Tablature version 1:
A|-----------0-----------3---2---|-----------0-----------5---3---|
E|-----------0-------------------|-----------1-------------------|
C|-----------0-------------------|-----------0-------------------|
g|--0----0---0------0------------|--0----0---2------0------------|
Hap- py birth- day to you Hap- py birth- day to you
A|-----------10-----7---------2---0--|--8----8---7------3----5---3---|
E|-----------0----------------1------|-----------0---------------0---|
C|-----------0----------------0------|-----------0---------------0---|
g|--0----0---0-----------5----0------|-----------0---------------0---|
Hap- py birth- day dear (name) Hap- py birth- day to you
Tablature version 2 (easier):
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------1--0--------------------3--1------|
C|--0--0----2--0-----------0--0----2--0-------------|
g|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------3--0-------------1--1--0------------------|
E|--------------1--0----------------1--3--1---------|
C|--0--0--------------2-----------------------------|
g|--------------------------------------------------|
Chords version:
D A
Happy Birthday to You
A D
Happy Birthday to You
D G
Happy Birthday dear *NAME*
D A D
Happy Birthday to You
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Happy Birthday chords by Misc Traditional
1
d
&
–
2
d
&
u
3
d
&
–
Also works: busy waltz d – d u d u
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How to play Happy Birthday on ukulele
On ukulele, Happy Birthday comes down to the waltz: d – d u d –. The groove sits around 100 bpm, a medium pace. This arrangement is in D major. Nothing scary in the shapes, it sits on the easy ukulele songs list at the novice level. Strum one down per beat in three and change chords with the words.
3 ukulele chords used in "Happy Birthday" by Misc Traditional: A, D and G
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I have been reading trough the comments as I always do ( creep, I know)I am really good at grammar and i am younger than all of you. Anyway i HATE bullies, they make people insecure about who they are. What I am to say is ( are cheesy as it sounds, it’s true) be who you are and don’t let bullies bring you down, they find pleasure in it and it not ok. You might reply ‘ that’s easy for you to say, you probably haven’t been bullied’ I have though. I went to a private school and I got bullied, my bully was a boy named Cody. I was happy until he join my school , even tho he was new he bullied me. I switched schools after that. When you are bullied turn the other cheek and don’t let it sink in. Show them love and kindness they are probably hurting too ( or they joined the wrong people group). I hope you will take what I have said into consideration and I hope you all will have an amazing rest of you life.
I like this song because it is presentable to everyone because everyone has a birthday
I think this version is easier, but that’s just me
(C) Happy birthday to
(G) you, happy birthday to
(C) you, happy birthday dear
(F) *Name of birthday person*, happy
(C) Birthday
(G) To
(C) You!
I feel like that is another version to do 🙂 if that is helpful
These might be the most toxic ukutabs comments i’ve ever seen. How could it get so bad? This is a website for freaking ukuleles!!!
this is could be so much simpler way to do this, on any string, play this:
0-0-2-0-5-4
0-0-2-0-7-5
0-0-10-7-5-4-2
11-10-5-7-5
happy birthday to me
I’M DYING. I’m trying to find a tutorial for my nana’s b-day tomorrow right? And I go down into the comments AND THERE’S A LITERALLY COMMENT WAR GOING ON ABOUT SPELLING BEES AND BULLYING AND GRAMMAR AND AND THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS OF DOG FOOD KIBBLE* AND I’M JUST LIKE “…well then…I wonder what other songs have literal battles in the comments of a UKULELE TAB…” I think quarantine has finally gotten the better of us. ??
*(not rly I made that one up but like this comment if you started to scroll back down and look?)
ok there is a wayyyy easier way
the pattern is d-dudu
C G G
happy b-day to, you, happy, b-day to
C C F G C (one stroke)
you, Happy, b-day dear, (name), happy b-day to, you
Rlly guys. This is NOT a website of grammar this is a website of learning so if your gonna bully go find a different website Maria.
I like +3 the best with C swapped out for C7
I loved it I didn’t realize but it was my brothers 16th birthday and he didn’t tell me until 9pm. my parents were gone for work and I felt really bad so I went in his room and played it, it really made him happy. 🙂
It makes me so sad that kids like me on here come for a safe place to be among other ukulele players. I come to learn new songs and get away from my other thoughts. I have actually been abused and am currently in a safe place in quarantine, but a girl at my school mentally and physically abuses me. Please don’t ruin other people’s safe haven(s) with bullying. Thank you.
Hi everyone! I just wanted to comment on the song to help clear any confusion. I know some people have been saying the version with the chords sounds “really wrong”, or “really bad”, but if you go to the transposer and change it to -2, it’ll make it sound just like the happy birthday song and it’s pretty easy to play! The song is in 3/4 time if anybody needed to know, and just a simple down strumming pattern sounds okay! If not, then you could go on google or experiment to see what strumming pattern works for you, everyone has different opinions on things and different likes and dislikes! I’d also like to comment on how I was scrolling through the comments to find out why the song didn’t sound right, but instead what I found was extremely upsetting. There was many rude arguments over the song’s sound, and other people’s spelling. I understand that some people don’t want to take the time to spell correctly, and how some people on this platform are younger children, but nobody has the right to attack someone for the way they spell, we’re all human and we make mistakes. It doesn’t affect us and it just makes you look like a jerk for attacking someone with no actual reason. I would also like to add on how people are rudely commenting about how the default chords of this song sounds wrong, I understand it doesn’t sound perfect, but the creator of this site tried their hardest, and there’s a transposer which can help change the chords to be easier and will also sound better, so there shouldn’t really be any rude comments on here attacking the creator. Another thing I would like to add is how when people added their versions of the song to try and help the others, many people were commenting on how it “sounds horrible”, and were rudely harassing the person. You can comment saying that it doesn’t sound right to you, but you really shouldn’t say anything to the person when you have nothing nice to say. For the people who haven’t done anything and tried to resolve these issues, it’s better off not to try and get involved and argue back with the people who replied to your comments. It’s not worth it, and it’s a waste of time. This is a ukulele site to help people learn how to play, this isn’t a place to argue and create a toxic environment.
I hope we all can get along, learn to play ukulele together, and help each other. Have a nice day/night today, and I hope my comment helped others! Let’s strive to make the world a better place by being kind and loving. Goodbye.
Happy birthday everyone
Thank you
lmao it’s 46 mins before my birthday and uh, no ones staying up to say happy birthday to me so might as well annoy my fam by playing this to myself ??
I’m playing this song for my dad today and I’m excited about it:)
Thanks, my grandfather really wanted me to play this on his birthdays though I didn’t find the melody to work, is it just my ukelele or?
wow it woked really good used it for school got a 100 yay!!!!!!!!
Hey, this is a gr8 song for my little 2 year olds birthday party. gonna play it tonight. Thnx!