You can try this riff for the intro/verses or simply strum the chords.
C
A|-3---3-7---------3--3--3---7------3---|
E|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|
g|---5-----------5--5--5----------5---5-|
F
A|---8------------8--8--8---------8---8-|
E|---------5------------------5---------|
C|-5---5-----------5--5--5----------5---|
g|--------------------------------------|
G
A|-5---5-----------5----8---------8---8-|
E|---------3------------------5---------|
C|--------------------5---5---------5---|
g|---4-----------4--4-------------------|
C
A|-3---3-7---------3--3--3---7------3---|
E|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|
g|---5-----------5--5--5----------5---5-|
C C
Welllll, she was standing in the bar
F F
I said, "Hello, how do you do?"
G F C C
She handed me a beer with a kangaroo
C C F
She spoke of places I had never been
F
That she had traveled to
G F C C
And we slowed danced along to faster tunes
C C F
I made her laugh, I made a pass, I showed her my half dollar ring
F
She said, "That's pretty cool,
G F C C
But classy girls don't kiss in bars, you fool"
Interlude: C C F F G F C
C C
So later on the crowd calmed down
F F
And I believe it was as if
G F C C
Something drew me closer to her lips
C C F F
So picture my surprise when I had tried to lean in for a kiss
G F C C
And she just smiled and turned her head down
C
I asked her, "Why?" and she replied,
C F F
"It was nothing I was doing wrong, its just what it is"
G F C C
No, classy girls don't kiss in bars like this
F G
No, classy girls don't kiss in bars
F G
Boys will break their backs and hearts
F G C F G G
But its alright, the hardest part is through
C F G G
Oh it's through
C F G G
Oh it's through
C F G G
Oh it's through
C
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Classy Girls chords by The Lumineers
Suggested strumdown-up eighths
1
d
2
u
3
d
4
u
Also works: upbeat emphasis d u d U d u d U
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How to play Classy Girls on ukulele
The strumming pattern that fits is the down-up eighths: d u d u. The groove sits around 132 bpm, a brisk pace. This arrangement is in C major. Nothing scary in the shapes, it sits on the easy ukulele songs list at the novice level. Chug steady down-up strokes and stomp your foot on beats two and four.
3 ukulele chords used in "Classy Girls" by The Lumineers: C, F and G
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I prefer using x037 (C) / x558 (F) / x77(10) (G) for the riff. It sounds more like the song
an easier (imo) plucking pattern is if you use the same strings as the moon song (2324323) with 0007 for c, 0058 for f, and 007(10)