Much to the belief of many that this song was about getting high, and then low on drugs. The song is actually about the band members obsession with cars. They were all full-time car mechanics and body painters so any spare cash they had went into their car collections. You may have never even heard of them before but that lick is an absolute ear-worm that you will have no doubt heard in a film at some point. Let’s learn to play War on the ukulele.
What Are We Learning To Play?
Below is a video of what you will be able to play by the end of this post.
Ukulele Tabs
The first tab is the bass line that’s running throughout the song. Play it with some palm muting to give it some extra character. The main riff is just 2 octaves of one melody, so you can either play them individually or both at the same time.
A |----------------------------|---------------------------|
E |--------------1-----1---1-3-|-------------1-----1-3-1-3-|
C |--------0-1-2-----2---------|-------0-1-2-----2---------|
G |--0-4-----------------------|-0-4-----------------------|
A |-----------------|--------------------|
E |-7-7-7-7-7-8--10-|-3--7--8--7--3------|
C |-----------------|--------------------|
G |-4-4-4-4-4-5--7--|-0--4--5--4--0------|