I love it when I hear the ukulele on the radio.
Chords Used
Hey Soul Sister Chords
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Song
(E) Hey-(B)ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-ay, (C#m)Hey-ay-AY-ay-(A)ay
Your (E)lipstick stains (B) on the front lobe of my (C#m)left side brains(A)
I knew I wouldn’t for-(E)get you and so I went and (B)let you blow my (C#m)mind(A)(B)
Your (E)sweet moonbeam (B) the smell of you in every (C#m)single dream I (A)dream
I knew when we col-(E)lided you’re the one I have de-(B)cided who’s one of my (C#m)kind(A)(B)
(A)Hey soul sister (B)ain’t that mister (E)mister (B)on the (A)radio stereo
The (B)way you move aint (E)fair you (B)know
(A)Hey soul sister (B)I don’t want to (E)miss a (B)single (A)thing you do(B)
To-(E)night Hey-(B)ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-(C#m)ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-(A)ay
(E)Just in ti-i-i-(B)ime I’m so glad you have a (C#m)one track mind like (A)me
You gave my love dir-(E)ection a game show love con-(B)nection we can’t de-(C#m)ny-i-(A)iii(B)
I’m (E)so obsessed (B) my heart is bound to beat right (C#m)outta my untrimmed (A)chest
I believe in (E)you like a virgin you’re Ma-(B)donna and I’m always gonna (C#m)wanna
blow your (A)mind (B)
(A)Hey soul sister (B)ain’t that mister (E)mister (B)on the (A)radio stereo
The (B)way you move aint (E)fair you (B)know
(A)Hey soul sister (B)I don’t want to (E)miss a (B)single (A)thing you do(B)
To-(E)night The way you can’t cut a rug
(B)Watching you’s the only drug I (C#m)need
You’re so gangster I’m so thug
You’re the (A)only one I’m dreaming of you (E)see
I can be myself now final-(B)ly
In fact there’s nothing I can’t (C#m)be
I want the world to see you (A)be with (B) me
(A)Hey soul sister (B)ain’t that mister (E)mister (B)on the (A)radio stereo
The (B)way you move aint (E)fair you (B)know
(A)Hey soul sister (B)I don’t want to (E)miss a (B)single (A)thing you do to-(B)night(E)(B)
(A)Hey soul sister (B)I don’t want to (E)miss a (B)single (A)thing you do-(B)oooo
To-(E)night Hey-(B)ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-(C#m)ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-(A)ay(B)
To-(E)night Hey-(B)ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-(C#m)ay, Hey-ay-AY-ay-(A)ay(B)
Ton-(E)ight
Update: strumming pattern I use
D – D U D U D U | D – D U D U D U
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awesome! exactly what I was looking for, the chords are spot on as well!
some alternate chords (for people with shorter fingers or who are just starting out) are;
C (instead of E), G (instead of C#m), Am (instead of B), and F (instead of A).
these chords work, but yes your version is definitely more true to the song. thanks for sharing~!
Thankyou so much!! Its perfect!
Thanks you alex
Ive just started and these will hopefully be easier to play 
Gracias! Haha
haha.
thanks.
i had to do a song for ukulele class and i choose this on.
it helped.
Wow thank you so much!
But what’s the strumming pattern? anybody?
wats the strumming pattern???
D D U D U D D
is how i do it
What is the tuning
It’s GCEA tuning.
I play ukulele but i don’t know how to read the chords!
Some on help me!
How do i read notes? i forgot how to. cause i used to know..
wut in the hell is the strumming
I prefer to strum like this:
D D U |stop ringing| U D U
Thanks these are brilliant.
The strumming pattern you posted seems to work best in my opinion
dude! the “hey souls sister. . .” part it’s so hard :S
is there a different strumming patter for the chorus?
If anyone’s finding that c#m chord a bit awkward you can just play it like this:
-4-|—|—|—|
-4-|—|—|—|
-4-|—|—|—|
—|—|-6-|—|
its a lot easier and sounds the same and that way you dont have to initially learn it in a different key if youre finding it tough
WOW !
that was great(: thanks.
i found what i was looking for in one try!!
keep it up !
(can you also do the chords for lucky by jasonM. and banana pancake by jack? that would be GREAT ! )
hey insted of a c#m it’s supposed to be a c flat m so that it goes up, but it is easier to play a c#m! a cflatm is all of the 4th fret and the top string on the 6th fret! hope that helps!!
thanks!! this is greattt!!
but i’m confused about the chorus… what’s the strumming pattern for it?
that is soooooo cool too bad i hopeles on da ukulele
Wow, this rocks! Thanks iHannah, that just makes way more sense.
Man, that chorus is quicky tricky. Woo fun!
i need help with the stumming pattern for the chorus please.
Help!?!?!?!
i need to learn this song by Sat. and the only thing i cant do is the chorus…. anything would help.
thanks!
great chords! amazing…
but if you’re having trouble with the C#minor you can do a C#m7 which is 4444 across making the E-C#m transition a little easier…but simply great!
Tricky but fun! I so hope to get better at this song so i can do it for my uke assesment in year 10 music class!
OMG this is totally perfect!!!! i got the song down in a hour and a half!!!! thank you so much!! this means alot!!! alyson <3
great!! just what i needed!! =)
i was wondering the strumming pattern is it D – D U D U D U | D – D U D U D U but when it has the dash or whatever do u pause/mute or what
do u do the strumming part for every note or what
How do you play this? How do you do a ‘U’
is there an easier way to play the e chord? i have big fingers so on a soprano uke hitting the second fret on the e tab is really difficult
Heyyyyy just to help the sound…
Instead of the E chord shown up there, in the very beginning try playing this version of E (E5 or something) and then go to the regular E shown on this site a few strums after:
________
| | | | 1 (Fret number)
| | | O 2
| | | | 3
O O | | 4
________
3 2 1
(finger numbers)
I think it sounds more like the sound on the radio soooo yeah…hope it helps :3
Here’s a better diagram of E5:
__________
|–|–|–|–|
|–|–|–|-1|
|–|–|–|–|
|-3|-2|–|–|
lol Hope this helps
iHannah +1! Much easier transition from B to that C#m than the one listed. Sounds better too.
Oh, and just play along with the YouTube video to figure out the strumming… you can watch him do it.
@Kris: There is an easier E chord:
|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|
|1|1|1|1|
|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|4|
If you use iHannah’s C#m, then it’s an easy slide transition between E, B and C#m since you’re barring all three.
DDU,UDUDDU,UDUDDU,UDUDDU
i strum it like this d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-
what is the real strumming????????????
It is d d dudud… Everyone said it and on train videos it is obvious… There y’all go.
Thank you for this. Very straight forward and easy to follow. Four chords with smooth transition, I havent played in a very long time so the fingers and hand started to cramp up but looking forward to getting back into jamming! I also like the variation of the C#m as well – Cheers for the help 8 )
thnx alex but i dont know those chords, i just started yesterday
This is AWESOME thank you SOO much. i learned it in one day thanks to you
that was great fun learning that it was an easy method thanks for that u r so cool
Hey I live in Hawaii and I just love to play the ukulele!!! These chords are perfect!! Thanks from Hawaii!!
i love this song
i lov this too
this is the best song ever
I’ve only just started learning the ukulele, and it is so fun!!!
this came in so helpful to leaning it quicker
(E)->(C)
(B)->(G)
(C#m)->(Am)
(A)->(F)
This is how I replaced the chords and it sounded pretty good. When I tried alex’s replacements it didn’t sound like hey soul sister. +this is easier
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