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Itsy Bitsy Spider ukulele chords

This one needs just C and G7, in standard GCEA tuning. Press play to hear the tune and see where each change falls.

 TheCit- sy bit- sy spi- der climbed up theG7wa- terCspout.

CDown came the rain andG7washed the spi- derCout.

COut came the sun andG7dried up all theCrain,

 And theCit- sy bit- sy spi- der climbed up theG7spout a-Cgain.

The two chords

Each dot shows a finger, and a circle shows an open string. From left to right, the strings are G, C, E and A.

C
G7

The strumming pattern

The song is in 6/8 time, so count 1 2 3 4 5 6 and strum down on 1 and 4. That’s enough to sing along to. When it feels steady, add a light up-strum on 3 and 6.

The tune as ukulele tab

Each number is the fret to press, and 0 is an open string. The top line is the A string. A standard ukulele has no low G, so “The” and “And the” use the open G string, which sounds an octave higher than on a piano. Timing isn’t shown, so play along with the button above.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.
A|---------------------------|
E|-----------0-0-0-------0---|
C|---0-0-0-2-------2-0-2---0-|
g|-0-------------------------|
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
A|---------------------|
E|-0-0-1-----1-0-1---0-|
C|---------------------|
g|-------0-0-------0---|
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
A|---------------------|
E|-------0-0-------0---|
C|-0-0-2-----2-0-2---0-|
g|---------------------|
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.
A|-----------------------------|
E|-------------0-0-0-------0---|
C|-----0-0-0-2-------2-0-2---0-|
g|-0-0-------------------------|

More ways to play it

Sing it with the video

Once the chords feel easy, watch the Itsy Bitsy Spider sing-along on Kids Story Book with your child.

Watch the sing-along video