What started as the wedding of the King of Bavaria would one day become the most popular Volksfest, or beer festival in the world. Held in Munich each year millions flock to eat German food, listen to folk music, and of course to drink an incredible amount of delicious beer (said in Homer’s voice). Below is a list of Oktoberfest folk and drinking songs to play on your ukulele. And of course we added in some other unique German bands and their hit songs, the type that are perfect to play while drinking beer with friends!

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# Repeat

This is by the minimalist German band Trio. If you have a couple other musician friends, you can get a great version of this going with chords and tab. Playing some of the Casio drum part on the ukulele would be awesome if you can work it out!

Da Da Da

Que Sera Sera chords
Doris Day

           G                  
When I was just a little girl
                               Am
I asked my mother, what will I be
D   
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
D7                      G G7
Here's what she said to me.

      C          
Que Sera, Sera,
              G
Whatever will be, will be
                 D           D7
The future's not ours, to see
            G D
Que Sera, Sera
          D7       G
What will be, will be.

           G
When I was young, I fell in love
                                 Am
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
D
Will we have rainbows, day after day
D7                        G  G7
Here's what my sweetheart said.

      C          
Que Sera, Sera,
              G
Whatever will be, will be
                 D           D7
The future's not ours, to see
            G D
Que Sera, Sera
          D7       G
What will be, will be.

           G
Now I have children of my own
                                   Am
They ask their mother, what will I be
D
Will I be handsome, will I be rich
D7                G G7
I tell them tenderly.

      C          
Que Sera, Sera,
              G
Whatever will be, will be
                 D           D7
The future's not ours, to see
            G D
Que Sera, Sera
          D7       G
What will be, will be.

While it is not a German song you will hear this belted out at many beer festivals around the world, it is a crowd favorite, and everyone loves to sing along!

Que Sera Sera

[VERSE]
G
Did I push it too much?
C            G
Or not enough?
     Em
When did I stop losing touch?
             C             G
When did you start giving up?
G
Cause I'm standing here, 
C           G              Em
you're over there and this space in between.
    C                          G
You don’t care to be seen with me.
  G
Where is the light?
    C                   G
For me it’s the darkest night, 
     Em                   C            G
I am cold and I feel much older than I am.
   G
If we can agree, 
   C               G                       Em          C                     G
to both see things differently than I will grow and be better for what I now know.

[CHORUS]
  G
I went to the psychic and the psychic said 

"He wants you too but it’s up to you" 
     Am
So I kind of try but I don’t succeed.

I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 
   Em
I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 

I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 
  C  
I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 

I know what I want and it’s not what I need.

[VERSE]
    G
I'm paying the price, 
     C                   G
It’s keeping me up at night.
   Em
A maybe baby is treating me cruel, 
 C                                  G
teaching me not to keep my heart a fool!
G
What’s dear to you?
    C                              G
You can't keep it even if you want to.
     Em
You hand it to me or you hand it to them, 
            C                                 G
don't think you're going to ever get it back again.

[CHORUS]
G
I went to the doctor and the doctor said 

"To fix the pain you're going to have to change"
    Am
So I kind of try but I don't succeed.

I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 
  Em
I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 

I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 
  C  
I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 

I know what I want and it’s not what I need.
  G
I went to my Mother and my Mother said 

"It ain't true yet get it out of your head" 
  Am
I kind of try but I don’t succeed.

I know what I want and it’s not what I need,
   Em
I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 

I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 
   C  
I know what I want and it’s not what I need, 

I know what I want and it’s not what I need.

[VERSE]
  G                             C                       G
9 months till the dead line and 9 weeks to make up your mind.
Em
Once you decide, 
                                C                                G
There’s no room for doubt every minute of your life to figure it out.

Doctor, Doctor

G
Sesenta segundos sesenta veces,
contaba y faltaban siete veces más,
cerraba los ojos, soñaba irse lejos,
  Am                  C
pero despertaba en el mismo lugar.

G
Ladraba, ladraba y no mordía nada,
por miedo a quedarse sin cucha ahí nomás.
Da rabia cuando un pobre diablo te quita
  Am                 C
todo lo que dios no te da.


  Em             Am
Para despegar una hora no alcanza,
   C                 G
a la vuelta la panza le va a reclamar.
  Em                       Am
Y el flash que a destiempo se le hace inseguro...
  C                  D
(sopita caliente en la mesa del bar).

  G
Decidió que iba a ser un pájaro libre
y que nada más lo iba a atar.
Y cuando los sueños son de tal calibre
  Am                    C
No hay despertador que los pueda bajar.

