The Good Stuff
Sound files for all sheet music are over there ⇒
They’re down below if you’re on a phone.
Read This Before You Begin
Sound Files: Download the sound files and listen to them a zillion times prior to tackling each song. The sound files are to your right. If you’re on your phone, they’re down below.
Standard Notation: In tablature we trust, but we like standard notation too. If you want copies without tablature, we can make that happen. It’s the modern world and we own software.
What’s TuffAxe? It’s the chord-melody arrangement. Some people call it “fingerstyle.” It’s tough to play, and if you can do it, you’re “tuff” … that’s good.
Multiple Voicing: Each piece of sheet music is designed to be played in at least four different ways. Level 5 and 6 material is meant for ensemble work and usually has even more voicings.
Our Books: We have pre-printed books waiting for you at the office. They have plenty of instruction not available online. Save your sanity and your printer and buy them.
Copyright: Don’t sell anything you find on this page or we’ll hunt you down and start dating your sister. If there is no PDF, email me to acquire a copy after a short discussion about your plans.
Get a Teacher Ya Lunatic: Sheet music won’t make you a musician. You need tools. Get a qualified instructor and stop wasting time gutting it out by yourself with internet downloads. You really are developing bad habits without somebody to keep an eye on you once in awhile. You need skills and technique and lots of work on music you don’t care about before you’ll ever be successful at playing those dumb songs you liked in high school. Stop looking for something cool to play, learn how to play properly and then you can play anything.
Stoicism: The problem is not a problem. Our attitude toward the problem is the problem. Start right now. Do what you can. Analyze the results. Start again tomorrow. If you play one hour a day every day, you’ll master the guitar in just over 27 years. If you play less than that, it’ll take longer. Enjoy the ride and have realistic expectations. If making music were as easy as those “play guitar the easy way” advertisements suggest, everybody would be doing it. It’s not easy, and they’re not doing what those ads say at all. You’ll need to plan on many hours of gutting it out with a good sense of humor, some patience, and a willingness to keep showing up.
Book 1: One Chord Songs
Yup, we know, these songs aren’t cool enough for you. Do ’em anyway. They’re way more important than you might imagine when getting started. They are the foundation for everything else in the program.
- 🤠Brother John [E] PDF ~ Video ~ Lesson ~ Lesson
- 🤠Frère Jacques [A] PDF ~ Lesson
- Farmer in the Dell [A] PDF
- Row Row Row Your Boat [D] PDF ~ Lesson
- Three Blind Mice [G] PDF
- Introduction to Strumming [A & F#m & D & E7]: Print Double Sided SHORT EDGE Binding PDF
Book 2: Two-ish Chord Songs
Most of these songs are on the annoying side, but some are wonderful and all are helpful to finish out your toolbox necessary to effectively play sophisticated music for the rest of your life. Melody, Chords, TuffAxe, Duets … oh my. And yeah, the printed edition of Book 2 has tons of additional stuff you’ll want. Come buy the complete book.
- A-Tisket, A-Tasket [A & E7] PDF ~ Lesson
- Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’ [D & A & A7] PDF
- Alouette [D & A7] PDF
- Buffalo Gals [G & D7] PDF
- Carnival of Venice [C & G7] PDF
- Clementine [A & E7] PDF
- Day-O: The Banana Boat Song [D & A] PDF
- Down in the Valley [C & G & G7] PDF
- Drunken Sailor [Am & G, Dm & C, Em & D, Movable Bars] PDF
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody [C & G] PDF
- Hokey Pokey [C & G7] PDF
- Hush Little Baby [E & B7] PDF
- Itsy Bitsy Spider [G & D7] PDF
- La Cucaracha [D & A] PDF
- London Bridge is Falling Down [A & E, C & G] PDF
- Mary Had a Little Lamb [D & A, A & E] PDF
- Pay Me My Money Down [A & E] PDF
- Simple Gifts [A & E] PDF
- Skip to My Loo [F & C7] PDF
- The More We Get Together [G & D] PDF
- This Old Man PDF [A & D & E] ~ Lesson
- Tom Dooley [D & A7] PDF
- Wheels on the Bus [F & C] PDF
Book 3: Multi-Chord Public Domain Songs
If you can play all the parts of all these songs, you are ready for a life in guitar. Come buy the complete Book 3 to be cool and delightfully informed.
