Fun for ukulele beginners! Easy songs you can play with just a few chords
The ukulele is known for its light, cheerful sound.
It naturally evokes a Hawaiian vibe, and its compact shape is adorable—so it soothes the heart both to see and to hear.
Compared to the guitar’s six strings, the ukulele has only four, which makes it a friendly instrument for beginners.
There are plenty of online tutorial videos with simple arrangements and slow, easy-to-follow explanations, so even if you’ve never played guitar or another instrument—or tried and gave up—you may find your world opening up once you start!
Here, we’re introducing easy-to-play recommended songs with the theme of simple performance.
Let’s enjoy the ukulele together with some wonderful pieces!
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Fun for Ukulele Beginners! Easy Songs You Can Play with Few Chords (21–30)
Dried flowersYuuri
Koyuki’s channel, which we also featured in the video for Vaundy’s “Odoriko.” “Dry Flower” by Yuuri—known for his unique, dramatic melodies and vocals.
Try singing it with the warm, rounded tone of a ukulele layered over the bittersweet tune.
This one also uses simple chords, includes a strumming explanation, and comes with a separately recorded ukulele melody.
No special techniques are necessary—you’ll rediscover the fun of the ukulele as an instrument that lets you perform recent hit songs with just voice and strings.
Sign of LovePUFFY
Ai no Shirushi, which became a hit as PUFFY’s sixth single in 1998, is a song written by Masamune Kusano of Spitz, and his self-cover version is also popular.
How about playing this catchy, easy-on-the-ears number with a refreshing ukulele arrangement? This performance by a ukulele duo is engaging enough to enjoy just by watching, yet it’s played using basic chords that even beginners can handle.
A chord chart is displayed as well, so it could be fun to try performing it together with friends who are just starting out on the ukulele.
Fun for ukulele beginners too! Easy songs you can play with few chords (31–40)
cherrysupittsu
A great song for beginners, Spitz’s “Cherry,” can be played once you learn just five chords.
Songs with lots of chords can feel hard to memorize, but this one is manageable.
In the chorus, there are moments where the F, G, and C chords change a little quickly, but if you practice calmly, you should be able to play it!
Love SongGReeeeN
“Ai Uta” by GReeeeN is a popular wedding song, too.
Its simple, touching, evergreen sound and lyrics make it a timeless classic.
In this video, three panels are shown side by side: a performance view with keyboard and ukulele, a ukulele chord chart, and a close-up of the fretting hand so you can see exactly where to place your fingers.
If you come across a chord that feels a bit tricky, you can instantly check the image, making it easy to get started!
Marigoldaimyon
A signature song by Aimyon, Marigold, is hugely popular with everyone from youngsters to adults these days.
It’s wonderful on its own if you just strum the chords on a ukulele’s cute, sweet tone and sing along, but in this video they explain in detail a cool-sounding 16-beat strumming pattern.
You can relax, too—the chords are introduced step by step, carefully and clearly, so you can play along while watching the chord chart with the video.
Best of all, it’s in the same key as the original, so you can play and sing along with Aimyon’s official music video and other performances!
Daydream BelieverTHE TIMERS
A quintessential song recommended for ukulele beginners is THE TIMERS’ “Daydream Believer.” It’s a tune almost everyone has heard at least once.
It’s fun to play this song stylishly on the ukulele.
It also includes tension chords, so if you can play it well, you’ll graduate from the beginner level.
One more time,One more chanceYamazaki Masayoshi
Released in 1997, this song was also chosen as the theme for the film The Moon and the Cabbage, in which Masayoshi Yamazaki made his acting debut, and it became a hit with total sales exceeding 300,000 copies.
In 2005, it was performed at the 56th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen.
Featuring impressively romantic lyrics, the song expresses Yamazaki’s feelings from the time he moved to Tokyo and was striving toward his debut.
Since it makes abundant use of seventh chords, it sounds very stylish and cool when played on the ukulele!
