Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa

Subject: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRainbw
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 14 May 02 - 01:57 PM

I have the words to this song, but can anyone help me out with the ukelele accompaniment used by the late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole? (Guitar chords will do)

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: Blues=Life
Date: 14 May 02 - 02:32 PM

Lad, You must have seen this on ER like I did this week. I was able to find a site with lyrics and chords. I just haven't learned yet to do the blue clicky thing yet, so just copy and paste to: http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~ryn655/netmusic/Somewhere_World.txt Brudda Iz was phenomenal, wasn't he? Enjoy. Blues

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: MMario
Date: 14 May 02 - 02:38 PM

blue clicky thing

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 14 May 02 - 02:52 PM

Wow ... great stuff. Any ideas on the ukelele bit? I don't play one myself, but would the guitar chords be the same for the Uke?

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: Dunkle
Date: 14 May 02 - 03:44 PM

Did you know you can go listen to it on NPR.org? Here's the address: http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/asc07/index.html#israel

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: Blues=Life
Date: 15 May 02 - 02:48 PM

Thanks for the assist, Mario.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: GUEST,MTed, sans cookie
Date: 15 May 02 - 03:08 PM

The fingerings for ukulele chords are the same as for the highest four strings on a guitar, but, because the ukulele is tuned higher, the actual chord that sounds is a fourth higher(assuming gCEA tuning, the D fingering will sound a G chord, the E fingering will sound an A chord) remembering also that the g is an octave above)--

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: Bullfrog Jones
Date: 15 May 02 - 05:16 PM

I didn't hear this on ER, but I did catch it on the end of a movie recently --- but I can't remember which one! I do remember being so impressed that I did a websearch to find out who this guy was!

BJ

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 15 May 02 - 05:20 PM

As did I, Bullfrog ... only to suffer a repeat of what happened when I went to see how Nick Drake was doing these days ...

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: irishajo
Date: 15 May 02 - 06:25 PM

Was it 'Finding Forrester', Bullfrog? I was as impressed as you were.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: Margaret V
Date: 15 May 02 - 07:50 PM

We talked a bit about him in a thread from October '01 called "Your Favorite Hawaiian Song." I don't know how to link but I can refresh it for you. Margaret

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 15 May 02 - 08:13 PM

Thread Favorite Hawaiian Songs: Hawai'ian Songs

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 16 May 02 - 01:21 AM

From that other thread, here's an article from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin about Iz, published when he died in 1997.

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole SmwhereOvrRa
From: GUEST,Bullfrog Jones (on the road)
Date: 16 May 02 - 11:51 AM

That's the one irishajo! And TheBigPinkLad, I don't know how to break this to you, but you've probably noticed Jimi Hendrix hasn't been playing too many gigs lately...