- Ah! Vous Dirai-Je, Maman [G & C & D7] PDF ~ Lesson
- All Through the Night [D & E & A & G] PDF
- Aloha ‘Oe [D & G & A7] PDF
- Amazing Grace [C & F & G] PDF
- America the Beautiful [G & G7 & D & D7 & A & A7 & Am & E7 & C] PDF
- Andante in G by Carulli [G & Am & C & D & D7 & Em] PDF
- Ash Grove [D & Em & A7 & Bm] PDF
- Beautiful Dreamer [A & D & EÂ PDF
- Brahms’ Lullabye [A & D & E7] PDF
- Danny Boy [A & D & E7] PDF
- Down by the Riverside [A & A7 & E7 & D] PDF
- Estudio in E Minor by TÃ rrega [Am & Em & B7 & G] PDF
- For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow [D & G & A7] PDF
- Für Elise [Em & B7 & G & D] PDF
- Happy Birthday [G & D & D7 & C] PDF
- Heidenröslein [A & D & D7 & E & E7 & Em7 & B7 & Bm & C#] PDF
- House of the Rising Sun [Am & C & D & E7 & F] PDF
- Internationalé [D & G & A & A7 & & E & E7 & Bm & F#7 PDF
- Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair [G & C & Em & A7 & D & D7 & Bm] PDF
- Kumbaya [C & F & Em & G] PDF
- Las Mañanitas [D & A7 & G] PDF
- Last Rose of Summer [A & D & E & F#m] PDF
- Minstrel Boy [C & F & G & Am] PDF
- Ode to Joy [C & Dm & Dm7 & G & G7 & Am & E7]Â PDF
- On Top of Spaghetti [C, F, G, G7]Â Â PDF
- Parting Glass [Bm & G & D & A & Em & F#7] PDF
- Santa Lucia [G & D7 & Am & C] PDF
- Scarborough Fair [Em & D & G & A] PDF
- This Little Light of Mine [G & A7 &Am7 & C & B & D7] PDF
- Trumpet Voluntary [D & A & E7] PDF
- Waltzing Matilda [D & A & Bm & G] PDF
- Water is Wide [E & A & C#m & F#m & B & B7 & G#m] PDF
- When the Saints Go Marching In [C & F & G7] PDF
- Wildwood Flower [A & D & E7] PDF
- You are My Sunshine [C & F & G] PDF
Book 4: Iconic Songs Worth Mastering
This is the stuff you’re probably hoping to play, but don’t waste your time working on these unless you can play all the stuff in Books 1 through 3.
We’re developing multiple books for high-level solos, duets and ensembles. Many are still under copyright protections to the original composer so we don’t post PDFs here. Should you like to tackle these songs, we’ll need to chat over email to get you started.
Buying the pre-printed book will save your time, your printer, and your sanity, but hey, we know you’re cheap, er, thrify. Stop by the shop (call first!), bring some cash (and a pretty girl), and let’s set you up for a healthy amount of musical aggravation and beauty. You’re lucky to know us. 😉
Arrangements typically can be used in may ways including singing with lyrics, playing chords, guitar melodies and second voices, arpeggios, basslines, percussion, and of course solo play with standard notation or tablature. We’re in love with our TuffAxe lines (fingerstyle chord-melody) and you should be too. In addition to the conductor’s score and sound file, individual parts have their own sheets.
Americana and Patriotic Stuff
- List coming soon
Beatles (arranged for solo and duets)
- All My Loving
- Blackbird
- Eleanor Rigby
- Here Comes the Sun
- Hey Jude
- Imagine
- I’ve Just Seen a Face
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- Let It Be
- Michelle
- Norwegian Wood
- Obladi Oblada
- Octopus’s Garden
- Penny Lane
- Something
- Strawberry Fields
- When I’m 64
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Yellow Submarine
- Yesterday
Broadway
- All I Ask of You
- Do Re Mi
- Edelweiss
- Give My Regards to Broadway
- My Favorite Things
- Summertime
- Try to Remember
- Yankee Doodle Boy
Celtic Music
Classical-ish (these are arranged for large ensemble and solo play)
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik with Wiener Dogs (ensemble) PDF
- Menuett Suite in G major & minor (but not really) (ensemble) PDF
Cowboy Tunes
- Ashokan Farewell
- Clementine
- Colorado Trail
- Don’t Fence Me In
- Down in the Valley
- El Paso
- Ghost Riders in the Sky
- Happy Trails
- Home on the Range PDF
- I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
- Red River Valley
- Streets of Laredo PDF
- This Land is Your Land
- Tenting Tonight
- Tom Dooley
- You are My Sunshine
Jazz-ish for Fingerstyle Guitar
- All of Me
- As Time Goes By
- Beyond the Sea
- Fly Me to the Moon
- Girl from Ipanema
- Harlem Nocturne
- La Vie en Rose
- Mack the Knife
- Misty
- Moon Glow
- Moon River
- My Funny Valentine
- Nature Boy
- Satin Doll
- Smile
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Take the A-Train
- What a Wonderful World
Movies & TV
- Godfather Theme
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (ensemble)
- Hallelujah
- Lara’s Theme
- Lavenders Blue
- Over the Rainbow
- Soft Kitty
- Singing in the Rain
Popular (at some point) and Rock-ish
- Annie’s Song
- Blowin’ in the Wind
- Both Sides Now
- Candle in the Wind
- Can’t Help Falling in Love with You
- Hotel California
- Lara’s Theme
- Love Me Tender
- Morning Has Broken
- Red Red Wine
- Sound of Silence
- Tears in Heaven
- YMCA
Spanish Influenced (these are arranged for large ensemble and solo play)
- Cielito Lindo and Jarabe TapatÃo (ensemble) PDF
- El Noi de la Mare (ensemble) PDF
- La Llorana (ensemble) PDF
- La Paloma (ensemble) PDF
- Malagueña (ensemble) PDF
- Remember Me (from Coco) (ensemble)
- Spanish Romance (ensemble) PDF
- Un Dia de Noviembre (ensemble)
Tin Pan Alley
- After the Ball (1891)
- Ain’t She Sweet (1927)
- Ain’t We Got Fun (1921)
- Alexander’s Ragtime
- Blue Moon
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon PDF
- Daisy Bell PDF
- Dream a Little Dream of Me (1930)
- Come Josephine in My Flying Machine (1910)
- Five Foot Two (1914)
- Happy Days Are Here Again (1929)
- If You Knew Susie (1925)
- I’ll See You in My Dreams (1924)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon (1933)
- Man on the Flying Trapeze
- Tip Toe Through the Tulips (1929)
- Tonight You Belong to Me (1926)
- Twelfth Street Rag
- Ukulele Lady (1925)
- Yes We Have No Bananas (1923)
Video Games
- List coming soon.
Wedding Stuff
- List coming soon.
Classical Guitar
- Classical Music Program is being posted HERE. You’ll need a password, patience and perseverance.
Christmas and Hanukkah
We completely updated our holiday book for 2022. It’s wonderful and playable and could make you some money playing for Santa’s elves. Come pick up a copy of our book. We can chat about how you can have a copy over email.
Third Edition 2022
- Adeste Fideles
- Angels We Have Heard on High
- Auld Lang Syne
- Away in a Manger
- Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
- Christmas Is
- Dreidel Song
- El Noi de la Mare
- Entre le Boeuf et l’Ane Gris
- Feliz Navidad
- First Noel
- Greensleeves
- Happy Xmas – War is Over
- Imagine
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Joy to the World
- Jingle Bells
- Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
- Ner Li: I Have a Candle
- O Come O Come Emmanuel
- Ode to Joy
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- O Tannenbaum
- Silent Night
- Silver Bells
- Twelve Days of Christmas
- Up on the House Top
- We Three Kings
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- White Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
Other Holiday Tunes
- Peter Cottontail (members)
Theory and Comp
- Blank Tab-Only Sheet PDF
- Chromatic Scales PDF
- Composing Blank PDF
- Circle of Fifths PDF
- Fretboard Memorization Tool PDF
- Vocabulary:
- punteado (“plucked”)Â
- rasqueado (“strummed”)
Teacher’s Guide and Certification
Contact me for details.
Member Arrangements: Stuff the Team Created
We can chat on email about how you can have a copy.
- Bad Romance Poker Face Gaga Medley – Lyons
- Lean on Me – Lyons
- Lyon’s Arpeggios – Lyons
- Unchained Melody – Lyons