Introduction

The ukulele is currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity. There are probably many reasons for this, but among those are its small size, making it a very portable "take anywhere" instrument. It is relatively inexpensive and the learning curve for a beginner is relatively shallow. It is possible, in a couple of hours, to learn enough chords to provide a simple accompaniment to a great many songs, but like many apparently simple instruments, there is enough of a challenge to provide a lifetime of enjoyment.

I took up ukulele because, as someone who goes to folk clubs and sings regularly, I wanted to be able to accompany myself. I had tried guitar without success but I found I was quite quickly able to achieve this with the ukulele. In my view, the ukulele is a viable alternative to the guitar which is widely used in folk music. 

I am really only a beginner on the ukulele, but I have been finding great satisfaction in being able to provide accompaniments to some of my favourite songs and I want to share this and also to provide a source of chords for folk songs.

I have found chords for many songs by searching on the internet and there are a great many chord and lyric sites but mostly they focus on popular music of one sort or another and chords for folk songs, though available, are less common. Consequently, I often find it easier to work them out for myself. I hope this blog will provide another resource.

Most of the songs I post here will be in the public domain, either traditional songs with no known author or, if the author of the song is known, they will have been written long enough ago to be out of copyright. I will also be posting some songs by more recent authors, but I will make that clear and in any case, many of these will be well known to you.