JustinGuitar Acoustic Songbook

The JustinGuitar series of books are excellent resources for learning to play the guitar. Whether you're a complete beginner, becoming an intermediate player, or you just want to learn some songs, JustinGuitar has a book to help.

With over 20 years of experience as a professional guitarist and educator, Justin Sandercoe has become one of the most popular and trusted guitar teachers online. Justin has built up an impressive learning resource on his website justinguitar.com and has amassed over 1,650,000 subscribers across his two YouTube channels, JustinGuitar and JustinGuitar Songs.

Here's What JustinGuitar Says About the Acoustic Songbook

This is the perfect songbook for acoustic guitarists! It features 50 great songs by artists such as The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Sting, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Elliott Smith and Tom Waits, all presented with playing tips and tutorials.  

Designed to accompany the JustinGuitar Intermediate Method, this book gives you loads of songs which you’ll love to learn and play, and which will improve your playing as you work through them.

The book’s unique progressive structure divides the songs into four sections:

• 15 Beginner Songs which mainly use chords covered in the JustinGuitar Beginner’s Course; ideal for players who have been studying on the course or who want to consolidate their knowledge of open chords and strumming, e.g., ‘The Man In Black’ by Johnny Cash.
• 15 Intermediate Songs introducing barre chords and more complex strumming, e.g., ‘Ho Hey’ by The Lumineers. Perfect for the improving player.
• 15 Intermediate ‘Plus’ Songs which include more difficult chords, strumming, riffs and fingerpicking techniques, e.g., ‘Shape Of My Heart’ by Sting. The next level!
• 5 fully tabbed out note-for-note transcriptions including Eric Clapton’s ‘Tears In Heaven’ and ‘More Than Words’ by Extreme. Pro-level songs to work your way up to!

All the songs feature full lyrics and chords, with a written lesson and playing advice. Chord boxes, strumming/fingerpicking patterns and sections of TAB are used as necessary to show specific detail. There’s even a handy chord library to show basic open chords and barre chord grips.

Many songs in the book are supported by a free-to-access video tutorials on JustinGuitar.com, so there’s everything you need to learn the songs and develop your acoustic guitar skills. This might just be the greatest acoustic songbook ever published!

Complete Song List: 

Beginner Songs

• Babylon - David Gray 
• The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel 
• Come Back To Me - Kelli Scarr 
• Don't Panic - Coldplay 
• Faraway Voice - Katie Melua 
• Hold On - Tom Waits 
• I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie 
• The Man In Black - Johnny Cash 
• Rocky Racoon - The Beatles 
• Say Yes - Elliott Smith 
• Talkin' ‘Bout a Revolution - Tracy Chapman 
• These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra 
• Trouble - Ray LaMontagne 
• Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key - Billy Bragg / Wilco 
• Won't Give In - Finn Bros. 

Intermediate Songs 

• Between The Bars - Elliott Smith 
• Bird On The Wire - Leonard Cohen 
• Black Horse and Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall 
• Distant Sun - Crowded House 
• Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House 
• Here There and Everywhere - Beatles 
• Ho Hey - The Lumineers 
• It Don't Matter -Donovan Frankenreiter 
• Sail Away - David Gray 
• Saint Simon - The Shins 
• Those Dancing Days Are Gone - Carla Bruni 
• Traffic in the Sky - Jack Johnson 
• Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Nirvana 
• Why Does It Always Rain On Me - Travis 
• Wild Wood - Paul Weller 

Intermediate Plus Songs 

• Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band 
• Father And Son - Cat Stevens 
• Layla (Unplugged version) - Eric Clapton 
• Lego House - Ed Sheeran 
• Looking for the Heart Of Saturday Night - Tom Waits 
• Norwegian Wood - The Beatles 
• Rose Parade - Elliott Smith 
• Rotterdam - Beautiful South 
• Shape Of My Heart - Sting 
• Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow 
• Taylor - Jack Johnson 
• The Cave - Mumford And Sons 
• The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana 
• Yellow - Coldplay 
• Your Revolution Is A Joke - Funeral For A Friend 

Full TAB Songs 

• Blackbird - The Beatles 
• Tears In The Rain - Joe Satriani 
• More Than Words - Extreme 
• Spanish Ballad - Traditional 
• Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton 

• Justinguitar Acoustic Songbook by Justin Sandercoe 
• Spiral Bound 
• 176 Pages 
• 248x170mm