Song Sheets
All songsheets available from this website are intended for private, educational, and research purposes only, and NOT for financial gain in any form. All song copyrights belong to their respective parties.
Song Key: Many (but not all) songs in this list are NOT in the original key. I choose keys that are easier for beginners to play AND that fit my vocal range so I can lead them. If you need to change the key to fit your vocal range or chord choice, it's easy to do with this fabulous tool.
Authorship: Older songs are hard to track down. A designation of "Traditional" here means that, as far as I can find, the song is in the public domain and authorship is not known or is disputed "Away in a Manger" is a great example of this.
Listings:
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Order of information: Song title - Key - Artist/s I based my version on - Songwriter/s - Year written or published (as close as I can determine).
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Songs beginning with the word "The" are listed alphabetically under the second word of the title. Some exceptions apply, as in "The Rose."
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Song titles beginning with a number are alphabetized under the spelling of that number.
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A kiss to build a dream on - Key of F - Toni Price - Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Oscar Hammerstein - 1961
Acony bell - Key of G - Gillian Welch - 1996
Across the Great Divide - Key of G - Kate Wolf - 1980
Ain't no ash will burn - Key of C - Ranch Romance - Walt Aldridge - 1986
Ain't nobody here but us chickens - Key of F - Asleep at the Wheel - Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney - 1946
All God's critters got a place in the choir - Key of C - Bill Staines - 1979
All I have to do is dream - Key of A - Every Brothers - Boudleaux Bryant - 1958
All sing together - Key of A - Irish Rovers - Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance - 1989?
All's not lost - Key of C - Clare Innes - 2020
Aloha 'oe - Key of C - Queen Lili'uokalani - 1878
Amazing grace - Key of C - Lyrics: John Newton, William Cowper (1773); Melody: William Walker (1835)
Angel band - Key of C - Lyrics: Jefferson Hascall (1860); Melody: William Batcheler Bradbury (1862)
Angel from Montgomery - Key of D - Bonnie Raitt - John Prine - 1971
Angels we have heard on high - Key of A - Traditional French
Annabelle - Key of Am - Gillian Welch - 1996
Annie's Song - Key of D - John Denver - 1973
Auld Lang Syne - Key of C - Lyrics: Robert Burns; Melody: Traditional Scottish - 1788
Away in a Manger - Key of A - Traditional
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Baby beluga - Key of C - Raffi - 1980
Back home again - Key of G - John Denver - 1974
Bad moon Rising - Key of C - John Fogherty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - 1969
Bananaphone - Key of D - Raffi - 1994
Bare necessities - Key of C - Terry Gilkyson - 1967
Bartender's blues - Key of D - James Taylor - 1977
Big city (turn me loose and set me free) - Key of C - Merle Haggard - 1982
Big yellow taxi - Key of D - Joni Mitchell - 1970
Black velvet band - Key of A - Traditional Irish
Blowin' in the wind - Key of G - Bob Dylan - 1962
Blue Christmas - Key of C - Elvis - Billy Hayes & Jay W. Johnson - 1948
Blue eyes crying in the rain - Key of C - Willie Nelson - Fred Rose - 1947
Blue moon - Key of C - Mel Torme - Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart - 1934
Blue skies - Key of C - Willie Nelson - Irving Berlin - 1926
Blue suede shoes - Key of A - Elvis - Carl Perkins - 1955
Bluegrass gin - Key of G - Rebecca Padula, Donna "Thunder" Moran, Chris Martin - 2012
Bluegrass pickin' party - Key of G - Clare Innes & Rebecca Padula - 2020
Blues stay away from me - Key of C - Delmore Brothers - 1949
Bridget Flynn - Irish Rovers - Key of Am - Percy French (?) - 1931 (?)
Bury me beneath the willow - Key of C - Traditional
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Camptown races - Key of A - Stephen Foster - 1850
Can't let go - Lucinda Williams - Key of G - Randy Weeks - 1982?
Can't you hear me calling - Key of G - Bill Monroe - 1950
Catfish John - Key of A - Allison Kraus - Bob McDill & Allen Reynolds - 1972
Chapel of love - Key of D - The Dixie Cups - Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector - 1964
City of New Orleans - Key of G - Arlo Guthrie - Steve Goodman - 1971
Come on get happy - Key of A - Partridge Family theme song - Wes Ferrell & Danny Janssen - 1970
Come on up to the house - Key of A - Tom Waites (& Kathleen Brennan) - 1999
Count on me - Key of C - Bruno Mars - & Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine - 2010
Country roads - Key of C - John Denver - & Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert - 1971
Cry myself dry - Key of Dm - Jake Wildwood (20??)
