Chord Playing Charts - For Session Tunes & Songs

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A large collection of charts that provide the chord playing sequences for more than 600 popular session and jam songs and tunes.

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Chord charts for loads of songs THESE CHORD CHARTS give the chord changes for playing a large number of the most popular session tunes and songs. A wide variety of types of music are represented including Irish, English, Bluegrass, Oldtimey, New England, Scottish, Shetland and various others. These charts will be found useful for those attending music session and wishing to play along but not knowing the piece being played. The keys given here are the most commonly used for the named tune or song, but be warned, there can be considerable variation in the key actually used in sessions depending on local traditions and preferences. Tune versions are also subject to regional variability as well as the choices and interpretation made by the many and various musicians who transcribed these chord charts. We also have a second collection of chord charts HERE.

Each page has 4 or 5 charts on it. this is the first entry on page one.

D---|G-A-|D---|DAD-:||
the bars are separated with vertical lines | and the beats in the bar are represented by horizontal dashes - or a chord letter. So our first bar has 4 beats of D. The second bar has 2 of G the 2 of A and so on. This tune has 4 bars that are repeated as indicated by the :|| at the end of the line.

Some of the tunes have other notation to indicate changes in time signature etc but I hope these will be fairly self evident when you come to them.

The songs/tunes are arranged in alphabetical order, each line of titles is a link which will take you to the page with the charts for those tunes. You can skip forward or back pages by using the Previous or Next links or click on Contents to come back to this page.

If you would like a really huge collection of these chord charts Ryan Thomson (Captain Fiddle) does a 120 page book with charts for 1400 tunes.

