500 Songs Using A, G, C, D

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  • 500 Songs Using Mostly A, G, C, D Chord Progressions
  • A comprehensive list of older songs (primarily 1930s-1980s) that use combinations of A, G, C, D and their variations (Am, A7, G7, C7, D7, Dm)

Note: This list focuses on songs that commonly use simple chord progressions built around the A, G, C, D family of chords. Many of these songs can be played with just 3-4 chords and are perfect for beginning to intermediate players. Chord variations (Am, A7, G7, C7, D7, Dm) are frequently used in these arrangements.

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Alphabetized Song List

  • Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
  • Jambalaya – Hank Williams
  • James Dean – Eagles
  • Jesse James
  • Jingle Bell Rock – Traditional
  • Jingle Bells – Traditional
  • John Henry
  • Jolene
  • Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho – Traditional
  • Joy to the World – Traditional
  • Just a Closer Walk with Thee – Traditional
  • Just Dropped In – Kenny Rogers
  • Just the Two of Us – Bill Withers
  • Just the Way You Are
  • Keep on the Sunny Side – Carter Family
  • Kentucky Woman – Neil Diamond
  • Killing Me Softly
  • King Harvest – The Band
  • King of Hollywood – Eagles
  • King of the Road – Roger Miller
  • Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
  • Kumbaya
  • L-O-V-E
  • La Vie En Rose – Traditional
  • Lady – Kenny Rogers
  • Lady Jane – The Rolling Stones
  • Lady Madonna – The Beatles
  • Lady of the Island – Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan
  • Lean on Me – Bill Withers
  • Leaving on a Jet Plane – Peter, Paul & Mary
  • Let It Be – The Beatles
  • Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – Traditional
  • Let’s Go Dancing – Johnny Nash
  • Let’s Go Get Stoned – Ray Charles
  • Life in the Fast Lane – Eagles
  • Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
  • London Bridge
  • Long Time Gone – Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • Love Me Do – The Beatles
  • Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
  • Love the One You’re With
  • Lovely Day – Bill Withers
  • Lovesick Blues – Hank Williams
  • Lucille – Kenny Rogers
  • Luckenbach, Texas – Waylon Jennings
  • Lyin’ Eyes – Eagles

  • Mack the Knife – Traditional
  • Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
  • Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys – Waylon & Willie
  • Marrakesh Express – Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • Mary Had a Baby – Traditional
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb
  • Mas Que Nada – Traditional
  • Masters of War – Bob Dylan
  • Matchbox – Carl Perkins
  • Me and Bobby McGee – Kris Kristofferson
  • Meditation – Traditional
  • Michael Row the Boat Ashore
  • Michelle – The Beatles
  • Mickey Mouse Song
  • Midnight Flyer – Eagles
  • Midnight Special
  • Miss You – The Rolling Stones
  • Misty – Traditional
  • Monday, Monday – The Mamas & The Papas
  • Moon River – Traditional
  • Mother’s Little Helper – The Rolling Stones
  • Mr. Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan
  • Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
  • My Man – Eagles
  • My Merry-Go-Round – Johnny Nash
  • My Special Angel
  • Mystery Train – Elvis Presley
  • Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
  • New Kid in Town – Eagles
  • Night Life – Willie Nelson
  • Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Traditional
  • North to Alaska – Johnny Horton
  • Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful – Traditional
  • O Holy Night – Traditional
  • Octopus’s Garden – The Beatles
  • Oh Susanna
  • Oh! Darling – The Beatles
  • Ohio – Neil Young
  • Okie from Muskogee – Merle Haggard
  • Ol’ 55 – Eagles
  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm
  • Old Man – Neil Young
  • Old Rugged Cross – Traditional
  • Old Time Rock and Roll
  • On the Road Again – Willie Nelson
  • One Note Samba – Traditional
  • Only Love Can Break Your Heart – Neil Young
  • Only You
  • Our House – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  • Outlaw Man – Eagles
  • P.S. I Love You – The Beatles
  • Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones
  • Paperback Writer – The Beatles
  • Peace in the Valley – Traditional
  • Peaceful Easy Feeling – Eagles
  • Penny Lane – The Beatles
  • Please Come Home for Christmas – Eagles
  • Please Please Me – The Beatles
  • Pre-Road Downs – Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • Precious Lord – Traditional
  • Puff the Magic Dragon – Peter, Paul & Mary

  • Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars – Traditional
  • Rag Mama Rag – The Band
  • Red River Valley
  • Respect – Aretha Franklin
  • Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell
  • Ring Around the Rosie
  • Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
  • Rock Me Baby – Johnny Nash
  • Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Traditional
  • Row, Row, Row Your Boat
  • Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town – Kenny Rogers
  • Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Traditional
  • San Antonio Rose – Bob Wills
  • Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Traditional
  • Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
  • Saturday Night – Eagles
  • Save the Last Dance for Me
  • Scarborough Fair – Simon & Garfunkel
  • Sealed with a Kiss
  • See Saw – Aretha Franklin
  • She
  • She Loves You – The Beatles
  • She Moved Through the Fair – Traditional
  • She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain
  • She’s a Rainbow – The Rolling Stones
  • Shenandoah
  • Side by Side – Traditional
  • Silent Night – Traditional
  • Silver Bells – Traditional
  • Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  • Singing the Blues – Marty Robbins
  • Sisters of Mercy – Leonard Cohen
  • Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • Skip to My Lou
  • So Long, Marianne – Leonard Cohen
  • So Nice – Traditional
  • Solitary Man – Neil Diamond
  • Something – The Beatles
  • Something in the Way She Moves – James Taylor
  • Song Sung Blue – Neil Diamond
  • Southern Man – Neil Young
  • Southern Nights – Glen Campbell
  • Stage Fright – The Band
  • Stand by Your Man – Tammy Wynette
  • Stardust – Traditional
  • Stardust – Willie Nelson
  • Start Me Up – The Rolling Stones
  • Steal Away – Traditional
  • Stir It Up – Johnny Nash
  • Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
  • Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • Summertime – George Gershwin
  • Sunday Morning Coming Down – Kris Kristofferson
  • Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
  • Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
  • Sway – Traditional
  • Sweet Baby James – James Taylor
  • Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
  • Sweet Dreams – Patsy Cline
  • Sweet Georgia Brown – Traditional
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

  • Take It Easy – Eagles
  • Take It to the Limit – Eagles
  • Tea for Two – Traditional
  • Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  • Tears in Heaven
  • Tears of Rage – The Band
  • Tennessee Waltz – Pee Wee King
  • Tequila Sunrise – Eagles
  • That’s All Right – Elvis Presley
  • The Ash Grove
  • The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond – Traditional
  • The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
  • The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
  • The Circle Game – Joni Mitchell
  • The Disco Strangler – Eagles
  • The End – The Beatles
  • The First Noel – Traditional
  • The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan
  • The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
  • The Girl from Ipanema – Traditional
  • The House That Jack Built – Aretha Franklin
  • The Last Resort – Eagles
  • The Long and Winding Road – The Beatles
  • The Long Run – Eagles
  • The Needle and the Damage Done – Neil Young
  • The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band
  • The Parting Glass – Traditional
  • The Sad Cafe – Eagles
  • The Shadow of Your Smile – Traditional
  • The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
  • The Stranger Song – Leonard Cohen
  • The Streets of Laredo
  • The Times They Are a-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
  • The Trees They Grow High – Traditional
  • The Water Is Wide – Traditional
  • The Way You Look Tonight – Traditional
  • The Weight – The Band
  • There Are More Questions Than Answers – Johnny Nash
  • Think – Aretha Franklin
  • This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie
  • This Little Light of Mine – Traditional
  • This Old Man
  • This Wheel’s on Fire – The Band
  • Those Were the Days
  • Ticket to Ride – The Beatles
  • Tie Me Kangaroo Down
  • Tiger by the Tail – Buck Owens
  • Till There Was You – The Beatles
  • To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before – Willie Nelson
  • Together Again – Buck Owens
  • Together Again – Ray Charles
  • Tom Dooley
  • Tonight You Belong to Me
  • Tumbling Dice – The Rolling Stones
  • Turkey in the Straw
  • Turn the Page
  • Twelve Thirty – The Mamas & The Papas
  • Twenty-One – Eagles
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
  • Unchain My Heart – Ray Charles
  • Under My Thumb – The Rolling Stones
  • Up on Cripple Creek – The Band
  • Up on the Housetop – Traditional
  • Use Me – Bill Withers
  • Victim of Love – Eagles
  • Vincent (Starry Starry Night) – Don McLean

  • Wabash Cannonball – Roy Acuff
  • Waiting on a Friend – The Rolling Stones
  • Walkin’ After Midnight – Patsy Cline
  • Walking in a Winter Wonderland – Traditional
  • Walking the Floor Over You – Ernest Tubb
  • Wasted Time – Eagles
  • Wave – Traditional
  • We Can Work It Out – The Beatles
  • We Shall Overcome
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Traditional
  • Were You There – Traditional
  • What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
  • What’d I Say – Ray Charles
  • When the Saints Go Marching In – Traditional
  • When You’re Smiling – Traditional
  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Peter, Paul & Mary
  • Whiskey in the Jar
  • Whiskey River – Willie Nelson
  • White Christmas – Irving Berlin
  • White Lightning – George Jones
  • Who Is He? – Bill Withers
  • Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell
  • Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones
  • Wild Mountain Thyme – Traditional
  • Wild Rover
  • Wild Thing
  • Wildwood Flower – Carter Family
  • Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Carter Family
  • Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
  • Winter Wonderland – Traditional
  • Witchy Woman – Eagles
  • Wonderful Tonight
  • Wooden Ships – Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • Woodstock – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  • Woodstock – Joni Mitchell
  • Words – Bee Gees
  • Words of Love – The Mamas & The Papas
  • Yellow Submarine – The Beatles
  • Yesterday – The Beatles
  • You Ain’t Woman Enough – Loretta Lynn
  • You Are My Sunshine
  • You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones
  • You Don’t Have to Cry – Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • You Got Soul – Johnny Nash
  • You Never Give Me Your Money – The Beatles
  • You’ve Got a Friend – James Taylor
  • Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams

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