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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: 

  • 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).

  • Songs beginning with the word "The" are listed alphabetically under the second word of the title. Some exceptions apply, as in "The Rose."

  • Song titles beginning with a number are alphabetized under the spelling of that number.

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A

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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B

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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C

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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D

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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E

Ella Minnow - Key of G - Clare Innes & Rebecca Padula - 2012

Evangeline - Key of C - Emmylou Harris - Robbie Robertson - 1976

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F

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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G

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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H

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

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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J

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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K

King of the road - Roger Miller - 1964

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L

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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M

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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N

Nellie Kane - Tim O'Brien - 1979

Night rider's lament - Jerry Jeff Walker - 1975

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O

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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P

Parting glass - Traditional 

Please don't bury me - John Prine - 1973

Puff, the magic dragon - Peter Yarrow & Leonard Lipton - 1962

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Q

What?! No Q songs?? 

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R

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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S

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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T

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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Wildflowers - Tom Petty (1994) 

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