Chord Playing Charts - For Session Tunes & Songs
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A large collection of charts that provide the chord playing sequences for more than 600 popular session and jam songs and tunes.
THESE CHORD CHARTS give the chord changes for playing a large number of the most popular session tunes and songs. A wide variety of types of music are represented including Irish, English, Bluegrass, Oldtimey, New England, Scottish, Shetland and various others. These charts will be found useful for those attending music session and wishing to play along but not knowing the piece being played. The keys given here are the most commonly used for the named tune or song, but be warned, there can be considerable variation in the key actually used in sessions depending on local traditions and preferences. Tune versions are also subject to regional variability as well as the choices and interpretation made by the many and various musicians who transcribed these chord charts. We also have a second collection of chord charts
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Each page has 4 or 5 charts on it. this is the first entry on page one.
D---|G-A-|D---|DAD-:||
the bars are separated with vertical lines | and the beats in the bar are represented by horizontal dashes - or a chord letter. So our first bar has 4 beats of D. The second bar has 2 of G the 2 of A and so on. This tune has 4 bars that are repeated as indicated by the :|| at the end of the line.
Some of the tunes have other notation to indicate changes in time signature etc but I hope these will be fairly self evident when you come to them.
The songs/tunes are arranged in alphabetical order, each line of titles is a link which will take you to the page with the charts for those tunes. You can skip forward or back pages by using the Previous or Next links or click on Contents to come back to this page.
If you would like a really huge collection of these chord charts Ryan Thomson (Captain Fiddle) does a 120 page book with charts for 1400 tunes.
Alabama Gal, Alexander Waltz, Allie Crocker, All Young p1
Angeline the Baker , Angus Campbell , Another Jig Will Do, Apple Blossom p2
Archie Menzie's Reel,Arkansas Traveller, Arthur Seat, The Ash Grove p3
Ashokan Farewell, Atholl Highlanders, Augusta Waltz, Avalanche p4
Avalon Quickstep, Back Step Cindy, Back Up and Push, Ballykeal Jig p5
Banish Misfortune, Banjo Tramp, Banks Hornpipe, Barbara's Fancy p6
Barber, Barlow Knife, Battering Ram, Benton’s Dream p7
Betty Liken, Bibb County Hoedown, Big Scioty, Bill Cheatham p8
Billy Boy, Billy in the Lowground, Birdie A, Bird in the Tree p9
Bitter Creek, Blackbeard, Blackberry Blossom, Black Eyed Suzie p10
Black Jack Grove, Black Joke, Black Mountain Rag, Black Nag p11
Blacksmith, Black and White Rag, Black Widow Romp, Boatin' Up Sandy p12
The Boatman, Boatman Dance, Bobby Shaftoe, Bob O’Reilly’s Reel p13
Boil Them Cabbage Down, Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine, Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains, Bonaparte's Retreat p14
Bonnie Isle O' Whalsay, Bonnie Kate, Bonnie Lass O' Bonn Accord, Booth Shot Lincoln p15
The Boys of Bluehill, The Boys of the Lough, The Boys of Wexford, Brad Walters p16
Brasstown, Breaking Up Christmas, Briarpicker Brown, Brickyard Joe p17
The Bride's a Bonnie Thing, Brilliancy Medley, Brown Dog’s Dream p18
Brushy Run, Brylupsgarden, Buck Mountain, Buffalo Gals p19
Buffalo Girls, Bull at the Wagon, The Bully of the Town, The Bunch of Keys p20
Burnt Old Man, Bus Stop Reel, Cacklin' Hen, Caliche Creek p21
Calico Corn, California Gal, The Cameron Highlanders, Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap p22
Camp Chase, Camp Meeting on the Fourth of July, Camptown Races, Captain Jinks p23