  E                Am
Junto a sus amigos, se puso una banda,
  C               G
(No hay que darle al tiempo lo que no es de él)
  E                         Am
Y hoy sabe que todo a valido la pena
  C                    D
si escucha los gritos del negro José.

Norte

c               F             G      
Nací un 29 de febrero en San Juan de 
    C   F  G
Wawani.
C                         F          G
Mi padre marinero en su velero me llevó
       C
a navegar.
       F                           G
Crecí mirando el viento transformar el
                 C    Am
movimiento de la mar
   F                            G
Y así fui comprendiendo con el tiempo lo
                  C   C7
que soy y lo que fui.

             F           G
Porque en el mar quiero pasar la vida
  C            Am                 F
entera sin recordar que existe un mundo
               G
rodeado de fronteras que gobierna el
     C    C7
corazón.     
             F            G
Porque en el mar quiero vivir,
      C             .       Am
envejecerme, perderme y morir
             F           G
ser un recuerdo que se aleja como el eco
       C   F  G
de mi voz.

     C                         F
Las calles se tornaron rascacielos en
     G           C F G
San Juan de Wawani
C                        F
Amigos del ayer envejecieron
      G           C            Am
preguntándose porqué yo sigo aquí
  F                       G
Algunos intentaron convencerme de
             C   Am
volver a caminar
     F                           
Mas yo prefiero anclarme en mi velero y
                    C   C7
que me lleve a navegar

              F            G
Porque en el mar quiero pasar la vida
   C              Am                F
entera sin recordar que existe un mundo
                G
rodeado de fronteras que gobierna el
     C     C7
corazón.
              F            G
Porque en el mar quiero vivir,
       C                     Am
envejecerme, perderme y morir.......

          F
Mirando anochecer el cielo,
        Fm
Ser recuerdo que se aleja... como el eco
C        F G
de mi voz.

C   F     G
Wawani    regresa......

Marinero Wawani

INTRO: 
F C Dm A# x2


VERSE:
F
Fixing up a car to drive in it again
C
Searching for the water, hoping for the rain
       Dm          A#
Up and up, Up and up

F
Down upon a canvas, working with a wheel
C
Waiting for a chance to pick your orange peel
       Dm          A#
Up and up, Up and up

F
See a performer, a diamond in the rough
C
See a bird soaring high above the flood
               Dm                  C
It's in your blood, It's in your blood

F
Underneath the storm an umbrella is saying
C
Sitting with the poison takes away the pain
       Dm          A#
Up and up, Up and up


CHORUS:
F
We're gonna get it, get it together
   C                                           
I know we're gonna get it, get it together
     D#                                           A#
Somehow we're gonna get it, get it together and flow
F
We're gonna get it, get it together
    C                                            
I know, we're gonna get it, get it together
     D#                                            A#
And flow, we're gonna get it, get it together and go
                (G)
Up, and up, and up

F C Dm A#


VERSE:
F
Drowning in the study emptying the moon
C
Trying to empty out the ocean with a spoon
       Dm         A#
Up and up, Up and up

F
How can people suffer? How can people part?
C
How can people struggle? How can people
             Dm                A#
Break your heart? Break your heart?

F
Yes I wanna know, show me how to feel
C
Yes I wanna know, show me how to
        Dm          A#
Heal it up, heal it up

F
I'm trying to see the forest staring at every seed
C
Angels in the marble waiting to be freed
           Dm              A#
Just need love, Just need love, when the going is rough, saying


CHORUS:
F
We're gonna get it, get it together
   C                                           
I know we're gonna get it, get it together
     D#                                           A#
Somehow we're gonna get it, get it together and flow
F
We're gonna get it, get it together
    C                                            
I know, we're gonna get it, get it together
     D#                                            A#
And flow, we're gonna get it, get it together and go


BRIDGE:
               F            C
Cause you can say what is, power through it
Dm                    A#
Close your mind and clench your fist
           F           C
You can change minds, take the risk
        Dm             C
Or see each soul like happiness


SOLO:
F C D# A# x4


CHORUS:
F
We're gonna get it, get it together
   C                                           
I know we're gonna get it, get it together
     D#                                           A#
Somehow we're gonna get it, get it together and flow
F
We're gonna get it, get it together
    C                                            
I know, we're gonna get it, get it together
     D#                                            A#
And flow, we're gonna get it, get it together and go
                (G)
Up, and up, and up

F
We're gonna get it, get it together
   C                                           
I know we're gonna get it, get it together
     D#                                           A#
Somehow we're gonna get it, get it together and flow
F
We're gonna get it, get it together
    C                                            
I know, we're gonna get it, get it together
     D#                                            A#
And flow, we're gonna get it, get it together and go
                (G)
Up, and up, and up


SOLO:
F C D# A# x4


OUTRO:
F C Dm A#

F
Fixing up a car to drive in it again
C                                                Dm
When you're in pain, when you think you've had enough
A#
        Don't ever give up

F C Dm A#
        Don't ever give up, just believe in love

Upandup

So why should I take your hand when you can't promise happy endings?...

