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Pop And Rock Mandolin And Banjo Sheet Music Tabs

Popular songs for the mandolin or the tenor banjo in GDAE.
Most people, including musicians associate certain musical instruments with the playing of a particular genre of song. The reason is beyond me. I can't see any reason why any genre of music can't be played on a mandolin / banjo.
Over the years there have being some pop singers who included the mandolin on their songs, such as Rod Stewart with Maggie May and REM with Losing My Religion and you'll often hear mandolin players playing these songs, but it's as if famous singers have to record a song that includes the mandolin before they'll play that song.

Over on my other website for tin whistle, I included over a hundred pop songs and since I did the musicians who go there no longer only play folk songs on their tin whistle but now include a rake of good pop songs.
That's one of the things I want to accomplish on this site.
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Another Brick In The Wall
Pink Floyd
A Fool Such As I
Elvis / Hank Snow
All Right Now by Free
A Woman In Love Barbara Streisand
All Out Of Love
Air Supply
After The Gold Rush
A Sky Full Of Stars
Coldplay
A Spoonful Of Sugar
Julie Andrews / Mary Poppins song
Another Day In Paradise
Phil Collins
All I Have To Do Is Dream Dream Dream
The Everly Brothers

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Alright for now 
Tom Petty
A White Sports Coat And A Pink Carnation 
Marty Robbins
Alabama Waltz
Hank Williams
Alabama Jubilee 
All My Loving
The Beatles
And I Love You So
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Don Mclean
And Then I Kissed Her
Alberta 
Doc Watson
A Good Heart
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Fergal Sharkey
A Thing Called Love
​Folsome prison blues 
Ain't She Sweet
Annie's Song
A Teenager In Love
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Baggy Trousers by Madness
Band On The Run
Ben by Michael Jackson
Beautiful Sunday
Before The Next Teardrop Falls
The Boxer
Blackboard Of My Heart
The Black Hills Of Dakota
Blue Side Of Lonesome
Born Free
Brown Eyed Girl
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Bright Eyes
Bring It On Home To Me
Bittersweet Symphony
Bye Bye Love
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
Build Me Up Buttercup
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Congratulations
Cotton Fields
Come On Eileen
Crying In The Rain
Crying Time Again
Creedence Clearwater Revival Sheet Music / Mandolin Tabs.
Crying In The Chapel
Cum On Feel The Noise
Clare By Gilbert O'Sullivan
Cheers Theme Tune Song
Dad's Army Theme Song
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler
Dancing In The Dark -Bruce Springsteen
Delilah
Tom Jones
Down Under
Men At Work
Don't Look Back In Anger
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Endless Love
Everybody's talking at me
Easter Parade
Everything I Do I Do It For You
Fix You by Coldplay
Fun Fun Fun By The Beach Boys
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) 
Get Me To The Church On Time
Georgie On My Mind
Galileo /Someone Like You
Gentle On My Mind
Getting To Know You
Go Your Own Way By Fleetwood Mac
Grapefruit Moon
Tom Waits
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
The Girl From Ipanema
Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
​Hallelujah
Handle Me With Care
The Travelling Wilburys
Have I The Right To Hold You
Heartbeat
Harvest Moon 
Hi Ho Silver Lining
How Deep Is Your Love
I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore
I Don't Know How To Love Him
It Had To Be You
In The Getto
In The Army Now Status Quo
I'm In The Mood For Dancing The Nolans
If You Were The Only Girl In The World
I Don't Wanna Talk About It
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Mandolin / Banjo Tab
I Love You Because
I love you for sentimental reasons
I Love Rock N' Roll
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
It's Now Or Never
Elvis
It's Impossible
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
I've Just Gotta Get A Message To You
In The Summertime [ Mongo Jerry ]
Just The Two Of Us
Johnny Be Goode
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Knock Three Times [ Dawn ]
La Bamba
Love Me For A Reason
Love Me Tender
Long Black Veil By Johnny Cash
Lovely Day
Bill Withers
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Lets Fall In Love
Life On Mars
