Saturday, January 15, 2011
Your Two Cents
Welcome to the (new) guestbook for "Sing-Along, Folk, & Rock Guitar Songs". Please feel free to post about any errors you may have found, request songs for inclusion (I can't guarantee I'll get to it), or would just like to say something about the site (questions, comments, suggestions).
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«Oldest ‹Older 1001 – 1200 of 1350 Newer› Newest»Mon Dec 29 06:31:26 2008
From: Paul Heinzman Very nice site. I am going to try to play Mr. Jones by the Counting Crows. I have been playing guitar for a while but must of my playing has been in the Jazz World maybe I can jazz up a few old folk tunes for fun. I would love to hear about your Mother and her music and how it formed in you a music heritage. I do love stories about music being passed down from generation to generation. Thanks
Tue Dec 30 15:36:33 2008
From: Cynthia Allaire
Thanks very much for putting up all these terrific songs with their chords, and thanks to your mother to for her sharing enthusiasm for sing along music with you. I was trying to get together songs for a New Year's Eve sing along, and you made my task so much easier with so many songs I've loved for years. Happy New Year to your family.
Wed Dec 31 20:14:55 2008
From: Jammie Campbell
What an utter delight to find your site. I haven't played much in too many years. I will be teaching my grandson how to play guitar this year and many of your songs are the songs I grew up with and played way back when. I have a new set of strings and now many of the old songs to practice with. Many, many thanks for all your hard work and sharing your songs.
Wed Dec 31 21:51:48 2008
From: Eric
Hello, I am looking for the lyrics and guitar chords for My Home By The Fraser sung by Keray Regan. Do you know where I can get it? Thanks for your help.
Wed Dec 31 21:52:41 2008
From: David I stumbled upon your site. Found it very useful. Infact I am saving most of the song to my folder for later use. I grew up listen to the folk generation and am familiar with some of the songs. Now it is time for me to learn to play them. Thanks for the hard you you put in. David
Thu Jan 1 10:05:52 2009
From: Frank Jakob
Great site. A guitar. An internet connection. A fireplace fire DVD. And a camping we will go! 21st Century style! PS. The key changes are great
Thu Jan 1 15:50:47 2009
From: Mike O'Leary
great site.... I came across it looking for older songs to sing my grandaughter. Brought back a few memories also. I grew up in the folk generation but put my guitar down 10 years ago and never picked it up until a few nights ago. Thanks
Sun Jan 4 17:08:39 2009
From: Rex Club Dan
I don't remember exactly how I got to your site, but I'm sure glad I did. I very much enjoyed looking over the collection, and finding the chords and lyrics to a lotta cool songs. Thanks
Mon Jan 5 11:15:04 2009
From: Diane Watson
I use to sing with a group in High School. One of the songs we did was Three Jolly Coachmen. I can't remember all the lyrics.
Thu Jan 8 15:29:10 2009
From: Diane Duggan
I just picked up my guitar again after about 20 years. How wonderful to find so many songs that I love in one place. Thanks so much for putting up the lyrics & the chords. Much love.
Fri Jan 9 02:27:41 2009
From: Lou Morant
Hi,great site.I perform all over the uk.and abroad using songs of yesteryear,and you have many that i just could'nt find elsewhere. Many thanks,Lou. p.s.Enjoy your new addition.
Fri Jan 9 06:20:12 2009
From: Chuck Hi, my 13 year old grandson and his dad play guitar together and so far my contribution to the fun has been to sit with the 2 girls and sing-a-long. That's great fun but I've always wanted to learn gutar and in the past few weeks I've been working hard at learning. Later we'll get the girls playing something too. Thanks for all these songs. Love em.
Fri Jan 9 15:25:04 2009
From: joe fox
this is the best web site this side of the moon well done i started playing about 12 weeks ago and found this site tonight my wife came home from work and went straight to bed and left me alone ,brill its the quietest shes been for 20 yrs its fantastic ty once again love the simon and garfunkel stuff i learned the boxer in 10 mins
Tue Jan 13 18:53:22 2009
From: Mark
Yikes! You rock! What great site! Like can I get the code so I can organize my own stuff this way? The key change feature is great!!! The only thing it didn't have was "Not my Stepping Stone" by the monkeys which is what I was looking for.
Tue Jan 13 20:28:06 2009
From: will
Thanks so much for all the great songs!!
Fri Jan 16 05:20:36 2009
From: nina
Thank you for this great collection of songs. I have started playing music again after so many years of not doing it. May you be Blessed some more.
Fri Jan 16 11:54:53 2009
From: Randy finally, a site with great music and playable chords...thanks so much!!! hope you add more in the future!
Sun Jan 18 17:12:59 2009
From: ncandy
Looking for the song Nobody loves me everybody hates me guess I'll eat some worms
Mon Jan 19 13:46:30 2009
From: Ana Maria I was wondering if you could get the song "My Sweet Song" by Toby Lightman. It'd be very appreciated. Greetings from Puerto Rico!!
Mon Jan 19 20:03:33 2009
From: ck
Dude - hat's off to you and your Mom! Being a later comer to the 6 string (am a 50's something & finally decided time is running out to learn), been looking for a song for our times: "What's That I Hear" (Phil Ochs) and you have it. Will learn it to celebrate 1-20-09. Thanks. ck
Wed Jan 21 07:52:58 2009
From: Paul Vlaanderen
Hi AARON, Looking for the chords of Sloop JohnB I visited your homepage. Read some very funny stories about squirrels...I'm not really into science, I work with children with autism:stars in another way... drop by soon again! Paul (The Hague, Netherlands)
Thu Jan 22 05:40:10 2009
From: Murray Cleland
Hello Aaron, Sarah, your new little one and your mom. It's amazing how across the years, and across the miles, never having met, I feel a deep affinity for you all. Partly it comes from visiting your website and in large part it comes from your wonderful listing of your mother's songs. I'm sure that by our song choices, we convey something important about ourselves, our history and our values. Many of the songs that you and your mother shared, are important delineations of my life also. Congratulations on election of a new, positive, insightful president... one who transcends race, petty bickering, and even nationalism. I wish him, and all of you, an abundant share of everything that is loving and positive in this world! Thanks. ... Murray
Thu Jan 22 09:17:31 2009
From: Francesca I am very impressed with your website. I have been working on organizing a regular group sing, and this website is an incredible resource of excellent songs, but you don't have one of my favorites. I'd really appreciate it if you would add the Pete Seeger song Well May the World Go to your website.
