Song Sheets

For more information about the song sheets, contact John Elberfeld at JElberfeld@aol.com.
Latest updates have the most stars (**).

2019 Uke Fest Possibilities + New-
***Don't Get Me Wrong
*Early Morning Rain
***Gentle on My Mind
***Ghost Riders in the Sky
***Hit the Road, Jack
***Home
Jamaica Farewell
Jambalaya
John Henry
On the Cover of the Rolling Stone
Pay Me My Money Down
*Save the Last Dance for Me

Penobscot Shores Songs:
Blue Moon
Different Drum
Harvest Moon
I'll Fly Away
*Jolene
*Love Me Do
Save the Last Dance for Me
Secret Agent Man
This Land Is Your Land
Tennessee Waltz
Under the Boardwalk
Walking After Midnight
When Will I Be Loved?
White Sandy Beach
You Send Me

Midcoast Ukes Song Sheets

Song Sheet Format:

Each song sheet has the chords and lyrics for one song. The lyrics are divided into measures with a double space between each measure. Sometimes part of the lyrics from the previous line is put in parentheses on the next line to help the singing flow of the song.

A chord symbol appears above the beginning of each measure. A vertical bar is placed in front of the chord symbol if it is not the first chord in the measure ( |G ).
If no slashes follow the chord, the same chord is played for all four beats of the measure. (3 beats if the song in in 3/4 time.)

If two different chords are played in the same measure, the chord symbol means to play a single strum. A slash means to play the previous chord again. All four beats in the measure will have a chord symbol or a slash. ( |C |C / C7 / |F ) = 4 C chords, 2 C chords, 2 C7 chords, 4 F chords.)

Similarly; |Bb |Bb / A Ab |G = 4 B flat chords, 2 Bb chords, 1 A chord, 1 Ab chord, 4 G chords.

Some songs have special strum patterns. This pattern is down, down, up, - up, down, up. The timing is: 1 2 & - & 4 & . This is called the calypso strum, but is used for many songs of all types.

Most songs have a symbol indicating the first note that is sung. This symbol states that the first note is a G, played by pressing on the second from bottom (E) string just behind the 3rd fret.

Chord diagrams show suggested fingerings for a chord. Other options are acceptable. To create a B Flat, use your first finger (pointer) to press down both the first and second strings (A and E) just behind the first fret. Use you second finger (middle finger) to press the third string (C) just behind the second fret. Use you third finger (ring) to press the fourth string (G) just behind the third fret. Your first finger is making a barre (indicated by the arch) across two strings. The dark bar is called the nut, which holds the strings in place. Some diagrams show fingerings down the fret board from the nut. Those symbols will not have the nut, and will have a number showing the fret. A small "o" is placed above a string that is played open - with no fingers on it.

Songs: A to K
Act Naturally
All I Have to Do is Dream
All My Loving
Amazing Grace
As Tears Go By
Be Bop A Lula
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Blue Moon
Bright Lights, Big City
Bring Me Sunshine
Brown Eyed Girl
Buffalo Gals
Bye Bye Love
California Dreamin'
Call Me the Breeze
Can’t Help Falling in Love
City of New Orleans
Cold, Cold Heart
Corrine Corrina
Crawdad Song
Dancing in the Moonlight
Dark Hollow
Different Drum
Don't Get Around Much Any More
Don't Get Me Wrong
Down on the Corner
Drunken Sailor
Early Morning Rain
Eight Days a Week
Everybody's Talkin'
EveryDay
Faded Love
Fishing Blues
Folsom Prison Blues
Four Strong Winds
Gentle on My Mind
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Hit the Road, Jack
Hallelujah
Harvest Moon
Hey, Good Looking
Home
House of the Rising Sun
I Am Henry VIII, I Am
I Fall to Pieces
I'll Fly Away
I'm a Truck Driving Man
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
In the Pines
I Will
Iko Iko
Irene, Goodnight
It's Only a Paper Moon
Jamaica Farewell
Jambalaya
John Henry
Jolene
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Kansas City
Keep on the Sunny Side
King of the Road

Songs: L to Z
La Vie En Rose
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian
Love Me Do
Lovely Hula Hands
Mama Don't Allow
Maybellene
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
Mr. Bojangles
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Night and Day
Oh, Boy!
Oh, Susanna
On the Cover of the Rolling Stone
On Top of Old Smokey
Pay Me My Money Down
Peggy Sue
Pistol Packin' Mama
Ramblin' Man
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Ring of Fire
Ripple
Rock Around the Clock
Rocky Top
Route 66
Save the Last Dance for Me
Sea of Love
Secret Agent Man
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Shady Grove
Stand By Me
Stray Cat Strut
Summertime
Sunny Afternoon
Sway
Sweet Home Chicago
Tennessee Waltz
That's All Right, Mama
This Land Is Your Land
This Little Light of Mine
This Train Is Bound for Glory
Tom Dooley
Tonight You Belong to Me
Tulsa Time
Turn Your Radio On
Ukulele Lady
Under the Boardwalk
Wagon Wheel
Walk Right In
Walking After Midnight
When Will I Be Loved?
White Sandy Beach
Whiskey in the Jar
Wildwood Flower
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
You Belong to Me
You Don't Know Me
Your Cheatin' Heart
You're Sixteen

2018 Belfast Uke Fest Jam
(Songs for singing and strumming)
Some printed copies will be available at the Friday Jam
PDF BOOKLET with all songs
Amazing Grace
Hallelujah
Hey, Good Looking
Iko Iko
In the Pines
Irene, Goodnight
Jamaica Farewell
Jambalaya
Jolene
Kansas City
King of the Road
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
On Top of Old Smokey
Stand By Me
This Land Is Your Land
This Train Is Bound for Glory
Tom Dooley
Tonight You Belong to Me
Whiskey in the Jar
Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Saint Patrick's Day
Danny Boy
Gypsy Rover
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
MacNamara's Band
Molly Malone
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
My Wild Irish Rose
Red Is the Rose
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
That's an Irish Lullaby
When You're Smiling
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Whiskey in the Jar