Prior Playlists

October 2021 - Fun!

1. Warm up: Stand By Me

2. Love Potion Number 9, Leiber&Stoller (Love Potion #9 chords)

3. Monster Mash, Bobby Pickett (Monster Mash chords. Island strum works well)

4. Hungry Like the Wolf (2:24 play along), Duran Duran (Hungry Like the Wolf chords). Halloween is the best time to break out this creeper song. Plus the play-along-video is hilarious

5. Appalachian [App-a-latch-an] Melody, Mark Heard (Appalachian Melody chords). You can strum soft island strum or pick the lower three strings following his rhythm - perfect seasonal song

6. Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford (Sixteen Tons chords)

7. Wagon Wheel (26:11), Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor. (Wagon Wheel (C) chords)

8. Stay Stay Stay, Taylor Swift (Stay chords). Hey, look! something from this century!

9. Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison (Brown Eyed Girl chords [enter 0 and your email to download free])

10. Hey Jude   (Hey Jude chord sheet)* 

11. Momma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys (3:18), Willie Nelson (G, D, A)*

12. Closing Song: Banana Boat Song/Day-O 

September 2021 - Awesome evening with six, and sometimes, seven strummers and singers. Welcome new visitors Rich and Bill!

1. Stand By Me,  Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

2. Down on the Corner, John Fogerty (Down on the Corner chord sheet)

3. Bad Moon Rising, John Fogerty (Bad Moon Rising chord sheet)

4. Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue,  Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis, Joseph Widow Young (Five Foot Two chord sheet)

5. That's Amore, Harry Warren & Jack Brooks (That's Amore chord sheet)

6. Eight Days a Week,  Paul McCartney and John Lennon (EDAW chord sheet)

7. Three Little Birds, Bob Marley (songbook with chord sheet)

8. King of the Road (1:55), Roger Miller (KotR chord sheet).

9. Wagon Wheel (26:11), Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor. (Wagon Wheel (C) chords).  

10. Ring of Fire, June Cash (as played by Cynthia Lin, chord page)

11. Coconuts, Joan Baez (Coconuts chord sheet)

12. Somewhere Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World -C, Arlen, Harburg,Thiele, Weiss (SotR/WW Chords)

13. Closing Song: Banana Boat Song/Day-O,  traditional Jamaican folk song 

August 2021 - Strum until you can't strum no more!

1. Stand By Me,  Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

2. Down on the Corner, John Fogerty (Down on the Corner chord sheet)

3. Bad Moon Rising, John Fogerty (Bad Moon Rising chord sheet)

4. Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue,  Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis, Joseph Widow Young (Five Foot Two chord sheet)

5. That's Amore, Harry Warren & Jack Brooks (That's Amore chord sheet)

6. Eight Days a Week,  Paul McCartney and John Lennon (EDAW chord sheet)

7. Three Little Birds, Bob Marley (songbook with chord sheet)

8. King of the Road (1:55), Roger Miller (KotR chord sheet).  

9. Wagon Wheel (26:11), Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor. (Wagon Wheel (C) chords).  

10. Ring of Fire, June Cash (A, E7, D)

11. Coconuts, Joan Baez (Coconuts chord sheet)

12. Somewhere Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World -C, Arlen, Harburg,Thiele, Weiss (SotR/WW Chords)

13. Tennessee Waltz, Redd Stewart & PeeWee King (Tennessee Waltz (G) chords).  

14. Paradise, John Prine (Paradise chord sheet)

15. You are My Sunshine (ad hoc, no sheets).

16. Closing Song: Banana Boat Song/Day-O,  traditional Jamaican folk song 

July 2021 - TN theme. A good turnout of six enthusiastic strummers on a warm evening.

1. Stand By Me

2. Sea of Love, Phil Phillips and George Khoury (Sea of Love chords)

3. Paradise, John Prine (Paradise chord sheet)

4. Rocky Top, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Rocky Top (G) chords).

5. King of the Road (1:55), Roger Miller (KotR chord sheet).  

6. Tennessee Waltz, Redd Stewart & PeeWee King (Tennessee Waltz (G) chords).  

7. Wagon Wheel (26:11), Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor. (Wagon Wheel (C) chords).  

8. Ring of Fire, June Cash 

9. Ad hoc: Brown Eyed Girl, Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World medley, Sweet Caroline. 

June 2021 - I think we had a grand total of 9 in attendance. It was awesome. Half wanted to go pedal to the metal all playing all the time, and half enjoyed some leisurely chatting.

1. Stand By Me

2. Sea of Love, Phil Phillips and George Khoury. (Sea of Love chord chart)

3. Ho Hey, The Lumineers   (Ho Hey chord chart)

4. Paradise, John Prine. (Paradise chord sheet)

5. Three Little Birds, Bob Marley (songbook with chordsheet)

6. Sweet Caroline, Neal Diamond (Sweet Caroline chords). 

7. Banana Boat Song/Day-O

8. Ad hoc: King of the Road, Roger Miller (KotR chord sheet), Wagon Wheel. 

May 2021 - Awesome evening; six were in attendance. New song introduced - Sea of Love.

1. Stand By Me

2. Red Is the Rose, traditional Irish folk tune (Red Is the Rose chord chart)

3. Put A Little Love In Your Heart, DeShannon\Myers (Put A Little Love chord chart)

4. Wild Rover, traditional folk song  (Wild Rover chord chart)

5. Sweet Caroline, Neal Diamond (Sweet Caroline chords)

6. Banana Boat Song/Day-O

February 2020: Love Is in the Air - Another great evening! K. brought her boom speaker so we could get a little assist by playing along to the on-line versions for a few songs - very helpful.

1. Stand By Me

2. I Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley) (chord chart)

3. Perfect, Ed Sheeran. (Perfect chord chart)

4. Ho Hey, The Lumineers   (Ho Hey chord chart)

5. La Vie En Rose, Piaf/Louiguy (La Vie chord chart)

6. Lava  (Lava chord chart)

7. Put A Little Love In Your Heart, DeShannon\Myers (Put A Little Love chord chart)

January 2020- It was a great group: six joined in and we jammed impromptu songs: Perfect by Ed Sheeran, Lion Sleeps Tonight, I Can't Help Falling in Love, and a few others. 

1. Stand By Me

2. Put A Little Love In Your Heart

3. Don't Stop Believin'

4. Hey Jude   (Hey Jude Chord Chart)

5. Banana Boat Song/Day-O

6. Hey There Delilah as the introduced song.