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Dear someone - Key of D - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - 2001
Deck the halls - Key of G - Traditional
Deep river blues - Key of E - Doc Watson, 1954
Did trouble me - Key of Bb - Susan Werner - 2007
Dimming of the day - Key of G - Bonnie Raitt - Richard Thompson - 1975
Do I ever cross your mind - Key of C - Dolly Parton - 1976
Don't be cruel - Key of D - Elvis - Otis Blackwell - 1956
Don't fence me in - Key of A - Cole Porter - 1934
Don't stop believin' - Key of D - Journey - 1981
Don't think twice - Key of C - Bob Dylan (1962)
Don't this road look rough and rocky - Key of G - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - 1954
Don't worry, be happy - Key of C - Bobby McFerrin - 1988
Donald, where's your troosers - Key of Gm - Andy Stewart & Neil Grant - 1960
Down at the Twist and Shout - Key of C - Mary Chapin Carpenter - 1991
Down in the valley - Key of G - Traditional
Dreamsong - Key of G - Clare Innes - 2020
Dry town - Key of F - Gillian Welch - 1994
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Ella Minnow - Key of G - Clare Innes & Rebecca Padula - 2012
Evangeline - Key of C - Emmylou Harris - Robbie Robertson - 1976
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Feliz Navidad - Key of C - Jose Feliciano - 1970
First Noel - Key of G - Traditional
Five-foot two, eyes of blue - Key of C - Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis & Joseph Widow Young - 1925
Folsum Prison blues - Key of E - Johnny Cash - 1953
For the record - Key of A - Clare Innes - 2020
Freight train - Key of C - Elizabeth Cotton - 1906-12
Froggy went a-courting - Key of A - Traditional
Frosty the Snowman - Key of D - Gene Autry - Walter "Jack" Rollins & Steve Nelson - 1950
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Gambler - Key of C - Kenny Rogers - Don Schlitz - 1976
Garden song - Key of A - David Mallett - 1975
Gentle on my mind - Key of G - Glenn Campbell - John Hartford - 1967
Ghosties and the goblins - Key of Gm - Clare Innes - 2020
Glory of love - Key of C - Peter Cetera, David Foster, Diane Nini (1986)
God rest ye, merry gentlemen - Key of Am - Traditional
Going to New Orleans - Toni Price - Walter Hyatt - 2008
Goodnight Irene - Key of C - Lead Belly - 1933
Green iguana bellyflop - Key of C - Brent Holmes - 2011
Gulf Coast Highway - Key of C - Nanci Griffith - & James Hooker, Danny Flowers - 1988
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Hallelujah - Key of C - Leonard Cohen - 1984
Hand me down my walking cane - Key of G - James Bland - 1880
Hang on little tomato - Key of F - Pink Martini - 2004
Happy birthday - Key of C - Traditional
Happy Joyous Hanukkah - Key of C - Woody Guthrie - 1949
Happy trails - Key of C - Dale Evans - 1952
Hark the herald angels sing - Key of C - Charles Wesley & Felix Mendelssohn - 1739
Harvest moon - Key of D - Neil Young - 1982
Have a holly, jolly Christmas - Key of G - Johnny Marks - 1962
Have yourself a merry little Christmas - Key of G - Judy Garland (Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane - 1943)
He was a friend of mine - Key of C - Dian & the Green Briar Boys (Traditional)
Hey good lookin' - Key of G - Hank Williams - 1951
Hey, hey, hey (New York Town) - Woody Guthrie - unknown date
Hit the road Jack - Ray Charles (Percy Mayfield) - 1960
Hobo's lullaby - Woody Guthrie (Goebel Leon Reeves) - 1934
Home for the holidays - Robert Allen & Al Stillman (1954)
Home on the range - Brewster Higley & Daniel Kelley (1874)
House of the rising sun - Traditional
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I can't help falling in love with you - Elvis Presley (Peretti/Creatore/Weiss - 1954)
I heard the bells on Christmas day - HW Longfellow (1856) Melody: Johnny Marks (1956)
I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus - Tommie Connor (1952)
I shall be released - Bob Dylan (1967)
I want to sing that rock and roll - Gillian Welch (2001)
I'll be home for Christmas - Kim Gannon & Walter Kent (1943)
I'll fly away - Albert E. Brumley (1929)
I'm an old cowhand - Johnny Mercer (1936)
I'm down to my last cigarette - Harlan Howard & Billy Walker (1964)
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter - Fats Waller (Fred Ahlert & Joe Young) - 1935
I'm so lonesome I could cry - Hank Williams - 1949
