This guide includes the strum patterns I use to play The Cure by Lady Gaga. See here for chords/lyrics. See Youtube for my ukulele play-along video.

I use 4 strum patterns for different sections of the song.

Verse

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  Em    G         C     D
  D     D D       D     D D
  

Pre-Chorus

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  D               Em
  DUx   D     x   DUx   D     x
  C               C     Em
  DUx   D     x   DUx   D     x
  D               Em
  DUx   D     x   DUx   D     x
  C               D
  DUx   DUx   DUDUD
  

Chorus

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  Em7   C         Dadd4 G
  DUx   DUx   DUDUDUx   DUx   DUDU
  

Bridge

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
  Em    G         D     G
  D     U         D     U