Happy New Year! Time for an Updated Songbook

Hi folks,

I have just completed an edit of both Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the HUG Songbooks. In doing so, I have rolled both editions together into one massive songbook.

Please download it here: The Official HUG Songbook – Volumes 1 & 2

What is new:

• All songs from Volume 1 and 2 have been edited once again, so there should be less obvious errors than before. Some songs have been reworked entirely. I can’t really tell you which songs have been changed – at this point, it is all a blur.
• All songs have been combined and re-alphabetized into the single document
• A few new songs have been added (Star Wars tabs, House of Gold, Log Driver’s Waltz, When I’m Gone / Cups, Riptide, Black Velvet Band, Sonny’s Dream and These Boots were made for Walking)

Links to the MS Word version of this document are available by following the links on the HUG Songbook page (for those of you who prefer to edit and re-format on your own) located here.

*****EDITS TO THE JANUARY 2 POSTING****

IF YOU DOWNLOADED THE SONGBOOK PRIOR TO JANUARY 26, 2016, PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:

Changes to the Compendium of Awesome (HUG Songbook Vol 1 & 2)

• All of the chord diagrams for Em and F7 have been changed to reflect our more common fretting of those chords (A big THANK YOU goes out to John Baxter at Ukefarm for sending me the revised font set! – By the way, check out UkeFarm’s cool apps at http://www.ukefarm.com/ukefarm-apps/index.html)

There have been subtle format changes throughout the document, however, here are some that are more obvious:

• Ain’t Misbehavin’       Page 10           Format change
• Ain’t She Sweet          Page 12           alternate chords added
• Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (Culture Club)      Page 49           change to ending
• Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey)           Page 50           changes to chorus and added picking riff
• (The Ballad of) Gilligan’s Island        Page 68           tidied it up a bit
• Hey, Good Lookin’ (Hank Williams) Page 79           fixed the ending
• Ho Hey (The Lumineers)        Page 83           some fixes
• House of Gold (Twenty One Pilots)   Page 88           small fix to ending
• I’ve Been Everywhere (Hank Snow) – with key changes       Page 95           chord boxes added
• Iko Iko (Dixie Cups)   Page 105         a few chord fixes
• Is She Really Going Out With Him? (Joe Jackson)    Page 107         format fixes for clarity
• Sonny’s Dream (Ron Hynes)  Page 191         fixed at the key change and ending
• These Boots Were Made For Walking (Nancy Sinatra)         Page 207         added {TACET} on last line of chorus

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HUG Holiday Songbook!

Hi folks…

I have just assembled a collection of Christmas songs drawn from a variety of sources across the internet (and threw it into our basic songbook format).

I am sure there are still lots of errors in the document, but I think it is in good enough shape to use at our next HUG gathering – The Yuletide Strum – on Monday, December 7th starting at 7:00 pm at the Celtic Corner Pub.

Here is the link to the Holiday Songbook:

PDF Version: HUG Holiday Songbook

Please note that I have completed another edit as of 11:40PM on December 3. A few more songs have been added and a few other corrections have been made. If you have already printed a copy of the HUG Holiday Songbook, here is a PDF file that contains only the new songs:

HUG Holiday Songbook – Add ons

Please let me know if you spot any errors or oversights.

Thanks,

Jonathan

PS… Here is my current Microsoft Word document for those of you who like to play with the formatting yourself (or for other Ukulele Clubs who want to customize it). Please take a look at page 2 of the document, as I included info on how the book was formatted. Here is the MS Word version: HUG Holiday Songbook

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Some New Songs! (Getting Started on Songbook Volume 2…)

Here are a couple of new songs to try out at this week’s HUG gathering:

• Drunken Sailor (Traditional) – Updated Jan 7/13
• Farewell to Nova Scotia (Traditional)
• I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
• Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)
• Little Boxes (Malvina Reynolds)
• Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)
• Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves) – In the key of G – Updated Jan 7/13

See you on Monday from 7-9 at Celtic Corner

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Happy New Year – The Official HUG Songbook Volume 1 is available

Happy New Year Everyone!

It has been a long haul, but I finally have the vast majority of the HUG songs available in a single document.

Welcome to The Official HUG Songbook Volume 1. This is a collection of most of the songs played at our monthly meetings since our humble beginnings in the spring of 2008.

I think there are about 130 songs formatted in this songbook. Over the next little while I will try to get the MS word version of this document posted so that anyone who wishes can play with the format to their heart’s desire.

As well, I hope to put together a 25-30 song “HUG Essentials” book of some of our most often played songs.

Please contact me if you notice any glaring errors or omissions.