Sat Jan 24 21:47:42 2009
From: Philip
Great site! The author has put in lots of work and effort in compiling! Terrific job!! Thanks!!!
Sun Jan 25 14:08:51 2009
From: Joel Williams Suggestion for a change, in Rocky Mountain High, I believe this is how I have heard it Current version C D G C I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky, friends around the D G C campfire and everybody's high, Alternative D G em c campfire and everybody's gettin' high, Just a thought, and thsnks again for all the work you have done to put this all together Joe
Mon Jan 26 01:37:45 2009
From: Neil J Richardson HI Aaron Many thanks for the songs on your website.I am an aspiring Folk Singer (aged 60) and found many songs that I can try an learn.Most stuff looks ok for a beginner with a lot of basic chords. Many Thanks Neil Richardson Mandurah Western Australia
Mon Jan 26 05:39:47 2009
From: Nicole R. Just wanted to say thanks for making all your hard work available for free. It really speaks of community!! I printed "If I had a hammer" so I can teach a new generation a great folk song. Thanks so much.
Wed Jan 28 07:59:14 2009
From: david i love your site. i wish there were more songs, however i would like to get the lyrics and chords etc. to a song by bobby womack. it is called Harry Hippy or Hippie.
Thu Jan 29 06:58:51 2009
From: stan
Thank you Many childhood songs I would like to pass on to my kids Still learning and these are easy songs
Sat Jan 31 09:31:30 2009
From: Tristan Walsh Rock On!!! Thank You for sharing the fruits of your labors with the sing-along community online!
Sun Feb 1 03:40:03 2009
From: Sam Phillips
Bridge Over Troubled Water. F# minor is missing. I am a frustrated guitar player and like many get board with my ability. Their are some songs in here that have inspired me to pick it back up. Thanks, Sam
Sun Feb 1 18:45:43 2009
From: mary filli
interested in folksinger of sixties and seventies...lynn gold...is that to whom you were referring?
Mon Feb 2 09:21:51 2009
From: Sasha Thanks for the site, I never imagined that there was a place with all the songs I like to play in one. I use it all of the time for sing along pleasure.
Sat Feb 7 08:44:56 2009
From: Scott This is my new favorite go-to-get-chords-for-a-song-I-just-thought-of-website. Tremendous! Thank you.
Sun Feb 8 11:07:27 2009
From: Deb
Hi! 'Just stumbled across your site as I was looking for lyrics & chords to standards. GREAT! I LOVE IT! AND MANY THANK-YOUs!
Sun Feb 8 18:25:16 2009
From: Moe
When the Weavers played "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", the last chord of the chorus (if played in C) was A7 --- not Am. This gives it a lot of punch! Pete Seeger said they adapted the tune from Leadbelly's version of some Irish song, but I don't remember which one. Great site!
Sun Feb 8 20:24:08 2009
From: Jerry Hughson I had the pleasure of attending an original Kingston Trio concert in the late 50's at the Univ. Of Fla. I remember a song called "Shady Grove". I's love to know the lyric to the song if you can find it Thanks
Mon Feb 9 22:41:04 2009
From: Eric Anderson Thanks came looking for Pete Seeger songs for the up and coming "For Pete's Sake Sing" and found a whole lot more thanks again...... I have a version of shady grove I'll look it up and try and get back again
Wed Feb 11 11:22:29 2009
From: Mike Skaff
OUTSTANDING!! All the sing-a-long favorites in one place. Thank you very much.
Thu Feb 12 09:09:45 2009
From: Heather H I am like your mother - have been collecting songs since the 1960s,since I was a teen, thanks for a great site. It's great to have the songs and chords all in one place. Carry on the good work! Best wishes from UK.
Sat Feb 14 07:56:48 2009
From: Shirley A Campbell
I have to tell you that when I came across your site I was so excited because these were all the songs I sang for years. I lost so many songs over the years but now they're back and I'm delighted. I picked up my guitar and it was like magic. Thanks so much. Shirley Campbell
Sat Feb 14 14:48:03 2009
From: SwampRocker
Can't thank you enough. I started playing late in life, and I have been blessed with a great teacher. I'm learning to finger pick and I love ballads and folk songs. This is a great resource.
Sat Feb 14 15:30:51 2009
From: Cielia
Thanks so much for a great collection. Already sang a few to my husband - who has patient ears. Thanks again!
Tue Feb 17 06:00:56 2009
From: rsp
I wanna hear this song My, My, My Beautiful Sunday.
Tue Feb 17 18:05:48 2009
From: Lois Ganner
Great site, young man! Your mother must be my age! I love the selections.
Sat Feb 21 13:48:37 2009
From: Jen
I LOVE your site. Keep adding more songs!
Sat Feb 21 17:37:37 2009
From: Peggy S
Good job. Thank you for all of your time and effort
Sat Feb 21 22:46:37 2009
From: Jeremy
Love the site. Interestingly enough, I've had it bookmarked for a couple of years and just noticed that the root is SETI@Home. I actually used to work for Dan Werthimer when I was an undergrad at Cal and helped build a photon coincidence detector for the optical SETI program. It was used at Leuschner observatory. Coincidence indeed.
