Chords for THE "HEAVENLY RIFF" FOR THE UKULELE - UKULELE LESSON / TUTORIAL by "UKULELE MIKE"
Tempo:
124.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
Am
C
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [Am]
[C] [D]
[F]
[C] [Am]
[C] [D]
[F]
[Am]
[C]
[D]
[F] [C]
[Am]
[C]
[D]
[F]
[C]
[Eb] Ah yes, the [D] heavenly riff.
[A] What a heavenly riff this is.
This is the riff that every guitar player has to learn.
It's obligatory.
And so now every ukulele player [G] can play it as [Bb] well.
Before we go [D] any further with this [A] lesson, I would [Bb] suggest you go to [Eb] the description
box [E] and [Db] the way YouTube has it, you only see part of the description, so there's a [Bb] little
drop down arrow thing that opens up the [G] entire description box.
And [Bb] you'll see a [A] link to my [Bb] Mediafire site where you can download the [G] tablature for this.
Download that, [A] print it out, and then come on back and continue with the lesson.
[C]
[G] Alright, [D] the heavenly riff.
It was performed by a band whose name is [A] found on the periodic table of elements as atomic number 82.
A heavy metal band [D] to be sure.
As you look at the tablature [Bb] sheet, look at the way it's laid out.
You've got four lines.
The four lines, the horizontal lines, indicate the [A] strings of the ukulele.
The very [D] top line is the first string.
[G] The very bottom line is the fourth string.
[D] The numbers indicate frets, not necessarily [Db] fingers, but they [A] indicate the frets that
are pushed down.
[Db] So for instance, in the first measure, you've got the second [A] fret of the fourth string.
The zeros following that mean that those strings are played open.
[D] So it's played like this.
[Am]
Now the right hand [Bbm] assignment is [Eb] this.
The thumb always plays the fourth string.
[A] It also plays the third [Bb] string.
The index finger plays the second string.
[A] And the middle finger takes care of the first string [C] notes.
[D] [Bb] Now it's best [Db] to look at this song [A] in terms of actual chord blocks.
So like the first [Am] measure is an A minor chord.
[Bb] It can either be played with the index finger or [Am] the middle.
I usually play it with the middle.
[Gbm] The next [B] measure is, [A] for want of a better term, C augmented ninth, [E] [Am] a dissonant chord.
[C]
The third [Am] measure is C.
[C]
The fourth measure [D] is D.
And I play it by barring the second
[Gbm] fret, but only play those three [D] notes at the second fret.
The fourth, the third, and the second string.
You can use these three fingers if you wish, or [Gb] these three.
[D]
Then you've got an F [F] chord.
[Bb]
And then the sixth measure is also [F] F.
[Db] [G] Now the seventh [Eb] measure is the [Db] easiest measure
of the whole [A] song.
You just play a [G] G chord, strum it down, and then strum an A [Am] minor twice.
So it's strum, strum, strum.
[Bb] And then, last but not least, the eighth [Am] measure, you play the, there's a quarter rest, and
then on the [A] second beat you play the first string open, [Bb] then go up to the eighth fret,
and [Am] down to the seventh.
[Em] And I do a little slide going up to the eighth.
[Bb]
[Bm] Start the slide at [Dm] about the fifth fret.
[E]
And then the piece [A] starts all over again.
[C]
[D] Now in [B] playing this, most of [G] the measures, or a number of them, have just single [Am] notes.
But right here, you've got [D] double, actually triple notes.
[B] Thumbs on the fourth string first fret, index fingers open on the second string, [Ebm] and the
second [A] fret of the first [B] string with the middle finger.
And [Gbm] since the ukulele's only got four, maybe we're playing three [A] strings at one time, to
give it a little fuller feel, [D] we like to do little rolls [E] like this.
[D] And that's played by playing [E] the thumb first, then the [Bb] index, then [D] the middle.
But you [E] don't go, but more.
It's almost simultaneously.
But just a slight [A] delay between each one.
That's called a [E] roll.
[Am] So you have,
[E] [C]
[D] [A] then F, another [F] roll, then [G] brush stroke, [Am]
little [A] turn around, [Am] back, [C] roll, roll,
[D]
[A] then [F] F.
[G] [Am] [D]
On that [G] D chord, I'm actually breaking away from my rule a little bit here.
I'm playing the third finger on that second string, then the thumb on the [D] fourth, and
[Gbm] index finger on the third.
[Bm] It just feels more [D] comfortable for me.
Then go [G] back to your original right hand position for [F] the F.
