Mel Bay 99476 101 Three-Chord Songs for Guitar, Banjo, and Uke

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.

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Date Published: 9/25/2002

Author: Larry McCabe

Difficulty: Beginning

Page Count: 128

Contents: 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 (Composer/Source: Johann G. Nageli), Blow the Man Down, Boil 'em Cabbage Down, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Camptown Races (Composer/Source: Stephen Foster), Careless Love, Come and Go With Me, Corinne Corinna, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Crawdad Song, The Dark Hollow, Dixie (Composer/Source: 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

Unit Dimensions: 8.75 x 11.75 inches