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54 TWO-CHORD SONGS

(1 and 5 chords: G and D, C and G, etc.)
List compiled by Pete Wernick

Bluegrass Songs

  • Handsome Molly
  • Shady Grove
  • John Henry
  • Little Birdie
  • Hot Corn Cold Corn
  • Katy Daley
  • Fire Ball Mail
  • Pretty Fair Maid In The Garden
  • I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky
  • Jimmie Brown the Newsboy
  • I’ll Go Steppin’ Too
  • You Are My Flower
  • Stay All Night
  • Someone Took My Place With You
  • Wild Bill Jones
  • My Home’s Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Working On A Building
  • Somehow Tonight
  • Pretty Polly
  • On My Mind
  • The Old Crossroads
  • Mansions for Me
  • Where the Soul Never Dies
  • What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul
  • Old Gospel Ship
  • Kentucky Girl
  • Will You Be Lonesome Too
  • Walking in my Sleep
  • It's Too Late to Walk the Floor
  • I’m Gonna Love You Like There’s No Tomorrow
  • It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More
  • Reuben’s Train /Train 45
  • Bringing In The Georgia Mail
  • Little Liza Jane
  • Darling Corey

Favorite Country Songs

  • Take Me Back to Tulsa
  • Jambalaya
  • Pistol Packin’ Mama
  • I Love You a Thousand Ways
  • Waltz Across Texas

Favorite Folk Songs

  • Tom Dooley
  • Buffalo Gals
  • Puttin’ On The Style
  • He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands
  • Boll Weevil
  • Skip To My Lou
  • Shortnin’ Bread
  • Go Tell Aunt Rhody
  • Down In The Valley
  • Clementine

(1 and 4 chords: G and C, D and G, etc.)

  • Things In Life
  • Walls Of Time
  • Be Proud Of The Gray In Your Hair
  • Roving Gambler








Entry: 01 --"practice tape tips"

Entry: 02 --"helpful hints"

Entry: 03 --"All-time bluegrass jam session tunes, Top 106"

Entry: 04 --"teaching beginning banjo students"

Entry: 05 --"On stage fright and playing under pressure"

Entry: 06 --"Loop exercise method"

Entry: 07 --"List of 29 possible practice goals"

Entry: 08 --"Summary of the Beginners Bluegrass Method"

Entry: 09 --"SPEED"

Entry: 10 --"Two-chord songs"

Entry: 11 --"Favorite songs that use two or three chords"

Entry: 12 -- "A New Direction in Teaching and Learning Bluegrass Music"
(Bluegrass Unlimited guest editorial, May 2004)

Entry: 13 --"Learning to sing in tune"

Entry: 14 --"Can't find people to jam"



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