Bluegrass Jam Songs Bluegrass songs often have varying lyrics from version to version. Included here are an approximation of lyrics that will get you through most jams. Don't get too concerned if the verses come up in a different order or if some lyrics are different. It all follows the same structure - and that's what's most important in a jam. ​ Speaking of structure, bluegrass songs typically follow a verse/chorus pattern. In the following tunes, the chorus is indented and only written out once - to save space. It should be repeated and inserted where appropriate. Additionally, instrumental breaks usually follow the structure of the verse. ​ The following tunes have been transcribed in a "transposed" version for instruments using a capo, a "concert pitch" version for instruments not using a capo, and a "nashville" version that uses chord numbers instead of letters. They have been formatted in a PDF file so that they're easy to download and view on one sheet. The video links should match the key provided for that tune so you can play along. Some older recordings might be slightly off from our electronic A=440 standard tuning. ​ *Please send a message if any "dead" links turn up. Since the videos are sourced from YouTube, their owners may occasionally make changes that have impacts here. **More songs are coming. Please send a message if you'd like a particular tune in this format. 'Til the End of the World Rolls 'Round A Few Old Memories A Hundred and Ten in the Shade Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me Are You Waiting Just for Me Banks of the Ohio Big Spike Hammer Blue Night Blue Railroad Train Blue Ridge Cabin Home Blue Ridge Mountain Blues Bootleg John Bury Me Beneath The Willow Cry, Cry Darlin' Dark Hollow Endless Highway Going to the Races Hard Hearted Head Over Heels Hello Mary Lou High on a Mountain Top Honey You Don't Know My Mind How Mountain Girls Can Love I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) I Haven't Got the Right to Love You I Saw the Light I Wonder if You Feel the Way I Do I Wonder Where You Are Tonight I'll Stay Around I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome I'm Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home If I Lose If I Should Wander Back Tonight In the Gravel Yard In the Pines It's Might Dark to Travel Jambalaya Keep on the Sunny Side Knockin' on Your Door Let Me Be Your Friend Little Cabin Home on the Hill Long Gone Long Journey Home Lost Highway Love, Please Come Home Man of Constant Sorrow Molly and Tenbrooks Mountain Dew My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains My Little Georgia Rose My Rose of Old Kentucky My Walkin' Shoes Nine Pound Hammer Ninety-Nine Years Old Train Pig in a Pen Raised by the Railroad Line Rocky Road Blues Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Salty Dog Blues Sitting on Top of the World Some Old Day Steel Rails Sunny Side of the Mountain The Train that Carried My Girl from Town Think of What You've Done Those Memories of You Toy Heart Uncle Pen We Live In Two Different Worlds Dear White Freight Liner Blues Wild Bill Jones Will The Circle Be Unbroken Will You Be Loving Another Man Worried Man Blues Your Love Is Like A Flower

September 2023 < Back Some Old Day - Key of G 'Til the End of the World Rolls 'Round - Key of G I Am a Pilgrim - Key of G Girl From West Virginia - Key of G Jambalaya - Key of C Lonesome Pine - Key of E Sitting on Top of the World - Key of G Midnight Special - Key of A I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll - Key of G Soldier's Joy - Key of D Worried Man Blues - Key of G Tear My Stillhouse Down - Key of G Previous Next

October 2022 < Back Bringing Mary Home - Key of G Your Cheating Heart - Key of D Monster's Holiday - Key of D Jambalaya - Key of C James River Blues - Key of G Folsom Prison Blues - Key of F Wreck of the Old '97 - Key of C The Darker the Night - Key of D East Tennessee Blues - Key of C Big Sciota - Key of G 40 Years of Trouble - Key of G Foggy Mountain Top - Key of G Long Journey Home - Key of G Midnight on the Water - Key of D Dink's Song (Fare Thee Well) - Key of D Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Key of C Knocking on Heaven's Door - Key of G Nellie Cane - Key of D Previous Next

