Popular Music - Chords & Lyrics

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Popular Music to practice with, including a range to suit all levels of experience. You will find videos, guitar chords and lyrics to a number of popular songs - current and not so current. The songs have been arranged so that they relate to each video, both in key and format, along with instructions, charts, and handy tips... just play along with the video clip. All song charts are free to download... let the practice begin.

means the song is suitable for beginners.

Chords & Lyrics

Music from 2000 and beyond:

Song	Artist	Song	Artist
Beautiful	Katharine McPhee	Locked Out Of Heaven	Bruno Mars
Breathless	The Corrs	Love Is A Losing Game	Amy Winehouse
Chasing Cars	Snow Patrol	Rolling In The Deep	Adele
Count On Me	Bruno Mars	Set Fire To The Rain	Adele
Don't You Remember	Adele	Some Nights	Fun
Diamonds	Rihanna	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye
Everyone's Waiting	Missy Higgins	Someone Like You	Adele
I Won't Give Up	Jason Mraz	We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together	Taylor Swift
I Won't Let You Go	James Morrison	Wide Awake	Katy Perry
It Will Rain	Bruno Mars

Classic Rock from the Beginning of Time:

Song	Artist	Song	Artist
American Pie	Don McLean	Hotel California	The Eagle
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda	Liam Clancy	Imagine	John Lennon
Avalon	Roxy Music	I Shall Be Released	Maroon 5 (Dylan Cover)
A Paper of Pins	Marty Robbins	Me & Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin
Blowin' In The Wind	Bob Dylan	Papers and Pins	The Tossers
Brown Eyed Girl	Van Morrison	Time After Time	Cyndi Lauper
Cats In The Cradle	Harry Chapin	True Colors	Cyndi Lauper
Close To You	Carpenters	Ventura Highway	America
Constant Craving	K D Lang	Venus	Shocking Blue
Danny Boy (Instrumental)	Eric Clapton	Walk On The Wild Side	Lou Reed
Hallelujah	K D Lang	What A Wonderful World	Louis Armstrong

Classic Artists:

The Beatles

All My Loving		Help		In My Life		Yesterday
Come Together		Hey Jude		Let It Be

We don't dissect each song so that you play it exactly like the artists, although if that is your preference, there are loads of sites that can instruct you and help you do this. Our philosophy has always been 'Creativity'. We give you enough tips to get by, so that you can play along, enjoy each song, broaden your horizons and maybe try some things out for yourself... you may be pleasantly surprised.

Useful Pages:

Song charts - help with reading the song charts on this site for anyone that finds them a little confusing

Basic guitar chords - the essential chords for beginners

Basic guitar chords for left-handed players - the essential chords for beginners

Building Chords - Chord construction using Scales and Formulas

Writing Chords - learn how to write a chord, e.g., x00232

Guitar Strings - strings, names, types, gauges

Guitar Notes - all notes on the first 12 frets ( LH & RH)

You will need Adobe Reader (the latest version is recommended) installed on your computer in order to open and read the downloads on each song page which are in a pdf format. You can get Adobe Reader here (a new window will open so you can download it without leaving this page).

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Please Note: All the song charts on this site are my own interpretation of each song, in a format aimed at teaching guitarists and musicians in general. No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song, if it does exist. It is to be used for Informational and Educational Purposes Only. For a comprehensive representation of the songs, we recommend you buy the sheet music. If you like playing these songs, we encourage you to support the artists and buy their music.

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