Download the songbook HERE

Here is what’s in Volume 1:

• Across the Universe (The Beatles)
• Ain’t She Sweet
• All I Have To Do Is Dream (Everly Brothers)
• All of Me (Seymour Simons / Gerald Marks)
• All My Loving (The Beatles)
• Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Monty Python)
• Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Big Rock Candy Mountain
• Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)
• Build me Up, Buttercup (The Foundations)
• Bye Bye Love (Everly Brothers)
• California Sun (The Rivieras)
• The Charleston
• Centerfold (J Geils Band)
• City Of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie)
• Come Dancing (The Kinks)
• Come On Eileen (Dexy’s Midnight Runners)
• Cover of the Rolling Stone (Dr. Hook)
• Crazy G (HUG Style)
• Creep (Radiohead)
• Crocodile Rock (Elton John)
• Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (Culture Club)
• Don’t Stop Believin’
• Doo Wah Diddy Manfred Mann
• East Bound and Down (Jerry Reed)
• Eight Days A Week (The Beatles)
• End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys)
• Every Breath You Take Police
• Every Day Buddy Holly
• Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen)
• Feelin’ Groovy – 59th Street Bridge Song (Simon & Garfunkel)
• 500 Miles (Proclaimers)
• Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
• Forget You – Cee Lo Green
• The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)
• Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
• Handle With Care (Travelling Wilburys)
• Heart of Gold (Neil Young)
• Help Me Rhonda (The Beach Boys)
• Henry the Eighth (Herman’s Hermits)
• Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)
• Hey, Good Lookin’ (Hank Williams)
• Hey Soul Sister – G (Train)
• Hey Soul Sister – F (Train)
• Honey Pie (The Beatles)
• Hooked on a Feeling (BJ Thomas)
• Hotel California (The Eagles)
• House of the Rising Sun Animals
• I Don’t Like Mondays (Boomtown Rats)
• I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles)
• I’ll Tell My Ma (Traditional)
• I’m a Believer (The Monkees)
• I’m Looking Through You Beatles
• I’ve Been Everywhere – in one key (Hank Snow)
• I’ve Been Everywhere – with key changes (Hank Snow)
• I Walk the Line (Johhny Cash)
• I Wanna Be Like You (Sherman & Sherman)
• I Wanna Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)
• Iko Iko (Dixie Cups)
• In the Jail House Now (Jimmie Rodgers)
• Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
• Joy to the World (Three Dog Night)
• Karma Chameleon (Culture Club)
• King of the Road (Roger Miller)
• The Lazy Song (Bruno Mars)
• Let Me Call You Sweetheart
• Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian (John Prine)
• The Littlest Hobo Theme (Terry Bush)
• Lola (The Kinks)
• Long Black Veil (Johnny Cash)
• Lookin’ Out My Back Door (CCR)
• Mack the Knife
• Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
• Mamma Mia (Abba)
• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Beatles
• Me And Julio Down By The School Yard (Paul Simon)
• Midnight Special
• Mister Sandman (The Chordettes)
• Move it on Over (Hank Williams)
• Mull of Kintyre (Paul McCartney)
• Nine Pound Hammer (John Prine)
• Nowhere with you (Joel Plaskett Emergency)
• Oh, Susanna
• Oh, You Beautiful Doll
• Red Red Wine
• Rehab Amy Winehouse
• Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
• Rock & Roll All Nite (KISS)
• Rock Me Gently (Andy Kim)
• The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
• Sea Of Love (Phil Phillips)
• Settin’ the Woods on Fire (Hank Williams)
• Sh-Boom (The Chords)
• Shaving Cream
• She Ain’t Pretty (The Northern Pikes)
• Short People (Randy Newman)
• Singin’ in the Rain (Freed and Brown)
• Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
• Sloop John B (Beach Boys)
• Something (George Harrison)
• Something Stupid (Nancy Sinatra)
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow / Wonderful World (Israel Kamakawiwo`Ole)
• Space Oddity (David Bowie)
• Stray Cat Strut (Stray Cats)
• Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
• Sweet City Woman (The Stampeders)
• Sweet Georgia Brown
• Sweet Home Alabama
• Take it Easy (The Eagles)
• Take Me Home Country Roads (John Denver)
• Tiptoe Through the Tulips (Al Dubin and Joe Burke)
• Tonight You Belong to Me
• The Unicorn Song (Shel Silverstein / Irish Rovers)
• Urban Spaceman (Bonzo Dog Band / Neil Innes)
• Walking After Midnight Patsy Cline
• The Weight (The Band)
• When I’m 64 (The Beatles)
• When I’m Cleaning Windows (George Formby)
• Why Don’t You Get A Job? (The Offspring)
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken (A.P. Carter)
• Working Man (Rita McNeil)
• You Are My Sunshine
• You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)
• You’ve Got a Friend in Me (Randy Newman)

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Christmas Ukulele – Monday, December 3 at Celtic Corner

See you all on Monday, December 3 at Celtic Corner.

