20 Old Time American Tunes Arranged For Ukulele

The ukulele is a versatile instrument that can be used to play a wide variety of music, from traditional Hawaiian songs to modern pop hits. It's also a great instrument for beginners, as it's relatively easy to learn to play. If you're looking for some new songs to add to your repertoire, here are 20 old time American tunes that are perfect for the ukulele.

1. "Amazing Grace"

20 Old Time American Tunes Arranged for Ukulele

by Rob MacKillop

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This classic hymn is a beautiful song to play on the ukulele. The chords are easy to learn, and the melody is simple and memorable.

<b>Chords:</b> C Am F G <b>Lyrics:</b> Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.

2. "You Are My Sunshine"

This cheerful tune is a favorite of ukulele players of all ages. The chords are easy to learn, and the melody is catchy and upbeat.

<b>Chords:</b> C G7 F C <b>Lyrics:</b> You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, You make me happy when skies are gray. You'll never know dear, how much I love you, Please don't take my sunshine away.

3. "Over the Rainbow"

This classic song from The Wizard of Oz is a beautiful and haunting melody. The chords are a bit more challenging than some of the other songs on this list, but they're well worth learning.

<b>Chords:</b> C G Am F G C <b>Lyrics:</b> Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, There's a land that I heard of, once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true.

4. "This Land Is Your Land"

This patriotic song is a great way to show your American pride. The chords are easy to learn, and the melody is catchy and upbeat.

<b>Chords:</b> C G7 F C <b>Lyrics:</b> This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York island, From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters, This land was made for you and me.

5. "Home on the Range"

This classic cowboy song is a beautiful and haunting melody. The chords are easy to learn, and the melody is simple and memorable.

<b>Chords:</b> C G7 F C <b>Lyrics:</b> Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day.

6. "Yankee Doodle"

This patriotic song is a fun and easy ukulele song to learn. The chords are simple, and the melody is catchy and upbeat.

<b>Chords:</b> C G7 F C <b>Lyrics:</b> Yankee Doodle went to town, A-riding on a pony, Stuck a feather in his hat, And called it macaroni.

7. "The Star-Spangled Banner"

This patriotic song is a challenging but rewarding ukulele song to learn. The chords are a bit more difficult than some of the other songs on this list, but the melody is beautiful and inspiring.

<b>Chords:</b> C G7 F C G7 C <b>Lyrics:</b> Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

8. "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

This patriotic song is a powerful and moving ukulele song to learn. The chords are a bit more difficult than some of the other songs on this list, but the melody is beautiful and inspiring.

<b>Chords:</b> C G7 F C G7 C <b>Lyrics:</b> Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword, His truth is marching on.

9. "Dixie"

This classic Southern song is a fun and easy ukulele song to learn. The chords are simple, and the melody is catchy and upbeat.

<b>Chords:</b> C G7 F C <b>Lyrics:</b> I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old times there are not forgotten, Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land.

10. "Shenandoah"

This classic folk song is a beautiful and haunting melody. The chords are easy to learn, and the melody is simple and memorable.

<b>Chords:</b> C G7 F C <b>Lyrics:</b> Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Away, I'm bound away, Across the wide Missouri.

11. "Clementine"

This classic folk song is a fun and easy ukulele song to learn. The chords are simple, and the melody is catchy and upbeat.

<b>Chords:</b> C G7 F C <b>Lyrics:</b> In a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine, Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, And his daughter, Clementine.

12. "Camptown Races"

This classic folk song is a fun and easy ukulele song to learn. The chords are simple, and the melody is catchy and upbeat.

<b>Chords:</b> C G7 F C <b>Lyrics:</b> Gwine to run all night, gwine to run all day, I'll bet my money on de bob-tail nag,

20 Old Time American Tunes Arranged for Ukulele

by Rob MacKillop

4.5 out of 5

Language	:	English
Paperback	:	176 pages
Item Weight	:	1 pounds
Dimensions	:	6.14 x 0.63 x 9.21 inches
File size	:	5674 KB
Screen Reader	:	Supported
Print length	:	1333 pages
Lending	:	Enabled
Hardcover	:	272 pages

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