This is a lovely little song made famous by a man who goes by the name of "Iz", real name Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. So far, his you tube official video has had over 9.5 million views and you can see it here.
It only has six simple chords
C - 0003
Em - 0432
F - 2010
E7 - 1202
Am - 2000
G - 0232
and relies mainly on the calypso strumming pattern
\ \ / / \ /
down, down, up, up, down, up
which is completed twice for each note.
I've created a little songsheet that contains the chords, strumming patterns and words onto just the one sheet that you can see here but also download for your songbook.
Ukulele Mike is probably one of the best teachers of the ukulele that I have seen, so have added two of his instructional videos below. One shows the strum pattern with the other being a good play-along track. Enjoy and do please let us all know how you're doing with it. Maybe you could even record yourself (audio or visual) and share it with you. Enjoy
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