< Back Keep on the Sunny Side Previous Next Keep on the Sunny Side - Transposed .pdf Download PDF • 40KB Keep on the Sunny Side - Concert Pitch .pdf Download PDF • 34KB Keep on the Sunny Side - Nashville .pdf Download PDF • 44KB

March 2024 < Back White Freight Liner Blues - Key of G My Old Kentucky Home - Key of G Sittin' on Top of the World - Key of G This Land is Your Land - Key of G Toy Heart - Key of G Dark Hollow - Key of G Jambalaya - Key of C Mountain Dew - Key of G Wildwood Flower - Key of A Coal Tattoo - Key of Em Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Key of C Colleen Malone - Key of A Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Key of G Previous Next

October 2023 < Back Nine Pound Hammer - Key of G Christmas Time's A Coming - Key of G Footprints in the Snow - Key of F Midnight on the Water - Key of D Long Journey Home (Two-Dollar Bill) - Key of G East Tennessee Blues - Key of C Midnight Special - Key of A The Wabash Cannonball - Key of G Jambalaya - Key of C Sittin' on Top of the World - Key of G The Miner's Prayer - Key of G The Sinking of the Reuben James - Key of D Mountain Dew - Key of A If I Had a Hammer - Key of D Clinch Mountain Backstep - Key of A Previous Next

< Back Banjo The 5-String Banjo, played in the 3-finger "Scruggs" style is one of the defining sounds of bluegrass music. Banjos have a long history and have gone through many changes since first coming to the Americas on slave ships from West Africa. Because of this, it is important to make sure you're playing the appropriate banjo for each style of banjo music. Left - Gretsch G9400 Broadkaster Deluxe - This 5-string resonator banjo is what most people think of when discussing bluegrass banjos. It has 5 strings - including the short 5th string that gives it the distinctive sound, a resonator on the back - to project loudly in a bluegrass ensemble, and a flathead tone ring under the head for a increased depth of sound. This banjo is normally played with a thumb and two finger picks in order to get the characteristic attack of the bluegrass banjo. Middle - Gretsch G9451 Dixie Deluxe - This 5-string open-back banjo should not be confused with its bluegrass sibling. Although it still has 5 strings, it is usually played with bare fingers in a clawhammer or frailing style - often heard in old time music. Lacking a resonator, it doesn't project as much and has a much more "round" sound to it. Right - Stromberg-Voisinet Tenor Banjo - Notice that this banjo is missing the 5th string that is characteristic of bluegrass and old time banjos. They are most commonly played with a pick, similar to guitar. Tenor banjos find a ready home in jazz, jugband, and celtic music. Previous Next

< Back East Virginia Blues Previous Next East Virginia Blues - Transposed .pdf Download PDF • 47KB East Virginia Blues - Concert Pitch .pdf Download PDF • 41KB East Virginia Blues - Nashville .pdf Download PDF • 41KB

January 2024 < Back I'll Fly Away - Key of D Footprints in the Snow - Key of D My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains - Key of G Hey, Good Lookin' - Key of G You Don't Miss Your Water - Key of C White Freight Liner Blues - Key of G Clinch Mountain Backstep - Key of A Dark Hollow - Key of C Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down - Key of A Nine Pound Hammer - Key of G Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Key of G Little Darling Pal of Mine - Key of G Red River Valley - Key of D Long Journey Home (Two Dollar Bill) - Key of D Jambalaya - Key of C A Few Old Memories - Key of A Soldier's Joy - Key of D Foggy Mountain Top - Key of G Previous Next

< Back Banks of the Ohio Previous Next Banks of the Ohio - Transposed .pdf Download PDF • 41KB Banks of the Ohio - Concert Pitch .pdf Download PDF • 35KB Banks of the Ohio - Nashville .pdf Download PDF • 36KB

< Back I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) Previous Next I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) .pdf Download PDF • 40KB I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) - Nashville .pdf Download PDF • 44KB

Concert Pitch - Uncle Pen.pdf Nashville - Uncle Pen.pdf