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Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing Ukulele Tutorial

If you are looking for an incredibly easy and beautiful song to play on the ukulele, this is the one! Today we're going to learn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing." It's a gorgeous melody that feels instantly recognizable.

The best part? It only takes three basic chords. We'll walk through exactly how to play it, learn a versatile strumming pattern, and then jump into a full play-along so you can practice your transitions.

The 3 Essential Chords

You only need to know three shapes for this entire song: C, G, and F. That makes it the perfect progression for absolute beginners.

C Major

G Major

F Major

Strumming Patterns

We have a few options for the strumming pattern. You can mix and match these throughout the song!

1. The Simple Strum

If you want to keep it really simple, you can just do standard down strums on the beat.

Down

2. The Preferred Strum

The strumming pattern that I like is a bit more intricate but flows beautifully through the song.

3. The Transition Strum

Typically, when I'm between verses, I like to shake up the strumming pattern with some alternating down/up strums at the end to build momentum.

Play-Along Song Sheets

Follow along with these sheets for the lyrics and chord changes, or click the yellow button at the top to download the full PDF from my Patreon.

DifficultyBeginner
TuningGCEA
TechniqueChords / Strumming
ChordsC, G, F

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Comments:

@Abiana-28

2/25/2026

thank you so much for this simplified teaching of ukulele and super friendly screen in this song , God Bless ✨

@marissabiananchannel

10/19/2025

I love this song so much with playing ukulele❤

@Weplaymusic4HIM

4/26/2025

Thankyou so muchhhhh this was very helpfulllll liking and subbing rn!!!!!!! 😊

@williamdirksen5860

5/3/2023

🕊✨️🙏✨️🕊

@meganchan6828

1/6/2023

I love this song 🙂

@RaysUkulele

It's a good one 🙂

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@Andrea-xw4xe

8/11/2022

Is there a better way to write the strumming? It just seems like it would make much more sense to separate the down and ups according to their rhythm patterns such as, DDU, UDU, UDU, DU, DU, DU. Is this correct? Please correct me if I'm wrong, so I can practice it the right way. Also, it seems like I don't have enough time to do the entire pattern between each chord.

@RaysUkulele

Hi Andrea, yes, you could totally separate it that way! I've actually been struggling to find better ways to write strum patterns because I'm not sure the best way to do it. I usually have just learned from others demonstrating and then following along with that. I noticed the pattern you wrote is the one that I occasionally throw in between verses, but not the main pattern which would be more like: DDU UDU UDU UDUI hope that helps! And sorry for the late reply, we had another baby three months ago so things have been busy! 😀

@Andrea-xw4xe

Ok, That makes sense! Thank you for replying, and congratulations to you both for your new baby. ❤

@RaysUkulele

@Andrea-xw4xe Thank you!! ❤

@RaysUkulele

You're welcome! 🙂

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Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing Ukulele Tutorial

The 3 Essential Chords

Strumming Patterns

1. The Simple Strum

2. The Preferred Strum

3. The Transition Strum

Play-Along Song Sheets

Lesson Details

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