Sun Feb 22 09:30:41 2009
From: John G.
Man THANK YOU!!! Thought my music playing days were over.Traded in my drum sticks for a mandolin some time ago, but have music in my blood. Now just in my basement but am looking forward to finding some people like me (musically) to jamb and get the nerve to go public.Thanks Again.
Mon Feb 23 04:41:33 2009
From: Sasha Thank you so much for what you've done! I've sung many of these songs to my children - and now that I am a granny I am grateful to find the guitar chords to those I 'took for granted' and never copied into my song book.
Fri Feb 27 15:50:43 2009
From: Ryan S
Buddy,this site is awesome! My favorite collection of folk songs on one site. Don't stop adding new songs!
Sat Feb 28 08:29:42 2009
From: Jennifer
Looking for some Cat Stevens???? Thanks
Sat Feb 28 09:08:40 2009
From: Osmundo
I love your collection of songs. I am a beginner and enjoying your songs. Keep up the great work
Sat Mar 7 02:33:07 2009
From: sam kirk
brilliant sight your a credet to the net work many thanks and best wishs sam
Sat Mar 7 16:43:52 2009
From: joe
Thanks for doing this..i just started learning guitar and i can play some of your songs already..really keeps me active (just turned 70)..thanks again. joe
Mon Mar 9 07:36:04 2009
From: sam kirk
aaron would it be posable if you could find the lyics and the chords of the Irish rebel song called the foggy dew ifound it on chordie but they only have the chords written on the first verse and i need allthe verses chorded the band playing it is called the wolf tonesbeen after the chords for months yours greatfully sam kirk
Mon Mar 9 09:52:42 2009
From: Carlos A. Gonzalez
Hi. this is Carlos from the YMCA. Aaron I hope you and your family are OK. I haven't seen you at the Y latelly. I need your help. Please contact me asap. Thank you, I lost your cel. phone.
Fri Mar 13 10:02:57 2009
From: nick
THANK YOU.
Fri Mar 13 13:27:31 2009
From: Dave
Thanks for a great song resource - there are so many of my favourites here
Sat Mar 14 08:15:12 2009
From: Fergy Your mom must really be something, that is quite a marvelous list. I think I've done good to keep a dozen songs ready to play. I'm 70 now, started strumming in 63' and love the songs of my day. You have done a great service to folks like me. Fell off a porch halloween and broke my neck. Lost feelings in hands & fingers but still trying to play .. again, many thanks..
Wed Mar 18 23:11:07 2009
From: Marc Owen Turley
Thanks so very much. I'm just now picking up the guitar at 38 years old. You are helping me live the life I've always wanted! A thousand thanks to you and your family.
Sat Mar 21 10:09:01 2009
From: keith just found your site,it's great thanks. I really like the easy transpose of songs feature. All in all i'm very impressed
Sun Mar 22 17:35:28 2009
From: Mike Manning
Hi, I ran across your guitar/folk song page and peeked in on a few of the tunes (I've been playing 40 years or so) and I can't understand how or why some of these songs are posted that are just so incredibly wrong! case in point: "bridge over troubled water" it's not even close to being the right chords (regardless of the key) however I do respect your admiration of music and effort but in my view and opinion it can really throw off a beginner. respectfully, Mike Manning.
Mon Mar 23 17:36:15 2009
From: Mike Skaff
Mr. Manning - despite the apparent abundance of errors, this is the best "just for fun" chord site out there. Aaron - THANK YOU!
Sat Mar 28 12:29:40 2009
From: Dean Overcash Really enjoy your website,Thank You so much for sharing the family sing-a-long album. I can't understand why Mike Manning is so harsh. No beginner should not be playing Bridge Over Troubled Water anyway. I really love any Doc Watson tune,Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Do you think these artist might be listed in the future? THANKS again for sharing the love.
Sat Mar 28 23:00:58 2009
From: Jason Hey, sweet site. I'm pretty new to guitar and know a few chords. I really like practicing with Johnny Cash - Boy Named Sue, cause it's jsut G C D G and repeats, but I'm pretty bored with an up and down strumming pattern. Any idea how to make it sound similar to the song? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!
Sun Mar 29 12:26:08 2009
From: Dan Bischoff
What a great site! I love that you have so many great songs and that I can choose a key that's perfect for my voice. Thanks!!!
Mon Mar 30 09:57:19 2009
From: Sue
Hey, this is great! I have a request... "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen)
Tue Mar 31 19:05:08 2009
From: Billy ...Holy Cow! An absolutely amazing find for guitar lovers!! Thank you so much for your hard work.
Wed Apr 1 20:27:06 2009
From: Mary
Hey -- This looks like an incredible site and i want to play all these songs for my 3 month old sun. My mom taught me how to play guitar with these songs and someday I will teach my son too. But the site seems to be experiencing some errors...I can't seem to access the links to the songs. Anyway you could help me out?
Thu Apr 2 13:55:15 2009
From: Matt
What a fantastic collection! I just had a son, and was looking around the web for some good children's songs, when I found this site. It's basically an encyclopedia of the songs I grew up on! Thank you so much for putting them all in one place.
Sat Apr 4 06:04:51 2009
From: Tod
Great compilation of songs, Thanks for the effort to share all this info!
Sun Apr 5 16:08:19 2009
From: Joe
Great list of songs for my next get together. For whatever reason when I click the links I get a bizarre error page. Hope all is well and thanks for this hunble public service to us guitarist out there.
Tue Apr 7 08:07:51 2009
From: Mark Lyon Great websight! I like it for my own personal use, but I also pass it along to my guitar students so that they can experience a wide variety of songs to work on. I teach a lot of beginners, but it is hard to drag out what songs they are familiar with. This way they can view the websight with their parents and find some good songs to pass on. Thanks, Mark Lyon Oklahoma City
Tue Apr 7 20:53:18 2009
From: Henry L. Dolive
Thank you so much for putting up this web site. I am a beginning guitar student; my teacher told me about this site, and I believe it will be enormously helpful and that I will find a wealth of enjoyment here as I get a little better at playing. Some of the songs are familiar, but a lot aren't, and I'll be learning them, hopefully. Thank you again,and good luck in your work.
