that a beginner like me can start with..
thank you so much! =)
There are a couple of good links in this thread: http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13633
are all your tabs for the same type of ukulele or are some for soprano, some for tenor etc
All of my tabs are for GCEA tuned ‘ukuleles (soprano, concert, and tenor). I play with a low G string, so some of the tabs are for ukes with a low G, but that is the only tuning difference. I link to a few that might be for the English tuning: ADF#B.
~Brad
I wonder if you could tab James Hills version of billie jean?
Thanks!
I wonder that too… I doubt I could do much justice to it because I can’t play it. Keep in mind that he’s playing three parts at once. Bass line, percussion, and “do do, do do”s at the same time.
What I noodled out:
The bass line notes: G D F G F D C D (repeat). James plays this with his mono strum.
The percussion beat/ strum: fingernail on the side down for snare (going across the strings too), up, down at an angle towards/near the bridge, up. So: snare/high-hat (down), HH (high-hat) (up), bass/HH (down), HH (up). You will go through this twice to match up with the bass line (one strum per note).
The “do do” notes: G A Bb A (repeat).
If you can put it all together – kudos! Hope that helps,
Brad
I just found a close up video of James playing Billie Jean. Not really a tutorial, but it should give you a better idea what he does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMSC1CueGW0
Would like to see “Man In The Mirror” too.
Hi.
I tried accessing the tab for ‘Touch’ by Jake S. but unfortunately the link is down! I was just wondering, was there any chance you could email it to me? Thanks! =)
Daniel
Hi Daniel,
I was able to click over to Touch. http://uked.awardspace.co.uk/touch.pdf. Do you have Adobe Reader to view PDFs? It’s free and will allow you access to many more tabs if you don’t have it.
Brad
‘Ukulele Thai: I got a tab for Ohta-San’s “Hawai’i”! http://liveukulele.com/wp-content/uploads/Hawaii.pdf.
Thanks for sharing this great post, i truly love your blog, but i’ve some issue i dont know whether it’s my side issue or in your site? some words of the post in your weblog have charactor encoding problem, yes i use auto detecting, can u pls look into this problem a bit?
I haven’t seen or heard about this problem before. The only thing I can think is that I use single quotes a lot to get the ‘okina in front of ‘ukulele. That turns up as
& # 3 9 ; (no spaces)Is that what you are seeing?