You need only minimal playing skills and three chords--G, C, and D7--to accompany all the great songs in this innovative book. If you are just getting started, or if you are a "casual" player on a chording instrument, this is the perfect book for you. The book is absolutely bursting with a great variety of music: Old-time, bluegrass, gospel, Christmas, children's tunes, Stephen Foster, British and Celtic, cowboy, blues, and more. Because melody and lyrics are provided with every song, singers will also enjoy this wonderful collection of the world's favorite songs. Truly a book of outstanding arrangements, made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. (Some of these songs, like "Dark Hollow" and "Way Downtown," are hard to find in print.) Guitar, uke, and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords, along with tips on strumming and transposing tips for singers. An invaluable reference book for teachers and pros, too!
| Song Title: |
Composer/Source: |
| Ain't No Use Me Workin' So Hard |
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| All the Good Times Are Past and Gone |
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| Aunt Rhody |
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| Banks of the Ohio |
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| Barbara Allen |
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| Betty and Dupree |
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| Big Ball in Nashville |
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| Billy Barlow |
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| Billy Boy |
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| Blest Be the Tie That Binds |
Johann G. Nageli |
| Blow the Man Down |
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| Boil 'em Cabbage Down |
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| Bury Me Beneath the Willow |
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| Camptown Races |
Stephen Foster |
| Careless Love |
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| Come and Go With Me |
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| Corinne, Corinna |
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| Cotton-Eyed Joe |
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| Crawdad Song, The |
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| Dark Hollow |
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| Dixie |
Dan Emmett |
| Down in the Valley |
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| Early One Morning |
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| East Virginia Blues |
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| Fair Eleanor |
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| Foggy Mountain Top |
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| Frankie and Johnny |
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| Goodbye, Old Paint |
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| Green Grow the Lilacs |
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| Gypsy Davy |
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| Hand Me Down My Walking Cane |
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| Handsome Molly |
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| He's Got the Whole World in His Hands |
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| Home, Sweet Home |
Henry Bishop |
| House of the Rising Sun |
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| How Many Biscuits Can You Eat? |
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| Hush, Little Baby |
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| I Am a Pilgrim |
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| I Never Will Marry |
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| I Saw Three Ships |
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| I Wish I Was Single Again |
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| In the Sweet Bye and Bye |
J.P. Webster |
| It Ain't Gonna Rain No More |
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| Jacob's Ladder |
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| Jesse James |
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| Jesus Loves Me |
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| Jim Along Josie |
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| Jingle Bells |
James Pierpont |
| Joe Turner Blues |
W.C. Handy |
| John Henry |
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| Joys of Love, The (Plasir D'Amour) |
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| Kingdom Coming |
Henry Clay Work |
| Kum Ba Ya |
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| Leaning on the Everlasting Arms |
Anthony J. Showalter |
| Little Brown Jug |
J.E. Winner |
| Liza Jane |
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| Lonesome Valley |
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| Long Journey Home ($2.00 Bill) |
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| Mairi's Wedding |
Traditional Gaelic |
| Mama Don't Allow |
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| Midnight Special |
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| Nearer, My God, to Thee |
Lowell Mason |
| Nelly Bly |
Stephen Foster |
| Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) |
Stephen Foster |
| Old Molly Hare |
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| Old Time Religion |
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| Open up them Pearly Gates |
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| Other Shore, The |
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| Pay Me My Money Down |
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| Precious Memories |
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| Red River Valley |
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| Rock o' My Soul |
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| Rock of Ages |
Thomas Hastings |
| Roving Gambler, The |
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| Rye Whiskey |
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| Saint Louis Blues |
W.C. Handy |
| Santa Lucia |
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| Silent Night |
Franz Gruber |
| Skip to My Lou |
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| Sourwood Mountain |
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| Stagger Lee |
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| Strawberry Roan |
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| Streets of Laredo |
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| Sweet Hour of Prayer |
William B. Bradbury |
| Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
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| There is a Fountain |
William Cowper |
| This Train |
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| Titanic Blues |
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| Waterbound |
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| Way Downtown |
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| What a Friend We Have in Jesus |
Charles Converse |
| When the Saints Go Marching In |
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| Where Has My Little Dog Gone |
Septimus Winner |
| Where, Oh Where Is Dear Little Susie |
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| White House Blues |
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| Wildwood Flower |
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| Will the Circle Be Unbroken |
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| Worried Man Blues |
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| Wreck of the Old '97 |
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| Yankee Doodle |
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| Yellow Rose of Texas |
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