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Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is a song credited to Lennon–McCartney, but written by Paul McCartney and released by The Beatles on their 1968 album The Beatles (also referred to as The White Album). It was released as a single that same year in many countries, but not in the United Kingdom, nor in the United States until 1976.
Paul McCartney wrote the song around the time that highlife and reggae were beginning to become popular in Britain. The tag line "ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra" was an expression that Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott-Emuakpor, an acquaintance of McCartney, used.
The song is in the key of B flat and written in 4/4. The alternative version on Anthology 3 is in the key of A major.
This song, in its simplest form can be played with three chords. These are the I, IV, and V or V7 chords in a major key. In the example here they are: G C and D7 or D, shown in C Tuning, High or Low G
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Recommended and Alternate Chord Fingerings
Fingerings are not shown. Any fingering would only be a recommended fingering and not mandatory. For many chords there are alternate fingerings, with any particular fingering dependent how the chord is being used in relationship to its previous chord and the next chord.
A guide to reading a `ukulele chord diagram is available right here on my site.
Basic chords for
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da shown.
Alternate voicings for all of these chords are available and should be explored.
Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
Seventh chords, Major Sevenths, Minot Sevenths, Diminished, Augmented chords sus and add chords.
Tunings: C low or high “G” - (GCEA or gCEA).
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Standard - C Tuning Open Position Chord Charts
"C" Tuning - (g C E A and G C E A) - This is a common tuning for the standard sized soprano ukulele as well as the concert and tenor ukuleles. The basic chords and more can be found in my books A Guide to Ukulele Chords and Ukulele Chords.
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Exploring Jazz Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
Building a Solid Jazz Chord Foundation using Seventh, Major Seventh, Major 6, Minor Seventh, Minor Sixth, Diminished Seventh, Minor Seventh Flat Five and Augmented Seventh chords.
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