Lean On Me (Ukulele)

Here's how to play Lean On Me by Bill Withers, on Ukulele! We will focus on some simple chords and a melody along side them.

Here we'll use the chords C major, F major, G major and E minor plus a simple strumming pattern, which will enable us to play this full song. The video includes a full song demo - so be sure to play along!

Before we start, take a look here at how we can tune the Ukulele! Here are the notes below:

• String 4 - G

• String 3 - C

• String 2 - E

• String 1 - A

Chords - Fretboard finger positions

Main melody notes

The neck diagram below shows the first four notes in the C major scale and when put in a certain order, they create a melody.

We pluck these notes using the first finger:

• Open 3rd string -> 3rd string 2nd fret -> Open 2nd string - > Finally, 2nd string 1st fret

Here is the video for the full C major scale!

Need more help than this video provides? Check out Andy's comprehensive online Ukulele Course here!