Chords for Uke-A-Week 36 - Sweet Pea with Tutorial

_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Sweet pea, [E] apple of my eye, [Am] _ don't know when and [D] I don't know why, _ [C] you're the [Am] only reason
[F] I keep [G] on coming [C] home. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ Sweet pea, [E] what's all this about?
[Am] Don't get your way, [D] all you do is fuss about.
[C] You're [Am] the only [F] reason I keep [G] on [C] coming home. _
_ _ _ _ [E] I'm like the rock of Gibraltar, I always seem to [Am] falter and the words just get in the way.
_ [D] Oh I know I'm gonna crumble, I'm trying to stay humble [G] but I never think before I say.
[C] _ Sweet [E] pea, keeper of my soul, [Am] _ I know [D] sometimes I'm out of control.
[C] You're [Am] the only [F] reason I keep [G] on [C] coming, you're the only [F] reason I keep [G] on [C] coming, you're [Am] the
only reason I keep [G] on [C] coming home. _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay so I was asked to do a tutorial [Ab] for this song, it's Amos Lee's Sweet Pea.
_ I'm playing this on a standard tuned ukulele.
_ _ There's five _ chords that are used during the song.
And they are C [C] which is _ 0003, should sound something [C] like that.
E7 which is [E] _ _ 1202, _
[E] _ _ [G] which sounds something like that.
A minor which is _ [Gb] 2000.
[Am] _ _ _
_ _ D [Ab] which is [D] 2220.
I _ [Gb] play that by semi-barring the second fret, leaving the A string just to ring untouched.
[Eb] Some people play it with two [D] fingers like this.
Either [N] way, whatever's more comfortable for you.
And the last chord is a C7 [C] _ _ and _
_ [Ab] _ an F which [E] is _ [F] _
_ _ 1020.
_ _ [C] And the C7 is _ 0001.
[Ab] So I guess it's six chords, [F] my apologies.
So the intro _ [Ab] _ starts with a [Am] C _ for [Ab] four beats, [B] then an E7 for [Am] four beats, A minor four beats,
_ _ D for four beats, and then it [N] switches to a two beat _ _ pattern which [C] goes C, _ _ _ _
[Am] A minor,
F, [G] A, [C] C, [Am] A minor, _ F, [G] G.
[B] So it sounds [C] something like this.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [A] No it doesn't, it sounds [C] like this. _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
Then it ends on that C _ which is the first note of the first verse.
Now the verses are the same pattern as that intro.
So it goes sweet P, _ [E] E7 up of my eye, [Am] A minor, _
_ [D] D, _ _ [C] C, [Am] A minor, F, [G] G, [C] C. _
And then I drop back [G] to G between the verses [C] and then that second verse is the same [E] thing.
_ _ _ [Am]
A minor, _ [D] G, _ _ C, [Am] A [F] minor, [G] F, [C] G, C.
_ So _ that verse ends and then we have the bridge.
So I drop from C _ to _ [B] C7 to introduce the tonality for the [F] E7.
_ So you're playing _ a_
Keep on [C] coming home.
_ _ _ _ _ I'm like [E] the rock of Gibraltar.
You go straight into the E7.
[C] So _ C7, [E] E7, rock of Gibraltar.
I always seem to falter.
[Am] And A minor, just get in the way.
_ [D] Oh D, gonna crumble, trying to stay humble.
[A] But I G, [G] G, G, G, G.
[C] _ Sweet P, _
[E] what's the_
And then that [Ab] last verse is the same thing.
Amos actually plays _ _ an instrumental _ verse there.
It's the same pattern.
But because I don't have drums for counterpoint, I don't typically play it when I'm soloing.
So [D] then it ends and you repeat the last line a few times.
[C] You're the [Am] only reason [F]
I keep [G] on [C] coming.
C, [Am] A minor, F, G, [C] C, [Am] A [F] minor, F, [G] G, [C] C.
And then you drop down to G and then back to C. _ _ _
[Fm] Now all of this of course is played in a [N] lower register. _
If you want to play it in the same key, you'd put a capo on the fourth fret like this.
And do those same chord shapes just below the capo.
_ _ And then you'll be in the same register.
So it would [Am] sound something more [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ like_
_ _ _ [N] It's hard to do.
I don't actually have a capo.
So if you have a capo or a pencil and rubber band, you can probably figure it out on your own how to do that.
Or stop by a music shop and pick one up if you want to play it in the [B] higher register.
But it's easier to sing and easier to play in the lower key.
So hopefully that helped.
If you have any questions, let me know.
This is my first tutorial, so hopefully it went well.
[N] Thanks.