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Joji – Worldstar Money

Worldstar Money

It seems to be a rare occasion on this website where I teach songs that actually feature a uke. Today is one of those days. Let’s learn to play Worldstar Money by Joji on the ukulele.

With its excellent use open chords, Worldstar Money is a great song for beginners. The strumming pattern isn’t too challenging either.

What Are We Learning To Play?

Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post. 

The chords used by Joji in this song are just beautiful. Three of them are 7th chords.  The strumming is straightforward and goes like this.

 

D   D   D U   U D   D U D U

A |-0---0---0-0--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
E |-0---0---0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-| x2
C |-0---0---0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
G |-0---0---0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|

A |-2---2---2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
E |-2---2---2-2--3-3--3-3-3-3-| x2
C |-2---2---2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
G |-0---0---0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|

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