[Am] There you [Gb] have the Heavenly Riff.
[Eb] Have fun with it, [A] and happy strumming.
[C] [D]
[F]
[C] [Am]
[C] [D]
[F]
[Am]
[C]
[D]
[F] [C]
[Am]
[C]
[D]
[F]
[C]
[Eb] Ah yes, the [D] heavenly riff.
[A] What a heavenly riff this is.
This is the riff that every guitar player has to learn.
It's obligatory.
And so now every ukulele player [G] can play it as [Bb] well.
Before we go [D] any further with this [A] lesson, I would [Bb] suggest you go to [Eb] the description
box [E] and [Db] the way YouTube has it, you only see part of the description, so there's a [Bb] little
drop down arrow thing that opens up the [G] entire description box.
And [Bb] you'll see a [A] link to my [Bb] Mediafire site where you can download the [G] tablature for this.
Download that, [A] print it out, and then come on back and continue with the lesson.
[C]
[G] Alright, [D] the heavenly riff.
It was performed by a band whose name is [A] found on the periodic table of elements as atomic number 82.
A heavy metal band [D] to be sure.
As you look at the tablature [Bb] sheet, look at the way it's laid out.
You've got four lines.
The four lines, the horizontal lines, indicate the [A] strings of the ukulele.
The very [D] top line is the first string.
[G] The very bottom line is the fourth string.
[D] The numbers indicate frets, not necessarily [Db] fingers, but they [A] indicate the frets that
are pushed down.
[Db] So for instance, in the first measure, you've got the second [A] fret of the fourth string.
The zeros following that mean that those strings are played open.
[D] So it's played like this.
[Am]
Now the right hand [Bbm] assignment is [Eb] this.
The thumb always plays the fourth string.
[A] It also plays the third [Bb] string.
The index finger plays the second string.
[A] And the middle finger takes care of the first string [C] notes.
[D] [Bb] Now it's best [Db] to look at this song [A] in terms of actual chord blocks.
So like the first [Am] measure is an A minor chord.
[Bb] It can either be played with the index finger or [Am] the middle.
I usually play it with the middle.
[Gbm] The next [B] measure is, [A] for want of a better term, C augmented ninth, [E] [Am] a dissonant chord.
[C]
The third [Am] measure is C.
[C]
The fourth measure [D] is D.
And I play it by barring the second
[Gbm] fret, but only play those three [D] notes at the second fret.
The fourth, the third, and the second string.
You can use these three fingers if you wish, or [Gb] these three.
[D]
Then you've got an F [F] chord.
[Bb]
And then the sixth measure is also [F] F.
[Db] [G] Now the seventh [Eb] measure is the [Db] easiest measure
of the whole [A] song.
You just play a [G] G chord, strum it down, and then strum an A [Am] minor twice.
So it's strum, strum, strum.
[Bb] And then, last but not least, the eighth [Am] measure, you play the, there's a quarter rest, and
then on the [A] second beat you play the first string open, [Bb] then go up to the eighth fret,
and [Am] down to the seventh.
[Em] And I do a little slide going up to the eighth.
[Bb]
[Bm] Start the slide at [Dm] about the fifth fret.
[E]
And then the piece [A] starts all over again.
[C]
[D] Now in [B] playing this, most of [G] the measures, or a number of them, have just single [Am] notes.
But right here, you've got [D] double, actually triple notes.
[B] Thumbs on the fourth string first fret, index fingers open on the second string, [Ebm] and the
second [A] fret of the first [B] string with the middle finger.
And [Gbm] since the ukulele's only got four, maybe we're playing three [A] strings at one time, to
give it a little fuller feel, [D] we like to do little rolls [E] like this.
[D] And that's played by playing [E] the thumb first, then the [Bb] index, then [D] the middle.
But you [E] don't go, but more.
It's almost simultaneously.
But just a slight [A] delay between each one.
That's called a [E] roll.
[Am] So you have,
[E] [C]
[D] [A] then F, another [F] roll, then [G] brush stroke, [Am]
little [A] turn around, [Am] back, [C] roll, roll,
[D]
[A] then [F] F.
[G] [Am] [D]
On that [G] D chord, I'm actually breaking away from my rule a little bit here.
I'm playing the third finger on that second string, then the thumb on the [D] fourth, and
[Gbm] index finger on the third.
[Bm] It just feels more [D] comfortable for me.
Then go [G] back to your original right hand position for [F] the F.
[Am] There you [Gb] have the Heavenly Riff.
[Eb] Have fun with it, [A] and happy strumming.
