Here is Paul Kelly's version of Shakespeare's most well known sonnet, released on the 400th anniversary of the bard's death. Its a little hard to play on ukulele in the original Bm, so I have rasied the key slightly to Dm. You can also play it fairly comfortably in Cm.
Dm
C
F
C
Shall
DmI com
Cpare thee to a
Fsummer's
Cday?
Dm
C
Dm
Thou
Dmart more
Clovely and more
Dmtemperate
Dm
C
F
C
Rough
Dmwinds do
Cshake the darling
Fbuds of
CMay
Dm
C
Dm
And
Dmsummer's lease hath
Call too
Dmshort a date
C
Dm
Some
Ctime too hot the eye of
Dmheaven shines
C
Dm
And
Coften is his gold complexion
Dmdimm'd
Dm
C
F
C
And
Dmevery
Cfair from fair some
Ftime de
Cclines
Dm
C
Dm
By
Dmchance, or nature's
Cchanging course, un
Dmtrimm'd
C
Dm
But
Cthy eternal summer shall not
Dmfade
C
Dm
Nor
Close possession of that fair thou
Dmow'st
C
Dm
Nor shall
CDeath brag thou wander'st in his
Dmshade
A7
When in e
A7ternal lines to time thou grow'st
Dm
C
F
C
So
Dmlong as men can
Cbreathe or
Feyes can
Csee
Dm
C
Dm
So
Dmlong lives this, and
Cthis gives life to
Dmthee
Instrumental
Dm C Dm C Dm Am Dm
A| ---------0-3--- 0-0-0------
E| --1--013-----3- -----310---
C| 2---0---------- ---------2-
G| --------------- -----------
Dm C Dm C Dm Am Dm
A| ---------0-3--- 0-0-0------
E| --1--013-----3- -----310---
C| 2---0---------- ---------2-
G| --------------- -----------
C Dm C Dm
A| 3-3-3-01-0- 3-3-3-01-0-
E| -----3----- -----3-----
C| ----------- -----------
G| ----------- -----------
Dm C Dm C Dm Am Dm
A| ---------0-3--- 0-0-0------
E| --1--013-----3- -----310---
C| 2---0---------- ---------2-
G| --------------- -----------
Repeat Verse
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William Shakespeare / Paul Kelly