If I Had You

Hello friends,

Have ten minutes and a ukulele? Great, let's learn the 1928 classic If I Had You in this free lesson.

This is a nice easy one using mostly basic chords that you already know and common chord progressions that you'll see time and time again. In the lesson I'll walk you through each section while we practice together and then we'll join the band and do a full play-along with the chords and lyrics on screen so you can really master the tune.

While many greats recorded this song over the years (it's one of the most recorded jazz standards ever!) in the ukulele world we have two incredible recordings by the legendary Cliff Edwards AKA Ukulele Ike and this lesson is in the same key as his 1943 recording so you can play along.

Over on the Magic Ukulele Club we're using this song as a learning vehicle all month to learn learn about building chord melody, chord substitutions, Cliff Edwards unique strumming (and tuning!), and more. We now have lifetime membership for folks, like me, who hate subscriptions

If you're just starting out this is a great tune to start getting the swing style under your fingers but if you want a real crash course check out Fundamentals of Swing Ukulele which will truly start your from scratch.