Carolan's Concerto, Carroll County Blues, Cat Came Back, Catfish p24
Cat on a Leash, Cattle in the Cane, Chattanooga, Cherish the Ladies p25
Cherokee Shuffle, Chicken Reel, Chief O'Neill's Favorite, Childgrove p26
Chinese Breakdown, Chorus Jig, Christmas Day Ida Moarnin', Chuckaluck p27
Cindy, Clay Hole Waltz, Cleveland’s March, Cluckin' Hen p28
Cluck Old Hen, Cold Frosty Morning, Coleman's Cross, Coleman's March p29
Coleraine, College Groves, Colorado Aristocracy, Colored Aristocracy p30
Come Dance and Sing, The Congress Reel, The Connaughtman's Rambles, Cooley's Reel p31
Coon on a Rail, Cotton Eyed Joe, Cotton Patch Rag p32
Country Waltz, Cowboy Jig, Cowhide Boots, Cranberry Rocks p33
Crawdad Song, Crazy Creek, Cricket on the Hearth, Cripple Creek p34
Cross Reel, Crow Creek, Cuckoo's Nest p35
Cuffey, Cumberland Gap, Da Galley Watch p36
Dallas Rag, Dance All Night, Dancing Bear, Darling Nellie Gray p37
Deerwalk, Dennis Murphy's Polka, Devil Chased Me Around the Stump, Devil's Dream p38
Dill Pickle Rag, Donald Blue, Donald Cameron's Polka, Don Tremaine's Reel p39
Doon the Brae, Double File, Dowd's Favorite, Down the Broom p40
Drowsy Maggie, Drunken Billy Goat, Drunken Hiccups, Dry and Dusty p41
Dubuque, Duck River, Ducks on the Millpond, Ducks on the Pond p42
Durang's Hornpipe, Durham's Bull, Dusty Miller, East Neuk of Fife p43
East Tennessee Blues, Ebenezer, Eighth of January, Elzic's Farewell p44
Fairy Dance, Falls of Richmond, Farewell to Ireland p45
Farewell to Loch Katrine, Farewell to Whiskey, Far From Home, Fiddle Head Reel p46
Fiddle Rag, Fiddler's Dream, Fiddling Around, Fire on the Mountain p47
Fisherman's Favorite, Fisher's Hornpipe, Flop Eared Mule, Florida Blues p48
Flowers of Edinburgh, Fly Around My Blue Eyed Gal, Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss, Flying Cloud Cotillion p49
Flying Home to Shelley, Folding Down the Sheets, Forked Deer, Forks of Sandy p50
Fort Smith Breakdown, Fortune, Four Cent Cotton, Fourteen Days in Georgia p51
Frieze Breeches, Frosty Morning, The Gal I Left Behind Me p52
Gallopede, Galway Hornpipe, Garryowen, Gaspe Reel p53
Gavin McMullen, George Booker, Georgia Foxtrot, Georgia Railroad p54
Ger the Rigger, Getting Up the Stairs, Gillian's Reel, The Girl I Left Behind p55
The Girl That Broke My Heart, Give the Fiddler a Dram, Give Me Your Hand, Gladstone's Reel p56
Glory in the Meeting House, Going Across the Sea, Going Back to Fielden, Going Down the River p57
Going to Jail, Going to Town, Golden Slippers, The Gold Ring p58
Goodbye Girls, I’m Going to Boston, Goodbye Liza Jane, Grand Picnic, Granny p59
Grasshopper, The Gravel Walk, Gray Haired Dancing Girl, Greasy Coat p60
Greasy String, Great Big Taters in Sandy Lane, Greenback Dally-O, Greenfields of America p61
Green Mountain Petronella, Green Willis, Grey Eagle, Growlin Old Man p62
Half Past Four, Halting March, Hamilton County, Hanged Man's Reel p63
Hard Times, Harvest Home, Haste to the Wedding, Hawkins' Rag p64
Hawks and Eagles, Hector McDonald’s Reel, Hell Among the Yearlings, Hewlett p65
Hiccup Truck, Hickman County, High Dad in the Morning p66
The Highland Man That Kissed His Grannie, Hobart's Transformation, Hob Dye, Hollow Poplar p67
Home With the Girls in the Morning, Hop Up, My Ladies, Hull's Victory, The Humors of Ballyconnell p68
The Humors of Ballyloughlin, Hundred Pipers, The Hunter's Purse p69
Huntsman's Chorus, Hyalite Reel, Icehouse, Ida Red p70
I Don't Love Nobody, Illinois Rickets Hornpipe, I'm Certainly Living a Ragtime Life p71
In the Woodpile, Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies, The Irish Washerwoman, The Iron Man p72
Jack Broke da Prison Door, Jackson's Reel, Jackson Stomp, Jamie Allen p73
Jaybird, Jay Bird in the Ash Grove, Jenny Lind Polka, Jenny's Welcome to Charlie p74
