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. Lots more are planned but I focus more on songs that will help you develop a certain skill...

THE TABS ARE GONE!! WHY?????

I have been threatened with legal action so I have had to remove the TABs and chord/lyric sheets from the site. Some companies are determined to get the toothpaste back into the tube with a toothpick...

So after consulting a good music specialist lawyer it seems that I have no case for giving away the tabs here. It's a sad day, but all the tabs are gone, you will have to search elsewhere on the internet to find them. I don't imagine it will be too hard anything you want in the world biggest library! I always thought that "fair use" actually meant something and that I could give a small amount of tabs here as an educational tool. But no.

The reason for me being asked to take them down is because of the revenue that a sheet music company would make if people bought the tabs. We all know that if people don't get the tab here they will find it elsewhere. I very much doubt the people would have actively sought to buy tabs, you would have just got them someplace else. But I am now going to try and get permission from publishers to get some up here for free and get some others that you might have to buy to feed the publishing companies.

If there is a positive aspect to all this it is that:

THE BEST WAY TO LEARN 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!! I would urge you to go check out the transcribing lessons and learn how to make your own lyric and chord charts and how to write out tab.

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 web site???

The video lessons are still there but I would suggest that you use the SONG TIPS pages to help you learn songs by ear and make your own charts! I'm going to get developing this area now as a priority.

Easy Songs For Beginners (Open Chords and sometimes F)

These songs are kinda simplified versions of the propers 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 :)

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 Zepher 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)

Songs for Beginners / Intermediate (use Barre Chords too)

These songs are more like the record and include barré 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)
ST-622 • Wonderwall (Oasis)
ST-623 • The Needle And The Damage Done (Neil Young)

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 Chilli 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 (Lynard Skynard)
ST-311 • Basket Case (Green Day)
ST-312 • Under The Bridge (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
ST-313 • Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns 'n' Roses)
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 Staits)
ST-323 • The Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix)
ST-324 • Layla Unplugged (Eric Clapton)

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 fror 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)

Xmas Special 2007
Check out the three songs that were out for the Xmas Special 2007. All are fun solo fingerstyle arrangements!
ST-100 • Silent Night
ST-101 • Auld Lang Syne
ST-102 • Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer

Xmas Special 2009
This year I have doing some more pop Xmas tunes, all easy enough for beginners. Good fun play along kinda strummy chord versions.
ST-103 • Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid)
ST-104 • Hi Ho Silver Lining (Jeff Beck)