E   B   C#m   A


E      
It's starting to get old
            B
That story yet untold
                   C#m
Reflect before we walk into

What we already know
A
Won't be so easy



E
Looking back at high school drama
B
Didn't try to fix what we thought were problems
C#m
Done with writing empty letters
A
Is there no other way?



E
Staring at your reflection every day
B
Can make or break my heart away
C#m                             A
When you won't listen to what's hard for me to say
E                           B
Those tear stained eyes can make me feel so sad
         C#m                                   A
And once again we're further away from what we never had



                E         B                   C#m            A
So why should I take your hand when you can't promise happy endings?
E                  B               C#m    A
Just run away with so much left to share
          E          B
It's just not enough
           C#m               A
When we're so much more than friends
E                       B              C#m     A
We're much too young to throw away our cares



           E                               B
There's no sense in regretting what's been said in our yesterdays
C#m
We can't take back what's done
                A
But we can look ahead
            E                            B              
And I would walk so much further just to know what I'm doing here
    C#m                                A
And there's no end to what I'd give to know just what you meant when you said
E                                  B
How can I feel alive when we can't help but break our backs just to survive?
C#m                     A
Is this another time we can't control our lives?



E                           B
Those tear stained eyes can make me feel so sad
           C#m                                 A          
And once again we're further away from what we never had



And then the rest of the song repeats what I have in already :)

Thoughts Before Me

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Mr. Saxobeat

F#                Bbm    
Amanda, don't you know?
   Abm             C# 
That I still walk around
           F#           Bbm
It's foggy round about
   Abm            C#
When I get back in town
        F#             Bbm
I was a different man
    Abm       C#
From 5 seconds ago
             F#                Bbm
And you're a different woman, that's for certain
Abm                    C#
I don't know a thing about
             F#         F#7
Is this some kind of love
          B                Bm
That only hate would understand?

 F#
Amanda, 
  C#              F#
I couldn't be your man
        F#                Bbm  
Amanda, don't you know?
  Abm            C# 
I wasn't strong enough
            F#          Bbm  
And in your wild mind
  Abm           C# 
I wasn't smart enough
       F#                Bbm  
I was a different kid
    Abm       C# 
From 15 years ago
             F#              Bbm  
And you're a different woman, that's for certain
  Abm             C# 
And I wanna know about
             F#              F#7
Is this some kind of love
          B                Bm 
That only hate would understand?
 F#
Amanda, 
   C#               F#
I couldn't be your man

F#  E  B  E  x4

F#                                     Bbm Abm  B
     I'm not playing with your mind
            B     C#
Unless you think I am
F#                                     Bbm Abm  B
     Cause you were crushing my heart
            B        C#  
Like a bad yearning round


# Solo
F#   Bbm   Abm   C#  x4

             F#              F#7
Is this some kind of love
          B                Bm 
That only hate would understand?
 F#
Amanda, 
   C#               F#
I couldn't be your man

# Outro
F#  E  B  E  F#
F#  E  B  E  F#
F#  E  B  E  F#
F#  E  B  E  F#

Amanda

INTRO: Em-C-B7
       
PART 1:
Em    (pause)Em                        D#m    (pause)
Waiter!      Pa-order naman ng konting porkchop
D#m                     Em   (pause)
At tsaka ng dalawa ngang kanin
Em                         D#m    (pause)
Lagyan mo na rin ng konting ketchup

D#m                 Em
Meron ba kayong chopsuey? (Wala po!)
Em                D#m
Meron ba kayong adobo? (Wala rin po!)
D#m                 Em
Meron ba kayong bulalo? (Ubos na po!)
Em                   D#m            D#m
Meron bang kahit na ano? (Wala!Wala!)

