Ukulele Eyes

[Drunkgiraffe]

Hey guys,

This may sound kinda weird....but im trying to play Eyes on my Uke. I am playing the chords specified, but it just doesn't sound correct.


could it be that its just not on a guitar.

any pointers?


thanks.

[astroman99]

How are you voicing the E maj7, I think you need the root on the bottom and the maj 7th higher in the voicing, but what do I know, also when you go th the A in the verse bounce on a sus 4th.

[strumminsix]

How are you voicing the E maj7, I think you need the root on the bottom and the maj 7th higher in the voicing, but what do I know, also when you go th the A in the verse bounce on a sus 4th.

You are onto something here with voicing. My ears hear that the 1, 5, mj7 are more dominant and the 3 is not.

For example when I play it off the 2nd fret it's good, 7th fret it's good. Open is okay, but the 4th fret is just odd sounding and so is the 9th fret.

[ndrewoods]

Hey guys,

This may sound kinda weird....but im trying to play Eyes on my Uke. I am playing the chords specified, but it just doesn't sound correct.


could it be that its just not on a guitar.

any pointers?

thanks.
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The chords for the guitar won't work or sound right in a uke. You need to transpose to the chords specifically for uke.

[adks12020]

Actually this isn't a weird idea at all. I actually play Eyes on uke all the time and it sounds great. I learned to play it on the uke before the guitar because it was easier and I love the song. The key is to play up the neck a little. Stay away from open chords in first position except for the A chord after the Bm at the end of the verse and the chorus if you want but I think the G, C and D barres sound better than open there too. Anywhere you can use a barre use it. It sounds closer to the original that way because of the way the chords are voiced.

Almost every time I play it I screw it up the first time and have to shift a fret but if I'm not mistaken (it would help if I had the uke in my hand rather than being at work) I play the Emaj7 as a barre chord on the 5th fret (barre the 5th fret and fret the 7th fret of the A string) then play the A barre chord on the 4th fret. Shift down towards the end of the verse for a Bm barre on the second fret and then the open A chord.

This chart should help if you don't know the uke barre chords.... http://www.ezfolk.com/uke/Tutorials/1fo ... forms.html

Enjoy...Eyes is a perfect song for the uke once you get the voicings correct.

[adks12020]

ok, correction...as when I play it I reversed the chords in my head....Emaj7 on the 4th fret as well as the A.

[adks12020]

It also sounds better if you slide into the Emaj7. That may eliminate the odd sound you hear a little.