American Canjo Songbook - Volume 1 - Easy-to-play Tablature for 53 Well-Known Songs (E-book Download Version)

Grab your canjo and get picking, with this treasure trove of 53 beloved, well-known songs! Playing these songs is easier than you ever believed, just follow the numbers above the words in the easy-to-play canjo tablature format. This 60-page song book was designed and printed at C. B. Gitty, with all tablature arranged by Ben "Gitty" Baker and Nick Lanciano. We even include a page on how to read the tablature and play your canjo, and links to more canjo-related resources online!

This is the downloadable PDF version of the song book, which you download to your computer and can then print. This purchase entitles you to print the songbook one or more times for your own personal use. For any other use or distribution, please contact us! For the printed version, click here. Please Note: If you are buying other items and want to be able to immediately download this product, please place a separate order just for this!

Here is a sample of the tablature style:

(Each number above the word corresponds to which fret you should finger on the canjo's fretboard. A zero (0) means plug the string open/unfretted.)

Here is the list of songs included in this song book:

• Amazing Grace
• Auld Lang Syne
• Baa Baa Black Sheep
• Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Buffalo Gals 
• Camptown Races 
• Crawdad Hole 
• Down By the Riverside 
• Down in the River to Pray 
• Grandfather’s Clock 
• Happy Birthday 
• Hard Times (Come Again No More) 
• Home on the Range 
• I’ll Tell Me Ma 
• In The Pines 
• I’ve Been Working on the Railroad 
• Keep On the Sunny Side 
• Kum-ba-ya 
• London Bridge (Is Falling Down) 
• Lullaby (Cradle Song) 
• Marines’ Hymn (Halls of Montezuma) 
• Mary Had a Little Lamb 
• Michael Row the Boat Ashore 
• My Country ‘Tis of Thee 
• Nearer, My God to Thee 
• Ode to Joy (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)
• Oh My Darlin’ Clementine
• Oh! Susanna
• Old Joe Clark
• Polly Wolly Doodle
• Red River Valley
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Scotland the Brave
• She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain
• Shenandoah
• Simple Gifts
• Skip To My Lou
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• Take Me Out To The Ball Game
• (Give Me) That Old Time Religion
• This Land is Your Land
• This Old Man
• This Train (is Bound for Glory)
• Tom Dooley
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• (The) Water Is Wide
• Wayfaring Stranger
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
• When The Saints Go Marching In
• Wild Mountain Thyme
• Wildwood Flower
• Wreck of the Old ‘97
• Yankee Doodle