Jimmy in the Swamp, Jimmy Sutton, Jim the Fiddle Maker, John Brown's Dream p75
John Brown's March, John Kelly's Slide, Johnny the Blacksmith, Johnny Cope p76
Johnny Don't Get Drunk, John Ryan's Polka, Johnson’s Girl, John Stinson’s #2 p77
Jonesboro, Joys of Quebec, The Judge, Jug of Punch p78
Julia Delaney, Julie Ann Johnson, June Apple, Kaiser Waltz p79
Kansas City Rag, Kansas City Reel, Katie Bar the Door, Katy Did p80
Katy Hill, Keep the Ark a Movin', Kenny Hall’s Hambo, Kenosha Pass p81
The Kerry Dance, The Kerryman's Daughter, Kerry Polka, The Kerry Reel p82
The Kesh Jig, The Kid on the Mountain, The Killarney Boys of Pleasure p83
Kingdom Coming, The King of Fairies, The King of the Pipers p84
Kissimee Kid, The Kitchen Girl, Ladies' Triumph, Lady Anne Montgomery p85
Lady in the Boat, Lady on the Island, Lady of the Lake, Lafayette p86
Lamplighter's Hornpipe, Langstrom's Pony, The Lark in the Morning p87
Larry O'Gaff, Lasses Trust in Providence, The Last of Callahan, Last Night's Joy p88
Late for the Dance, Leake County Two-Step, Leather Britches, Lee Highway Blues p89
Da Lerwicks Lasses, Liberty, Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still, Linda's Waltz p90
Listen to the Mockingbird, Little Billy Wilson, Little Liza Jane, Little Rabbit p91
Little Rabbit Where's Your Mammy, Liverpool Hornpipe, Liza Jane, Loch Earn Reel p92
Loch Haven Castle, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Lord Gordon's Reel p93
Lord Inchiquin, Lord Mayo, Lord McDonald's Reel, Lost Indian p94
Lost John, Lost Train Blues, Maggie Brown's Favorite, Magpie p95
The Maid Behind the Bar, The Maid on the Green, Maid in the Meadow, Maple Leaf Rag p96
Marching Down Broadway, Margaret’s Waltz, Marie's Wedding, Martha Campbell p97
Mason's Apron, McMahon's Reel, Merrily Kiss the Quaker, The Merry Sisters p98
Midnight on the Water, Millbank Cottage, Miller's Reel p99
Mineola Rag, Minnie’s Lick, Mississippi Hornpipe, Mississippi Sawyer p100
Miss McLeod's Reel, Miss Monahan's Reel, Miss Thornton's Reel, Miss Wedderburn's Reel p101
Molly Put the Kettle On, Money Musk, Monica's Reel, Moon Behind the Hill p102
Moonlight, Morgan Magan, The Morning Dew, Morpeth Rant p103
Moses Hoes His Corn, Mountain Dew, Mountain Hornpipe, Muddy Roads p104
The Mullingar Races, The Munster Buttermilk, Murphy's Hornpipe, The Musical Priest p105
My Own House Waltz, Nail That Catfish to the Tree, Nancy, Nancy Dalton p106
Nancy Rowland, Ned Kendall's Hornpipe, Needlecase, New Five Cent Piece p107
New Money, New Rigged Ship, Nine Hundred Miles, The Nine Points of Roguery p108
Nixon’s Farewell, Nonesuch, North Carolina Breakdown, Nothing Special p109
The Oak Tree, Off She Goes, Off to California, O'Keefe's Slide p110
Oklahoma Rooster, Old Cumberland, Old Dan Tucker, Old Grey Cat p111
Old Jimmy Sutton, Old Joe, Old Joe Clark, Old Liza Jane p112
Old Molly Hare, Old Mother Flanagan, Old Rusty Mill p113
Old Yeller Dog, One More River to Cross, Ora Lee, Orange Blossom Special p114
Over the Waterfall, Ozark Rag, Paddy on the Railroad p115
Paddy on the Turnpike, Paddy Won't You Drink Some Cider, Padraic O'Keefe's Slide, Pagosa Hornpipe p116
Peacock Rag, Peeler Creek Waltz, Peter Francisco, Petronella p117
Pickin’ the Devil’s Eye, Pig Ankle Rag, Pigeon on the Gate, Pig’s Foot p118
Pigtown Fling, The Pipe on the Hob, Pit Hame da Borrowed Claes, Planxty Drury p119
Planxty George Brabazon, Planxty Irwin, Pleasures of the Single Life, Polly Wolly Doodle p120
Possum on a Stump, Possum Up a Gum Stump, President Garfield's Hornpipe, Prettiest Gal in the County p121
Pretty Little Dog, Pretty Little Rooster, Pretty Little Shoe, Prince William p122
Puncheon Floor, Quarry Cross, Queen of the Fair, The Queen's Jig p123
Quince Dillon's High D, Rabbit in the Pea Patch, Rachel, Ragtime Annie p124