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Alabama Gal, Alexander Waltz, Allie Crocker, All Young p1 Angeline the Baker , Angus Campbell , Another Jig Will Do, Apple Blossom p2 Archie Menzie's Reel,Arkansas Traveller, Arthur Seat, The Ash Grove p3 Ashokan Farewell, Atholl Highlanders, Augusta Waltz, Avalanche p4 Avalon Quickstep, Back Step Cindy, Back Up and Push, Ballykeal Jig p5 Banish Misfortune, Banjo Tramp, Banks Hornpipe, Barbara's Fancy p6 Barber, Barlow Knife, Battering Ram, Benton’s Dream p7 Betty Liken, Bibb County Hoedown, Big Scioty, Bill Cheatham p8 Billy Boy, Billy in the Lowground, Birdie A, Bird in the Tree p9 Bitter Creek, Blackbeard, Blackberry Blossom, Black Eyed Suzie p10 Black Jack Grove, Black Joke, Black Mountain Rag, Black Nag p11 Blacksmith, Black and White Rag, Black Widow Romp, Boatin' Up Sandy p12 The Boatman, Boatman Dance, Bobby Shaftoe, Bob O’Reilly’s Reel p13 Boil Them Cabbage Down, Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine, Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains, Bonaparte's Retreat p14 Bonnie Isle O' Whalsay, Bonnie Kate, Bonnie Lass O' Bonn Accord, Booth Shot Lincoln p15 The Boys of Bluehill, The Boys of the Lough, The Boys of Wexford, Brad Walters p16 Brasstown, Breaking Up Christmas, Briarpicker Brown, Brickyard Joe p17 The Bride's a Bonnie Thing, Brilliancy Medley, Brown Dog’s Dream p18 Brushy Run, Brylupsgarden, Buck Mountain, Buffalo Gals p19 Buffalo Girls, Bull at the Wagon, The Bully of the Town, The Bunch of Keys p20 Burnt Old Man, Bus Stop Reel, Cacklin' Hen, Caliche Creek p21 Calico Corn, California Gal, The Cameron Highlanders, Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap p22 Camp Chase, Camp Meeting on the Fourth of July, Camptown Races, Captain Jinks p23 Carolan's Concerto, Carroll County Blues, Cat Came Back, Catfish p24 Cat on a Leash, Cattle in the Cane, Chattanooga, Cherish the Ladies p25 Cherokee Shuffle, Chicken Reel, Chief O'Neill's Favorite, Childgrove p26 Chinese Breakdown, Chorus Jig, Christmas Day Ida Moarnin', Chuckaluck p27 Cindy, Clay Hole Waltz, Cleveland’s March, Cluckin' Hen p28 Cluck Old Hen, Cold Frosty Morning, Coleman's Cross, Coleman's March p29 Coleraine, College Groves, Colorado Aristocracy, Colored Aristocracy p30 Come Dance and Sing, The Congress Reel, The Connaughtman's Rambles, Cooley's Reel p31 Coon on a Rail, Cotton Eyed Joe, Cotton Patch Rag p32 Country Waltz, Cowboy Jig, Cowhide Boots, Cranberry Rocks p33 Crawdad Song, Crazy Creek, Cricket on the Hearth, Cripple Creek p34 Cross Reel, Crow Creek, Cuckoo's Nest p35 Cuffey, Cumberland Gap, Da Galley Watch p36 Dallas Rag, Dance All Night, Dancing Bear, Darling Nellie Gray p37 Deerwalk, Dennis Murphy's Polka, Devil Chased Me Around the Stump, Devil's Dream p38 Dill Pickle Rag, Donald Blue, Donald Cameron's Polka, Don Tremaine's Reel p39 Doon the Brae, Double File, Dowd's Favorite, Down the Broom p40 Drowsy Maggie, Drunken Billy Goat, Drunken Hiccups, Dry and Dusty p41 Dubuque, Duck River, Ducks on the Millpond, Ducks on the Pond p42 Durang's Hornpipe, Durham's Bull, Dusty Miller, East Neuk of Fife p43 East Tennessee Blues, Ebenezer, Eighth of January, Elzic's Farewell p44 Fairy Dance, Falls of Richmond, Farewell to Ireland p45 Farewell to Loch Katrine, Farewell to Whiskey, Far From Home, Fiddle Head Reel p46 Fiddle Rag, Fiddler's Dream, Fiddling Around, Fire on the Mountain p47 Fisherman's Favorite, Fisher's Hornpipe, Flop Eared Mule, Florida Blues p48 Flowers of Edinburgh, Fly Around My Blue Eyed Gal, Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss, Flying Cloud Cotillion p49 Flying Home to Shelley, Folding Down the Sheets, Forked Deer, Forks of Sandy p50 Fort Smith Breakdown, Fortune, Four Cent Cotton, Fourteen Days in Georgia p51 Frieze Breeches, Frosty Morning, The Gal I Left Behind Me p52 Gallopede, Galway Hornpipe, Garryowen, Gaspe Reel p53 Gavin McMullen, George Booker, Georgia Foxtrot, Georgia Railroad p54 Ger the Rigger, Getting Up the Stairs, Gillian's Reel, The Girl I Left Behind p55 The Girl That Broke My Heart, Give the Fiddler a Dram, Give Me Your Hand, Gladstone's Reel p56 Glory in the Meeting House, Going Across the Sea, Going Back to Fielden, Going Down the River p57 Going to Jail, Going to Town, Golden Slippers, The Gold Ring p58 Goodbye Girls, I’m Going to Boston, Goodbye Liza Jane, Grand Picnic, Granny p59 