Chords for 12 Street Rag Ukulele Lesson

_ _ Hi, I'm Marci [Fm] Marcher and this is the instructional version of the 12th Street Rang.
So it's in the key of C.
For guitar players picking up a ukulele, think of a G chord.
But for ukulele [C] players, _ C chord. _
And the first part of the melody starts all on the high string.
So you're [Am] actually not working very hard. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Those [B] are all the notes.
Very straightforward, but when you strum all the strings, it sounds a lot fancier than that.
And I just [C] strum with one finger, up and down, generally, unless I do a flourish.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Great, first line.
Second [G] line, _ go to the _ G7 chord.
For guitar players, it's like a D7 position.
And you want to play the same three melody [Dm] lines, but you need to add these two notes.
_ [C] So I play them with my little finger [G] and my ring finger.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] So I put that together and I _ _ get_
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ And _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ then you can either hang out on that chord or do a little flourish, which is like this.
Strum down with your fingers, strum down with your fingers, _ [G] up with your fingers, _ _ and back [Dm] down.
So it's just this. _
_ _ _ _ _ Now, _ _ _ it might take a little practice. _
If you want to get really fancy, just keep that going as a roll. _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay, so then the next line is back to [Em] the original line. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Syncopate it a little bit.
_ _ _ _ _ We'll consider that the beginning of the tune, or it'll sound odd.
And then stay on this G7 chord.
_ Next line. _ _ _ _
_ _ And then go back to your C chord [C] for the next line.
_ _ _ And that's the whole first half of the tune.
_ Sounds like you're working hard, but you're not. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] So _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ that repeats twice. _
Then you play the C chord _ with this melody note.
Now, you can play these with any fingers that feel comfortable.
_ _ Third fret, and then bounce off the fifth fret.
_ _ _ _ Go back to the C7 chord.
_ Only one finger.
[F] Go back to your F chord.
_ For guitar players, it's like the first two. _ _ _ _ _
And your C diminished.
[C] _ _ _ _
Now, diminished [Ab] chords repeat every three frets up the neck of this [B] instrument, like a guitar.
_ _ So I use the next one, too.
I don't have time to reach any more. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ And then, [C] C chord. _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] D7.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ Do the whole thing slow.
Okay, so I'll do the whole thing slow. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _
[Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
_ So there's one more thing in there that I need to show you.
[Em] That's this.
[Ebm] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ Okay.
[Dm] _
_ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ [Dm] _ [C] We started with our first finger on the third fret.
[Ebm] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ And there was this chord, [D] which _ is_
_ That's a D7 [Gb] chord.
I added a note, and took it away. _
_ [D] _ So I'm going to [C] play it one more time. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] [Dbm] Okay, so I'm going to play it one more time.
[F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ [C] _ Okay.
Be sure and [E] take a big bow and accept lots of applause, _ flowers, and possibly even champagne at the end of this tune.
[N] _ _