First Ukulele Songs - Mockingbird Chord Chart (Key: G) printable pdf download

First Ukulele Songs - Mockingbird Chord Chart (Key: G)

MOCKINGBIRD

Ukulele

Key: G

Level 1

First

songs - 2 chords

This is a traditional, folk-style version of this song, played with

just the two easy G and D7 chords (Level 1).

It’s not too fast, with predictable, well-spaced chord changes-

a perfect song to practise your first 2 chords.

Hush little baby, don’t say a word,

Papa’s gonna buy you a mocking-bird.

If that mocking-bird don’t sing,

*Starting note:

(=D)

Papa’s gonna buy you a diamond ring.

Timing- 4/4:

ONE,

If that diamond ring turns brass,

...

ONE,

Strum:

Papa’s gonna buy you a looking glass.

Du, Du, Du

DOWN,

...

Du, Du, Du

DOWN,

If that looking glass gets broke,

Papa’s gonna buy you a billy goat.

Starting note:

See the G diagram above

If that billy goat won’t pull,

to help you find the first

note of the song- (in this

Papa’s gonna buy you a cart and bull.

song, it’s when you sing

“Hush”, and the note is D).

If that cart and bull turn over,

Make the chord formation

with your left hand on the

Papa’s gonna buy you a dog named Rover.

fingerboard, next to the

“nut” (the white bar

If that dog named Rover won’t bark,

across the top of the

neck), and press the

Papa’s gonna buy you a horse and cart.

strings down. Pluck the 3

string so you can hear the

If that horse and cart fall down,

note.

You’ll still be the sweetest little baby in the town.

First Ukulele Songs - Mockingbird Chord Chart (Key: G)

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