| Country music is about stories, and if you are going to | | | | wrecks and collapsing mines. Country music is also |
| learn country songs from guitar tabs, you will need to | | | | about the way of life of the wanderer. The lone wolf |
| have a grip on what kind of stories you want to tell | | | | who travels from town to town. |
| and how you want to get your musical message to | | | | Women are often the protagonists in country songs |
| the people. So we are going to take a look at the | | | | because we all know a woman's life is full of sorrow. |
| basic stories you will find in the annals of country | | | | That is about it, really. No cow poking, wandering or |
| music. The degree of playing difficulty of your songs | | | | stopping train wrecks, just sorrow. That is your reward |
| will be an issue we need to look at but lucky for us the | | | | for standing buy your man. But then much country |
| gritty human dramas do not require rocket scientists to | | | | music is celebrating the joy of being in love, having |
| translate them into music. Also I would like to leave you | | | | your freedom or living in Texas. One the constant |
| with a list of songs that can establish your credentials | | | | elements of country songs is humor. From the whimsy |
| as a country guitar player. | | | | of the guy who has enjoyed a life of travel and |
| First let us take a look at some real country guitar | | | | adventure thanks to Pamela Brown to the story of the |
| players. Legends who have inspired listeners with the | | | | man whose ex's live in Texas. Then there's the |
| depth of feeling expressed in a simple rhythm and | | | | innocent weirdness of "Dropkick Me Jesus Through |
| catchy tune. I will not include biographies, just a list of | | | | The Goalposts Of Life". |
| famous names you can do a search for if you are not | | | | The key to each one of us expressing ourselves |
| familiar with their work: Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, Roy | | | | through country music is learning chords. Fortunately |
| Clark, Merle Travis, Albert Lee, Maybelle Carter, Hank | | | | we do not need to learn too many. G, C, D, E, A and E |
| Garland, Doc Watson, Norman Blake and Tony Rice. | | | | for starters. D7, A7, E7 and B7 are about all you need |
| Country music songs are about the stories that are | | | | to complete your requirements for country guitar |
| the fabric of human interaction. The birth of country | | | | chords. |
| music is in the relationships developed between the | | | | Here is a short list of country songs you should |
| cowboys of the old west. These guys rounded up and | | | | definitely find the tabs for to begin your career as a |
| branded cattle, sat around campfires, drank whisky | | | | country guitar player: Coward Of The County, |
| and formed close personal relationships with | | | | Bonaparte's Retreat, Deep In The Heart Of Texas, |
| rattlesnakes, horses, women and each other. Rich | | | | Jambalaya, Folsom Prison Blues, Green, Green Grass |
| material for songwriters. Guys end up in prison or at | | | | Of Home, Am I That Easy To Forget?, Achey Breaky |
| the end of a noose because of the fickleness of | | | | Heart, King Of The Road, Mamas Don't Let Your |
| women and best friends. They become legendary | | | | Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys, Wabash |
| after saving their friends from raging torrents, train | | | | Cannonball and You Are My Sunshine. |