Living Doll
The Last Waltz
Make You Feel My Love
Make Your Own Kind Of Music
Mercedes Benz
[ Oh Lord Won't You Buy Me A Mercedes Benz ]
Memphis Tennessee
Johnny Rivers
Mr. Tambourine Man
Me And You And A Dog Named Bo
Message In A Bottle
Moonshadow
Cat Stevens
Mockingbird Hill
Mr. Bojangles
My Way By Frank Sinatra
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valentine
The Mighty Quinn
Never Gonna Give You Up
Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
Norwegian Wood
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Oh What A Beautiful Morning
Only The Lonely
Oh Lonesome Me
Oh Carol
On The Good Ship Lollipop
Only You - Can Make This World Seem Right
One Day At A Time
Paper Roses
Peters And Lee Medley Of Sheet Music
Perfect By Ed Sheeran
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly
Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Proud Mary
Puppy Love
The Party's Over
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Route 66
Return To Sender
Roses Are Red My Love
Riders Of The Storm
The Rose
The River
Sailing - Rod Stewart
San Francisco [ Flowers In Your Hair ]
Send In The Clowns
Sunny Afternoon
Seven Spanish Angels
Seasons In The Sun
Silence Is Golden
Something By The Beatles
Some Girls Will Some Girls Won't
Singing The Blues
Singing In The Rain
Smoke On The Water
She
Charles Aznavour / Elvis Costello
Shine On Harvest Moon
Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay
Otis Redding
Son Of A Preacher Man
Strangers In The Night
Shotgun By George Ezra
Summer Of 69' by Brian Adams
Stand By Me
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Sunshine On My Shoulders
John Denver
Ten Guitars
Una paloma blanca
Vincent / Starry Starry Night
The Sound Of Silence
Tennessee Whiskey
The Sound Of Music
Tears In Heaven By Eric Clapton
Take These Chains From My Heart
Till I Kissed You [ Everly Brothers ]
The Twelfth Of Never
Theme Tunes From Movies And Television
Tomorrow [ From Annie Musical ]
Top Of The World
That's Life
Take On Me by A-Ha
Turn Around [ Harry Belafonte ]
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
Uptown Girl By Billy Joel
Up On A Roof
Walk On By
Walking My Baby Back Home
Waiting For A Girl Like You
Waltz Of The Wind
Waltz You Saved For Me
What Can I Do [ to make you love me ]
The Corrs
Welcome To My World
Where Do You Go To My Lovely
What A Wonderful World
Words The Bee Gees
Woman In Love
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
With A Little Help From My Friends
The Wild Side Of Life
The Wonder Of You
The Wind Beneath My Wings
The Young Ones
Cliff Richards And The Shadows 
You Belong To Me
You'll Never Walk Alone
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
You're Sixteen [ Ringo Starr ]
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Your Cheatin' Heart
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Procol Harum
500 Miles
The Proclaimers
Act Naturally
April Love
A Groovy Kind Of Love
Phil Collins
A Rainy Night In Soho
​The Pogues
Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone
As Time Goes By
The Arkansas River
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Baby I Love You
The Ramones
Baby Can I Hold You By Tracy Chapman
Back Home Again By John Denver
The Brady Bunch Theme Song
Bad Moon Rising
Babe
First line of ''Babe'' , Babe I'm Leaving I Must Be On My Way
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Begin The Beguine
Behind Closed Doors
Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell
Blue Suede Shoes
Blueberry Hill
Blue Velvet
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Bye Bye Blackbird
Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Careless Whisper
George Michael
Children
Robert Miles
Can't Get Used To Loosing You
Andy Williams
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Elton John / The Lion King
Cant Smile Without You
Chelsea Hotel
Leonard Cohen
Come Fly With Me
Country Roads
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Cover Me Up
Jason Isbell
Catch A Falling Star And Put It In Your Pocket
California Dreamin'
Cry Me A River
Daydream Believer
Day By Day
Da Do Ron Ron
Da Doo Ron Ron Is The Easiest Song Ever
Do You Wanna Dance
Dedicated To The One I Love
Don't Forget To Remember Me By The Bee Gees
Don't Stand So Close To Me
Don't Be Cruel
Eleanor Rigby By The Beatles
Eternal Flame
The Bangles
Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes
Faded
Alan Walker
Father And Son
Cat Stevens
Feelings
For The Good Times
