SONGS FOR DAVE'S (3rd) TUESDAY NIGHT BEGINNER'S BLUEGRASS JAM January 17, 2012

Here's a few new(ish) songs I'm looking forward to trying this coming Tuesday night, with some old favorite hits that I always enjoy.  I hope others will bring some song ideas too !

     Kentucky Waltz - 3/4 time, Key of C - chords: C, C7, F, A, D, G -   Done here by Del McCoury's band (in D)

     A Distant Land To Roam - 4/4 time, Key of C - chords:  C, G - here's Carl Story and the Ramblin Mountaineers (in C#)

     Groundhog - 4/4 time, Key of A - chords:  A, E - Here's a nice fast version by The Dillards (in a sharp A) 

     The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn - 3/4 time, Key of E - chords: E, A, B - by Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys (in E)

     Are You Teasing Me - 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  G  C   D -  The Crowe Bros. do a nice version here (in G)

     If I Lose - 4/4 time, Key of A -- chords:  A   D   E   - The Stanley Brothers (in a sharp A)

     Love Please Come Home - 4/4 time, Key of  A - chords:  A  G   D   E -  Del McCoury & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  (in B)

Hope to see you this coming Tuesday!

Songs from past months:                  

A Hundred Years From Now - 4/4 time, Key of G (Chords: G  D  C ) 

A Lonesome Road To Travel - 3/4 time, Key of D -- chords:  D   D7   G   A

All I Ever Loved Was You - 4/4 time, Key of  C - chords:  C  C7 F  G

All The Good Times Are Passed And Gone  - 3/4 time, Key of G  - chords:  G  C  D

Angel Band - 3/4 time, Key of G - chords:   G   C   D

Are You Teasing Me - 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  G  C   D

Ashes Of Love - 4/4 time, Key of  C - chords:   C   F   G7

At The End Of A Long Lonely Day  -- 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:   G   C   D    

Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem - 3/4 time, Key of D - here's the Stanley Brothers version

Blue Christmas - 4/4 time, Keys of G and C 

Blue Moon Of Kentucky - 3/4 time, Key of A -- chords:  A  A7  D  E

Blue Night -- 4/4 time, Key of A  (Chords: A,  D,  E) 

Blue Ridge Mountain Blues - 4/4 time, Key of G - Chords: G C D 

Blues Stay Away From Me - 4/4 time, Key of A - chords: A   D   E

Bring Back My Wandering Boy - 4/4 time, Key of A - Chords: A, D, E

Bringin' In That Georgia Mail -- 4/4 time, Key of G (Chords:  G  D ) 

Bury Me Beneath The Willow - 4/4 time, Key of D -- Chords: D G A   

Can't You Hear Me Callin' -- 4/4 time, Key of  A -- chords:  A   D   E

Careless Love - 4/4 time, Key of  D - chords:  D  D7  G  A

Cheap Love Affair - 3/4 time, Key of A - chords:  A  A7  D  E  

Christmas Time's a'Comin' - 4/4 time, Key of A  

Dark As The Night -- 4/4 time, Key of E (Chords:  E  A7  B7) 

Dim Lights Thick Smoke - 4/4 time, Key of G  - chords:  G    C     D

Don't Cheat In Our Hometown -- 4/4 time, Key of D   (chords:  D  D7  G  A)

Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky -- 4/4 time, Key of E (Chords:  E,  A,  B) 

Down The Road - 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  G   Em    D      

Drifting Too Far From The Shore -- 3/4 time, Key of E  (Chords:  E,  A,  B) 

Every Day I Have To Cry Some  -- 4/4 time, Key of D -- chords:  D   Em   A  

Faded Love -- 4/4 time, Keys of D (Chords: D G  A) and A (Chords: D G  AA  D  E) 

Feast Here Tonight - 4/4 time, Key of D -- Chords: D G A   

The Flame In My Heart -- 3/4 time, Key of G  (chords  G   C   D) 

Footprints In The Snow -  4/4 time, Key of A  -  Bill Monroe's version

Four Strong Winds -- 4/4 time, Key of C  (chords: C  Dm  F   G) 

Going To The West - 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  G   C   D  

Gold Watch and Chain - 4/4 time, Key of C   -  chords:  C   F   G

Gotta Travel On - 4/4 time, Key of G - chords:  G   G7   C   D

Gotta Travel On   -  4/4 time, Key of D -- chords:  D  D7   G   A

Hand Me Down My Walking Cane -- 4/4 time, Key of G -- Chords: G C D   

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - 3/4 time, Keys of A and G 

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - 4/4 time, Keys of C and G

Hello City Limits - 4/4 time, Key of A -- chords:   A   D   E  

Hello Stranger  - 4/4 time,  Key of G  - chords:  G    C    D

Help Is On The Way -- 4/4 time, Key of G   (chords: C  D  G) 

Honey You Don't Know My Mind - 4/4 time, Key of 4 - Chords: G  C  D 

How Mountain Girls Can Love - 4/4 time, Key of  G - chords:  G  G7  C  D  

I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow -- 4/4 time, Key of C  (chords  C  F  G) 

I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore - 4/4 time, Key of A - chords:   A   D   E

