The Buskers Songbook


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The Buskers Songbook is packed with no fewer than 60 acoustic classics, presented with Guitar chords, vocal melody line in standard notation and full lyrics. Whether you're an experienced busker looking to inject some inspiration into your set, or simply looking to expand your repertoire, this songbook is for you. Including a number of pop crowd-pleasers, folk favourites and some unexpected choices, you will never fail to draw a crowd. Song List: - Ain't No Sunshine [Bill Withers] - All Along The Watchtower [Bob Dylan] - American Pie [Don Mclean] - Big Yellow Taxi [Joni Mitchell] - Blackbird [The Beatles] - Blowin' In The Wind [Bob Dylan] - The Boxer [Simon & Garfunkel] - Brown Eyed Girl [Van Morrison] - California Dreamin' [The Mamas & Papas] - Catch The Wind [Donovan] - Chasing Cars [Snow Patrol] - Crazy [Patsy Cline] - Crazy Little Thing Called Love [Queen] - Creep [Radiohead] - Day Tripper [The Beatles] - Every Rose Has Its Thorn [Poison] - Fairytale Of New York [The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl] - Fast Car [Tracy Chapman] - Father And Son [Cat Stevens] - Folsom Prison Blues [Johnny Cash] - Free Fallin' [Tom Petty] - Get Lucky [Daft Punk feat. Pharrell] - Hallelujah [Jeff Buckley] - Hey Jude [The Beatles] - The House Of The Rising Sun - I'm Yours [Jason Mraz] - Isn't She Lovely? [Stevie Wonder] - Johnny B. Goode [Chuck Berry] - Jolene [Dolly Parton] - Killing Me Softly With His Song [Roberta Flack] - Knockin' On Heaven's Door [Bob Dylan] - Layla [Derek & The Dominos] - Let Her Go [Passenger] - Let It Be [The Beatles] - Lola [The Kinks] - Man In The Mirror [Michael Jackson] - More Than Words [Extreme] - Mrs. Robinson [Simon & Garfunkel] - Mull Of Kintyre [Wings] - The Passenger [Iggy Pop] - Rolling In The Deep [Adele] - Roxanne [The Police] - Stand By Me [Ben E. King] - Streets Of London [Ralph Mctell] - Stuck In The Middle With You [Stealer’s Wheel] - Suzanne [Leonard Cohen] - Sweet Jane [The Velvet Underground] - Take Me Home, Country Roads [John Denver] - Teenage Kicks [The Undertones] - Thinking Out Loud [Ed Sheeran] - Trumpets [Jason Derulo] - Wagon Wheel [Old Crow Medicine Show] - Walking On Sunshine [Katrina & The Waves] - Waterloo Sunset [The Kinks] - Weather With You [Crowded House] - Wichita Lineman [Glen Campbell] - Wonderwall [Oasis] - Yellow [Coldplay] - Yesterday [The Beatles] - You've Got A Friend [James Taylor]




The Buskers Songbook


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101 Hits for Buskers: Book 1


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101 Hits for Buskers is a superb resource for all buskers and street musicians that contains some of the greatest hits of all time. Every song is arranged with melody line, complete lyrics and chords, guaranteed to make your pub set, busking or party performance a hit with all. It includes: - All My Loving [The Beatles] - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo [Neil Sedaka] - Blowin’ In The Wind [Bob Dylan] - Bring Me Sunshine [Morecombe and Wise] - Can’t help Falling In love [Elvis Presley] - Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend [Marilyn Monroe] - Everybody’s Talkin’ [Harry Nilsson] - Fly Me To the Moon (In Other Words) [Julie London] - Killing Me Softly [Roberta Flack] - Morning Has Broken [Cat Stevens] - My Way [Frank Sinatra] - Please Mr. Postman [The Marvelettes] - Streets Of London [The Pogues] - Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round The Ole Oak tree [Trad.] - Walk On By [Dione Warwick] - A Whiter Shade Of Pale [Procol harum] - Wichita Lineman [Glen Campbell] - Yellow Submarine [The Beatles] And many more.




