Chorded Songs
Chorded Songs
If you know your major chords and chord-types and you know how to strum and keep rhythm, try playing some of these songs (just click on them and they will come up in a separate window). If you need help learning basic chords, go to the "chords & scales" page on this website or review Guitar 101. And don't forget to sing along with them! What are some of your favorite all-time songs? E-mail them to me and I may just put them up on this page. E-mail: rickjbrix@aol.com. Thanks! Enjoy!
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ROCK SONGS:
Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
Hurt So Good by John Mellencamp
Pink Houses by John Mellencamp
Peaceful Easy Feeling by the Eagles
Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers
Honkey-Tonk Woman by the Rolling Stones
Get Off of My Cloud by the Rolling Stones
Hungry Heart by Bruce Springsteen
Take It On the Run by REO Speedwagon
Yellow Submarine by the Beatles
Bye, Bye Love by the Everly Brothers
Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkel
Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
Good-Hearted Woman by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
If You're Gonna Play in Texas by Alabama
Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver
When You Say Nothin' at All by Alison Krauss
Good Ol' Boys by Waylon Jennings
Hey Good Lookin' by Hank Williams
Your Cheatin' Heart by Hank Williams
Jambalya on the Bayou by Hank Williams
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristoferson
You Are My Sunshine (Traditional)
The Times Are A Changin' by Bob Dylan
Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
Mr. BoJangles by Jerry Jeff Walker
KID'S SONGS
Froggy Went a Courtin' (Traditional Kids Song)
Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Traditional kids song)
Happy Birthday to You (Traditional)
CHRISTMAS SONGS
MANY MORE SONGS TO COME!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
You can get many more chorded songs on Chordie.com:
http://www.chordie.com/
Chordie.com has a searchable database and shows chord diagrams and also transposes some songs into several different keys.
Another Guitar Song Chord Site that also transposes songs into alternative keys is: Sing-Along at:
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/~aparsons/guitar/guitar1.html
Here are some other sites where you can get chorded songs:
Country Songs: http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/
Childrens Songs: http://www.storytimesongs.com/guitar.html
Irish Songs: http://unitedireland.tripod.com/
Oldies But Goodies: http://www.theguitarguy.com/songs.htm
Christmas Songs: http://guitar.about.com/library/blchristmassongmenu.htm
Cowboy and Country Lyrics and Chords:
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/
There a tons more out there. Just take your time and find some good ones. The world of music is at your fingertips.