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Please note that these are study materials for educational purposes.
They are not meant to be considered faithful transcriptions unless a specific recording is referenced.

The complete list includes full transcriptions, excerpts for practice, and simplified student versions.

Rock:

About A Girl (Nirvana)
Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love (Van Halen)
Albatross (Fleetwood Mac/Peter Green)
Candyman (Grateful Dead - song)
Candyman (Grateful Dead - Jerry Garcia solo)
Crimson & Clover (Joan Jett)
Day Tripper (The Beatles)
Fall On Me (REM)
Get Back (Beatles)
Green River (CCR)
House Of The Rising Sun (Animals)
Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan) - chords
Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan) - Larry Carlton solo
Ripple (Grateful Dead) - intro simplified
Ripple (Grateful Dead) - Garcia intro transcribed
Sister Golden Hair (America)
Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)
Something (Beatles)
Something - capo part (Beatles)
Stay With Me (Faces/Rod Stewart)
Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream)
Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream - Eric Clapton guitar solo)

Americana/country/folk:

24 Frames (Jason Isbell)
Georgia On A Fast Train (Billy Joe Shaver/Eddy Shaver, guitar)
Guitar Man (Jerry Reed)
Jolene (Dolly Parton)
Little Sadie (Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead)
Tennessee Whiskey (Chris Stapleton - intro lead and chords)
The Bottle Let Me Down (Merle Haggard - Roy Nichols, guitar)
Time The Revelator (Gillian Welch - w/ David Rawlings intro lead)
Uneasy Rider (Charlie Daniels) - flatpicked intro

Fingerstyle:

Alice’s Restaurant (Arlo Guthrie)
Angel From Montgomery (Bonnie Raitt verson)
Autumn Leaves (Eva Cassidy)
Carolina In My Mind (James Taylor)
Gentle On My Mind (Glen Campbell)
Girl From The North Country (Bob Dylan)
Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen)
If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt)
Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
Landslide (live version middle solo)
L.A. Freeway (Guy Clark) - intro
Let Him Roll (Guy Clark)
Little Martha (Allman Brothers)
Richland Woman Blues (Mississippi John Hurt)
You’ve Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley (Mississippi John Hurt)

Blues & R&B:

Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
All Your Love (John Mayall/Eric Clapton)
Back At The Chicken Shack (Jimmy Smith - organ arr for guitar)
Catfish Blues (Muddy Waters)
Crosscut Saw (Albert King - intro solo)
Green Onions (Steve Cropper/Booker T. and the MGs)
Smokestack Lightning (Howlin’ Wolf/Hubert Sumlin primary riffs)
The Thrill Is Gone (B.B. King - intro solo)
What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)


Jazz:

Autumn Leaves
- solo guitar arrangement
Bessie’s Blues (John Coltrane) - sax melody arr for guitar
Fly Me To The Moon - solo guitar arrangement
In The Mood (Glen Miller) - arranged for guitar


Solo guitar arrangements:

Ashokan Farewell (Jay Ungar/theme from “The Civil War”)
Georgia On My Mind (Ray Charles etc)
I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley)
In My Life (Beatles) - standard tuning
In My Life (Beatles) - alternate: drop D with capo
Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Beatles)
Wild World (Cat Stevens)

Christmas/holiday:

Traditional Carols for Solo Guitar (E-book collection)
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Silent Night