Sun Apr 12 20:21:15 2009
From: Mpeteron
Yo ho! Thank you so kindly for this site -- and for your work on setiathome (I was a member for years -- until our campus started to wonder about running our office machines all night ;^)). And for disclosure, I'm playing these on the ukulele. hiho Mark
Wed Apr 15 09:49:57 2009
From: Gerry McColl
I keep getting an error mesage when I try to open any of your songs. Any ideas?
Thu Apr 16 11:04:18 2009
From: Aaron Parsons Hmm.. looks like one of my databases got corrupted. I think it's fixed now. And to Mike Manning: are you looking at the same songs I am? I'm not sure what you mean by "just so incredibly wrong", but if you mean "simplified while maintaining the core harmonic structure", then maybe you could be right. Otherwise, I just don't understand where you're coming from at all.
Wed Apr 22 14:32:09 2009
From: Lynn Keyes
WOW!! This is fantastic. I I have been storing my music all on separate files. I have some songs that you are missing. Would you like me to forward them to you? Also, I learned a song years ago in 5th grade and I would love to find it if anyone has it. I only remember a few words but if you know it you will recognize it with so few words: "They ran through the trees and they ran through the bushes...........On the gulf of Mexico."
Thu Apr 23 13:06:51 2009
From: John Madrid
This is a great "easy to play" collection! I am trying to print up the first song and the 2nd page gets cut off! Can you format it so that the song (and all the others) can be printed without cutting off the last 4 words? Thanks in advance, John
Sat Apr 25 03:47:50 2009
From: Roger Edwards Love this little site. There's more thought gone into this than you first give credit for. Now I can play Puff The Magic Dragon with the gusto it deserves. Keep on rockin - Be Bop A Lu La ... Roger Edwards
Sat Apr 25 15:49:28 2009
From: Bobby Cool! Thank you, Bobby
Sun Apr 26 08:44:42 2009
From: Doug
Great site. Love the transposition feature. Let's me find the key easiest for me to play and sing. FYI: Believe Bobby Mcgee was written by Kris Kristofferson (there was a skit on the old SNL with Gilda Radner as Bobby McGee reuniting with Kristofferson) if you are just attributing these to the person who made it popular...never mind
Sun Apr 26 18:06:39 2009
From: Keith Thank you for this valuable service !!!
Thu Apr 30 14:12:47 2009
From: Jim
A friend turned me on to your very cool guitar page. Imagine my surprise when, after I bookmarked it, guitar1.html turned up a not found error. I was glad to find it and use it as a resource for my school guitar class but, alas, it has disappeared.
Thu Apr 30 16:42:56 2009
From: Zac
Love your guitar page. All of my dad's favorite songs. Just recently started playing them again. Now it's gone!!! Yeah I found the links, but I loved the auto transposer. It would be great if you could get it back. I'm missing Hurry Sundown by PPM. Thanks!!!
Fri May 1 15:27:05 2009
From: Mike
Astrophysics is way cool!
Sun May 3 17:36:47 2009
From: Bob Stewart
'Blowing in the Wind' has a minor chord in last verse. I play it in D, you can transpose it. (G) And I wonder(A7)still I wonder (Bm) who'll stop the (D) rain? I think in key of G it is Em. Adds that 'little extra'. Bob
Sun May 3 21:32:02 2009
From: Nicole
Thanks so much for making this music available for all. We found just what we needed to teach "This land is your land" to a group of children. It's so fun to pass on these great songs.
Tue May 5 20:15:20 2009
From: Ephraim
I came across your site while looking up songs to play as a volunteer at a nursing home outside of Chicago. Finding the site was a fine ending to a trying day. Your sharing makes me want to share; as my father once taught me, some favors can't be repaid directly, but you do so by doing the same in turn for someone else. Additionally, I'll be using your site to help entertain some people who are often forgotten. That seems fitting in regards to the "mom" you related. Be Well or better yet, be however you want to be!
Wed May 6 13:37:10 2009
From: skip
thank you!
Thu May 7 03:30:04 2009
From: http://www.badeconomyjobs.com Thanks for the providing the guitar chords. I've been meaning to pick back up the guitar again.
Tue May 12 23:37:35 2009
From: Benjamin
Love the old songs
Wed May 13 12:03:35 2009
From: hettie
I am always looking for songs for my boyfriend that plays the guitar.
Wed May 13 12:45:07 2009
From: Stuart Meesenburg I love your collection of songs. Seriously reflects my own interests. If you ever should wander through North Platte NE please look me up. Just spent the last two hours going over the songs you and your mom have compiled. Playing along withyour chord layouts. Should have been cleaning the bathroom and other household chres instead. Thanx for brightening up my day..
Wed May 13 13:40:19 2009
From: Stephen Ardern
Just discovered your site while looking the chords to "Four Strong Winds". This is a great collecton of songs and I can't wait to play them.I play a tenor ukulele and your arrangements work really well ! Keep it up...... Thanks
Mon May 18 07:27:41 2009
From: Rob
I am a guitarist in a US Army Band deployed to Iraq, and was looking for some quick chords to a few old popular folk acoustic tunes. Thanks for the one stop source! The Aussie Army will love when I lay Waltzing Matilda for 'em!!!
Mon May 18 14:15:43 2009
From: steve and hanna
Your website with lyrics and chords is fabulous! It's perfect for our skill level on the guitar and we were wondering if you have any other websites with more lyrics and chords? Do you know of anything similar to what you've done because we enjoyed your site so much? Thanks very much!
