Songs - Ordered by Year
These are the songs we learn and play together at our meetups.
Title | Artist | Year | Tempo | Difficulty | Chords | Page |
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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | Hank Williams | 1949 | 112 | Easy | 4 | 82 |
White Rabbit | Jefferson Airplane | 1952 | 105 | Medium | 6 | 150 |
Your Cheatin' Heart | Hank Williams | 1952 | 112 | Easy | 5 | 170 |
Earth Angel | The Penguins | 1954 | 88 | Beginner | 6 | 50 |
Folsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash | 1955 | 102 | Easy | 4 | 182 |
Only You | The Platters | 1955 | 104 | Hard | 12 | 112 |
Don't Be Cruel | Elvis Presley | 1956 | 170 | Beginner | 4 | 40 |
Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley | 1956 | 69 | Medium | 9 | 96 |
Walkin' After Midnight | Patsy Cline | 1956 | 90 | Easy | 6 | 144 |
Bye Bye Love | The Everly Brothers | 1957 | 144 | Beginner | 6 | 16 |
Wake Up Little Susie | The Everly Brothers | 1957 | 88 | Medium | 7 | 142 |
All I Have To Do Is Dream | The Everly Brothers | 1958 | 108 | Medium | 8 | 4 |
Everyday | Buddy Holly | 1958 | 136 | Easy | 7 | 52 |
Tears On My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials | 1958 | 66 | Medium | 11 | 128 |
(What A) Wonderful World | Sam Cooke | 1960 | 129 | Easy | 6 | 164 |
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? | The Shirelles | 1960 | 137 | Easy | 9 | 158 |
Can't Help Falling In Love | Elvis Presley | 1961 | 101 | Easy | 7 | 22 |
Up On the Roof | The Drifters | 1962 | 90 | Beginner | 4 | 140 |
Be My Baby | The Ronettes | 1963 | 126 | Medium | 9 | 10 |
I Want To Hold Your Hand | The Beatles | 1963 | 120 | Easy | 8 | 76 |
It's My Party | Lesley Gore | 1963 | 128 | Medium | 10 | 86 |
A Hard Days Night | The Beatles | 1964 | 140 | Medium | 9 | 2 |
Can't Buy Me Love | The Beatles | 1964 | 170 | Easy | 9 | 20 |
My Girl | The Temptations | 1964 | 120 | Easy | 7 | 104 |
Under the Boardwalk | The Drifters | 1964 | 120 | Beginner | 4 | 138 |
Will The Circle Be Unbroken | The Carter Family | 1964 | 83 | Easy | 4 | 156 |
In My Life | The Beatles | 1965 | 103 | Medium | 9 | 84 |
Ticket To Ride | The Beatles | 1965 | 130 | Easy | 7 | 134 |
Turn! Turn! Turn! | The Byrds | 1965 | 128 | Medium | 6 | 136 |
You Can't Hurry Love | The Supremes | 1965 | 96 | Hard | 7 | 166 |
California Dreamin' | The Mamas & The Papas | 1966 | 112 | Easy | 8 | 18 |
Crying Time | Ray Charles | 1966 | 66 | Easy | 5 | 34 |
Daydream | The Lovin' Spoonful | 1966 | 106 | Medium | 8 | 38 |
For What It's Worth | Buffalo Springfield | 1966 | 112 | Beginner | 3 | 56 |
Happy Together | The Turtles | 1966 | 132 | Medium | 8 | 66 |
I'm A Believer | The Monkees | 1966 | 116 | Easy | 4 | 80 |
Sunny Afternoon | The Kinks | 1966 | 125 | Medium | 15 | 188 |
Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison | 1967 | 120 | Beginner | 5 | 14 |
Daydream Believer | The Monkees | 1967 | 126 | Medium | 8 | 36 |
There's A Kind Of Hush | Herman's Hermits | 1967 | 128 | Medium | 8 | 132 |
With A Little Help From My Friends | The Beatles | 1967 | 108 | Medium | 9 | 162 |
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay | Otis Redding | 1968 | 104 | Medium | 7 | 116 |
Coming In To Los Angeles | Arlo Guthrie | 1968 | 129 | Hard | 6 | 178 |
Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1968 | 120 | Easy | 6 | 114 |
The Weight | The Band | 1968 | 72 | Medium | 6 | 130 |