Fisherman's Blues
Fly Me To The Moon
Friends In Low Places
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Frasier Theme Song
Garden Party By Ricky Nelson
Get Back By The Beatles
Gimme All Your Lovin'
ZZ Top
The Gambler 
Kenny Rogers
Give A Little Bit
Supertramp
Good Morning
From Singing In The Rain
The Green Green Grass Of Home
Happy Together
Heart Of Gold
Help Me Rhonda
The Beech Boys
House Of The Rising Sun
Heartache Tonight By The Eagles
Hey There Lonely Girl
Hit The Road Jack
Heartaches By The Number
He'll Have To Go
Jim Reeves
Hey Good Lookin'
Hank Williams
Here Comes The Sun
Hello Mary Lou
Homeward Bound
How To Save A Life
Hungry Heart By Bruce Springsteen
I Just Can't Help Believin'
I Only Have Eyes For You
I Only Wanna Be With You
I Have A Dream
I Can See Clearly Now By Johnny Nash
I Can't Help Myself / Sugar Pie Honey Bunch
I Can't Stop Loving You
​I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 
If you leave me now
Chicago
I Fought The Law
I'd Love You To Want Me
I Walk The Line
I Recall A Gypsy Woman
It Could Happen To You
I Won't Back Down By Tom Petty
I Wanna' Hold Your Hand By The Beatles
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Is this the way to Amarillo
I'm A Believer
It's Four In The Morning
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
It's All Over Now - The Rolling Stones
Jackson - Johnny Cash
Jambalaya / On The Bayou  
Jolene By Dolly Parton
Just Walking In The Rain
Keep The Sunny Side Up
Knowing Me Knowing You
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Let It Be - The Beatles
Leaving On A Jet Plane By John Denver
Let Your Love Flow
Loosing my religion
Little Old Wine Drinker Me
Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
Look What They Done To My Song
Lyin' Eyes by The Eagles
Lost Without Your Love
David Gates
Love letters in the sand
The Last Farewell
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Marie's The Name Of His Latest Flame
Make The World Go Away
Medley Of Pop Songs
Nights In White Satin
Maniac
Mack The Knife Mandolin Tab
Magic Moments
My Heart Will Go On
Moon River
New York Mining Disaster
The Bee Gees
Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
No Matter What
Nobody Does It Better
Carly Simon
On The Street Where You Live
Only You
Only Sixteen
Oh Boy - Buddy Holly
Paper Roses
Peace In The Valley
Penny Lane
Pennies From Heaven
People Will Say We're In Love
Pretty Woman
Please Release Me
Rasputin
Boney M
Ramblin' Rose
Red Sails In The Sunset
Road Trippin'
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rock Around The Clock
Ring Of Fire
Rhinestone Cowboy
Rose Tattoo By The Dropkick Murphy's
Ruby Tuesday 
San Quentin By Johnny Cash
Sentimental Journey
San Antonio Rose 
Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On
Spirit In The Sky
Spanish Eyes
Something Stupid
Summertime
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Someone You Loved
By Lewis Capaldi
South Of The Border
Stone In Love With You
Stay Just A Little Bit Longer
Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
Smoky Mountain High
She's Always A Woman To Me
Suspicious Minds
Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet Caroline Tab By Neil Diamond
Sixteen Tons
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Take It To The Limit
Tammy's In Love
Take It Easy Tab By The Eagles
Take Me Out Of The Ball Game
That's Why The Lady Is A Tramp
There Goes My Everything
There's A Kind Of Hush
Thank You For The Music
Abba
True Love Ways
Buddy Holly
Try A Little Kindness
The White Rose Of Athens
The Way Old Friends Do By Abba
Unchained Melody
Video Killed The Radio Star
We Can Work It Out By The Beatles
We'll Meet Again Mandolin Tab By Vera Lynn
Walk Right Back
Walking On Sunshine
What A Difference A Day Makes
When You Wish Upon A Star
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Wake Up Little Susie
Wonderful Tonight
Wooden Heart
When I Fall In Love
When You Say Nothing At All
When I'm Sixty Four
We'll Sing In The Sunshine
What The World Needs Now Is Love Sweet Love
Who's Sorry Now
Without You
Where Do I Begin
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Yesterday when I was young
Charles Aznavour
Yellow River
You Raise Me Up
Your So Vain
When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
Your My Best Friend Sheet Music By Don Williams
Yesterday
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All My Loving, Love Me Do and Hey Jude included
You're My World by Cilla Black