Railroading in the Rockies, The Rakes of Kildare, Rakes of Mallow, Red Apple Rag p125
Red Haired Boy, Red Haired Suzy, Red Wing, Richmond p126
Richmond Cotillion, Rickett's Hornpipe, Rig a Jig Jig, Rights of Man p127
The Road to Lisdoonvarna, Road to Boston, Road to Cairo, Roaring River p128
Robinson County, Rochester Schottische, Rock the Cradle Joe, Rocking the Baby to Sleep p129
Rocky Mountain Goat, Rocky Road to Dublin, Rodney's Glory, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms p130
Rory O'More, Roscoe, Rose Division, Rose Tree p131
Ross's Reel, Round the Horn, Roustabout, The Route p132
Roxborough Castle, Ruffled Drawers, Run, Johnny, Run, Rustic Reel p133
Rye Straw, Sadie at the Back Door, Sail Away Ladies, The Sailor's Bonnet p134
Sailor's Hornpipe, Saint Anne's Reel, Sally Ann, Sally Ann Johnson p135
Sally in the Garden, Sally Gardens, Sally Goodin', Sally Johnson p136
Sal’s Got Mud, Salt River, Salty Dog, Sal, Won’t You Marry Me? p137
Sandy Boys, Sandy River Belle, Santa Anna's Retreat p138
Sara Armstrong, Sarah Washington, Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle, Da Scalloway Lasses p139
Scotland the Brave, Seneca Square Dance, Shady Grove, Sheebeg and Sheemore p140
Sheehan's Reel, Shelvin Rock, Shenandoah Falls, The Shepherd's Wife p141
Ship in the Clouds, Ships are Sailing, Shoefly, Shoes and Stockings p142
Shooting Creek, Shoot the Turkey Buzzard, Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Bit Further in the Fire, Shuffle About p143
The Silver Spire, Silver Threads Among the Gold, Skipping Cat, Skunk in the Collard Patch p144
Sled Dave, Sleeping LuLu, Sleep Soond Ida Moarnin', Sligo Maid p145
Smash the Windows, Snake River Reel, Snowbird on the Ashbank, Snowflake Reel p146
Snowshoes, Soldier's Joy, Sonny's Mazurka, The Son of a Gambolier p147
Sourwood Mountain, Southwind, The Spanish Cavalier, Speed the Plough p148
Speed the Plow, Spotted Pony, Squirrel Heads and Gravy, The Star Above the Garter p149
Star of the County Down, The Star of Munster, Step Around Johnny, Stone's Rag p150
Stoney Point, Stony Fork, Stool of Repentance p151
St. Patrick's Day in the Morning, Stump Tail Dog, Stump-Tailed Dolly, Sugar in the Gourd p152
Sugar Hill, The Swallow's Tail Reel, The Swallow Tail Jig, Swannanoa Waltz p153
Sweet Bunch of Daisies, Sweet Nel, Swinging Fiddles, Swinging on a Gate, Take Me Back to Georgia p154
Tarbolton Reel, Tater Patch, Teetotaler’s Reel, Temperance Reel p155
The Tempest, Tennessee Backwoods Stomp, Tenpenny Bit p156
Texas Barbed Wire, Texas Gales, There's a Brown Skin Gal p157
Three-in-One Two-Step, Three Thin Dimes, Timour the Tartar p158
Tobin's Jig, Tom and Jerry, Took My Gal a Walkin’, Too Young to Marry p159
Top of Cork Road, Toss the Feathers, Trip to Sligo, Trude Evans p160
Turkey in the Pea Patch, Turkey Sag, Turkey in the Straw, Twenty-Eighth of January p161
Twinkle Little Star, Twin Sisters, Da Underhill, Up Jumped the Devil p162
Virginia Cakewalk, Wagoner, Wait for the Wagon, Waiting for Nancy p163
Waiting for the Boatman, Wake Up Susan, Walk Along John, Walking in the Parlor p164
Walking in My Sleep, Water Bound, Waynesboro, Ways of the World p165
The Weavers, Wedding March from Unst, Wednesday Night Waltz, Western Country p166
West Fork Gals, Westphalia Waltz, West Wind, The Wheels of the World p167
Whiskey Before Breakfast, Whistlebee, Whistling Rufus, The White Cockade p168
White Horse Breakdown, The Wild Mountain Thyme, Wild Rose of the Mountain, Wildwood Flower, Wilson's Clog Dance p169
Winder Slide, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, The Wise Maid, Wish I Had My Time Again, Woodchopper's Reel p170
Wooden Nickel, Year of Jubilo, Yellow Barber, Yellow Rose of Texas p171
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