Song Lessons. Here are some of the songs my students and I have looked at together.
Many have a video lesson, pdf chord and lyric charts and/or tabs and notation.
I offer lessons for any level of experience or aptitude and the first online lesson is always free!
Song Lessons By title, alphabetically
If you’re looking for a song you don’t see here, just reach out-
I’m always adding to the song lesson list!
Alan Jackson
- Drive video and tabs
Alice In Chains
- Nutshell videos and pdf sheet with scales for lead
Alison Krauss
- Down to the river to pray video, chords and tabs
Allman Brothers
- Melissa video, chord and lyrics sheet
Andrew Bird
- Three white horses video, lyrics, tabs
BB King
- The thrill is gone video
Beachboys
- In My Room video
- Sloop john B video, lyrics and chords
Ben E. King
- Stand By Me chords, lyrics, audio
Bill Withers
- Lean On Me audio and tabs for third harmony exercise
Beatles
- All my lovin’ video
- And I Love Her video
- Blackbird video, tabs chords lyrics
- Can’t Buy Me Love video
- Come Together video
- Eight days a week video
- Eleanor Rigby
- Hey Jude video, chords, lyrics
- Help! video
- Honey Don’t video
- Let it Be video
- Oh Darlin’ video
- Something
- Till there was you video, chords, leadsheet, tabs, notation
- What is Life
- Yesterday video, chords, leadsheet, notation
Ben Bernie
- Sweet Georgia Brown video
Bennie Goodman
- moonglow video
Big Bill Brosny
- Key to the highway video
Big Joe Turner
- Flip Flop and Fly video. Extemporaneous playing example over blues chord changes
Bobby Darin
- Beyond the Sea audio, chord and lyric sheet, notation
- Dream Lover video
Bobby Hebb
- Sunny audio, chord and lyric sheet, notation
Bruce Springsteen
Charlie Chaplin
Chilton Price
Cole Porter
- Every Time We Say Goodby
- night and day video
Connie Francis
Cream
CSNY
- Teach your children well video
Darius Rucker
David Bowie
- Man who sold the world video
Dire Straights
- Sultans of Swing video
Doors
Ella Fitzerald
- After you’ve Gone video, chords tabs, notation, lyrics
- Stormy Weather
Elvis
Eric Clapton
- Nobody knows you video, chord and lyric sheet
Everly Brothers
- Dream Dream Dream
- Let It Be Me
- Scotch and Soda
Edith Piaf
Elton John
- Your Song video
Etta James
- At last video
Fats Waller
- Ain’t Misbehavin’
- Honeysuckle Rose
Frank Sinatra song lessons
- After You’ve Gone
- Angel Eyes
- Fly me to the Moon
- East of the sun
- That Old Black Magic
- strangers in the night video
- Way you Look Tonight
- Witchcraft video
George/Ira Gershwin
George Straight
Glen Campbell
Glen Miller
Grateful Dead song lessons
- Box of Rain video,chord and lyric sheet
- Bright Side of the road video, ukulele
- Brokedown Palace video with chord diagrams
- Casey Jones
- Cumberland Blues
- Deal
- Deep Elem Blues
- Dire Wolf
- Franklin’s Tower
- Hobo Song
- Monkey and the Engineer
- Panama Red
- Ripple
Guess Who
Guy Clark
Harold Arlen
Highwaymen
Hoagie Harmichael
Isham Jones
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jimmy Buffet
Jimmy Hendrix
Johnny Cash song lessons
Jim Croce
John Denver
John Lennon
John Mellencamp
John Prine
Joni Mitchell
Julie London
Kansas Joe McCoy
Kingston Trio
Kinks
Kris Kristofferson
Lady Gaga
Led Zeppelin
Leonard Cohen
Les Paul/Mary Ford
- How High The Moon
Louis Armstrong
Lynard Skynard
Marie Osmond
Melanie
- Beautiful People video
Metallica
Merle Haggard
Misfits
Morris Albert
Mommas and the Poppas
- Dream a Little Dream
- California Dreamin’
Nat King Cole song lessons
- Autumn Leaves
- L.O.V.E.
- Misty
- Route 66
- Straighten Up and Fly Right
- When I fall in love
Neil Young
Nirvana
Nora Jones
Otis Redding
Palms
Patti Page
Paul Elwood:
- All that love for you!
- Armadillo
- Catzilla
- Caribbean Moose
- Cenote Afternoon
- doom scrollin’
- Funk on a classical guitar
- Jira Jira Jira!
- I think Robin Williams saw it coming
- Ken Lockwood Gorge
- New Orleans Weekend
- Persistence of vision
- Santarantula
- Six string shrink
- Monkey gets in the way
- Upside down in the boneyard
Poison
Police
Queen
Quincy Jones
- Miss Celie’s Blues
Radiohead
Randy Newman
Ray Charles
Ray Henderson
Roger Miller
Rogers and Hammerstein
Rogers and Hart
Rolling Stones
Sammy Davis Junior
Sam Cooke
Searchers
Taylor Swift
Tom Petty
Tom Waits
Train
Victor Young
White Stripes
- We are Gonna Be Friends video
Willie Nelson song lessons
ZZ Top
- la Grange video
Patriotic song lessons:
Seasonal song lessons:
Traditional song lessons:
Novelty:
- Spiderman video
I love being a guitar teacher. There is something profoundly cool about helping a guitarist find their way on the path we share! Working with beginners- especially adult beginners- is both humbling and fulfilling. I truly enjoy working with people who are either looking to take up this wonderful instrument or improve their playing. My online students get a combination of real-time coaching, personal video lessons and an in-depth assessment from Fathom, the lesson assistant I use. In-person students get the advantage of one-to-one focused attention, of course. We start out with a goal -usually a song you want to learn- and then figure how how to take it where you want to. I am here to help!
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