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Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker free, easy, accurate and printable beginner guitar chords and strumming

Wagon Wheel Chords And Strumming, Darius Rucker

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Did You Know? The Chorus to Wagon Wheel was written by Bob Dylan in 1973 and recorded on a demo but was left unfinished as a song. Then 25 years later Old Crow Medicine Show singer Ketch Secor added verses to the song.

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Love Is Strange, Buddy Holly Free, Easy, Accurate & Printable Beginner Guitar Chords & Strumming

Love Is Strange Chords And Strumming, Buddy Holly

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Did You Know? Love Is Strange was written by Bo Diddley in 1956 under his wife's name Ethal Smith but he didn't release a recording of it himself until 2007.

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Tennesse Whiskey Chris Stapleton Free, Easy, Accurate & Printable Beginner Guitar Chords & Strumming

Tenessee Whiskey Chords And Strumming, Chris Stapleton

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Did You Know? Tenessee Whiskey was written by country music legend Dean Dillon. 


Image: Chris Stapleton by Julio Enriquez

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Maggie May Rod Steward Free, Easy, Accurate & Printable Beginner Guitar Chords & Strumming

Maggie May Chords And Strumming, Rod Stewart

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Did You Know? Maggie May is a mostly true story but Rod Stewart changed the name and named it after '...an old Liverpudlian song about a prostitute'

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Singing The Blues Guy Mitchell Free, Easy, Accurate & Printable Beginner Guitar Chords & Strumming

Singing The Blues Chords And Strumming, Guy Mitchell

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Did You Know? Guy Mitchell's version of Singing The Blues was number 1 in the US for 10 weeks straight. It also reached number 1 in the UK and Australia

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John Lennon, Stand By Me Chords And Strumming

Stand By Me Chords And Strumming, John Lennon

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Did You Know? John Lennon was unable to release the song (and Rock 'n' Roll the album it was from) because producer Phil Spector disappeared with the master recordings. The record company later had to buy them back for $90,000. 

The chord progress in Stand By Me was so common in the 50s and 60s music that it became know as the 'Stand By Me Changes'. 

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Amy MacDonald, This Is The Life Chords And Strumming

This Is The Life Chords And Strumming, Amy MacDonald

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Did You Know? This song was a huge hit internationally reaching number 1 in 10 countries and top 10 in 9 others. Although in the UK it only reached 28 in the charts. 

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Merle Haggard, The Running Kind Chords And Strumming

The Running Kind Chords And Strumming, Merle Haggard

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Did You Know? At one Merle Haggard concert in the US the audience was so into this song and stomping their feet that the balcony collapsed during the song. 

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Buddy Holly, Not Fade Away Chords And Strumming

Not Fade Away Chords And Strumming, Buddy Holly

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Did You Know? Not Fade Away features a variation on the famous Bo Diddley Beat for it's rhythm. Jerry Allison the drummer for the Crickets, first pounded out the beat on a cardboard box during the writing session.

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The Rolling Stones, Play With Fire Chords And Strumming

Play With Fire Chords And Strumming, The Rolling Stones

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Did You Know? Play With Fire only features two Rolling Stones on the recording (Mick and Keith) but was credited to 'Nanker Phelge' which was a collective pseudonym for Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman & Andrew Oldham.

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