Tue May 19 14:23:37 2009
From: Doug
Very nice site. I was looking around online for lyrics and chords for songs to play for my kids (all 4 of them) and came across your site. Thanks for taking the time to do this and providing a resource for others.
Tue May 19 16:22:23 2009
From: Katie Thank you so much. Great. Have been searching online and elsewhere for more acurate tabs for Sweet Sir Galahad by Jon Baez which I just love. Could't believe how many sites have it wrong. Going to sing it at my Woodstock style birthday party! But couldnt till I found better tabs, so thank you. Its lovely that you've taken the time to do this. Our kids are mostly young grown ups now and they're loving all the music we loved. Well done!
Tue May 19 18:59:49 2009
From: paddy lauden
A GREAT SITE. WILL USE AGAIN, PLEASE KEEP ADDING TUNES, HOW ABOUT SOME OLD BLUES NUMBERS
Wed May 20 16:47:47 2009
From: Steve Thanks. "Red Rubber Ball" by the way, is by Paul Simon.
Thu May 21 01:41:52 2009
From: Michelle
What a fantastic site! I grew up with a singing/music playing family that spent a lot of time in jam sessions with each of us on a different instrument or just sitting & croonin' round the campfire. It warms my heart to see all these old songs again. I'm happy to say that we are resurrecting our old pasttime and will be sharing the fun with OUR kids this Memorial Day. I especially love that everything can be transposed. Thanks for a wonderful gift to us! I'll be checking back for more.
Sat May 23 21:35:47 2009
From: Linda Murray
I love your site and your generousity to share lyrics and cords with us. I'm new on the guitar and am looking for the lyrics and cords to "She'll be Comin' Around the Mountain." I have not been able to find them. Do you have them or have any idea where I might find them? Thanks so much and I'll keep your side in mind and recommend it to others.
Mon May 25 06:08:49 2009
From: Arnie Your song page is wonderful - especially the transpose feature. A great collection of songs also. Please continue to add to it. Your selection is wonderful. Thanks for providing it.
Wed May 27 11:40:52 2009
From: Delores Williams
I was working on putting together a 'folk song ' collection mostly out of my own collection and doing some research on dates, artists, etc. when I stumbled into your GREAT collection. It is a great help even though some of the chords are not the same as the ones I play. But then it tends to differ in different parts of the country. I am in the Ozarks (MO) and have been playing and singing for about 65 years. I didn't start until I was 5. I will be singing folk songs at the Onondaga Cave State Park "Renewable Energy & Sustainable Living Fair in June and want to tell some of the w
Sat May 30 02:29:28 2009
From: Gerben
Great site, thanks!! I use it a lot as an easy acces to chords and txt. I like the popularity poll on songs(and sad to see 'man of constant sorrow' that low; old stuff don't sell or so). You might reconsider the txt on 'this land is your land', after Obama's inaugoration and the Seeger/Springsteen performance. Have fun and take care, Gerben
Sun May 31 08:45:57 2009
From: DJ
this is a great thing you have put together...thanks. I can't wait to surprise my mom with a few of her favorites next time I see her.
Mon Jun 1 17:44:18 2009
From: Will S.
Dude what a great site!! Been playin for many years and really like the auto transcription !!
Wed Jun 3 08:25:44 2009
From: Dermot
Thank you very much and also thanks to your Mum. Some of these songs are from my childhood and early adult years. I find I get on with the chords on Box of Rain very well! Did you really mean Capo 9 for The Weight. I have tried around 5 or 6. Thanks again. Dermot
Wed Jun 3 10:46:12 2009
From: Debo Longe
Very well thought out. Great for beginners & veterans as well. Well done. You have done a great service to music & music lovers
Mon Jun 8 15:06:30 2009
From: Ziggy What a wonderful site! I'm putting together a little song book to take on a long road trip with
Wed Jun 10 04:25:41 2009
From: Sam Southworth
Great work here! You might wish to track down the precise author's name just to give them the proper props (said as a songwriter myself). I was a camper and then Trip Leader at a summer camp in Freedom, NH, and I played many of these for 25 years--good, s
Thu Jun 11 17:56:06 2009
From: Bob Staneslow What a great site and accomplishment! I have been playing guitar and singing folk songs for more than fifty years. Many of the songs in your list I have pains-takingly transcribed on my own. It's wonderful to find a site where someone (and Mom) has had the time and energy for this task. More power to you! Bob Staneslow
Sun Jun 14 15:14:02 2009
From: Glenda Smith
Thanks for the great site.
Thu Jun 18 01:01:36 2009
From: Dave And
Thank you, this is the best collection on the web for music that everyone can play. Put a PayPal donate button somewhere.
Mon Jun 22 07:46:28 2009
From: Eric
I feel it is not right to continue to use your website without telling you how much of an amazing resource it is occasionally there are one or two songs that are a little off but I love your website and would like to thank you greatly for such a great public service. Sometimes I just feel like playing something and I don't know what and I always end up visiting your site, I first found it trying to find "Golden Vanity" for my father because he had heard it years ago and wanted me to play it and you are I believe one out of 2 people on the web who has it posted, sorry to be long winded lol but thanks once more keep up your amazing work. All the best, Eric
Mon Jun 22 20:29:26 2009
From: john
I play the tenor uke and love your site. Have for several years. I have spent many evenings singing right from it. I have been on a quest maybe you could help with. I am looking for the chords for Green Hill Mountain Home by Jesse Colin Young. Thanks again for your efforts!
Tue Jun 23 09:11:33 2009
From: sandy Thank you for this site! My husband is teaching himself guitar while I am attempting to improve my singing. Great songs - it all works for us.
Sun Jun 28 06:52:04 2009
From: Harry thanks,,,,doing a sing a long with some folks, and you just saved me hours and days....thanks so much....
