E-Z 2 Play Ukulele Blues Lesson

"Hoochi coochi man" "mannish boy" and "Bad to the bone" are all based on this simple technique. Pick up your ukulele and give it a try! Video comment with your own favorite variations. Aloha!

Lyrics to Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters
Ooooooh, yeah, ooh, yeah

Everythin', everythin', everytin's gonna be alright this mornin'
Ooh yeah, whoaw
Now when I was a young boy, at the age of five
My mother said I was, gonna be the greatest man alive
But now I'm a man, way past 21
Want you to believe me baby,
I had lot's of fun
I'm a man
I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn
That represents man
No B, O child, Y
That mean mannish boy
I'm a man
I'm a full grown man
I'm a man
I'm a natural born lovers man
I'm a man
I'm a rollin' stone
I'm a man
I'm a hoochie coochie man

Sittin' on the outside, just me and my mate
You know I'm made to move you honey,
come up two hours late
Wasn't that a man
I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn
That represents man
No B, O child, Y
That mean mannish boy
I'm a man
I'm a full grown man
Man
I'm a natural born lovers man
Man
I'm a rolllin' stone
Man-child
I'm a hoochie coochie man

The line I shoot will never miss
When I make love to a woman,
she can't resist
I think I go down,
to old Kansas Stew
I'm gonna bring back my second cousin,
that little Johnny Cocheroo
All you little girls,
sittin'out at that line
I can make love to you woman,
in five minutes time
Ain't that a man
I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn
That represents man
No B, O child, Y
That mean mannish boy
Man
I'm a full grown man
Man
I'm a natural born lovers man
Man
I'm a rollin' stone
I'm a man-child
I'm a hoochie coochie man
well, well, well, well
hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
Don't hurt me, don't hurt me child
don't hurt me, don't hurt, don't hurt me child
well, well, well, well

Someone asked for a diagram to illustrate where the notes for the riffs were on the fretboard:

o1|-----|-------|--o---|-------|---o-|---------------------
o2|-----|-------|---o--|-------|---o-|---------------------
o3|-----|---o--|-------|-------|------|----------------------
o4|-----|---o--|-------|-------|------|---------------------

o means put your finger there except o2,o1 etc. which are sounded as open strings.

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[elliottjschwartz]

You just introduced me to a whole new world of ukulele. Thank you.

[kd5txo]

@elliottjschwartz You are most welcome! I'm always amazed that this video has so many views ...it's by far the most popular video I have up. You can play any kind of music well on the ukulele...it's really an incredible instrument. Keep at it and you will have a thing that you can do at any age that will be continually rewarding.

[itsmefeej]

so damn good looks simple to play tooo, when i'm home i shall try an A -D-Am7-A progression?

[kd5txo]

@itsmefeej it's more like A-D-A6 (all strings open)-A 

[farmertml]

is this in standard tuning? doesnt sound right on my uke..

[kd5txo]

@farmertml If you use an electronic tuner...it might sound off a little. Just tune your ukulele to match my ukulele and then it will sound right .... the relative tuning is correct enough so it will also sound fine once you retune it back to match your electronic tuner, tuning fork, pitch pipe, or whatever you use as a reference for "standard"...

[DeezNutz6445]

Much Aloha for da tuts!

[MrNikcccc]

thanks so much you are amazing

[dirtypimpbird]

very cool



[HOMEnHIGH]

whoooo whaaaaaaa

[KEVINMITCHELSTEIN]

Love It!! Feeling inspired to practice this! P.S.Where did you get that shirt??? I want one!

[cptchris1018]

Great vid man! You're awesome. I'm jus now learning to play the ukulele and this is exactly what I wanna learn. What's the strum pattern on the main riff?