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.
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
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