Mike's Music Method - Tabs Database

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1	Artist	Song	User Difficulty Rating	User Notes (make these as detailed as you like)	Mike's Difficulty Rating	Mike's Notes	Style (see: style_guide)	Learn these!	Tuning (Standard if blank)	MMM Tutorial LInk	Time Sig (4/4 if blank)
2	Adrianne Lenker	Two Reverse			7	Quite hard bc it's so goofy and unconventional.	Travis w Melody
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4	Benjamin Tod	End With You			5	Sneaky Hard. Nothing technically complicated, but the variations are so random and endless! Not much extra melody, but hammers.	Travis w Melody
5	Bill Withers	Ain’t No Sunshine			2	Nice beginning picking patterns	Finger Picked	*
6	Bill Withers	Use Me			5	Very easy and short, but requires easy use of barre chords.	Strummer
7	Blaze Foley	Big Cheese Burgers and Good French Fries			5	Not too hard except for one flourish and its tempo!	Travis w Melody
8	Blaze Foley	Clay Pigeons	4,4,4,4		4	A classic! Learn it	Travis w Melody	*
9	Blaze Foley	If I Could Only Fly	7,5		5	Great piece for picking arpeggios! Lots of cool color but thankfully a slow tempo.	Finger Picked
10	Blaze Foley	Let Me Ride in Your Big Cadillac			2	A great flat picking primer. Uses the "pick strum" technique.	Flat Pick
11	Blaze Foley	Lovin' You			3	If you're new to strumming might be hard, otherwise pretty straight fwd.	Flat Pick
12	Blaze Foley	Moonlight Song	6		5	Excellent! Learn this for flat picking!	Flat Pick	*
13	Blaze Foley	Ooh Love			1	Perfect for getting use to your fingers	Fingerpicked
14	Blaze Foley	Our Little Town			3	Another great Blaze song for picking arpeggios.	Fingerpicked
15	Blind Blake	Police Dog Blues	9	Difficulty mainly stems from unfamiliarity of ragtime. Unfamiliar chords, rhythm, and flow	10	A master class in Ragtime Picking!	Travis +	*	Open D
16	Bob Dylan	A Hard Rain’s A-gonna Fall			1	Easy Picking	Strummer		Drop D
17	Bob Dylan	Girl From The North Country			3	Great Beginner Travis PIcker	Travis - Basic Pattern			https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbiVTMuCW4c
18	Bob Dylan	Boots of Spanish Leather	3		3	Great Beginner Travis Picker (though I prefer Girl From the North Country	Travis - Basic Pattern			https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb_dz09_qps
19	Bob Dylan	Buckets of Rain	3,4						Open E/D
20	Bob Dylan	Don’t Think Twice	6,5		7	I have both a SIMPLFIED version (3) and the actual version (7). This song is FAST.	Travis w Melody
21	Bob Dylan	I Was Young When I Left Home			6	Tricky bc of the varied thumb and changes in rhythmic feel	Travis - Kind of		Open G
22	Bob Dylan	Moonshiner			3	Great Travis Picking song!	Travis w Melody
23	Bob Dylan	Mr. Tambourine Man			2	Great Beginner Strummer	Strummer			https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Xr-GtHMmU
24	Bob Dylan	One Too Many Mornings	5		3	Fun Alt Tuning to explore	Travis		Open A
25	Bo Dylan	See That My Grave is Kept Clean			5	Fast picking!	Flat Picking		Drop D	https://youtu.be/Pf2DgUqsI4c
26	Bob Dylan	Song to Woody			2		Strummer Pick-Strum
27	Bob Dylan	The TImes They Are A Changin'			1		Strummer Pick-Strum
28	Bob Dylan	Worried Blues			2	No Left Hand Coloring. Just all RH pattern	Travis - Basic Pattern
29	Caamp	Strawberries			4	Very short, but given the barre chords and pattern it's a bit harder than it looks.	Fingerpicked
30	Charlie Parr	Cheap Wine	6	The hardest, simple looking tab I've played	4	Very simple chords, but it'll get your thumb moving at a clip!	Travis - Basic Pattern
31	Charlie Parr	Remember Me If I Forget			4		Travis w Melody		Open G
32	Chris Smither	Leave the Light On			8	So fun! A masterclass in guitar playing!	Travis +	*	Open D
33	Colter Wall	Evangelina			4	Pick Strum w/ Lovely Fills	Strummer Pick-Strum
34	Colter Wall	Motorcycle	4	Assessible Colter Wall song. Fun and simple, can be played however you like, while still sounding unique.	4	Travis w some fun Left hand color	Travis w Melody
35	Colter Wall	Saskatchewan in 1881	7,7	Has some difficult movemente used frequently. Requires a lot of attention and intention. Otherwise, a pretty simple folk song.	6	Left Hand color is going to be quite hard for many players	Travis w Melody
36	Colter Wall	Sleeping on the Blacktop	8	Uniquely strange and difficult. Likely has many movements you aren't familiar with and are difficult to get used to.	7	Novel Left hand shapes and bends!	Travis w Melody
37	Colter Wall	The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie	7	Not as hard as it looks! The song that gets me the most compliments, and has been my favorite to play for a year.	7	Fun Travis mixed with blues runs	Travis +	*