I Am A Pilgrim - 4/4 time, Key of D -- chords:  D   D7   G   A  

I Am Weary Let Me Rest -- 4/4 time, Key of D - chords: D   G   A 

If I Lose - 4/4 time, Key of A -- chords:  A   D   E   

I'll Be Home For Christmas - 4/4 time, Keys of G and C 

I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome - 4/4 time, Key of A - Chords: A, D, B7, E 

I'm Comin' Back But I Don't Know When - 4/4 time, Key of A - chords  A   D   E   

I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open - 4/4 time,  Key of D -- chords   D   G   A

I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home - 4/4 time, Key of G - Chords: G, C, D 

I Cried Again - 4/4 time, Key of A - Chords:  A,  D,  E 

I Just Got Wise - 4/4 time, Key of D - Chords: D,  G,  A 

In The Pines -  3/4 time,  Key of D  - chords:   D    G    A

I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - 4/4 time, Key of G - Chords: G   C   D 

Jimmie Brown The Newsboy - 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  G   D      

Keep On The Sunny Side -- 4/4 time, Key of G -- Chords: G C D

Let It Snow - 4/4 time, Keys of G and C 

Long Journey Home - 4/4 time, Key of A - chords:  A   D   E

Lord Build Me A Cabin In Glory Land - 4/4 time, Key of A -- chords:  A  D  B  E

Love Please Come Home - 4/4 time, Key of  A - chords:  A  G   D   E

Man Of Constant Sorrow - 4/4 time, key of G - chords: G   C   D   -   Man Of Constant Sorrow by the Stanley Brothers (in a sharp Bb)

Midnight On The Stormy Deep -- 4/4 time, Key of  D  (  D, D7, G, A)  

Mighty Dark To Travel - 4/4 time, Key of A -- chords:  A   D   E

My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains - 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  G    D

My Last Old Dollar - 4/4 time, Key of G - Chords:  G, Em, D 

Ocean Of Diamonds -- 3/4 time, Keys of C (C, C7, F, G) and G (G, G7, C, D) 

Oh The Raging Sea How It Roars -- 4/4 time, Key of C ( C, F, G7)       

On And On - Key of A -- chords:  A   D   E   

On My Mind -- 4/4 time, Key of D (Chords:  D,  A) 

Please Come Home For Christmas - 6/8 time, Keys of G and C 

Rank Strangers - 3/4 time, key of  D - chords:  D   G   A  -  Rank Strangers by the Stanley Brothers (in F#)

Riding On That Midnight Train - 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  C   C   D  

Rock Bottom - 4/4 time, Key of G  - chords:  G    C     A    D   

Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms - 4/4 time, Key of G  -- chords:  G   C   D  

Roving Gambler - 4/4 time, key of G - chords:  G  C  D  -   Roving Gambler by the Stanley Brothers ( in Bb)

Sailor On The Deep Blue Sea -- 4/4 time, Key of D ( D, G, A) 

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - 4/4 time, Key of G 

Sally Joe  -- 4/4 time, Key of A  (chords  A   Em   C   D)

Sea of Regret -- 3/4 time, Key of D ( D, A, G) 

Silver Bells - 3/4 time, Keys of G and C 

Sittin' On Top Of The World - 4/4 time, Key of D - chords:  D   G   A 

Some Old Day -- 4/4 time, Key of G  - chords G   C  A  D 

The Storms Are On The Ocean -- 3/4 time, Key of C ( C, F, G) 

Sweet Sunny South - 4/4 time, Key of G - chords:  G   C   D   -  Jerry Carcia and David Grisman doing it (in G)

That Was Before I Met You -- 3/4 time, Key of D -- chords:   D   G   A

The Train Carryin' Jimmie Rodgers Home -  3/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  G  G7  Em  A  D  D7

They Tell Me Your Love Is Like A Flower - 4/4 time, Key of C -- chords:  C   F   G

Traveling This Lonesome Road - 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  G   D

Trouble In Mind - 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  G   G7  C   D

Uncloudy Day - 4/4 time, key of  C - chords:  C   F   G  -  The Uncloudy Day by Ralph Stanley  (in C)

Wabash Cannonball -- 4/4 time, Key of G -- Chords: G C D

Wayfaring Stranger -  4/4 time, Key of  Em -- chords  Em    Am   B7   C   G 

What Does The Deep Sea Say -- 4/4 time, Key of C (C, F,  Am, Dm, G) 

When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again -- 4/4 time, Key of A  (chords A   D   E) 

When The Springtime Comes Again - 4/4 time, Key of C  - Chords: C, F, G

Whisky In The Jar - 4/4 time, Key of G -- chords:  G  Em  C  D  

White Freightliner Blues -- 4/4 time, Key of A  (chords   A   D   E )  

White Christmas - 4/4 time, Keys of G and C 

White House Blues - 4/4 time, Key of  G - chords:  G  C  D  

Who Will Sing For Me - 4/4 time, Key of  A - chords: A  D  E  -  Who Will Sing For Me by the Stanley Brothers (in A)  

Will The Circle Be Unbroken -- Key of G -- Chords:  G  C  D  

Will You Be Lovin' Another Man -- 4/4 time, Key of A - chords: A  D  E

Will You Miss Me - 4/4, Key of C - Chords:  C,  F,  G

Worried Man Blues - 4/4 time, key of A - chords:  A   D   E   - Worried Man Blues by the Stanley Brothers (in A)