Key:
D
A
Am
C
Bb
D
A
Am
[N] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Ah yes, the [D] heavenly riff.
[A] What a heavenly riff this is.
This is the riff that every guitar player has to learn.
It's obligatory.
And so now every ukulele player [G] can play it as [Bb] well.
Before we go [D] any further with this [A] lesson, I would [Bb] suggest you go to [Eb] the description
box [E] and [Db] the way YouTube has it, you only see part of the description, so there's a [Bb] little
drop down arrow thing that opens up the [G] entire description box.
And [Bb] you'll see a [A] link to my [Bb] Mediafire site where you can download the [G] tablature for this.
_ Download that, [A] print it out, and then come on back and continue with the lesson.
[C] _
_ _ _ [G] Alright, [D] the heavenly riff.
It was performed by a band whose name is [A] found on the periodic table of elements as atomic number 82.
A heavy metal band [D] to be sure.
As you look at the tablature [Bb] sheet, look at the way it's laid out.
You've got four lines.
The four lines, the horizontal lines, indicate the [A] strings of the ukulele.
The very [D] top line is the first string.
[G] The very bottom line is the fourth string.
_ [D] The numbers indicate frets, not necessarily [Db] fingers, but they [A] indicate the frets that
are pushed down.
[Db] So for instance, in the first measure, you've got the second [A] fret of the fourth string.
The zeros following that mean that those strings are played open.
[D] So it's played like this.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _
Now the right hand [Bbm] assignment is [Eb] this.
The thumb always plays the fourth string.
[A] It also plays the third [Bb] string.
The index finger plays the second string.
[A] And the middle finger takes care of the first string [C] notes. _
[D] [Bb] Now it's best [Db] to look at this song [A] in terms of actual chord blocks.
So like the first [Am] measure is an A minor chord.
[Bb] It can either be played with the index finger or [Am] the middle.
I usually play it with the middle.
_ [Gbm] The next [B] measure is, [A] for want of a better term, C augmented ninth, [E] _ _ _ [Am] a dissonant chord.
[C] _ _
The third [Am] measure is C.
_ _ [C] _ _
The fourth measure [D] is D.
_ And I play it by barring the second
[Gbm] fret, but only play those three [D] notes at the second fret.
The fourth, the third, and the second string.
You can use these three fingers if you wish, or [Gb] these three.
[D] _
Then you've got an F [F] chord.
_ _ _ [Bb]
And then the sixth measure is also [F] F.
_ _ [Db] [G] Now the seventh [Eb] measure is the [Db] easiest measure
of the whole [A] song.
You just play a [G] G chord, _ strum it down, and then strum an A [Am] minor twice.
_ _ _ So it's strum, strum, strum.
_ [Bb] And then, last but not least, the eighth [Am] measure, you play the, there's a quarter rest, and
then on the [A] second beat you play the first string open, _ [Bb] then go up to the eighth fret,
and [Am] down to the seventh.
_ [Em] And I do a little slide going up to the eighth.
[Bb] _ _ _
[Bm] Start the slide at [Dm] about the fifth fret.
_ _ [E] _
And then the piece [A] starts all over again.
[C] _ _ _
[D] _ Now in [B] playing this, most of [G] the measures, or a number of them, have just single [Am] notes.
_ _ But right here, you've got [D] double, actually triple notes.
[B] Thumbs on the fourth string first fret, index fingers open on the second string, [Ebm] and the
second [A] fret of the first [B] string with the middle finger.
And [Gbm] since the ukulele's only got four, maybe we're playing three [A] strings at one time, to
give it a little fuller feel, _ [D] we like to do little rolls [E] like this. _
_ _ _ [D] And that's played by playing [E] the thumb first, then the [Bb] index, then [D] the middle.
But you [E] don't go, but more.
_ It's almost simultaneously. _
But just a slight _ [A] delay between each one.
That's called a [E] roll.
_ [Am] So you have, _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] then F, another [F] roll, _ _ _ then [G] brush stroke, [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ little [A] turn around, [Am] back, _ _ _ [C] roll, _ roll,
_ _ [D] _ _
[A] then [F] F. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ On that [G] D chord, I'm actually _ breaking away from my rule a little bit here.
I'm playing the third finger on that second string, then the thumb on the [D] fourth, and
[Gbm] index finger on the third.
_ [Bm] _ It just feels more [D] comfortable for me.
_ Then go [G] back to your original _ right hand position for [F] the F. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ There you [Gb] have the Heavenly Riff.