Mon Jun 29 15:04:15 2009
From: paul
Just got a 12-string and was hunting for some new ez to play tunes. These will keep my fledgling group busy for some time. Thanks.
Tue Jun 30 11:12:12 2009
From: Charlie
Just stumbled across your site. FANTASTIC! What a great compilation of songs. Thanks so much for doing this.
Tue Jun 30 13:46:04 2009
From: Denise
I just started re-teaching myself guitar. LOL!!!! I just happened upon your website and thought I had died and gone to heaven. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Keep up the wonderful work and keep adding on. Maybe some Leonard Cohen???
Tue Jun 30 19:19:34 2009
From: Wendy Hi there! Thanks for all the great transcriptions. I have a tip, and a request, if you get to it... Margaritaville sounds good if you add a G7 to some of the G chords that are a turning point of the song. Gives it a nice melancholy dimension.... If you can ever get to it, would you try transcribing Warren Zevon's wonderful "Heartache Spoken Here." Thanks again. :)
Wed Jul 1 17:53:33 2009
From: Tammy Hello, Thank You so much for compiling a bunch of songs, I love them! I've been trying to find chords for Absolutely Story of A Girl, but since it was only a one-hit wonder I haven't had any luck. Do you have any pointers for trying to figure out the chords for songs? Once again, Thanks! Tammy
Wed Jul 1 21:59:48 2009
From: Marty GREAT SITE!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all the work you've done.
Thu Jul 2 08:16:35 2009
From: Dave
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the "transpose" button - a brilliant addition to the website - and the quickest shortcut I've ever seen. Well done - you saved my camping trip!
Sun Jul 5 01:46:50 2009
From: Pat
Your site is so helpful.. i admire your guts, dude!!!! Just hoping that you include some latest country music
Mon Jul 6 03:08:40 2009
From: Heather
Thanx a bunch!*
Wed Jul 8 20:34:13 2009
From: Lyn
Saludos desde Vermont. I've worked in Colombia, Honduras and Ecuador. I'm a 70-something trying to learn the guitar. Thanks so much for making the music and chords available. I love all your science.
Thu Jul 9 05:17:12 2009
From: Zuio
Swell webpage. I liked my stay.
Fri Jul 10 16:32:50 2009
From: Jeanne
These songs bring back so many memories of when I was learning the guitar. Now after 25 yrs, I'm picking it up again. Thank you so much!
Fri Jul 10 19:20:32 2009
From: tom armstrong Thanks for all this work
Sat Jul 11 11:50:09 2009
From: Mick Collis
Great site me and the wife love going over the songs me on 12 string her on bass both doing vocals .well I try good work
Tue Jul 14 18:46:58 2009
From: Allen Anders
What a wonderful site you have. We camp with about 10 families for our annual family reunion every year and I just made a book of some of your songs. Was wondering if you new a site like this with old church hymns. Thank You
Thu Jul 16 13:06:23 2009
From: Lisa
I just started playing guitar, and your website is making it so much fun. There are a lot of songs that are still too hard for me, but you also have some really simple ones that make me feel like I'm actually playing something and not just fooling around. Anyway, it's very nice of you to put these songs us and allow other people to enjoy the fruits of your labor! Thanks!
Thu Jul 16 22:31:40 2009
From: Lukasz
I would give you two cents but can't spare any money, j/k. Good job on the site.
Wed Jul 22 11:10:11 2009
From: Allison Batten
Thanks a bunch for all these chords! :) :) :)
Wed Jul 22 17:36:59 2009
From: Alex
brings me back to my childhood!
Sun Jul 26 01:42:21 2009
From: Tom
Just started Ukulele and your site has been a great help, thank you! Have you ever done "The Big Rock Candy Mountain"?
Wed Jul 29 21:41:19 2009
From: Billy Berson
So...I'm up late tonight perusing the setiathome world and stumbled onto your very fine site. It gave me the unparalleled opportunity to point out to my teenaged daughter Eve, that although the songwriting thing had to eventually yield to a career in physics, my first efforts in 1964 get more hits today than Michael Row Your Boat Ashore. (at least on your site). Thanks, and regards to your mom, who I now see is a grandmother. You might mention that her eyes haven't changed a bit. wb
Thu Jul 30 08:37:47 2009
From: rosie exactly what i was looking for!
Thu Jul 30 13:36:18 2009
From: Tom Barker
As an aging folk music guitarist (non-professional), I was amazed to see many of the songs I know and love. My children and now grandchildren still like to hear me play. I printed out several songs for which I didn't have the cords. Thanks.
Thu Jul 30 14:39:40 2009
From: Eddie McGinley
Just found your site and it's great to get chords and words. I'm a singer/guitarist and like yourself have been singing and collecting songs for over 40years, but don't have a site. Keep up the good work, best regards, Eddie
Sun Aug 2 11:03:25 2009
From: raff
great site glad to find simple chords for easy sing alongs. I am self taught chord player, this is a gold mine for me!
Mon Aug 3 17:47:36 2009
From: Harry Kaylor
I LOVE what you have done to keep alive these great old songs we've sung for so many years. RE:Puff, the Magic Dragon: I have always used a minor chord (Em in key of C) on the word "dragon" ( and other places similar). Try it you'll like it
Tue Aug 4 16:31:45 2009
From: Elliot
Most of these songs were written and already classic by the time i was born - but like many others, these are the songs I know and don't know why. engrained somewhere in the part of my brain that wants to ride the rails and the roads and revel in all the beautiful heritage of this country. Thank you for compiling this, I'll be coming back as frequently as i can learn songs!
Tue Aug 4 19:01:45 2009
From: Larry Chisholm
Thanks, I've been looking for these songs! A great list and well written with the guitar chords. I have been playing guitar for 42 years, and enjoy music. Know I can enjoy it even more. I've started last year teaching music & guitar, and know I can past on some great songs to my students. Thanks for sharing your list!!