Em [DRUMS]            Em
Hoy! Wala na bang ma-o,wala na bang 
   C         B7
Ma-order, pa-order
  [DRUMS]               Em
S***! Meron na ngang menu,wala namang 
   C         B7   
Ma-order, O waiter
Em             C                   B7
Sana naman may siopao man lamang o burger
 [DRUMS]      Em       C  B7
Pa-order, pa-order, pa-order

INTERLUDE: 
INTERLUDE: Em-D#m-G-D(2X)

PART 2:
Em       D#m      G       D
Waiter! (Waiter!) Order! (Order!)
Em       D#m      G       D
Waiter! (Waiter!) Order! (Order!)
Em     D#m       G         D
 Waiter na gwapito ano bang meron dito?
Em     D#m         G     D
 Waiter na gwapito meron bang
    Em        G             Em
Chicken mami, longsi, toci, at tapsi
G              Em
Pancit, lugaw, at lomi
G              Em    B7
Tokwa't baboy, pares beef
Em    C  G      B7             Em
Fried siomai, gutom na talaga ako
C  G      B7
Siomai! Gutom na talaga ako

INTERLUDE: Em 

Em [DRUMS]            Em
Hoy! Wala na bang ma-o,wala na bang 
   C         B7
Ma-order, pa-order
  [DRUMS]               Em
S***! Meron na ngang menu,wala namang 
   C         B7   
Ma-order, O waiter
Em             C                   B7
Sana naman may siopao man lamang o burger
 [DRUMS]      Em       C  B7 Em
Pa-order, pa-order, pa-order
END:
Em
T*** i**** carinderia, wala man lang pang-merienda!
T*** i**** carinderia, wala man lang pang-merienda!

Ordertaker

A   
Why Can't we speak another language
                 C#m
one we all agree on
A
why when men look outside do they see houses
                                  C#m
instead of fields they grew from
A
we are constantly uprooted from them
                                   C#m
making us tiresome and fearful
A
can you get up right now
                       C#m
and endeavor freefall (off)

                       A
Caus'you can fall if you want to
     A
it's just a matter of how far
           C#m
you've treasured your home town
           C#m
you've forgotten where you are
                A
and it will stay with you
             A
til' your mind's been found
          C#m
and it has been found wondering around.

                E
Without a skipping rope

A trampoline
G#m
A Crafty smoke
                                     C#m
they've made a simpler way to give up
           E
it's the simple ways

of getting payed
      G#m
the carelessness of lying awake
C#m     
oh i wish I stayed
A
I wish I stayed
C#m
I wish I stayed

A
Patterns all arranged in my backround
                         C#m
It's pillars and posts keeping this country on form
A
letters were all sent with no addresses
                                C#m
so that people can't scuffer
C#m
always undercover
A
why do i always draw triangles instead of words
      C#m
it's paint so it serves
             A
Cus you see I don't own my clothes but i own my mind
             C#m
And it's not what you've lost 
           C#m
but it's what you'll find

                E
Without a skipping rope

A trampoline
G#m
A Crafty smoke
                                     C#m
they've made a simpler way to give up
           E
it's the simple ways

of getting payed
      G#m
the carelessness of lying awake
C#m     
oh i wish I stayed
A
I wish I stayed
C#m
I wish I stayed

                     A
Cus you can fall if you want to
     A
It's just a matter of how far
           C#m
You've treasured your home town
          C#m
you've forgotten where you are
          
               A
and it will stay with you
            A
til' your mind's been found
         C#m
and it has been found
         C#m
wondering around.

                E
Without a skipping rope
E
A trampoline
G#m
A crafty smoke
                                     C#m
they've made a simpler way to give up
           E
it's the simple ways
   E
of getting payed
        G#m
the carelessness of lieing awake
C#m
I wish I stayed
A
I wish I stayed
C#m
I wish I stayed
A
I wish I stayed
C#m
I wish I stayed

Wish I Stayed

D DMaj7 D7 (Hold)

G             D
Oh dear out here,
G7                 C 
Everybody stumbles on fear.
Cm                 G  
Who cares if we?re scared?
D                     B7 
Everyone is on their own.

Em                    C
It?s only you that my heart desires.
D                   G
Only you alone can know my pain.
Em                 C
All alone you were sitting there,
D                      B7
Folding pages for your paper chain.

C                                     C#dim
Now you can cut me free (now you can cut me free),
C                                  C#dim
So when it all unfolds (so when it all unfolds),
C                                  C#dim
We?ll be holding hands and go on,
D                             B7
Together you and I forever.

G             D
Heart breaks, mistakes,
G7                   C
Catching up to me in old ways.
Cm              G
I know of hard days.
D                       B7
Had my share of lonely nights.

Em                   C
Its only you that my heart desires.
D                  G
Only you alone can break my fall.
Em                        C
I pace the floor and I wish for more,
D                                  B7
While you were dreaming with your paper dolls.

C                                      C#dim
Now you can cut me free (now you can cut me free),
C                              C#dim
Forever say goodbye (forever say goodbye),
C                                  C#dim
Or well be holding hands and go on,
D                              B7
Together you and I forever.

G              D
Poor dear out here,
G7                 C
Everybody stumbles on fear.
Cm              G
Who cares if you?re scared?
D                  B7
Everyone is on their own.
 G
Oh dear.

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