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.

Want the entire Book 1 as a PDF? Email me.
Progress Check Sheet PDF
Practice Log PDF

🤠 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.

Progress Check Sheet PDF
Practice Log PDF

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.

Progress Check Sheet PDF
Practice Log PDF

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 & E 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 Tàrrega [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] PDF
On Top of Spaghetti [C, F, G, G7] 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

Melville Castle (ensemble) PDF
Of A’ the Airts the Wind Can Blaw (ensemble) PDF

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 Tapatío (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