Tue Aug 4 19:46:01 2009
From: Janice Patrick
I lost my home in the San Diego fires Oct 07 and with it 40+ years of music I had collected (much of it hand copied). Many of my old favorites are on your list and this has inspired me to go buy another guitar and start anew... THANKS
Thu Aug 6 20:04:28 2009
From: Dave
awesome site love the songs. Its getting me back into playing my guitar thanks.
Mon Aug 10 10:27:47 2009
From: Lady Coon Hunter
This is GREAT!! I have been playing my guitar for 2 years now- I don't have any1 in my area to practice with, so it's hard finding something new to play- Thanks so much for your page- and website!!
Wed Aug 12 10:54:54 2009
From: DJANGO
Thanks for your time and effort. Great to be able to alter keys! Couldn't resist changing a few chords though!!
Fri Aug 14 16:11:43 2009
From: Charmaine Host
Love this site - just started playing again after many years break and this is a wonderful resource. thanks for your generosity in making it available. Blessings,
Fri Aug 14 21:55:08 2009
From: Thomas Duhon
Thanks for all your work on the songs.
Sun Aug 16 12:01:04 2009
From: sue bennett
WOW! I just stumbled upon your website! How cool is this! Thank you (and your mom) for the hard work. I will enjoy referring to this all year as I compile songs to use in my 1st/2nd grade classroom. I am excited!
Sun Aug 16 15:54:24 2009
From: christopher allen thank you !! this site is one of my favorites on the web . I wish there where more like it . Finding sites like this truly gets me excited about learning and playing music .
Mon Aug 17 11:09:05 2009
From: Jeff Holmes
Aaron, my son has an extensive collection of rare, out of print, unusual punk music but is not able to readily access the information. I was wondering if the python program you are using could be used for this purpose and if so is it available?
Wed Aug 19 03:54:28 2009
From: Torvalds
Wow! What a collection. Great work ad thanks for sharing.
Wed Aug 19 17:07:50 2009
From: Davey You have a great site here. I am in the process of rehearsing with a view to performing as a duo. Me on gtr and vocals and my friend on vocals and background vocals. Your "guitar songs" section has given me some ideas for songs to perform. Thankyou.....Davey and Angel.
Wed Aug 19 18:15:48 2009
From: Linda Burgess Came upon your site looking for a Joan Baez song..thanks for all the love and hard work!
Sun Aug 23 18:21:40 2009
From: dave
like your picks....thought maybe Helplessly Hoping would fit in nicely
Sun Aug 23 19:35:57 2009
From: Jennifer Schoeck
Hi, Great website!! What a walk down memory lane! Perhaps you can help me find a song: don't know the title or singer/writer!! So, it is hard to track down...heard it in the 60's: I can see the fellow singing, but can't remember who he was: "the more I travel, and the further I go, the more I learn, and the less I know...." Anyone know who that was, and the lyrics to the song? I loved it, at the time, and now, as the years have past, I'd love to be able to sing it! Thanks in advance.
Mon Aug 24 22:06:05 2009
From: Therese
Thanks for this great resource... I'm teaching guitar to seniors and found this site very helpful!
Tue Aug 25 12:41:17 2009
From: T.Turing
This is great for practicing! I found you last week. Really helps, great work. -TT
Thu Aug 27 11:52:21 2009
From: SallyPrice gomez
I loved your site. Found old songs that I thought only people from the Pocono Mts. knew. (Logger Love, Cat Came Back). Also enjoyed the many folk songs. How about Rocky Top and Mountain Dew? Too country, maybe. How about Long Black Veil, so great by Joan Baez. I Walk the Line comes up in a lot of our sign-a-longs. Thanks so much! Me and my Martin Guitar are happy campers.
Fri Aug 28 15:38:47 2009
From: debbie
love the comment from therese who's teaching music to senoirs, this is the music i grew up on ! Don't consider myself a senior, yet !!
Fri Sep 4 07:54:33 2009
From: Gregory [O'Keefe] Hoffman THANKS! - stumbled upon your site looking for an old song...stayed on the site and read your blog, viewed your pics (stole 3 that were better than the ones I took in Ireland!) - you brought a great sense of love of family and life to me - that is something special in these times. Peace to you and your family. Sliante, Greg
Sun Sep 6 16:37:42 2009
From: Jim
I love this site. thank you for your many hours of work and love this represents!
Tue Sep 8 20:18:54 2009
From: James Thank you!!
Wed Sep 9 01:08:23 2009
From: sally Hey I've been looking for lyrics for many of these songs for a long time now.. to find them all on one site was truly fabulous ! Thanks so much.. you can be sure that our family singalong this Christmas will lift the roof ! Best wishes and many musical evenings to you.. Sally C (Terara.NSW. Australia)
Wed Sep 9 21:24:58 2009
From: Ron
Too Kool!!! I grew up(well aged) with these songs and going through them is a warm trip down memory lane. Many many thanks for sharing them with all of us. Ron
Sat Sep 12 21:20:51 2009
From: Max Karnage
Good Work!
Sun Sep 13 10:42:20 2009
From: Laura Tyler
This is great! I'm always looking for transcribed songs. Thanks for putting them up!
Fri Sep 18 16:08:38 2009
From: Dave
Looks like this site has been going for a while and not sure why I haven't found it before. . .glad I finally did! Really nice work. I'm also interested in how you set up the function that changes the key. . .that is a really nice feature! Impressive!
Sat Sep 19 11:35:37 2009
From: Art Wells By chance do you or anyone you know have the chords to "Godsend" by Mason Williams (of Classical Gas fame)? I would be most appreciative of any help. Thanks, Art
Sat Sep 19 18:21:53 2009
From: Richard C.