Grasshopper, The Gravel Walk, Gray Haired Dancing Girl, Greasy Coat p60 Greasy String, Great Big Taters in Sandy Lane, Greenback Dally-O, Greenfields of America p61 Green Mountain Petronella, Green Willis, Grey Eagle, Growlin Old Man p62 Half Past Four, Halting March, Hamilton County, Hanged Man's Reel p63 Hard Times, Harvest Home, Haste to the Wedding, Hawkins' Rag p64 Hawks and Eagles, Hector McDonald’s Reel, Hell Among the Yearlings, Hewlett p65 Hiccup Truck, Hickman County, High Dad in the Morning p66 The Highland Man That Kissed His Grannie, Hobart's Transformation, Hob Dye, Hollow Poplar p67 Home With the Girls in the Morning, Hop Up, My Ladies, Hull's Victory, The Humors of Ballyconnell p68 The Humors of Ballyloughlin, Hundred Pipers, The Hunter's Purse p69 Huntsman's Chorus, Hyalite Reel, Icehouse, Ida Red p70 I Don't Love Nobody, Illinois Rickets Hornpipe, I'm Certainly Living a Ragtime Life p71 In the Woodpile, Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies, The Irish Washerwoman, The Iron Man p72 Jack Broke da Prison Door, Jackson's Reel, Jackson Stomp, Jamie Allen p73 Jaybird, Jay Bird in the Ash Grove, Jenny Lind Polka, Jenny's Welcome to Charlie p74 Jimmy in the Swamp, Jimmy Sutton, Jim the Fiddle Maker, John Brown's Dream p75 John Brown's March, John Kelly's Slide, Johnny the Blacksmith, Johnny Cope p76 Johnny Don't Get Drunk, John Ryan's Polka, Johnson’s Girl, John Stinson’s #2 p77 Jonesboro, Joys of Quebec, The Judge, Jug of Punch p78 Julia Delaney, Julie Ann Johnson, June Apple, Kaiser Waltz p79 Kansas City Rag, Kansas City Reel, Katie Bar the Door, Katy Did p80 Katy Hill, Keep the Ark a Movin', Kenny Hall’s Hambo, Kenosha Pass p81 The Kerry Dance, The Kerryman's Daughter, Kerry Polka, The Kerry Reel p82 The Kesh Jig, The Kid on the Mountain, The Killarney Boys of Pleasure p83 Kingdom Coming, The King of Fairies, The King of the Pipers p84 Kissimee Kid, The Kitchen Girl, Ladies' Triumph, Lady Anne Montgomery p85 Lady in the Boat, Lady on the Island, Lady of the Lake, Lafayette p86 Lamplighter's Hornpipe, Langstrom's Pony, The Lark in the Morning p87 Larry O'Gaff, Lasses Trust in Providence, The Last of Callahan, Last Night's Joy p88 Late for the Dance, Leake County Two-Step, Leather Britches, Lee Highway Blues p89 Da Lerwicks Lasses, Liberty, Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still, Linda's Waltz p90 Listen to the Mockingbird, Little Billy Wilson, Little Liza Jane, Little Rabbit p91 Little Rabbit Where's Your Mammy, Liverpool Hornpipe, Liza Jane, Loch Earn Reel p92 Loch Haven Castle, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Lord Gordon's Reel p93 Lord Inchiquin, Lord Mayo, Lord McDonald's Reel, Lost Indian p94 Lost John, Lost Train Blues, Maggie Brown's Favorite, Magpie p95 The Maid Behind the Bar, The Maid on the Green, Maid in the Meadow, Maple Leaf Rag p96 Marching Down Broadway, Margaret’s Waltz, Marie's Wedding, Martha Campbell p97 Mason's Apron, McMahon's Reel, Merrily Kiss the Quaker, The Merry Sisters p98 Midnight on the Water, Millbank Cottage, Miller's Reel p99 Mineola Rag, Minnie’s Lick, Mississippi Hornpipe, Mississippi Sawyer p100 Miss McLeod's Reel, Miss Monahan's Reel, Miss Thornton's Reel, Miss Wedderburn's Reel p101 Molly Put the Kettle On, Money Musk, Monica's Reel, Moon Behind the Hill p102 Moonlight, Morgan Magan, The Morning Dew, Morpeth Rant p103 Moses Hoes His Corn, Mountain Dew, Mountain Hornpipe, Muddy Roads p104 The Mullingar Races, The Munster Buttermilk, Murphy's Hornpipe, The Musical Priest p105 My Own House Waltz, Nail That Catfish to the Tree, Nancy, Nancy Dalton p106 Nancy Rowland, Ned Kendall's Hornpipe, Needlecase, New Five Cent Piece p107 New Money, New Rigged Ship, Nine Hundred Miles, The Nine Points of Roguery p108 Nixon’s Farewell, Nonesuch, North Carolina Breakdown, Nothing Special p109 The Oak Tree, Off She Goes, Off to California, O'Keefe's Slide p110 Oklahoma Rooster, Old Cumberland, Old Dan Tucker, Old Grey Cat p111 Old Jimmy Sutton, Old Joe, Old Joe Clark, Old Liza Jane p112 Old Molly Hare, Old Mother Flanagan, Old Rusty Mill p113 Old Yeller Dog, One More River to Cross, Ora Lee, Orange Blossom Special p114 Over the Waterfall, Ozark Rag, Paddy on the Railroad p115 Paddy on the Turnpike, Paddy Won't You Drink Some Cider, Padraic O'Keefe's Slide, Pagosa Hornpipe p116 Peacock Rag, Peeler Creek Waltz, Peter