Say Something - A Great Big World (Ukulele Tutorial) Chords

[N] Hello, [A] it's me, the ukulele teacher, here to teach you [A#] how to play Say Something by
A Great Big [G] World.
So, grab your piano [C#] and get ready to play [A#] Say Something.
[Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
No, don't
worry, I'm [Am] only joking.
[F] Grab your [G] uke, _ make sure it's in [C] tune, _ _ _ _ and get ready to [Gm] play Say
Something.
Now, this is a really, really easy song to play on the ukulele because [D] it's really,
[G] really slow and the strumming pattern is really, really [C#] easy.
It's just down [A#] strokes and you
can really hammer that ukulele and let the chords ring [Gm] out.
Most of the way through the
song, it's just the same four [G] chords over and over again.
B minor, [A#] G, D, [E] and A.
So,
let [G#] me teach you those chords [C] now.
To play B minor, just bar the second fret with your
first finger, like this, and then put your third finger on the fourth fret of the fourth
string.
And B minor should sound like [Bm] this.
_ _ _ [F] To play G, [D] put your first finger on the second
fret of the third string and your second finger on the second fret of the first [C#] string.
Put
your third finger on [A#] the third fret of the second string.
And G should sound like this.
[G] _ _ _ _
To play [Em] D, put your first, second, and third fingers on the [C#] second fret of the fourth,
[A] third, and second strings.
[D#]
And D should [G] sound like this.
[D] _ _ _
_ And to play A, put your [C#] first finger
on the first fret of the [D] third string and your [A#] second finger on the second fret of the
fourth string.
And A should sound like [A] this.
_ _ _ In the chorus, you'll also [C#] need the chord
of G flat.
[C] To play G flat, simply [G#] get the G shape and [A] slide it down one [G] fret, like this.
Then add your fourth finger to the third fret of the fourth [A] string.
And G flat [F#] should sound
like this.
_ _ _ Don't worry if you find some of these chords a [C#] bit of a handful [C] to get to.
The song is so slow, you've got plenty of time [Gm] in between chords to change.
So, almost
all the way [C] through the song, you play B minor, G, D, and A.
Two big downstrokes [B] on
each of those [C] chords.
You play it through twice for the intro, like [Bm] this.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ And then play
it through [Gm] four more times for the verse, like this.
[Bm] _ _
Say something, I'm giving [G] up on you.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ I'll [Em] be the one if you [G] want me to.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ Anywhere [G] I would
have followed [D] you. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Say something, I'm giving up on you.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F#] And that's how you play [C#] every verse in the song.
[Gm] The only part that's [F#] different then
is the chorus.
And believe it or [C] not, that is even slower [C#] than the verse.
For the chorus,
you play [D] four downstrokes on the D, four downstrokes on the G flat, four [D#] downstrokes on the G,
and then two [C] downstrokes on the D and the A.
And play it [A#] through twice.
And [D] I _ am _ _ _ feeling so [F#] small.
_ _ _ _ _ _ It was [Gm] over [G] my head.
I know nothing [D] at all. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] And I _ _ _ _ will stumble
[F#] and fall. _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm still learning to [G]
love.
_ Just starting to [D] crawl.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
And to play this song, it's just a very simple verse, chorus, verse, chorus structure.
So
once you've got the verse and [A#] the chorus down, you've got the entire song.
So that's how to play Say Something by A Great Big World.
I've been the Ukulele Teacher.
If you have [C] any requests for future lessons, let me know in the comments below.
Until next
time, I love you all and I wish you da best.