The Great Acoustic Guitar Chord Songbook


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One of the greatest collections of acoustic guitar songs, all in one book, The Great Acoustic Guitar Chord Songbook contains over 100 classic favourites, all authentically arranged for Guitar with full lyrics and chord boxes! As well as offering superb value for money, this is an absolute must-have for any working or busking guitarist's collection.The songlist includes: - A Little Respect [Wheatus] - American Pie [Don Mclean] - Angels [Robbie Williams] - Angie [The Rolling Stones] - Faith [George Michael] - Forever Young [Bob Dylan] - God Only Knows [The Beach Boys] - Half The World Away [Oasis] - Have A Nice Day [Stereophonics] - In My Life [The Beatles] - Ironic [Alanis Morissette] - Jolene [Dolly Parton] - Killing Me Softly With His Song [Roberta Flack] - Space Oddity [David Bowie] - Stuck In The Middle With You [Stealers Wheel] - The Man Who Sold The World [Nirvana] - The Sound Of Silence [Simon & Garfunkel] - Torn [Natalie Imbruglia] - Waterloo Sunset [The Kinks] - Why Does It Always Rain On Me? [Travis] - Wichita Lineman [Glen Campbell] - Wild World [Cat Stevens] - Woodstock [Joni Mitchell] And many, many more




101 Acoustic Hits for Buskers


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Part of the popular Buskers series, this music book contains 101 acoustic classics by artists ranging from the Beatles and Joan Baez to KT Tunstall and Jeff Buckley. It features songs arranged with lyrics, melody and chord boxes. It can be used for gigs, practise or for fun.




101 Hits for Buskers


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Singer of Souls


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Leaving his life of petty crime and drug abuse behind, young Douglas flees from Minneapolis to Edinburgh, Scotland, to his stern but fairminded Grandma McLaren, who will take him in if he can support himself. Fortunately, few cities are friendlier than Edinburgh to a guitarist with a talent for spontaneous rhyme, and soon Douglas is making a decent living as the busker who can write a song about you on the spot. But Edinburgh has its dangers for the unwary. The annual arts festival, biggest in Europe, draws all manner of footloose sorts, and tempted by the drugs offered by a mysterious young girl, Douglas stumbles. What follows isn't what he expects. Suddenly, Douglas can see the fey folk who invisibly share Edinburgh's ancient streets—in all their beauty and terrifying cruelty. Worse, they can see him, and they're determined to draw him into their own internecine wars--wars that are fought to the death. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




The Easy Fake Book (Songbook)


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(Fake Book). This follow-up to the popular Your First Fake Book includes over 100 more great songs that even beginning-level musicians can enjoy playing! It features the same larger notation with simplified harmonies and melodies, all songs in the key of C, and introductions for each song, to add a more finished sound to the arrangements. The songs are in many musical styles and include: Alfie * All I Ask of You * All My Loving * Always on My Mind * Autumn in New York * Blue Skies * Cabaret * Crazy * Fields of Gold * Go the Distance * God Bless' the Child * Great Balls of Fire * Hey, Good Lookin' * How Deep Is Your Love * I'll Be There * If * Imagine * Jailhouse Rock * Kansas City * Memory * Michelle * Misty * My Girl * My Heart Will Go On * People * Stand by Me * Star Dust * Tangerine * Tears in Heaven * Tennessee Waltz * Unchained Melody * What a Wonderful World * What'll I Do? * You've Got a Friend * and more.




Language, the Singer and the Song


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The relationship between language and music has much in common - rhythm, structure, sound, metaphor. Exploring the phenomena of song and performance, this book presents a sociolinguistic model for analysing them. Based on ethnomusicologist John Blacking's contention that any song performed communally is a 'folk song' regardless of its generic origins, it argues that folk song to a far greater extent than other song genres displays 'communal' or 'inclusive' types of performance. The defining feature of folk song as a multi-modal instantiation of music and language is its participatory nature, making it ideal for sociolinguistic analysis. In this sense, a folk song is the product of specific types of developing social interaction whose major purpose is the construction of a temporally and locally based community. Through repeated instantiations, this can lead to disparate communities of practice, which, over time, develop sociocultural registers and a communal stance towards aspects of meaningful events in everyday lives that become typical of a discourse community.




Classic Acoustic Playlist


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Focuses on classic songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s for acoustic guitar. This book features acoustic classics like David Bowie's Space Oddity and James Taylor's You've Got A Friend alongside great tunes by Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Love, The Eagles and more.