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Ukulele Songs

Playing ukulele is all about the songs.

Here's a selection of some of our favorite songs to play on the ukulele. Select a song title to get the chords and a video.

Are you new to playing ukulele?

The fastest and easiest way to learn how to play ukulele is with the right steps. Get started on the right note and get the free 45-page ukulele lesson book Your First Ukulele Lesson and then Some where you learn your first songs on the ukulele with small easy steps.

You can learn to play ukulele… even if you’ve never played an instrument in your life.

Beginner Songs

If you’re new to playing ukulele, then, start out with these beginner ukulele songs.

  • 12 Bar Blues
    Traditional
  • Arpeggio Study In A Minor (Solo Fingerpicking)
    Brett McQueen
  • Billy Boy
    Traditional
  • I’ve Been Working On the Railroad
    Traditional
  • Million Reasons
    Lady Gaga
  • Perfect
    Ed Sheeran
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow
    Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
  • Trouble
    Never Shout Never

Intermediate Songs

If you’re beyond the basics, then, try your hand at mastering these intermediate ukulele songs.

  • Hallelujah
    Leonhard Cohen
  • Hey, Soul Sister
    Train
  • I’m Yours
    Jason Mraz
  • Love Yourself
    Justin Bieber
  • You’ve Got a Friend In Me
    Randy Newman

Chord Melody Songs

Have you always wanted to play ukulele as a solo instrument? Learn how to play these ukulele chord melody songs with the sheet music and ukulele tabs included.

  • Away In a Manger
    Traditional
  • drivers license
    Olivia Rodrigo
  • Easy On Me
    Adele
  • Hawai’i Aloha
    Lorenzo Lyons
  • Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
    Traditional
  • O Shenandoah
    Traditional
  • The Star Spangled Banner
    John Stafford Smith

Christmas & Holiday Songs

There’s no time like the holidays to bust out your ukulele with family and friends. Learn how to play these holiday and Christmas ukulele songs.

  • Away In a Manger (Chord Melody)
    Traditional
  • Good King Wenceslas
    Traditional
  • Jingle Bells
    Traditional
  • Jingle Bells (Fingerpicked)
    Traditional
  • Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (Fingerstyle Version)
    Traditional
  • Let It Snow
    Dean Martin
  • Silent Night
    Traditional
  • Silent Night (Fingerstyle Version)
    Traditional
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas
    Traditional
  • White Christmas
    Irving Berlin

Fingerpicking Songs

Get your fingers moving and pick these fingerpicking ukulele songs.

  • 12 Bar Blues w/ Turnaround (Pattern #1)
    Traditional
  • 12 Bar Blues (Pattern #2)
    Traditional
  • Little Old Log Cabin In the Lane (Fingerpicking)
    Traditional
  • Silent Night (Fingerstyle Version)
    Traditional
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Beginner Fingerstyle Version)
    Traditional
  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Beginner Fingerstyle Version)
    Traditional
  • Hey Diddle, Diddle the Cat & the Fiddle (Beginner Fingerstyle Version)
    Traditional

Learn More Songs With Online Ukulele Lessons

One of the best ways to learn to play songs is with step-by-step, easy-to-follow video lessons.

Ukulele Tricks’ online lesson courses help you learn to play the ukulele while playing actual beautiful-sounding songs.

Perfect for beginners. Become proficient in strumming, rhythm and chord changes on the ukulele, improving your skills while learning actual songs.

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For players beyond the basics. Take your fingerpicking skills to the next level on the ukulele, learning fingerpicking pieces in four distinct styles.

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Last updated on April 12, 2022.

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