Somewhere Only We Know - Keane/Lily Allen (Ukulele Tutorial) Chords

[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ Yo ho ho, it's me, the ukulele teacher, back once again, this time to give you a special
[C#] Christmas lesson.
So, whether you've just woken up this [E] morning to find a brand new
ukulele in your stocking, [F] or you're just getting ready practising for the big day,
grab [E] your uke, make sure it's in tune, there's a video in [A#] the corner of the screen as always
to help [C] you with that. _ _ _
Sit back and relax while I teach you how to play Somewhere [F#] Only
We Know.
Originally it was by a band called Keen, but Lily [A] Allen has just made it an [F] instant
Christmas classic [C#] by covering it for the [A#] new John [C#] Lewis ad.
Either way, it's a great
tune and [Em] this is a really easy ukulele [F#] arrangement for it.
This song is broken [C#] up into three
[F#] sections.
_ [N] _ _ [C] _
[C#] For the verse, you need [C] four chords, G, [G] _ _
_ _ D6, _ _ A [Am] minor _ _ and D.
[D] _ _
If you don't know
[C#] the chords C, F and [D] G, you might want to [C#] start off with this video first to get you started.
But don't worry, because I am going to teach you each [F#m] chord as well.
So, [F#] here we go.
The
first chord then [F] is G.
[E] You put your first finger [G] on the second fret [B] of the third [C] string,
your second finger on the second fret of the first string [B] and your third finger on the
third fret of the second string.
Push down like [G] this _ and it should sound like that.
That's
your [F#] first chord there, [F] G.
Now the [A] second chord, [F] D6, sounds like this.
[Bm] And all you have
to do [A#m] is bar the second fret with your first finger.
That means you put your first finger
[F] across all [C#] four [A#] strings on the second fret, pushing them down until it sounds like this.
[Bm] _ _ _ _
[G] Now A minor is a really easy chord, especially from D6.
[A] All you have to do is keep your first
finger on [A#] the second fret [A] of the fourth string, but lift it up so it's only covering that
fourth string.
It should sound [Am] like this.
_ _ _ [A#] The final chord you need for the verse [F] is
D.
Now again, you're already a third of the way there from A minor.
You keep your first
[A] finger on the second fret of the fourth string, _ _ [F#] get your second finger and put it [C] on the second
fret of the third string and your third finger and put it on the second fret of the second
string.
It should sound like this.
[D] _ _ _ _
So once again, the four chords you [A#] need for the first
verse are [G] G, _ _ _ _ [D] D6, _ _ A [Am] minor _ _ and [D] D.
_ _ _ [C#] This is the strumming pattern that I personally use all
the way through [G] the song. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now that pattern is [C#] down, down, [A#] down, down, up, up, down, down,
up, down, up.
[C#] Let me just slow that down [G] for you.
Down, down, down, down, up, up, down,
down, up, down, up, down, down, down, down, up, up, down, down, up, down, up.
So you've
got your four chords [F#] and you've got your strumming pattern.
Let me teach you how to play the
verse.
[Gm]
Firstly, you play [G] G _ _ into _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] D6 to _ _ _ _ _ A minor [Am] into _ _ _ _ _ _ D [D] _ and _ _ _ _ _ then you repeat it.
So the verse goes like
[G] this.
_ I walked across _ _ [D] an empty land.
_ _ _ I [Am] knew the pathway like the back of [D] my hand. _
_ _ [G] I felt the earth _
_ [Bm] beneath my feet.
_ _ [D]
Sat by the [C] river and it [D] made me complete.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[C#] This section only has four chords in as
well.
They are [G] E minor, _ B minor, _ _ [C] C _ and D [G] which we already know.
[D] _ _ Now E minor [A] isn't that difficult
at all.
[A#] The way I play it is you have your first finger on the second fret of [G] the first string,
your second [D#] finger on the third [C] fret of the second [A#] string and your third finger on the [G] fourth fret
of the third string. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ B minor is a bit like D6 because you bar the [C#] second fret but this time
you add your third finger two frets [A#] above on the fourth string.
[A] So your third finger is on the
fourth [F#] fret of the fourth [A#] string whilst your first finger is barring [F#] the second fret.
So the B [G] minor
sounds like this. _ _ _ _ _
_ Then [C#] you've got the chord of [C] C which you should already know but if [F] you don't,
just put your second finger [E] on the third fret of the first string.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Again if you don't know the
chord of C you might want [A#] to check out this video first just to get you started on the
uke.
It'll teach you a couple of really basic chords and then the final chord in that bridge
part is the D which we [G] already know from the first [D] section.
_ _ _ _ _ _ So this middle [A#] bit goes E minor,
[C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ B minor, _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] and _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ then [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] you can repeat that bit as [A] well for_
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ Now [C#] the good news about the chorus is there are no [C] new chords in it.
The first
three lines of the chorus [C#] in fact are just C, G, and [A#] D repeated _
[G] except that you play the full
pattern on the [C] C _ but _ _ _ _ you only play half the pattern [G#] on the G and [G] the D. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ And if you have [G] a minute why
[D] don't we go?
[C] _
_ Talk about it somewhere only we know.
_ _ This could be [G] the start of [D] everything. _ _
And then
the final bit is C and B minor twice.
[C] So why don't we go?
[D] _
Somewhere [Bm] only we [C] know. _
_ _ _ _ Somewhere
[A#] only we know.
And then the [C] final time that you play the chorus _ [D] after the C and B minor [C] the second
time. _
_ _ _ [Bm] Somewhere only we know.
[A] Just to finish it off why not [C] play the chord of G.
[G] _ _ _ _ Hope you enjoy
playing that.
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I'll be back again soon with [F] another
festive lesson for you.
In the meantime [D#] I wish you all a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year.
I
love you all and I wish you da best!