38	Colter Wall	Thirteen Silver Dollars			4		Strummer Pick-Strum/
39	Dave Van Ronk	Another Time and Place			5	Great use of shapes up the neck	Travis w Melody
40	Dave Van Ronk	Gambler’s Blues			6	Goofy Rhythm. Hard to lock it in.
41	Dave Van Ronk	Green, Green Rocky Road			4	Great Drop D song to try. Fun melody over simple bass	Travis w Melody		Drop D
42	Dave Van Ronk	He Was a Friend of Mine			5	Sneaky tricky.	Travis - Basic Pattern			https://youtu.be/4ZMM5CO3rh4
43	Dave Van Ronk	Hang Me, Oh Hang Me			4		Travis w Melody
44	Dave Van Ronk	Mack the Knife	4	Pretty easy and beautiful song, some struggle sliding pinky from third fret to second	5	Awesome use of left hand melody	Travis w Melody
45	Dave Van Ronk	Pastures of Plenty			6	Goofy Drop D song	Travis w Melody		Drop D
46	Doc Watson	Deep River Blues			8	Build up to this one!	Travis +	*
47	Doc Watson	Sittin’ on Top of the World			9	Difficult open D song, but awesome	Travis +		Open D
48	Doc Watson	Windy and Warm	8, 9		8	Another great long term goal	Travis +	*
49	Doc Watson	Winter's Night			7	Sneaky Hard	Travis +
50	Eddie Vader	Guaranteed			2	Great Beginner Travis	Travis - Basic Pattern
51	Elizabeth Cotten	Freight Train	4, 5	Good song to build up speed with those cowboy fingerpicking songs. Classic chords, flow and structure.	5	Perfect level 5 Travis tune! Learn it!	Travis w Melody	*
52	Elliott Smith	Thirteen			4	Nice Variety of Picking	Finger Picked
53	Elvis Presley	Can't Help Falling In Love			4	Waltz Time with Melody	Travis w Melody
54	Etta Baker	Railroad Bill	4	Easy to learn, impossible to master. A fantastic song to explore having your own flow to the structure, adding licks, and making it your own. Dozens of covers by popular artists, all unique. Must Learn!!!	4/5	Another perfect mid-level piece	Travis w Melody	*
55	Fionn Regan	Be Good Or Be Gone			5/6	Branching out of folk, into more modern indie folk.Cool guitar playing.	Travis w Melody
56	Fionn Regan	Hunters Map			6/7	It the tuning and bridge weren't so ridiculous I'd make this a must learn	Travis +	* if looking to learn independent thumb/bass
57	Fleetwood Mac	Never Going Back Again			10	Only 15 measures. But the speed and 2 over 3 rhythm with the ring finger. I hated learning this song!	Travis +		Drop D
58	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words			6	The Feel and Rhythm are hard to capture!	Blues
59	Gillian Welch	One Little Song			3	Cute Travis Picker	Travis - Basic Pattern
60	Gordon Lightfoot	Sundown			2		Strummer
61	Gregory Alan Isakov	3 a.m.			4	Modern folk picking	Travis w Melody
62	Guy Clark	L.A. Freeway	5,6		5	Not hard but so much variation!	Hybrid: Travis + Strum			https://www.youtube.com/live/qSiRX3yprbI?si=g41iqMOeyRmicLxP
63	Guy Clark	The Cape			5	Same as LA Freeway. Not hard hard, but subtly hard.	Hybrid: Mostly Travis
64	Haley Heynderickx	Bug Collector	5		5	Enjoyable! Cool up the neck stuff but not too hard	Travis w Melody	*	Amaj7: A A C# E G# E	https://youtu.be/G4EAcYRsZ8Q?si=VWau9BRFWPaCI9VE
65	Haley Heynderickx	Drinking Song			4	Fun use of blue note in main riff	Hybrid Pick/Strum			https://youtu.be/juKj_xs6ZD0?si=AI3tASeLxoNyQN-1
66	Hank Williams	Hank Williams Song Book			1	A collection of Hank tunes to practice Strumming	Strum and Pick-Strum	*
67	Hayden Pedigo	Carthage			6/7	Beautiful and not hard except for one section.	Travis w Melody		Bmaj9: B F# B D# A# C#	https://youtu.be/cu_7eieY5w0?si=BKZ1aoEUZBHrOHLq
68	Ian Noe	If Today Doesn’t Do Me In			3/6	The chords + picking aren't hard, but it's his nearly endless variations!	Travis w some Melody			https://youtu.be/X_gbDDBH4ZI?si=UGftF9qqhgWjStuY	3/4
69	J.J. Cale	Drifter’s Wife	6,7	Not as hard as it looks. Fast, but the same verse repeated with minor changes.	6	Fun! Short w simple chords, but fast! Excellent fills and style.	Travis w Melody	*
70	Jackson Browne	Song For Adam			4	Fun to get clean w a warm tone.	Travis - Basic Pattern
71	Jackson C. Frank	Blues Run The Game			4	People love this song! Some strange chord coloring.	Travis - Basic Pattern