So far the best Christmas Songbook I have found is one produced a few years ago by the Seattle Ukulele Players Association (SUPA). As far as a single packaged Christmas collection goes, it has a good number of familiar tunes. Here is the link:

• http://www.bytownukulele.ca/Portals/UkuleleClub/Song%20Books/SUPA_Holiday_Songbook_2008.pdf

By the way, be sure to look at many of the Christmas songs ahead of time. Even the common Christmas standards feature a host of unfamiliar chords, insanely quick chord changes or a minimum of 6-12 chords per song. Bring on the eggnog.

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HUG Yuletide Strum – Monday, December 12

Hi folks!

Just a reminder that the HUG Christmas Strum will take place on Monday, December 12th starting at 7:00 pm at the Celtic Corner Pub. Although we normally run until 9:00 pm, if so inspired, feel free to extend the session a little later into the evening.

Here is a good Ukulele Christmas Songbook from the Seattle Ukulele Players Association (SUPA) that I thought we could use for the evening:

http://ukuleleclubsongbooks.comule.com/books/SUPA_Holiday_Songbook_2008.pdf

Merry Uking!

(BTW, the http://ukuleleclubsongbooks.comule.com/ website has some great songbooks from uke clubs worldwide. It is worth checking out!)

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January HUG – Monday, January 10

The next gathering of the Halifax Ukulele Gang is Monday, January 10 from 7-9 pm at the Celtic Corner pub on Alderney Drive in Dartmouth.

Remember, if you have a uke, bring it. If you don’t have a uke, someone likely will have one you can borrow.

Everyone is welcome. Feel free to bring a friend.

Here are the songs for our this month’s gathering. All the new songs this month come from Richard G’s Ukulele Songbook. It’s a great site that also provides links to YouTube videos you can strum along with! There are over 700 songs posted on his site. I just chose a few we can play with on Monday.

Please have a copy of the songs with you.

• Big Rock Candy Mountain (C)
• Doo Wah Diddy – Manfred Mann
• End Of The Line – Traveling Wilburys
• Every Breath You Take (F) – Police
• Every Day – Buddy Holly
• Hooked On A Feeling – BJ Thomas
• House Of The Rising Sun (Am) – Animals
• Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (C) – Brian Hyland
• Mamma Mia (C) – Abba
• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – Beatles
• Rawhide – TV Show
• Sea Of Love (G) – Phil Phillips
• Something Stupid – Nancy Sinatra
• Stray Cat Strut (Am) – Stray Cats
• Who Put The Bomp – Barry Mann

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Next HUG – Monday, December 6 – The Christmas Strum!

The next gathering of the Halifax Ukulele Gang is Monday, December 6 from 7-9 pm at the Celtic Corner pub on Alderney Drive in Dartmouth.

It is our Christmas Strum, so be ready to Uke in the Christmas season!

Remember, if you have a uke, bring it. If you don’t have a uke, someone likely will have one you can borrow.

Here are the songs for our December 6th uke gathering. Please have a copy of the songs with you.

The Vancouver Ukulele Circle Winter Holiday Songbook (complied by Ralph Shaw)

Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake

Christmas in Killarney

If you want more holiday music for the ukulele, please check out this post from last year: https://halifaxukulelegang.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/christmas-music-for-the-uke/

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Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian – From November Gathering

Here is a video shot at the November HUG gathering:

Chords for Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian

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Our First Official Gig! – The Nocturne Festival

*** Another schedule change:

We are going back to our original time slot, starting with the 8:15 ferry from Halifax and playing until 9:12. If possible, we have also been asked if we can play a little longer (for another two ferry rides, ending back in Halifax at 9:42).

I say we go for it. Remember this as the day that that a group of ukuleles was asked to play LONGER!

Set up is at 7:45pm on Halifax side (If you are coming from Dartmouth, hop on the ferry at 7:30pm)

***There has been a change to our performance time!! Please note the NEW times listed below.***

HUG will be performing as part of the Nocturne Festival on Saturday, October 16, 2010 on the Halifax / Dartmouth Ferry  from 7:45-8:42 pm

 Set up is at 7:15pm on Halifax side (If you are coming from Dartmouth, hop on the ferry at 7:00pm)

 Please bring:

• your ukulele (and maybe an extra)
• a music stand (if you have one)
• stick tack and / or bulldog clips to hold your sheet music

 Here is our set list for the show

•  All I Have to do is Dream (Revised October 2010)
• All My Loving (Revised October 2010)
• Heart of Gold (Revised October 2010)
• Help Me Rhonda
• Im a Believer (Revised October 2010)
• Karma Chameleon (Revised October 2010)
• Lets Talk Dirty in Hawaiian
• Long Black Veil – Johnny Cash (NEW!)
• Ring of Fire
• Rock Me Gently – Andy Kim (Revised October 2010)
• Sweet City Woman – Stampeders (Revised October 2010)
• Urban Spaceman
• The Weight
• You Shook Me All Night Long (Revised October 2010)

 See you at the show!

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