[Eb] Have fun with it, [A] and happy strumming. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Ah yes, the [D] heavenly riff.
[A] What a heavenly riff this is.
This is the riff that every guitar player has to learn.
It's obligatory.
And so now every ukulele player [G] can play it as [Bb] well.
Before we go [D] any further with this [A] lesson, I would [Bb] suggest you go to [Eb] the description
box [E] and [Db] the way YouTube has it, you only see part of the description, so there's a [Bb] little
drop down arrow thing that opens up the [G] entire description box.
And [Bb] you'll see a [A] link to my [Bb] Mediafire site where you can download the [G] tablature for this.
_ Download that, [A] print it out, and then come on back and continue with the lesson.
[C] _
_ _ _ [G] Alright, [D] the heavenly riff.
It was performed by a band whose name is [A] found on the periodic table of elements as atomic number 82.
A heavy metal band [D] to be sure.
As you look at the tablature [Bb] sheet, look at the way it's laid out.
You've got four lines.
The four lines, the horizontal lines, indicate the [A] strings of the ukulele.
The very [D] top line is the first string.
[G] The very bottom line is the fourth string.
_ [D] The numbers indicate frets, not necessarily [Db] fingers, but they [A] indicate the frets that
are pushed down.
[Db] So for instance, in the first measure, you've got the second [A] fret of the fourth string.
The zeros following that mean that those strings are played open.
[D] So it's played like this.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _
Now the right hand [Bbm] assignment is [Eb] this.
The thumb always plays the fourth string.
[A] It also plays the third [Bb] string.
The index finger plays the second string.
[A] And the middle finger takes care of the first string [C] notes. _
[D] [Bb] Now it's best [Db] to look at this song [A] in terms of actual chord blocks.
So like the first [Am] measure is an A minor chord.
[Bb] It can either be played with the index finger or [Am] the middle.
I usually play it with the middle.
_ [Gbm] The next [B] measure is, [A] for want of a better term, C augmented ninth, [E] _ _ _ [Am] a dissonant chord.
[C] _ _
The third [Am] measure is C.
_ _ [C] _ _
The fourth measure [D] is D.
_ And I play it by barring the second
[Gbm] fret, but only play those three [D] notes at the second fret.
The fourth, the third, and the second string.
You can use these three fingers if you wish, or [Gb] these three.
[D] _
Then you've got an F [F] chord.
_ _ _ [Bb]
And then the sixth measure is also [F] F.
_ _ [Db] [G] Now the seventh [Eb] measure is the [Db] easiest measure
of the whole [A] song.
You just play a [G] G chord, _ strum it down, and then strum an A [Am] minor twice.
_ _ _ So it's strum, strum, strum.
_ [Bb] And then, last but not least, the eighth [Am] measure, you play the, there's a quarter rest, and
then on the [A] second beat you play the first string open, _ [Bb] then go up to the eighth fret,
and [Am] down to the seventh.
_ [Em] And I do a little slide going up to the eighth.
[Bb] _ _ _
[Bm] Start the slide at [Dm] about the fifth fret.
_ _ [E] _
And then the piece [A] starts all over again.
[C] _ _ _
[D] _ Now in [B] playing this, most of [G] the measures, or a number of them, have just single [Am] notes.
_ _ But right here, you've got [D] double, actually triple notes.
[B] Thumbs on the fourth string first fret, index fingers open on the second string, [Ebm] and the
second [A] fret of the first [B] string with the middle finger.
And [Gbm] since the ukulele's only got four, maybe we're playing three [A] strings at one time, to
give it a little fuller feel, _ [D] we like to do little rolls [E] like this. _
_ _ _ [D] And that's played by playing [E] the thumb first, then the [Bb] index, then [D] the middle.
But you [E] don't go, but more.
_ It's almost simultaneously. _
But just a slight _ [A] delay between each one.
That's called a [E] roll.
_ [Am] So you have, _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] then F, another [F] roll, _ _ _ then [G] brush stroke, [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ little [A] turn around, [Am] back, _ _ _ [C] roll, _ roll,
_ _ [D] _ _
[A] then [F] F. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ On that [G] D chord, I'm actually _ breaking away from my rule a little bit here.
I'm playing the third finger on that second string, then the thumb on the [D] fourth, and
[Gbm] index finger on the third.
_ [Bm] _ It just feels more [D] comfortable for me.
_ Then go [G] back to your original _ right hand position for [F] the F. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ There you [Gb] have the Heavenly Riff.
[Eb] Have fun with it, [A] and happy strumming. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _