You need only minimal playing skills and three chords–G, C, and D7–to accompany all the great songs in this innovative book. If you are just getting started, or if you are a "casual" player on a chording instrument, this is the perfect book for you. The book is absolutely bursting with a great variety of music: Old-time, bluegrass, gospel, Christmas, children's tunes, Stephen Foster, British and Celtic, cowboy, blues, and more. Because melody and lyrics are provided with every song, singers will also enjoy this wonderful collection of the world's favorite songs. Truly a book of outstanding arrangements, made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. (Some of these songs, like "Dark Hollow" and "Way Downtown," are hard to find in print.) Guitar, uke, and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords, along with tips on strumming and transposing tips for singers. An invaluable reference book for teachers and pros, too!

Ain't No Use Me Workin' So Hard      
All the Good Times Are Past and Gone      
Aunt Rhody      
Banks of the Ohio      
Barbara Allen      
Betty and Dupree      
Big Ball in Nashville      
Billy Barlow      
Billy Boy      
Blest Be the Tie That Binds       Johann G. Nageli
Blow the Man Down      
Boil 'em Cabbage Down      
Bury Me Beneath the Willow      
Camptown Races       Stephen Foster
Careless Love      
Come and Go With Me      
Corinne, Corinna      
Cotton-Eyed Joe      
Crawdad Song, The      
Dark Hollow      
Dixie       Dan Emmett
Down in the Valley      
Early One Morning      
East Virginia Blues      
Fair Eleanor      
Foggy Mountain Top      
Frankie and Johnny      
Goodbye, Old Paint      
Green Grow the Lilacs      
Gypsy Davy      
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane      
Handsome Molly      
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands      
Home, Sweet Home       Henry Bishop
House of the Rising Sun      
How Many Biscuits Can You Eat?      
Hush, Little Baby      
I Am a Pilgrim      
I Never Will Marry      
I Saw Three Ships      
I Wish I Was Single Again      
In the Sweet Bye and Bye       J.P. Webster
It Ain't Gonna Rain No More      
Jacob's Ladder      
Jesse James      
Jesus Loves Me      
Jim Along Josie      
Jingle Bells       James Pierpont
Joe Turner Blues       W.C. Handy
John Henry      
Joys of Love, The (Plasir D'Amour)      
Kingdom Coming       Henry Clay Work
Kum Ba Ya      
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms       Anthony J. Showalter
Little Brown Jug       J.E. Winner
Liza Jane      
Lonesome Valley      
Long Journey Home ($2.00 Bill)      
Mairi's Wedding       Traditional Gaelic
Mama Don't Allow      
Midnight Special      
Nearer, My God, to Thee       Lowell Mason
Nelly Bly       Stephen Foster
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)       Stephen Foster
Old Molly Hare      
Old Time Religion      
Open up them Pearly Gates      
Other Shore, The      
Pay Me My Money Down      
Precious Memories      
Red River Valley      
Rock o' My Soul      
Rock of Ages       Thomas Hastings
Roving Gambler, The      
Rye Whiskey      
Saint Louis Blues       W.C. Handy
Santa Lucia      
Silent Night       Franz Gruber
Skip to My Lou      
Sourwood Mountain      
Stagger Lee      
Strawberry Roan      
Streets of Laredo      
Sweet Hour of Prayer       William B. Bradbury
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot      
There is a Fountain       William Cowper
This Train      
Titanic Blues      
Waterbound      
Way Downtown      
What a Friend We Have in Jesus       Charles Converse
When the Saints Go Marching In      
Where Has My Little Dog Gone       Septimus Winner
Where, Oh Where Is Dear Little Susie      
White House Blues      
Wildwood Flower      
Will the Circle Be Unbroken      
Worried Man Blues      
Wreck of the Old '97      
Yankee Doodle      
Yellow Rose of Texas