Here’s a set of free chord charts for bluegrass fiddle tunes to download and keep. I’ve included the standard chords for each tune, and charts using the Nashville number system, plus a separate sheet for any where guitar players traditionally use a capo.
There are free backing tracks for all of these tunes on the tunes page of this site at various tempos.
Every tune has four tracks:
- You Play Lead – you play the tune, I play backup
- You Play Rhythm – I play the tune so you can practice backup
- Jam Along – we swap between the two, so you can work on your jamming skills
- Performance – a complete performance so you van familiarise yourself with the tune
You can also slow down and speed up the tunes (without changing pitch) using the speed controls.
If you want to download charts for multiple tunes, podcast listener Ron Cioffi combined them into a handy PDF doc of bluegrass fiddle tune chord charts
Chord charts by tune (A-Z)
Angeline The Baker – D
Angeline the Baker – Nashville Number System
Arkansas Traveler – D
Arkansas Traveler – C (capo 2nd fret)
Arkansas Traveler – Nashville Number System
Beaumont Rag – D
Beaumont Rag – C (capo 2nd fret)
Beaumont Rag – Nashville Number System
Big Sandy River – A
Big Sandy River – G (capo 2nd fret)
Big Sandy River – Nashville Number System
Big Sciota – G
Big Sciota – Nashville Number System
Bill Cheatham – A
Bill Cheatham – G (capo 2nd fret)
Bill Cheatham – Nashville Number System
Billy in the Lowground – C
Billy in the Lowground- Nashville Number System
Blackberry Blossom – G
Black Mountain Rag – D
Black Mountain Rag – C (capo 2nd fret)
Black Mountain Rag – Nashville Number System
Cattle in the Cane – A
Cherokee Shuffle – A
Cherokee Shuffle – G (capo 2nd fret)
Daley’s Reel – Bb
Daley’s Reel – G (capo 3rd fret)
Daley’s Reel – Nashville Number System
East Tennessee Blues – C
East Tennessee Blues – Nashville Number System
Far From Home – G
Far From Home – Nashville Number System
Fiddler’s Dram – D
Fiddler’s Dram – C (capo 2nd fret)
Fiddler’s Dram – Nashville Number System
The Girl I Left Behind Me – G
The Girl I Left Behind Me – Nashville Number System
Gold Rush – A
Gold Rush – G (capo 2nd fret)
Gold Rush – Nashville Number System
Home Sweet Home – D
Home Sweet Home – C (capo 2nd fret)
Home Sweet Home – Nashville Number System
How Mountain Girls Can Love – G
How Mountain Girls Can Love – A (capo 2nd fret)
How Mountain Girls Can Love – Bb (capo 3rd fret)
How Mountain Girls Can Love – Nashville Number System
Liberty – D
Liberty – Nashville Number System
New Camptown Races – Bb
New Camptown Races – G (capo 3rd fret)
New Camptown Races – Nashville Number System
Old Home Place – G
Old Home Place – A
Old Home Place – Bb
Old Home Place – B
Old Home Place – Nashville Number System
Old Joe Clark – A
Old Joe Clark – G (capo 2nd fret)
Old Joe Clark – Nashville Number System
Old Spinning Wheel – D
Old Spinning Wheel – C (capo 2nd fret)
Old Spinning Wheel – Nashville Number System
Peartree – G
Peartree – Nashville Number System
Red Haired Boy – A
Red Haired Boy – G (capo 2nd fret)
Red Haired Boy – Nashville Number System
Red Wing – G
Red Wing – Nashville Number System
Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms – G
Salt Creek – A
Salt Creek – G (capo 2nd fret)
Shove the Pig’s Foot a Little Further Into the Fire – G
Shove the Pig’s Foot a Little Further Into the Fire – Nashville Number System
Soldiers Joy – D
Soldiers Joy – C (capo 2nd fret)
Soldiers Joy – Nashville Number System
St Anne’s Reel – D
St Anne’s Reel – C (capo 2nd fret)
St Anne’s Reel – Nashville Number System
Temperance Reel – G
Temperance Reel – Nashville Number System
Turkey in the Straw – G
Turkey in the Straw – Nashville Number System
Waiting For the Federals – G
Waiting For the Federals – Nashville Number System
Whiskey Before Breakfast – D
Whiskey Before Breakfast – C (capo 2nd fret)
Whiskey Before Breakfast – Nashville Number System
Wildwood Flower – C
Wildwood Flower – Nashville Number System
If you need TABs for any of the tunes featured in the podcast, Lessons With Marcel has a great selection for guitar (at various levels) and also for mandolin.
There are also some great free guitar TABs on Eric Skye’s website
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