Francisco, Petronella p117 Pickin’ the Devil’s Eye, Pig Ankle Rag, Pigeon on the Gate, Pig’s Foot p118 Pigtown Fling, The Pipe on the Hob, Pit Hame da Borrowed Claes, Planxty Drury p119 Planxty George Brabazon, Planxty Irwin, Pleasures of the Single Life, Polly Wolly Doodle p120 Possum on a Stump, Possum Up a Gum Stump, President Garfield's Hornpipe, Prettiest Gal in the County p121 Pretty Little Dog, Pretty Little Rooster, Pretty Little Shoe, Prince William p122 Puncheon Floor, Quarry Cross, Queen of the Fair, The Queen's Jig p123 Quince Dillon's High D, Rabbit in the Pea Patch, Rachel, Ragtime Annie p124 Railroading in the Rockies, The Rakes of Kildare, Rakes of Mallow, Red Apple Rag p125 Red Haired Boy, Red Haired Suzy, Red Wing, Richmond p126 Richmond Cotillion, Rickett's Hornpipe, Rig a Jig Jig, Rights of Man p127 The Road to Lisdoonvarna, Road to Boston, Road to Cairo, Roaring River p128 Robinson County, Rochester Schottische, Rock the Cradle Joe, Rocking the Baby to Sleep p129 Rocky Mountain Goat, Rocky Road to Dublin, Rodney's Glory, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms p130 Rory O'More, Roscoe, Rose Division, Rose Tree p131 Ross's Reel, Round the Horn, Roustabout, The Route p132 Roxborough Castle, Ruffled Drawers, Run, Johnny, Run, Rustic Reel p133 Rye Straw, Sadie at the Back Door, Sail Away Ladies, The Sailor's Bonnet p134 Sailor's Hornpipe, Saint Anne's Reel, Sally Ann, Sally Ann Johnson p135 Sally in the Garden, Sally Gardens, Sally Goodin', Sally Johnson p136 Sal’s Got Mud, Salt River, Salty Dog, Sal, Won’t You Marry Me? p137 Sandy Boys, Sandy River Belle, Santa Anna's Retreat p138 Sara Armstrong, Sarah Washington, Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle, Da Scalloway Lasses p139 Scotland the Brave, Seneca Square Dance, Shady Grove, Sheebeg and Sheemore p140 Sheehan's Reel, Shelvin Rock, Shenandoah Falls, The Shepherd's Wife p141 Ship in the Clouds, Ships are Sailing, Shoefly, Shoes and Stockings p142 Shooting Creek, Shoot the Turkey Buzzard, Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Bit Further in the Fire, Shuffle About p143 The Silver Spire, Silver Threads Among the Gold, Skipping Cat, Skunk in the Collard Patch p144 Sled Dave, Sleeping LuLu, Sleep Soond Ida Moarnin', Sligo Maid p145 Smash the Windows, Snake River Reel, Snowbird on the Ashbank, Snowflake Reel p146 Snowshoes, Soldier's Joy, Sonny's Mazurka, The Son of a Gambolier p147 Sourwood Mountain, Southwind, The Spanish Cavalier, Speed the Plough p148 Speed the Plow, Spotted Pony, Squirrel Heads and Gravy, The Star Above the Garter p149 Star of the County Down, The Star of Munster, Step Around Johnny, Stone's Rag p150 Stoney Point, Stony Fork, Stool of Repentance p151 St. Patrick's Day in the Morning, Stump Tail Dog, Stump-Tailed Dolly, Sugar in the Gourd p152 Sugar Hill, The Swallow's Tail Reel, The Swallow Tail Jig, Swannanoa Waltz p153 Sweet Bunch of Daisies, Sweet Nel, Swinging Fiddles, Swinging on a Gate, Take Me Back to Georgia p154 Tarbolton Reel, Tater Patch, Teetotaler’s Reel, Temperance Reel p155 The Tempest, Tennessee Backwoods Stomp, Tenpenny Bit p156 Texas Barbed Wire, Texas Gales, There's a Brown Skin Gal p157 Three-in-One Two-Step, Three Thin Dimes, Timour the Tartar p158 Tobin's Jig, Tom and Jerry, Took My Gal a Walkin’, Too Young to Marry p159 Top of Cork Road, Toss the Feathers, Trip to Sligo, Trude Evans p160 Turkey in the Pea Patch, Turkey Sag, Turkey in the Straw, Twenty-Eighth of January p161 Twinkle Little Star, Twin Sisters, Da Underhill, Up Jumped the Devil p162 Virginia Cakewalk, Wagoner, Wait for the Wagon, Waiting for Nancy p163 Waiting for the Boatman, Wake Up Susan, Walk Along John, Walking in the Parlor p164 Walking in My Sleep, Water Bound, Waynesboro, Ways of the World p165 The Weavers, Wedding March from Unst, Wednesday Night Waltz, Western Country p166 West Fork Gals, Westphalia Waltz, West Wind, The Wheels of the World p167 Whiskey Before Breakfast, Whistlebee, Whistling Rufus, The White Cockade p168 White Horse Breakdown, The Wild Mountain Thyme, Wild Rose of the Mountain, Wildwood Flower, Wilson's Clog Dance p169 Winder Slide, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, The Wise Maid, Wish I Had My Time Again, Woodchopper's Reel p170 Wooden Nickel, Year of Jubilo, Yellow Barber, Yellow Rose of Texas p171
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