72	Jamie N. Commons	Lead Me Home			5	Strangely hard bc of hammers and inconsistent thumb.	Hybrid: Mostly Travis		Drop D
73	Jason Isbell	Streetlights			4	Besides a couple of tricky passages it's a 4.	Travis - Basic Pattern (some melody)
74	Jeffrey Martin	Theif and a Liar			3	Easy to simplify	Travis - Basic Pattern
75	Jerry Jeff Walker	My Old Man			5	Beautiful piece! Simple chords with great color and emotion.	Travis - Basic Pattern
76	Joan Shelley (Nathan Salsburg)	Easy Now	9	A lot of unique and complex movement. Will likely require skills you don't have, at a high level, but an absolutely beautiful song worth the struggle.	8-9	Hard difficulty but even if you're at a Level 5 it's worth a shot! You'll learn a lot by just taking it slow and learning a few measures. It'll change the way you think about the guitar.	Travis +	*
77	John Denver	Sunshine On My Shoulders			2	Easy fingerpicker	Fingerpicked + Strummed
78	John Fahey	Sligo River Blues	3	Easiest Fahey song. Great song to get lost in and get a taste of his "Primitive Folk"	4	Mesmorizing song! the 3 over 4 passage is tricky but otherwise not that hard. Learn it!	Travis - Basic Pattern	*
79	John Prine	All the Best			3	Prine, the master of G C D	Travis - Basic Pattern			https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRM73gQF4OU
80	John Prine	Caravan of Fools			3	Prine in a minor Key	Travis - Basic Pattern
81	John Prine	Clocks and Spoons	4		4		Travis - Basic Pattern (some melody)
82	John Prine	Egg and Daughter Nite			2	Almost no flair. Great beginner Travis.	Travis - Basic Pattern
83	John Prine	Fish And Whistle			3		Travis - Basic Pattern
84	John Prine	Hello in There			3	Another great one to learn. Basic Travis picking but lots of string set changes making sure you have mastery over moving the right hand to different strings despite it just being simple travis picking.		*
85	John Prine	How Lucky	4,5,5	Really good song for introduction to cowboy finger picking. Moves you'll use forever.	4	A perfect introduction to Travis w Melody. Mostly basic patterns, but some basic left hand coloring and occasional thumb breaking the rules.	Travis w Melody	*
86	John Prine	I Have Met My Love Today			1	Perfect song for the absolute beginner	Strummer
87	John Prine	Knockin’ On Your Screen Door	1		1	Perfect song for the absolute beginner	Strummer
88	John Prine	Long Monday	4		3	Great introduction to Left Hand melody, a great piece after you graduate from the "basic pattern" picking	Travis - Basic Pattern w (some Melody)			https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DytN4l13Nt8
89	John Prine	No Ordinary Blue			3	Perfect for developing some thumb independence	Travis with some playful Thumbing
90	John Prine	Only Love			3		Travis - Basic Pattern			https://youtu.be/vlQM9TMpf2s
91	John Prine	Six O’clock News			4	Perfect piece to graduate from "basic pattern" to melody work. It's easy but lots of variation on string sets within the "basic pattern' template.
92	John Prine	Souvenirs	5,6		5	One of Prine's tricker tunes. Lots of string set movement on the "basic patterns" as well as a fair amount of melody making, and Pick-Strum to boot!	Hybrid - Travis w Melody and Strummer
93	John Prine	Summer’s End	4	Consistent flow without too much of the Prine flare other songs can have	3	Love this song. A nice slow tempo picker.	Travis - Basic Pattern
94	John Prine	That's the Way That the World Goes Round	5,5	Easy to learn, hard to master. Some moves take practice to land.	4		Travis - Basic Pattern (some melody)
95	John Prine	The Speed of the Sound of Loneliness	4		3		Travis - Basic Pattern (some melody)
96	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash Song Book
97	José Gonzales	Heartbeats			6	Unconventional and hard to get to speed!	Fingerpicked		Drop D
98	Justin Townes Earle	Harlem River Blues	6,7		5	Strange rhythm, constant hammers making it hard to follow the right pulse.	Travis w Melody
99	Justin Townes Earle	Yuma			3		Travis Picked - Basic Pattern
100	LOVE	Alone Again Or			7	Requires basic classical picking but at a FAST tempo!	Fingerpicked