So this is where you can find out how to play some of your favourite songs!! Some of the easier songs have been simplified for beginners and in the advanced lessons I try and go into as much detail as I can.

I can't find the TAB!!!
In early 2010 I was contacted by the Music Publishers Association and told to remove all the tabs (and lyric chord sheets) from my site. I looked into trying to fight it but there was little chance of winning, so instead my lawyer recommended that I try and work with them instead of against them, so that is what I have done!

I am now working in partnership with Music Sales (who are a very cool bunch now I've got to know them) and in return for selling sheet music and tab (through Music Room and Sheet Music Direct) I will be able to get a limited number of tabs free for promotional use. This will be coming soon. We wanted to get the Beginners Songbook up and running first (see below!). This way you get sheet music accurate and checked by me, and the correct royalties will get paid to the songwriters.

Please don't forget that:

THE BEST WAY TO LEARN GUITAR IS BY TRANSCRIBING SONGS YOURSELF - NOT USING TAB!!!

And that is the truth! So actually better than using tabs is to work out songs yourself and make your own charts! It is nowhere as hard as you might think if you have never tried it - it is the way that generations of guitar players before you learnt to play!! And I have loads of lessons on it to help get you going... and just imagine, when you can - you can work out whatever songs you like!!

When you transcribe you develop your ear and will enable you to play many songs just by listening to them! No need for tab at all - it's amazing and that is what "real" musicians do. In the old days nobody had tab - you think Jimi and Clapton got tabs off a web site???

The Justinguitar Beginner's Songbook (BOOK, yes a proper paper one!!) 100 great songs, arranged to sync perfectly with The Beginners Course so gradually getting more challenging as you got through. Each song has tips and strumming suggestions and I honestly think this is the best Beginner's Songbook ever :) The best buy companion to the Beginners Course! You'll find many of the songs below are included in this book too :) Intermediate Songbook should follow in 2012! Click here to see more full song list, details, sample pages and price

Easy Songs For Beginners (Open Chords and sometimes F)

These songs are kinda simplified versions of the proper songs to give you some cool stuff to play while you are starting out. They will sound good strummed and help you get a grip of your chord shapes and something to play at your next BBQ :)

SONGS FROM THE BEGINNERS SONGBOOK ARE ON A DIFFERENT PAGE.
CLICK HERE!

ST-501 • Easy Songs 1 - Wild Thing (Troggs), Hey Joe (Hendrix), Knockin On Heaven Door (Dylan).
ST-502 • Easy Songs 2 - Hit Me Baby (Britney), Heart Of Gold (Young), Time Of Your Life (Green Day).
ST-503 • Easy Songs 3 - One (U2), All Along The Watchtower (Dylan), The Zephyr Song (RHCP).
ST-504 • Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding)
ST-505 • Please Forgive Me (David Gray)
ST-506 • Pink Bullets (The Shins)
ST-507 • Save Tonight (Eagle Eye Cherry)
ST-508 • Mr. Jones (Counting Crows)
ST-509 • Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright)
ST-510 • Everybody Hurts (REM)
ST-511 • The Drugs Don't Work (The Verve)
ST-512 • The House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals)
ST-513 • Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack / Fugees)
ST-514 • Hey Ya (OutKast)
ST-515 • Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)
ST-516 • Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly)
ST-517 • Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
ST-518 • Run (Snow Patrol)
ST-519 • American Pie (Don McLean)
ST-520 • Twist And Shout (The Beatles)
ST-521 • Feelin Alright (Joe Cocker)
ST-522 • Working Class Hero (John Lennon)

Songs for Beginners / Intermediate (use Barre Chords too)

These songs are more like the record and include barre chords, some simple riffs, or are acoustic versions of songs. All these have a pdf chord lyric sheet.

ST-601 • Traffic In The Sky (Jack Johnson)
ST-602 • Gone (Jack Johnson)
ST-603 • Times Like These (Jack Johnson)
ST-604 • Times Like These (Foo Fighters)
ST-605 • With A Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles)
ST-606 • Trouble (Coldplay)
ST-607 • The Scientist (Coldplay)
ST-608 • Just The Way I'm Feeling (Feeder)
ST-609 • Hate To Say I Told You So (The Hives)
ST-610 • Wherever You Will Go (The Calling)

ST-611 • Better Be Home Soon (Crowded House)
ST-612 • Polly (Nirvana)
ST-613 • I Shot The Sheriff (Bob Marley / Eric Clapton)
ST-614 • Coffee And TV (Blur)
ST-615 • Wipeout! (The Venturers)
ST-616 • Fast Car (Tracy Chapman)
ST-617 • You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
ST-618 • The Blowers Daughter (Damien Rice)
ST-619 • Molly's Chamber (The Kings Of Leon)
ST-620 • Fly Away (Lenny Kravitz)

ST-621 • Patience (Guns 'n' Roses) NO LONGER AVAILBLE. THEIR LAWYERS TOLD ME TO REMOVE IT.
ST-622 • Wonderwall (Oasis)
ST-623 • The Needle And The Damage Done (Neil Young)
ST-624 • Fire And Rain (James Taylor)
ST-625 • Sweet Baby James (James Taylor)
ST-626 • Harvest (Neil Young)
ST-627 • Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)

Songs for Players (more detailed lessons, just like the record)

These songs are more "just like the record" than the other ones. I want you to try and play these ones along with the records :) I will get all the tabs done eventually, but some are still missing for now, sorry...

ST-301 • Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
ST-302 • Seek And Destroy - Metallica
ST-303 • Better Man - Pearl Jam
ST-304 • Crossroads - Cream, Eric Clapton
ST-305 • In The Cold Cold Night - The White Stripes
ST-306 • Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers
ST-307 • American Idiot - Green Day
ST-308 • Pretty Fly For A White Guy - The Offspring
ST-309 • Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
ST-310 • Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

ST-311 • Basket Case - Green Day
ST-312 • Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
ST-313 • Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'n' Roses (NO LONGER AVAILBLE. THEIR LAWYERS TOLD ME TO REMOVE IT.)
ST-314 • Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
ST-315 • Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
ST-316 • Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
ST-317 • Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
ST-318 • Johnny B Goode Intro - Chuck Berry
ST-319 • Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
ST-320 • She Talks To Angels - The Black Crows

ST-321 • Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
ST-322 • Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
ST-323 • The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
ST-324 • Layla Unplugged - Eric Clapton
ST-325 • Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix
ST-326 • Hysteria - Muse
ST-327 • Parisian Walkways - Gary Moore
ST-328 • Neon - John Mayer

Songs arranged for Solo Guitar

These songs are arranged to be played solo - no need for singing, you play the melody and harmony at the same time! Mostly this type of song is played fingerstyle. Great for impressing your partner or granny :)

ST-200 • Yesterday - The Beatles
ST-201 • Tears In The Rain Joe Satriani
ST-202 • Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out Eric Clapton

Christmas SongsSome solo guitar arrangements (so you can play the whole thing without songing!!) and some pop classics for you to enjoy and entertain your friends over xmas :)

ST-100 • Silent Night (this has the TAB, it's copyright free!!)
ST-101 • Auld Lang Syne (this has the TAB, it's copyright free!!)
ST-102 • Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
ST-103 • Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
ST-104 • Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck
ST-105 • Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
ST-106 • Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea