This is a list of the songs I've learned, off the top of my head, and played publicly at one time or another. There are at least five times more songs that I played only from the sheets. There are 229 songs in this list.
| Song | Artist/Band | Song | Artist/Band | |||
| '39 | Queen | Margaritaville | Jimmy Buffet | |||
| 1917 | Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris | Me and Bobby McGee | Janis Joplin | |||
| Miracle Man | Elvis Costello | |||||
| A | Mission (A World Record) | Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
| A Pirate Looks at Forty | Jimmy Buffet | Moonlight Shadow | Mike Oldfield | |||
| Across the Universe | The Beatles | Morning Has Broken | Cat Stevens | |||
| After the Gold Rush | Neil Young | Mother's Little Helper | The Rolling Stones | |||
| All Out of Love | Air Supply | My Back Pages | Bob Dylan | |||
| All You Need Is Love | The Beatles | |||||
| Allison | Elvis Costello | N | ||||
| And I Love Her | The Beatles | New Kid in Town | The Eagles | |||
| Angie | The Rolling Stones | Nights in White Satin | The Moody Blues | |||
| Arc of a Diver | Steve Winwood | Nobody Home | Pink Floyd | |||
| Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Elvis Presley | November Rain | Guns N' Roses | |||
| As Tears Go By | The Rolling Stones | |||||
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| B | Ob-la-di Ob-la-da | The Beatles | ||||
| Back Home Again | John Denver | Octopus's Garden | The Beatles | |||
| Back in the High Life Again | Steve Winwood | On the Border | Al Stewart | |||
| Ball and Chain | Social Distortion | One | U2 | |||
| Beast of Burden | The Rolling Stones | One More Time | Lynyrd Skynyrd | |||
| Because the Night | Bruce Springsteen | One Tin Soldier | The Original Caste | |||
| Best of My Love | The Eagles | Only the Good Die Young | Billy Joel | |||
| Beth | Kiss | Only the Strong Survive | REO Speedwagon | |||
| Black | Pearl Jam | Orphan of the Storm | Mudcrutch/Tom Petty | |||
| Black Muddy River | Grateful Dead | |||||
| Blue Moon | Elvis Presley | P | ||||
| Blue Sky Mine | Midnight Oil | Patience | Guns N' Roses | |||
| Bobby Brown | Frank Zappa | Peaceful Easy Feeling | The Eagles | |||
| Both Sides Now | Joni Mitchell | Play with Fire | The Rolling Stones | |||
| Brain Damage | Pink Floyd | Pocahontas | Neil Young | |||
| Breathe | Pink Floyd | Poor Jenny | The Everly Brothers | |||
| Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | Powderfinger | Neil Young | |||
| Burning Love | Elvis Presley | Puff, the Magic Dragon | Peter, Paul and Mary | |||
| Pulling Teeth | Green Day | |||||
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| Californication | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Q | ||||
| Can't Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley | Queen of Hearts | Dave Edmunds | |||
| Carefree Highway | Gordon Lightfoot | Question | The Moody Blues | |||
| Cecilia and the Satellite | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | |||||
| Centerfield | John Fogerty | |||||
| Changes | Phil Ochs | R | ||||
| City of New Orleans | Arlow Guthrie | Ramblin' Man | Allman Brothers Band | |||
| Cocaine | Jackson Browne | Read My Mind | The Killers | |||
| Come as You Are | Nirvana | Ready for Love | Bad Company | |||
| Coming into Los Angeles | Arlow Guthrie | Return to Sender | Elvis Presley | |||
| Cool Change | Little River Band | Ride Across the River | Dire Straits | |||
| Counting Stars | One Republic | Riders on the Storm | The Doors | |||
| Crocodile Rock | Elton John | Rock and Roll Girls | John Fogerty | |||
| Cruel to Be Kind | Nick Lowe | Rocky Mountain High | John Denver | |||
| Crying in the Rain | The Everly Brothers | Rolling in the Deep | Adele | |||
| Cumbersome | Seven Mary Three | Roy Rogers | Elton John | |||
| Runaway Train | Soul Asylum | |||||
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| Daisy A Day | Judd Strunk | S | ||||
| Daniel | Elton John | Save Me San Francisco | Train | |||
| Dead Inside | Muse | Say You Love Me | Fleetwood Mac | |||
| Desperado | The Eagles | Sealed with a Kiss | Brian Hyland/Bobby Vinton | |||
| Devil in Disguise, (You're the) | Elvis Presley | Shaky Town | Jackson Browne | |||
| Dawn Is a Feeling | The Moody Blues | Simple Man | Lynyrd Skynyrd | |||
| Do It Again | Steely Dan | So Deep Within You | The Moody Blues | |||
| Don't Follow | Alice in Chains | So Far Away | Dire Straits | |||
| Down on the Corner | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Something | The Beatles | |||
| Dream Weaver | Gary Wright | Sometimes When We Touch | Dan Hill | |||
| Driftwood | The Moody Blues | Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word | Elton John | |||
| Still the Same | Bob Seger | |||||
| E | Strawberry Fields Forever | The Beatles | ||||
| El Paso | Marty Robbins | Sultans of Swing | Dire Straits | |||
| Evangeline | The Band | Summer Wine | Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra | |||
| Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley | |||||
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| Fins | Jimmy Buffet | |||||
| Fire | Bruce Springsteen | T | ||||
| Fire on the Mountain | Marshall Tucker Band | Take It Easy | The Eagles | |||
| First | Cold War Kids | Take It on the Run | REO Speedwagon | |||
| For Lovin' Me | Gordon Lightfoot | Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver | |||
| For What It's Worth | Buffalo Springfield | Take Me to Church | Hozier | |||
| Friend of the Devil | Grateful Dead | Teach Your Children | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | |||
| Teddy Bear, (Let Me Be Your) | Elvis Presley | |||||
| G | Tequila Sunrise | The Eagles | ||||
| Gallo Del Cielo | Tom Russell | Thank You | Led Zeppelin | |||
| Geisha Girl | Hank Locklin 1957 | The Boxer | Simon and Garfunkle | |||
| Gimme Three Steps | Lynyrd Skynyrd | The Edge of Glory | Lady Gaga | |||
| Glycerine | Bush | The End of the Innocence | Don Henley | |||
| Go Your Own Way | Fleetwood Mac | The First Cut Is the Deepest | Cat Sevens/Rod Stewart | |||
| Going to California | Led Zeppelin | The Fool on the Hill | The Beatles | |||
| Golden Slumbers | The Beatles | The Greatest Love of All | George Benson/Whitney Houston | |||
| Good Luck Charm | Elvis Presley | The Gunner's Dream | Pink Floyd | |||
| Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) | Green Day | The Last Resort | The Eagles | |||
| Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John | The Last Thing on My Mind | Tom Paxton | |||
| Green, Green Grass of Home | Porter Wagoner | The Man's Too Strong | Dire Straits | |||
| The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | The Band | |||||
| H | The Promised Land | Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| Happy Loving Couples | Joe Jackson | The Sound of Silence | Simon and Garfunkle | |||
| Hard Luck Woman | Kiss | The Stranger | Planet P Project/Tony Carey | |||
| Harder Than Your Husband | Frank Zappa | The Thin Ice | Pink Floyd | |||
| Have You Ever Seen the Rain? | Creedence Clearwater Revival | The Weight | The Band | |||
| Heart of Gold | Neil Young | Thrasher | Neil Young | |||
| Heart of the Matter | Don Henley | Time | Pink Floyd | |||
| Heaven Can Wait | Meatloaf | Time for Me to Fly | REO Speedwagon | |||
| Hello, Goodbye | The Beatles | Too Much Love Will Kill You | Brian May/Queen | |||
| Helplessly Hoping | Crosby, Stills & Nash | Touch of Grey | Grateful Dead | |||
| Holiday | Green Day | Tuesday Afternoon | The Moody Blues | |||
| Homeward Bound | Simon and Garfunkle | Tuesday's Gone | Lynyrd Skynyrd | |||
| Honey | Bobby Goldsboro | Twilight Zone | Golden Earring | |||
| Hotel California | The Eagles | Two Suns in the Sunset | Pink Floyd | |||
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| I'll Be There | Michael Jackson | U | ||||
| I'm Not in Love | 10cc | Under My Thumb | The Rolling Stones | |||
| I'm on Fire | Bruce Springsteen | Under the Boardwalk | The Drifters | |||
| I Don't Like Mondays | The Boomtown Rats | Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | |||
| I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues | Elton John | |||||
| I Hear You Knocking | Smiley Lewis/Dave Edmunds | V | ||||
| I Fought the Law | The Clash | Vincent | Don McLean | |||
| I Never Cry | Alice Cooper | Viva la Vida | Coldplay | |||
| I Shall Be Released | Bob Dylan | |||||
| I Think It's Going to Rain Today | Randy Newman | W | ||||
| I Want to Hold Your Hand | The Beatles | Walter | Christopher Alden Shaw | |||
| I Was Only Joking | Rod Stewart | Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love) | Dave Edmunds | |||
| If You Could Read My Mind | Gordon Lightfoot | Wasted on the Way | Crosby, Still & Nash | |||
| Wasted Time | The Eagles | |||||
| J | Well, All Right | Santana | ||||
| When I'm Sixty-Four | The Beatles | |||||
| K | When Will I Be Loved | The Everly Brothers | ||||
| Keep Your Hands to Yourself | Georgia Satellites | White Rabbit | Jefferson Airplane | |||
| Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Bob Dylan | Who'll Stop the Rain | Creedence Clearwater Revival | |||
| Kodachrome | Paul Simon | Wind of Change | Scorpions | |||
| Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | |||||
| L | Witchy Woman | The Eagles | ||||
| Lake of Fire | Nirvana | Without Love | Nick Lowe | |||
| Leaving on a Jet Plane | John Denver | Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton | |||
| Let It Be | The Beatles | |||||
| London Calling | The Clash | X | ||||
| Lookin' Out My Backdoor | Creedence Clearwater Revival | |||||
| Louisiana Man | Doug Kershaw/Dave Edmunds | Y | ||||
| Love Hurts | The Everly Brothers | Year of the Cat | Al Stewart | |||
| Love Is a Rose | Neil Young | You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Bob Dylan | |||
| Lyin' Eyes | The Eagles | Young Girl | Gary Puckett & The Union Gap | |||
| Your Wildest Dreams | The Moody Blues | |||||
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| Madman Across the Water | Elton John | Z | ||||
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