Stairway to Ukulele Heaven

I figured out my version of Stairway on the ukulele this morning. I only ran through it a few times before recording the video so please forgive the mistakes and awkward rhythm. I'm playing a KoAloha soprano ukulele with Worth strings. If it sounds a little tinny it's because I'm in the bathroom recording on a cheap Sony point-n-shoot.

Here is the TAB:

-|-5-----5-7-----7-|-8-----8-2-----2-|-
-|-----5-----5-----|---5-------3-----|-
-|---5---------5---|-----5-------2---|-
-|-7-------6-------|-5-------0-------|-



-|-0---------0-----|-0-0-0-----------|-
-|---1---1-----1---|-1-1-1------~6-5-|-
-|-2---2---------2-|-0-2-2-----2-----|-
-|-----------------|-0-2-2-----------|-



-|-5-----5-7-----7-|-8-----8-2-----2-|-
-|-----5-----5-----|---5-------3-----|-
-|---5---------5---|-----5-------2---|-
-|-7-------6-------|-5-------0-------|-



-|-0---------0-----|-3-5-5-----------|-
-|---1---1-----1---|-3-5-5-----------|-
-|-2---2---------2-|-0-2-2-------2-4-|-
-|-----------------|-0-2-2-----------|-



-|-----3-------5---|-----0---5-0-----|-
-|---5---5---7---7-|---1---1---------|-
-|-5-------7-------|-2-----------2-4-|-
-|-----------------|-----------------|-



-|-----3-------3---|-0-0-0-----------|-
-|---5---5---3---3-|-1-1-1-----------|-
-|-5-------4-------|-0-2-2-------2-4-|-
-|-----------------|-0-2-2-----------|-



-|-----3-------5---|-----0---5-0-----|-
-|---5---5---7---7-|---1---1---------|-
-|-5-------7-------|-2-----------2-4-|-
-|-----------------|-----------------|-



-|-----3-------3---|-3-5-5-----------|-
-|---5---5---3---3-|-3-5-5-----------|-
-|-5-------4-------|-0-2-2-----------|-
-|-----------------|-0-0-0-----------|-

How To Please A Woman

Apple trees a possum

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There was another dog here just a second ago...

There was another dog here just a second ago...
Originally uploaded by buckyreed

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Rufus's secret cache of moldy tortillas

Rufus's secret cache of moldy tortillas
Originally uploaded by buckyreed

A package of tortillas disappeared from the kitchen counter while Happy and Leo were house sitting a few weeks ago. Yesterday I came home to find Rufus in his bed working over a moldy, dirt-encrusted, leafy package of tortillas that I can only assume are very same ones that went missing. This might also go a long way towards explaining the moldy hamburger buns I found in the ceramic flower pot last month.

Why are Apple's paws pink?

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Panda defends Uighur protester from Chinese police

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Originally uploaded by buckyreed

Day Laborers in 2009