Let’s play along to this ukulele tutorial of “Sweet Betsy from Pike,” an American ballad with funny lyrics and one of the songs from our recently-released book called “21 Easy Ukulele Folk Songs” https://ukulele.io/folkbook.

This “Sweet Betsy from Pike” easy ukulele tutorial includes complete chords and lyrics, strumming pattern and melody tabs. Subscribe here ~ https://ukulele.io/get-free-ukulele-sheet-music/ to receive weekly newsletters including music sheet of the featured ukulele tutorial for the week. Or contact us ~ https://ukulele.io/contact-us/ to request music sheet for any of the songs featured in previous video tutorials.

You’ll need to know ten chords for this video tutorial. However, Jenny plays the song in two keys – key of G and key of C plus a turnaround to switch keys. If you want to play in just one key, you’ll need just six chords. Firstly, Jenny plays the first few verses in the key of G. And the chords for this key are G, D7, C, A7, Em and Bm. Most of these chords are easy except for Bm which is a bit more tricky. But Jenny shows a tip on how to play this if you’re having difficulty forming the chord. Next, Jenny plays a turnaround clip that entails these chords: Dm, G7 and C. Then Jenny switches to the key of C for the next verses and the chords you’ll need for this second part are C, G7, F, D7, Am and Em. By the way, Jenny plays the melody tab in both keys so don’t miss those parts as well.

For a bit of history, a man named John A. Stone wrote the lyrics of “Sweet Betsy from Pike” in the 1850s. Stone published “Sweet Betsy from Pike” as well as many other songs about the California Gold Rush era in a collection book entitled “Put’s Golden Songster.” Stone went by the name “Old Put” hence the title of the songbook. He also released an earlier songbook collection called “Put’s Original California Songster.” On the other hand, the melody of the song was derived from an English song known as “Villikins and his Dinah”.

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https://youtu.be/zczPOf4oisQ - Sweet Betsy from Pike Easy Play Along Ukulele Tutorial with Tabs

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