I haven’t had this much fun lately learning to play a song as I did learning Justin Bieber’s Love Yourself.
In this heart-felt and soulful tune, you play unexpected chord variations for the verse giving the song it’s signature sound and instant recognition. With a subtle strumming hand slap, you create a percussive rhythm that carries the song’s melody. By the time you get to the chorus, you play the same chords but change the variation to create a fuller sound.
I chose to perform this song on baritone ukulele for two reasons. For one, Love Yourself is played in the key of E, and the key of E is a much more player-friendly key on the baritone ukulele versus a standard-tuned ukulele. And secondly, the baritone’s smooth, mellow sound lends itself well for this particular song’s soulful style.
First, listen to my performance, and then, once you’re ready dive into the ukulele chords for this song below (skip ahead and go right to the chords).
“Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber Baritone Ukulele Cover
Watch the video to hear me play Love Yourself on the baritone ukulele cover and get the baritone ukulele chords on the screen so you can play along with me.
For this song, you’ll want to count out loud as I play along so you can hear what beats the chord changes happen on. It varies throughout the song creating a nice challenge as you’re first learning!
You can also play along with me using your standard-tuned ukulele, but you’ll need to look up the standard ukulele chord diagrams for the chords below in the Ukulele Tricks Chord Library.
Baritone Ukulele Chord Diagrams for “Love Yourself”
Here are the baritone (D-G-B-E) ukulele chord diagrams for the chords I used to play this song.
Verse Chords
For this first set of chords, you use these positions to play the verses, giving the song it’s signature sound.
To play the verse E chord on baritone ukulele, place the index finger on the 2nd fret of the top D-string, little finger on the 5th fret of the B-string, and ring finger on the 4th fret of the bottom E-string. Do not let the G-string ring open.
To play the verse B chord on baritone ukulele, place the index finger on the 1st fret of the top D-string, little finger on the 4th fret of the B-string, and index finger on the 2nd fret of the bottom E-string. Do not let the G-string ring open.
To play the verse C#m chord on baritone ukulele, place the index finger on the 1st fret of the top G-string and middle finger on the 2nd fret of the B-string. Let the bottom E-string ring open. Do not let the top D-string ring open.
To play the verse F#m chord on baritone ukulele, place the index finger on the 4th fret of the top D-string, little finger on the 7th fret of the B-string, and ring finger on the 5th fret of the bottom E-string. Do not let the G-string ring open.
Chorus Chords
You use this second set of chord positions to play the pre-choruses and choruses of the song starting at the lyric “My mama don’t like you” and so on.
To play the E chord on baritone ukulele, place the middle finger on the 2nd fret of the top D-string and index finger on the 1st fret of the G-string. Let the bottom two strings ring open.
To play the Bsus chord on baritone ukulele, place the middle finger on the 4th fret of the top D-string and ring finger on the 4th fret of the G-string. Let the bottom two strings ring open.
To play the C#m7 chord on baritone ukulele, place the middle finger on the 6th fret of the top D-string and ring finger on the 6th fret of the G-string. Let the bottom two strings ring open.
To play the A2 chord (sometimes referred to as Aadd9) on baritone ukulele, place the middle finger on the 2nd fret of the top D-string and ring finger on the 2nd fret of the G-string. Let the bottom two strings ring open.
“Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber Ukulele Chords
This song is written and played in the key of E major. If you’re playing on a standard-tuned ukulele, look up the chord diagrams in the Ukulele Tricks Chord Library.
For all the times that
you rain on my parade
And all the clubs
you get in using my name
You think you broke my heart,
oh girl for goodness sake
You think I’m crying,
on my own well I ain’t
And I didn’t wanna write a song
’cause I didn’t want
anyone thinking I still care
I don’t but, you still hit my phone up
And baby I be movin’ on
and I think you should be somethin’
I don’t wanna hold back,
maybe you should know that
My mama don’t like you and she likes everyone
And I never like to admit that I was wrong
And I’ve been so caught up in my job,
didn’t see what’s going on
And now I know, I’m better sleeping on my own
‘Cause if you like the way you look that much
Oh baby you should go and love yourself
And if you think that I’m
still holdin’ on to somethin’
You should go and love yourself
But when you told me that you hated my friends
The only problem was with you and not them
And every time you told me my opinion was wrong
And tried to make me forget where I came from
And I didn’t wanna write a song
’cause I didn’t want
anyone thinking I still care
I don’t but, you still hit my phone up
And baby I be movin’ on
and I think you should be somethin’
I don’t wanna hold back,
maybe you should know that
My mama don’t like you and she likes everyone
And I never like to admit that I was wrong
And I’ve been so caught up in my job,
didn’t see what’s going on
And now I know, I’m better sleeping on my own
‘Cause if you like the way you look that much
Oh baby you should go and love yourself
And if you think that I’m
still holdin’ on to somethin’
You should go and love yourself
For all the times that you made me feel small
I fell in love, now I feel nothin’ at all
I never felt so low when I was vulnerable
Was I a fool to let you break down these walls?
‘Cause if you like the way you look that much
Oh baby you should go and love yourself
And if you think that I’m
still holdin’ on to somethin’
You should go and love yourself
‘Cause if you like the way you look that much
Oh baby you should go and love yourself
And if you think that I’m
still holdin’ on to somethin’
You should go and love yourself
