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Ukulele Wednesdays Songbook v.4

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Ukulele Wednesdays Songbook v4

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Ukulele Wednesdays Songbook Contents:

A Little Less Conversation – Elvis Presley vs JXL*
A Little Respect – Erasure
Accidentally in Love – Counting Crows
Africa – Toto*
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell*
All About That Bass (abridged) – Meghan Trainor
All Night Long – Lionel Richie*
All Star – Smash Mouth*
All That She Wants – Ace of Base
Alright – Supergrass
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
Always on my Mind – Pet Shop Boys*
(Is this the Way to) Amarillo – Tony Christie
American Idiot – Green Day
Angels – Robbie Williams
Annie’s Song – John Denver
Back for Good – Take That
Back in the USSR – The Beatles
Back to Black – Amy Winehouse*
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga*
Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
The Bare Necessities – Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman
Be My Baby – The Ronettes
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Blame it on the Boogie (abridged) – The Jacksons
Blaze of Glory – Jon Bon Jovi
Blister in the Sun – The Violent Femmes*
Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan
Blue Monday – New Order*
Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley
Bohemian Like You – The Dandy Warhols
Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something
Brimful of Asha (abridged) – Cornershop
Bring Me Sunshine – Morecambe & Wise
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Buck Rogers – Feeder*
Budapest – George Ezra*
Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
California Dreaming – The Mamas & the Papas
Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers*
Cannonball – Damien Rice
Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue*
Can’t Stop (abridged) – Red Hot Chili Peppers*
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli
Cat’s in the Cradle – Ugly Kid Joe
The Cave – Mumford & Sons*
Cecilia – Simon and Garfunkel
C’est la Vie – B*Witched*
The Chain – Fleetwood Mac
Chelsea Dagger – The Fratellis
City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie
Closing Time – Semisonic
Come on Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Common People (short version) – Pulp
Complicated – Avril Lavigne
Country House – Blur
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Creep – Radiohead
Crocodile Rock (abridged) – Elton John
Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen
Dancing Queen – Abba
Daydream – The Lovin’ Spoonful
Daydream Believer – The Monkees
Dedicated Follower of Fashion – The Kinks
Delilah – Tom Jones
Dirty Old Town – The Pogues
Disco (abridged) – Pulp
Do You Love Me – The Contours
(Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Dog Days Are Over – Florence and the Machine*
Don’t Leave Me This Way – The Communards
Don’t Look Back in Anger — Oasis
Don’t Speak (abridged) – No Doubt*
Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin
Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds*
Don’t You Want Me – The Human League
Down Under – Men at Work
Dream a Little Dream of Me – The Mamas & The Papas
Dreaming of You — The Coral*
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac*
Echo Beach – Martha and the Muffins*
Enjoy the Silence – Depeche Mode*
Ever Fallen in Love – Buzzcocks
Every Breath You Take – The Police
Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears*
Everything I Do – Bryan Adams
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Faith – George Michael
Feel it Still – Portugal. The Man*
Feeling Good – Nina Simone*
The Final Countdown – Europe
Finally – CeCe Peniston
Firework – Katy Perry
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue – Lewis, Young & Henderson
Flashdance… What a Feeling – Irene Cara*
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Footloose – Kenny Loggins*
Forget You/F*** You – Cee Lo Green
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty*
Friday I’m in Love – The Cure
Get Lucky (abridged) – Daft Punk
Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper*
Give it Up – KC and the Sunshine Band*
Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
Gold – Spandau Ballet
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day
Half the World Away – Oasis
Hallelujah (abridged) – Leonard Cohen
Hand In My Pocket – Alanis Morissette
Happy Birthday (traditional)
Happy Together – The Turtles
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Heaven – Bryan Adams
Heaven is a Place on Earth – Belinda Carlisle*
“Heroes” – David Bowie
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Hey Ya – OutKast
Hi Ho Silver Lining – Jeff Beck
(Your Love Keeps Liftin’ Me) Higher and Higher – Jackie Wilson*
Hit Me Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
Hit the Road – Ray Charles
Ho Hey – The Lumineers
Hold On – Wilson Phillips*
Holding Out For a Hero – Bonnie Tyler*
Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros*
Hot n Cold – Katy Perry
Hotel California – The Eagles
House of Fun – Madness*
House of the Rising Sun (abridged) – The Animals
Human – Rag’n’Bone Man*
Hurt – Johnny Cash
Hysteria – Muse*
I Bet that You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys*
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) – Four Tops
I Get Around – The Beach Boys*
I Knew You Were Trouble – Taylor Swift
I Only Want to Be With You – Dusty Springfield
I Predict a Riot – Kaiser Chiefs
I Think We’re Alone Now – Tiffany
I Wanna Be Like You – Louis Prima and Phil Harris
I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Whitney Houston*
I Want to Break Free – Queen
I Want to Know What Love Is – Foreigner
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
I’ll Be There For You (Friends theme) – The Rembrandts
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight – Bob Dylan
I’ll Fly Away – Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch
I’m a Believer – The Monkees
I’m Gonna Be ( Miles) – The Proclaimers
I’m Still Standing – Elton John*
I’m into Something Good – Herman’s Hermits
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
Iko Iko – James Crawford
Imagine – John Lennon
In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins*
Iris – The Goo Goo Dolls
Ironic – Alanis Morisette*
It Must Be Love – Madness
It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones
Jamming – Bob Marley
Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
Jolene – Dolly Parton
Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode*
Karma Chameleon – Culture Club
Keep the Faith – Bon Jovi
Kids – MGMT
Kids in America – Kim Wilde
Killing Me Softly with his Song– Roberta Flack
King of the Road – Roger Miller
Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
Lady Madonna – The Beatles
Last Nite – The Strokes*
Learn to Fly – Foo Fighters*
Let it Be (abridged) – The Beatles
Let it Go – Idina Menzel
The Letter – The Box Tops
Like a Prayer – Madonna
The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Tokens
Little Lion Man – Mumford & Sons
Little Talks – Of Monsters and Men*
Live Forever – Oasis
Livin’ la Vida Loca – Ricky Martin*
Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
The Loco-motion – Little Eva
Lola – The Kinks
Losing My Religion – REM
Love Shack – The B-s*
Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division*
Lucky Man – The Verve
Mad World – Gary Jules
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) – Steve Harley
Mamma Mia – ABBA*
The Man Who Sold the World – David Bowie*
Man! I Feel Like a Woman! – Shania Twain*
Man of Constant Sorrow – The Soggy Bottom Boys
Maybe Tomorrow – Terry Bush (Littlest Hobo theme)
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard – Paul Simon
Minnie the Moocher – Cab Calloway*
Monkey Man – Toots and the Maytals
Moondance – Van Morrison
More Than Words – Extreme*
Movin’ On Up – Primal Scream*
Mr Blue Sky (abridged) – Electric Light Orchestra*
Mr Brightside – The Killers
Mrs Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
My Favourite Game – The Cardigans
Mysterious Girl (abridged) – Peter Andre*
Never Ever – All Saints*
New York, New York – Frank Sinatra
Nine to Five – Dolly Parton
No Surprises – Radiohead
No Woman, No Cry – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Octopus’s Garden – The Beatles
Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
The One and Only – Chesney Hawkes*
One Day Like This – Elbow*
Otherside – Red Hot Chili Peppers
(Lookin’ Back) Over My Shoulder – Mike + the Mechanics
Paint it Black – The Rolling Stones
Paradise – George Ezra*
Paradise City (abridged) – Guns ‘N Roses*
The Passenger (abridged) – Iggy Pop*
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
Piano Man (abridged) – Billy Joel*
Piece of my Heart – Erma Franklin
Pinball Wizard – The Who
Poison – Alice Cooper
Price Tag (abridged) – Jessie J
Proud Mary – Tina Turner*
Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
Pumped Up Kicks – Foster the People
Que Sera Sera – Doris Day
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head – B J Thomas
Rasputin (abridged) – Boney M*
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Riptide – Vance Joy
Rocket Man – Elton John
Rolling in the Deep – Adele
Ruby – Kaiser Chiefs*
Runaround Sue – Dion*
Runaway – Del Shannon
Sail Away – David Gray*
Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry
Shake it Off – Taylor Swift
Shotgun – George Ezra*
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
Simply the Best – Tina Turner*
Sit Down – James
Skinny Love – Bon Iver
Sloop John B – The Beach Boys
Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye
Somewhere Only We Go – Keane
Somewhere Over the Rainbow / Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
SOS – Abba
Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum
Stand by Me – Ben E King
Starlight – Muse*
Starman – David Bowie*
Stuck in the Middle with You – Stealers Wheel
Summer of – Bryan Adams
Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks
Suspicious Minds (abridged) – Elvis Presley
Sway – Dean Martin
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond*
Sweet Child o’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
Sweet Dreams – Eurythmics*
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Take it Easy – The Eagles
Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand*
Take on Me – Aha
Take Your Mama – Scissor Sisters
Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus
Teenage Kicks – The Undertones
Tell Me Ma – The Dubliners
That Don’t Impress Me Much – Shania Twain*
There is a Light that Never Goes Out – The Smiths*
There She Goes – The La’s*
These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ – Nancy Sinatra
Thorn in my Side – Eurythmics
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
Time After Time – Cindy Lauper
Titanium – David Guetta ft. Sia
Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
Total Eclipse of the Heart (abridged) – Bonnie Tyler
Toxic – Britney Spears
True Colours (abridged) – Cindy Lauper
True Faith – New Order
Tubthumping – Chumbawumba
Two Princes – Spin Doctors
Umbrella – Rihanna
Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters
Under the Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
Waiting for a Star to Fall – Boy Meets Girl*
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – Wham!*
Wake up Boo – Boo Radleys*
Walk of Life – Dire Straits
Walking in Memphis – Mark Cohn
Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves*
Wannabe – The Spice Girls*
Wanted: Dead or Alive – Bon Jovi
Waterfalls – TLC*
The Way It Is – Bruce Hornsby
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
We Are Young – Fun with Janelle Monae
We Built this City – Starship
Weather with You – Crowded House
What’s Up? – Non Blondes
When the Going Gets Tough – Billy Ocean*
When You Were Young – The Killers*
Where Do You Go to My Lovely? (abridged) – Peter Sarstedt
White Wedding – Billy Idol*
Why Does it Always Rain on Me? – Travis
Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell*
Wicked Game – Chris Isaak
Wild World – Cat Stevens
Will You Still Love me Tomorrow? – The Shirelles
Wind of Change – The Scorpions
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
With a Little Help from my Friends – The Beatles
Wonderful World – Sam Cooke
Wonderwall – Oasis
Word up – Cameo
Yellow – Coldplay
YMCA – The Village People
You Are My Sunshine – The Pine Ridge Boys
You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse
You Make My Dreams – Hall & Oates*
You’ve Got the Love – Florence and the Machine
Your Song – Elton John
You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
You’re the One that I Want – Grease
Zombie – The Cranberries

Authors’ note:
New songs are marked with an asterisk and songs that have changed significantly since the previous edition are marked with a cross.

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