Echoing Dave's remarks from yesterday -- I stumbled (actually was led by Google) across your site in a search for guitar chords to "City of New Orleans." Imagine my surprise to find software in operation that allowed instant transposition of the whole chart to any key. THAT deserved a bookmark and a communication to you. I notice you are making your scientific programming in python (about which I know nothing) available by public license. Are you making the transposing software available also?
Tue Sep 22 03:37:03 2009
From: veebee
thank you
Sun Oct 4 23:38:02 2009
From: chatboy
cool stuff! if we can parse in a set of chords and get the "transposed" chord progression ... it'll save me a lot of time! ;-) Not that it's really hard to do ... just that most of us are lazy ... heh heh. Keep up the good work.
Thu Oct 8 19:45:25 2009
From: Richard
Genius!! Love the transposing feature on the songs. I am going to pass your site on to my guitar group. We are always looking for songs to play together.
Thu Oct 8 20:02:57 2009
From: KEITH Thanks so much for your collection, i've been looking for 60's folk song/campfire songs for awhile. Memories from childhood I guess. The transpose tool is a huge help for me, a very limited player who enjoys playing but suffers from limited range. Thanks again.
Tue Oct 13 17:07:21 2009
From: sam
Thank you! Thank you! Your site is just brilliant. Kudos for making the pages "printable." Why all music sites don't do that is totally beyond me. Did I say thank you?
Tue Oct 13 22:16:00 2009
From: DANO
Great site lots of awesomes songs..Man your site helped me play guitar more often thank you soo much..
Wed Oct 14 06:53:36 2009
From: Chris Salter
Hi Aaron, Hope this finds you, Sarah and Judah fit, well and settled back at Berkeley? We miss your ever-cheerful presence here at Arecibo. We are currently recovering from an invasion of folks from last week's DPS meeting in Fajardo, (we had ~250 of the participants visiting the Observatory on Saturday!) Tapasi, Pia, dogs and cats all fine at this end. Would need a beer or two over which to discuss developments at AO! :-) Saludos desde Puerto Rico, Chris
Thu Oct 15 09:11:13 2009
From: Alyssa
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We end up looking up chords and lyrics on blackberrys on the back porch when we're desperate. You just saved the neighbors from another night of expletive filled drunk text-to-tiny keys fumbling howls. :)
Fri Oct 16 14:24:39 2009
From: Bill Rowe I do a lot of my practice in front of my computer so this page is great for me, I love the way you have it outlined, thanks Bill
Sun Oct 18 23:45:03 2009
From: David Ntikie Kgakole
hi, great site. this will give me a lot of stress-relief time on saturday
Wed Oct 21 19:10:02 2009
From: Will
Amazing site. I love the transposing feature. Makes my life much easier. Thank you.
Fri Oct 23 03:16:05 2009
From: Alan Gibson
Just tripped over your site whilst stumbling around on the net. Love it! spent two hours strumming and singing along to many songs I barely knew the words for. I can see i will be able to double my repertoir in no time. Transposition feature is a real bonus. keep up the good work, this is what enjoying music is all about.
Fri Oct 23 22:45:19 2009
From: Bob Smith I love it. I wrote a program to transpose like yours, in basic a few years ago, got no idea how to make it work in Jave and html so glad to see you doing
Tue Oct 27 18:01:48 2009
From: Andrew
chords for Times They are a changing seem a bit out for the second line. G C Am D not G Em etc. rest seems fine to me. I echo other people, great contribution. Many thanks.
Tue Oct 27 18:03:07 2009
From: andrew
I meant G AM C D for the second line!!
Mon Nov 2 07:18:09 2009
From: Bob
Great site!
Sun Nov 8 22:24:09 2009
From: James A. Glynn
I've been a "beginning guitarist" for about 40 years. I still need to see where chord changes are made in even the simplest songs. No ear for music, but not too bad a voice. This site is fantastic, and I want you to know how much I appreciate being able to play and sing some of my all-time favorites. I don't know why you take the time to give this service, but I thank you and wish the best to you and your soon-to-be expanded family. Sincerely, Jim Glynn
Sun Nov 8 23:58:12 2009
From: James A. Glynn
Correction. I just read your website. Congratulations on already expanding your family. I'm impressed with your quest to understand the universe. Why not pick something big, really big. Got my Ph.D. so long ago that it's now probably worth a B.A.
Sun Nov 15 15:20:57 2009
From: Frank Looking for the chords and lyrics to "two fat guys in a hudson hornet"
Sun Nov 22 22:40:19 2009
From: Janet Imaki
So happy to find this site. I am learning guitar with a few friends. I know a bit more than they so I have tried to find a bunch of songs in the key of a since it seems to be the easiest to learn. I am looking for the correct words to Midnight Special I can only remember some of the lyrics. thanks for your help. Janet
Sun Nov 29 19:42:51 2009
From: Carol Earle
thank you for your songs and with the keys to play cords. I am ust turning 70 andgot a piano several weeks ago. I can play by ear. and only in c keys. but love the oldsongs. I belong to several clubs that we sing oldies... so your words are helpling me. thank you carol
Wed Dec 2 06:09:58 2009
From: Ric Jerrom
Aaron, thanks for words to some old songs I ought to but didn't remember: I've been talked into performing for some elderly people at a day centre soon; am rusty on guitar and uke but figure a few gospel etc. singalong songs will come back in practice. Greetings and thanks from rainy Bath, England! (I think yr Mum must be around my age - Kingston Trio etc was what first got me singing an aeon ago...)
Thu Dec 3 16:51:45 2009
From: Bob
Hey nice job! so many transcriptions are full of timing errors, yours (well the ones I have looked at) are a really good job! thank you!!!!!!
Fri Dec 4 13:25:05 2009
From: Marie Thanks for the memories! I'm returning to my guitar after many years and appreciate your endeavors to aid mere strangers to play and sing some very fine songs. Bless you and yours during this wonderful season and always!
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