Below is the list of popular song tabs in the new ''pop songs'' for mandolin
which includes a new free pdf ebook. The price is €7.90 and I'll email the link to you. GDAE Tuning.
You'll also get another free book of The Beatles song tabs which includes the following songs.
​A hard day's night
And I love her
All my loving
Can't buy me love
Don't let me down
Drive my car
Get back
Help
Hey Jude
You've got to hide your love away
Ob La Di Ob La Da
Imagine
Paperback writer
Eleanor Rigby
Do you want to know a secret
Back in the U.S.S.R
My love
I wanna hold your hand
Long tall sally
Nowhere man
Penny lane
Something
She loves you
We can work it out
The long and winding road
When I'm 64
Strawberry fields forever
While my guitar gently sleeps
Yesterday in G and D Major.
4 string banjo and mandolin fretboard
The fretboard on the tenor banjo or mandolin.
Included in this section also are the letter notes which are very handy for those who play recorder or the flute. The banjo chart above says how these notes work. The very low notes with the comma after them are seldom used on this site as I like to keep s many songs as possible mid range.

​I'll continue to add banjo tabs to this section. If you have any requests then please let me know. Most banjo players who arrive at this page are probably surprised to find this kind of music here that's worked out for the mandolin / banjo. That's because a lot of players don't think of playing pop songs on their mandolin or banjo and tend to stick with the same stuff year after year not realising that that musical instrument sitting in the corners is capable of playing millions of songs and tunes in every category of music you can think of, be it pop, country jazz or folk.

Learning songs. Years ago when I first started to learn songs I'd buy song books, no internet in them years, I'd buy loads of sheet music books and flick from one song to the next never really learning how to play many songs off by heart. It's a trap many musicians starting off fall into. My advise is to find a song you like and stick with it until you learn it off by heart before moving to the next song. It's better to know just one tune off by heart than bits and pieces of a hundred songs. And when you do know it inside out, don't just leave it there and say to yourself, ''well at least I know that song now'' , you need to keep in touch with songs and play them regularly or you will forget them.
keep calm and play banjo
​The following helpful tips came from Thomas Quick.

If you tune Irish and finger the bottom two strings with your thumb, the tenor becomes a simple high bass/rhythm instrument for acoustic singaround use. Slide around. Strum with your thumb most of the time. Switch to a pick if you need volume. Played against guitars/mandolins/fiddles you can do things they can’t.

Try this on The Kinks “Tired of Waiting for You” or Setzer’s “Stray Cat Strut” or Petty’s “Free Fallin’ ” or Cobain’s “Come as You Are” and see what you get. This is not showy flatpick work, nor is it chopchording. It’s grunt work that drives the group, and is simple enough for me to do the lead singing.

I’m doing this on an Orpheum No 1 with a sock mute under the dowel stick. Without that it’s bright, buzzy and loud. 

All this may sound bogus, but listen to St Cyr playing the tenor as a walking bass on King Oliver’s Canal Street Blues.

​What you're doing when you play open fifth "thumb-bass" this way is vamping. At first it's hard to sing melody while playing an Andalusian or other down cadence (such as in "Sultans of Swing" or "Sunny Afternoon") but it gets simpler with practice. I walked away from "Werewolves of London" for a month, tried again, and it clicked just in time for Halloween.
Drumming on the snare-like head is good accompaniment for a group with lots of string players.. Thumb whacking the rim on the metal tone ring produces a sound like a steel drum.

-Straight-up 5 string fingerpick banjo tunes like Reuben's Train and East Carolina Blues are good on the tenor, even without the drone string. Same goes for Woody Guthrie tunes.

-My new challenge is reggae....I Can See Clearly Now and Down Under....you really need some drums for the rocksteady afterbeat though. Jimmy Buffett tunes fall close to reggae for a Caribbean sound too.

​About six months ago I was watching a Youtube video of Richard Thompson playing She Moves Through the Fair. On the last verse he started striking the guitar strings above the bridge with his fingers, which produced an eerie almost ghostly chord sound....

The effect is entirely different on a tenor banjo. It allows drumming on the head while simultaneously producing quiet chord sounds. This releases the possibility of playing a lot of songs which were tricky or impossible with strumming or picking. Songs like Louie Louie, Can't Explain, Every Day Is A Winding Road, Going Up The Country and Go Your Own Way suddenly "work".

The other area I've enjoyed exploring is the jazz heritage of the tenor banjo. This instrument was created to play 20's standards like It Had To Be You and On The Alamo. It also works well for later jazz standards like I Left My Heart In San Francisco, Alison and I Can't Make You Love Me.

I've also upgraded to an Orpheum No 3. Easier action that the No 1.

Hi, from Dan
I just wanted to thank you for an awesome site. For some reason I decided to learn to play the tenor banjo, and this site makes it so much more fun and rewarding. Finding songs I recognise and want to play, and actually learning them.

Thanks !!
Dan
And thank you Dan for the kind words.
From Chris
Just found your website, I'm of the same mind as yourself regarding trad tunes and like yourself I prefer songs. I also love the same music as yourself.

I play fiddle (not well) and discovered that using mandolin tab in conjunction with some tape on the fiddle neck gives me frets and makes learning tunes much easier than trying to learn music notes.
Anyway mi wanted to say thank you for a great site, for great music the playable way.
Kind regards
Chris
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