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You would not believe your eyes F
F
F
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep F
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This is so good! Really easy to play! :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I like to play this by finger picking in the pattern of 31431431
This is a really good song to play. It’s really easy! Thanks for making it!
Thanks so much! Just got my first ukelele today and this is really easy to play and sounds great! :D
Thanks Reece….clever picking. Works great, thanks!
Jai.C–The instrument you are playing is not spelled Ukelele. It is spelled Ukulele. :D
hey dacodington , it depends on where you live. Here in The Netherlands its spelled Ukelele , so its both right i gues, :)
Dacodington.- actually they do spell it like that in some parts of the world.
thats why the site is called UKUtabs not UKEtabs but some people like my gran like to call it thier uke which can be confusing but daint worry na bosh mate
this is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fun and easy to play I’ll be playing this for ages, best wesite EVER!!
Total agree!! I love it <3
(before i was ukemaster01) i just gotta say it again good song easy to play and just good every thing exept the F afer the Em dosen’t qwite sound right.
uke-anate2001 OUT!!!!!!
It doesn’t works at all reeve. .. maybe I don rly uds wat u mean by that… maybe u can elaborate even more on wat u mean… thx if u would do so…
Very cheap sounding chords:(
ok its a ukulele what do you expect? the song was written with simple chords because thats what happens with most pop songs. easy to sing in, easy to play in. if you can come up with a better way to write it, go for it, but this is the most accessible way for most people using the website. spice it up with a strumming pattern or technique thats unique!
Hey Reese or UkuTabs I was wondering how you would play the finger picking that you mentioned. All I know really is how to play the chords (duh) and I just recently learned how to read and play tabs. I’m teaching myself and I’m the only one in my family that plays the uke and I was wondering how you would play that.
Love the song and love how easy it is to play : )
added to my favorites list my fingers are getting sore from playing this song s0o0o0o0oo0oo0o0o0 much.
Really helpful basic song (really catchy though)
It’s easy but doesn’t sound right:/
I agree with hammy it does not sound right
I put a capo on the 1st string and it sounded a lot better
To match the tone of the song, use the same chords but with Capo 2
F doesnt sound right at all. it sounds very off. my ukulele is tuned and it doesnt seem to have the right sound
This is not the right tone!!!
Love this song! It has very basic chords and is so easy to play!! Can’t wait to play it for my friends!
I love it. the e minors add a nice put into the song
I know right! It’s so pretty
Yeah it is easy, but doesn’t sound quite right. Other than that, it’s ok!
I love this song. Although I find it sounds better (and I can sing along better!) if it’s transposed by +2.
It’s in the wrong key. You can transpose it +2
You can use the same chords posted here (Am, C, Em, F, G) but put a capo on the 3rd fret. It sounds closer to the song that way :)
i love how easy this song is i just got my ukulele last month and i already know the song
I really love this song! Thanks so much! It’s so easy to play!
If you want to play along with the song you have to put a capo on three (or play it in Bb). Also at the end of the chorus (everything is never as it seems) the last G major should be a D major. It adds some nice tension. :)
Really great song, super easy too:)
I haven’t played ukulele in ages and this song has reignited my passion for it. I legit found this site TODAY cause my friend all up skype called me like: “GUUUURL WANNA DO A DUET THANG???” (she new I had a ukulele)and sent me this. This song was so easy it reminded me of how fun this can be! Thanks
This was so easy to play! It’s one of my favourite songs too! If you’re having trouble with the G Am part just Am on its own works, it’s not too tricky though once you get the rhythm of it :)
used to sing this song with my sister. LUV it
I love this song so much.
Which strumming are you guys using?! #NeedSomeHelp
on the last part where it slows down it sounds amazing if you slowly use your thumb and do a singular strum on each note
Great song!
BTW for the chorus I was just doing single chords but anyone got any ideas for a strumming pattern for the verses?
Thanks
Anyone have a good idea for a strumming pattern?
do it for the meme
YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES IF TEN THOUSAND FIREFLIES LIT UP THE WORLD AS I FELL ASLEEP
here for the memes
HEY WOMEN WHO WANT TO SING THIS: if the voice part in this key is too low a really easy alternative is to use +2 it isn’t that hard to find the voice part, and the chords are easy
tbh im just here for the meme, so glad to find fellow meme people :’>
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This song had become such a meme this year but damn is it ever beautiful, this was my favourite song when I was little, I mean I’m still pretty young but its been a long time :)
Hey, memes aside, this song is very well put together, and the nostalgia is STRONG!
im really sad and happy at the same time that this is a meme because owl city is my childhood
What’s the strumming pattern?
Strumming pattern?
This song is good, in this key, for female tenors. So easy for me to play and sing. Thank you for uploading this song.
is anyone else hear for the stale memes?
WHAT’S THE STRUMMING PATTERN ??!!?!?!?!(just got my first uke and I have no clue what to do )
Ukutabs can’t provide strumming patterns due to copyright laws. Since you’re still a beginner, do a simple up-down-up-down until you’re more experienced and can make up strumming patterns to fit songs :)
I use this strumming pattern
Example: -F: DDDDU, C: DDDDU, G: DDD UUD DDU
is there a tab for the intro?
Does it need a capo?
I think it sounds better +2 with capo on the first fret :)
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I love this. Finger picking instead of strumming gives it a way more brooding sort of tone that’s really pretty.
I’ve been using 132413241324 for the finger picking, btw.
I’d say a good strum pattern is Down,Down-UpUp-down down up down up. Keep a pause between the second down and the first up. They would be split in chunks like D,D|U,U,DUDU
aaah this is so easy! +2 is the easiest for me because i have a higher range and the fingerings are way easy.
it is so fun i love it so much it made me cry wen i lernd it
SO MUCH FUN
This song makes me so happy!! It makes me feel hopeful ;)
This song is really fun and easy to play! I just started playing Ukulele and I really think this song is good for anyone, beginner or not!
I feel like this song isn’t in the right key?