Top 5 Most Surprising Songs to Play on the Ukulele

Things are not always as they seem!

Enjoy Playing Along to These ‘Songs with a Surprise!’

April Fools’ Day is all about having a bit of fun and catching someone out with the unexpected, but sometimes musicians have the clever knack of catching us out as well!

Sting once commented that if he didn’t hear something surprising in the first eight bars of a song, he would stop listening. For many songwriters, a sudden change of style or melody is fundamental to their music.

Here are our Top 5 play along ukulele covers which will April Fool you either with a definite mix of styles, surprise change in tempo or sudden dynamic shift.

Happy Strumming 🙂

1. ‘Come On Eileen’ by Dexy’s Midnight Runners

Ukulele play along to ‘Come on Eileen’ by Dexy’s Midnight Runners

2. ‘Black Magic Woman’ by Santana

Ukulele play along to ‘Black Magic Woman’ by Santana

3. ‘Good Vibrations’ by The Beach Boys

Ukulele play along to ‘Good Vibrations’ by The Beachboys

4. ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen

Ukulele play along to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen

5. ‘We Are Young’ by Fun

Ukulele play along to ‘We Are Young’ by Fun

Many thanks to the above for putting together these awesome ukulele chords and lyrics, not to mention the original songwriters!

Finally, we can’t help but sit back and enjoy listening to the master of all surprise songs from the king of solo ukulele – Jake Shimabukuro.

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Happy Strumming 😊

Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Jake Shimabukuro

Jake Shimabukuro performing his breathtaking rendition of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

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