I've been working on the railroad - Traditional
It came upon a midnight clear - Edmund Sears (1849)
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - Meredith Wilson (1951)
It's only a paper moon - Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose (1932)
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Jambalaya - Hank Williams - 1957
Jingle bell rock - Joseph Carlton Beal & James Ross Boothe - 1957
Jingle bells - James Lord pierpoint - 1857
Jolene - Dolly Parton - 1973
Jolly old St. Nicholas - Emily Huntington Miller - 1865
Just the two of us - Bill Withers, William Salter, Ralph MacDonald - 1981
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King of the road - Roger Miller - 1964
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L-O-V-E - Bert Kaempfert & Milt Gabler - 1965
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight - Rodney Crowell & Donivan Cowart (1978)
Let it snow - Sammy Cahn & Julie Styne (1945)
Let the mystery be - Iris Dement - 1982
Long black veil - Marijohn Wilkin & Danny Dill - 1959
Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch - 2003
Louisiana man - Lucinda Williams (Doug Kershaw) - 1961
Love me tender - Elvis Presley (Ken Darby) - 1958
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Marvelous toy - Tom Paxton - 1960
Mele Kalikimaka - Alex Anderson - 1949
Mole in the ground - Traditional
Molly Malone - Traditional
Morning has broken - Eleanor Farjeon - 1931
Move over Mr. Gauguin - Michael Peter Smith - 1988
My blue heaven - George Whiting & Walter Donaldson - 1924
My blue tears - Dolly Parton - 1971
My little grass shack - Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison & Johnny Noble - 1933
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Nellie Kane - Tim O'Brien - 1979
Night rider's lament - Jerry Jeff Walker - 1975
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O come, all ye faithful - John Francis Wade or John Reading or Cistercian monks - 1600s and/or 1700s
O little town of Bethlehem - Phillips Brooks & Lewis Redner (1868)
Octopus's garden - Ringo Starr - 1969
On a slow boat to China - Frank Loesser - 1947
On and on - Bill Monroe - 1956
On the road again - Willie Nelson - 1980
On the sunny side of the street - Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields - 1930
On top of spaghetti - Sharon Ruth & Philip Anders (1962)
One little song - Gillian Welch - 2003
One more dollar - Gillian Welch - 1994
Orphan girl - Gillian Welch - 1994
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Parting glass - Traditional
Please don't bury me - John Prine - 1973
Puff, the magic dragon - Peter Yarrow & Leonard Lipton - 1962
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What?! No Q songs??
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Rainbow connection - Paul Williams & Kenneth Ascher - 1979
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head - Hal David & Burt Bacharach - 1969
Rare old mountain dew - Traditional
Rattlin' bog - Traditional
Red clay halo - Gillian Welch - 2001
Ripple - The Grateful Dead (Robert Hunter) - 1970
Rockin' around the Christmas tree - Johnny Marks - 1958
Rocky Top - Felice & Boudleaux Bryant - 1967
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer - Johnny Marks - 1949
Rusty old American dream - David Wilcox - 1989
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San Diego serenade - Tom Waits - 1974
Scarlet ribbons - Evelyn Danzig & Jack Segal - 1949
Sea of heartbreak - Hal David & Paul Hampton - 1961
Silent night - Franz Xaver Gruber & Joseph Mohr - 1818
Silver bells - Jay Livingston & Ray Evans - 1950
Sixteen tons - Merle Travis - 1946
Somewhere over the rainbow - Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg - 1939
Somewhere over the rainbow/What a wonderful world - Key of G - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - 1990
Stewball - Traditional
Streets of Laredo - Traditional
Sympathique - Pink Martini (China Forbes & Thomas Lauderdale) - 1997
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Teach your children - Graham Nash (1983)
Tear my stillhouse down - Gillian Welch (1995)
Tell me why - Melanie (Michael Edwards, Richard Parish & Sigmund Spaeth - 1971?
Tiny Bubbles - Don Ho (Leon Pober) - 1966
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