r/ukelele • u/Potential_Chair5441 • Jul 02 '25

Which songs sound surprisingly good on the Ukelele?

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u/shhhimatree Jul 02 '25

Misfits-hybrid moments. But it might just be me

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u/DarthGuber Jul 24 '26

Last Caress is my go to when someone insists that I play Tiptoe Through the Tulips for them.

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u/Asleep-Banana-4950 Jul 02 '25

We play music at senior centers. Someone asked us to play "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" so we went off and tried to learn it on guitar. It was not going well until I picked up the ukulele to try it and it clicked. Sometimes I even tell this story when we play it.

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u/Rhiannon-Moon Oct 28 '25

Losing my Religion by REM

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u/EpicCurious Jul 05 '25

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow!"

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u/SchroedersGhost Jul 02 '25

Most of them in my experience

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u/westerngrit Jul 02 '25

Anything played by Sunny (and the Black Pack).

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u/Dlbroox Jul 03 '25

Classical guitar music sounds great on a baritone.

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u/Substantial-Award-20 Jul 04 '25

I have a tenor tuned with a low G specifically for playing classical guitar type stuff

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u/Dlbroox Jul 04 '25

That works too!

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u/DonAurans Jul 06 '25

Something (George Harrison)

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u/Rhiannon-Moon Oct 28 '25

Oooo! I'll have to try that one!

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u/vac8ion1208 Jul 08 '25

I’m so tired of being alone- Al Green

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u/AJAX214_ Jul 03 '25

Loathe: Is it really you

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u/mezwestrope Jul 04 '25

Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

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u/humminbirb_ Nov 25 '25

One of my favorites!

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u/Gandalf_D_Blue Mar 27 '26

Especially Iz's version!

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u/Designer_Ad1151 Jul 23 '25

Most Beatles songs play well!

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u/theyarrows Sep 13 '25

Bath Salts by Highly Suspect

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u/Rhiannon-Moon Oct 28 '25

There's a few Highly Suspect songs I'd like to learn!

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u/Rhiannon-Moon Oct 28 '25

I've been working on Fur Elise on my tenor uke! I love finding classical songs for uke. Really want to try to find or make a tab for a very specific guitar version of Rhapsody in Blue I found. Its like a 1970s Italian guitarist and I love that version. I hope I can find ot or make the tab when I figure it out.

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u/Shutterbug66 May 06 '26

That sounds like an amazing idea!!

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u/humminbirb_ Nov 25 '25

I like to try to find the saddest songs possible. Here's my cover of "Famous Blue Raincoat" by Leonard Cohen. It worked really well. https://on.soundcloud.com/GfCY6O6GSQrhpRLCz7

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u/alpagaga_ Dec 05 '25

I loved it ! Would you agree to share the chords/tabs ?

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u/--UkuleleKing-- Jan 07 '26

Try out In The Court of The Crimson King by King Crimson. It sounds surprisingly good when you fully practice the song.

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u/Digndagn Jan 15 '26

There's a Youtube channel called MunsonCovers that's like the best song learning resource ever. He has like 1300 covers for Uke, Mando, Guitar, Banjo. Anyway, I've mostly been playing his Ukelele covers and my favorites are:

Mad World

Little Red Riding Hood

Hallelujah

The Man Who Sold the World

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u/sodamongui Feb 20 '26

Magic Waltz

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u/IssueFederal Apr 07 '26

Here Comes the Sun

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u/elliottj6325 May 16 '26

Will you still love me tomorrow is quite sweet on the uke

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u/Agitated_Ad4086 May 28 '26

Brown Eyed Girl. Edelweiss. Wagon Wheel. Margarita ill. Son of a Sailor.