While My Guitar Gently Weeps | The Beatles | 1968 | 108 | Hard | 12 | 148 |
Bad Moon Rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1969 | 92 | Beginner | 4 | 8 |
Come Together | The Beatles | 1969 | 88 | Easy | 5 | 26 |
Down on the Corner | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1969 | 108 | Easy | 3 | 46 |
Fortunate Son | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1969 | 128 | Easy | 6 | 58 |
Oh! Darling | The Beatles | 1969 | 86 | Medium | 12 | 108 |
Space Oddity | David Bowie | 1969 | 72 | Hard | 14 | 120 |
Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond | 1969 | 128 | Medium | 7 | 124 |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1970 | 116 | Easy | 6 | 70 |
No Matter What | Badfinger | 1970 | 128 | Medium | 10 | 106 |
Wild World | Cat Stevens | 1970 | 72 | Easy | 9 | 154 |
Draggin The Line | Tommy James | 1971 | 114 | Easy | 2 | 48 |
Fearless | Pink Floyd | 1971 | 72 | Medium | 6 | 54 |
City of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie | 1972 | 80 | Medium | 9 | 24 |
Heart of Gold | Neil Young | 1972 | 85 | Easy | 4 | 72 |
I Can See Clearly Now | Johnny Nash | 1972 | 88 | Medium | 7 | 74 |
Lean On Me | Bill Withers | 1972 | 96 | Easy | 4 | 88 |
Listen To The Music | The Doobie Brothers | 1972 | 106 | Medium | 7 | 92 |
Breathe | Pink Floyd | 1973 | 64 | Medium | 9 | 12 |
Free Bird | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 1973 | 59 | Medium | 7 | 60 |
Love Potion Number 9 | The Clovers | 1973 | 129 | Easy | 5 | 98 |
Stuck In The Middle With You | Stealers Wheel | 1973 | 116 | Easy | 6 | 122 |
Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 1974 | 116 | Easy | 4 | 126 |
Don't Cry No Tears | Neil Young | 1975 | 114 | Medium | 5 | 44 |
Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | 1975 | 56 | Easy | 6 | 160 |
Mr. Blue Sky | Electric Light Orchestra | 1977 | 178 | Hard | 12 | 102 |
All Of Me | Willie Nelson | 1978 | 144 | Medium | 11 | 174 |
Take Me Home Country Roads | John Denver | 1978 | 82 | Medium | 7 | 176 |
Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd | 1979 | 63 | Medium | 9 | 28 |
Don't Bring Me Down | Electric Light Orchestra | 1979 | 116 | Medium | 6 | 42 |
Back On The Chain Gang | The Pretenders | 1987 | 153 | Medium | 9 | 6 |
Handle With Care | Traveling Wilburys | 1988 | 115 | Medium | 5 | 64 |
I Won't Back Down | Tom Petty | 1989 | 114 | Medium | 4 | 78 |
Wicked Game | Chris Isaak | 1989 | 114 | Easy | 3 | 152 |
You Got It | Roy Orbison | 1989 | 112 | Hard | 8 | 168 |
All I Want | Toad the Wet Sprocket | 1991 | 124 | Medium | 9 | 180 |
Learning To Fly | Tom Petty | 1991 | 120 | Easy | 4 | 90 |
Constant Craving | k.d. Lang | 1992 | 128 | Medium | 9 | 30 |
Creep | Radiohead | 1992 | 88 | Easy | 4 | 32 |
Harvest Moon | Neil Young | 1992 | 113 | Easy | 7 | 68 |
Losing My Religion | R.E.M. | 1992 | 126 | Easy | 6 | 94 |
Man on the Moon | R.E.M. | 1992 | 119 | Medium | 6 | 186 |
Mary Jane's Last Dance | Tom Petty | 1993 | 170 | Easy | 5 | 100 |
Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley | 1994 | 101 | Medium | 5 | 62 |
One Headlight | The Wallflowers | 1996 | 104 | Easy | 7 | 110 |
Wayfaring Stranger | Johnny Cash | 2000 | 119 | Medium | 6 | 146 |
Save It For A Rainy Day | The Jayhawks | 2003 | 125 | Medium | 6 | 172 |
Hometown | Sarah Jarosz | 2020 | 100 | Easy | 5 | 184 |
Something in the Orange | Zach Bryan | 2022 | 66 | Medium | 5 | 118 |