Tabs for Technique.

The songs listed below have been chosen because they have the different techniques we need to become guitarists.
The tabs have been selected from tab sites because of the accuracy and many have been worked over to make them as accurate as possible, however errors do exist so if you have any corrections please advise me.
Often the same song may appear more than once, this is because there may be a couple of different techniques to be studied in the one song.
The songs are listed according to technique and approximate order of difficulty to allow you to progress at your own pace.
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Section 1 - Open Chords
Section 2 - Flat/Plectrum Picking
Section 3 - Barre Chords
Section 4 - Finger Picking
Section 5 - Hammer-on's, Pull-Off's, Slides & Bends
Section 6 - Fret Hand Mutes, Wrist Strum, Short Strum & Palm Mutes

The only thing left to do is find some songs and get to work......
Legend;
gtab = guitar tab
lyr = lyrics
ch = chords

 

Section 1 - Open Chords

Warning - lyr,ch - Greenday
Knockin’ On Heavens Door - lyr,ch - Bob Dylan or Guns & Roses
Am I Not Pretty Enough - gtab,lyr,ch - Kasey Chambers
Patience - lyr,ch - Guns & Roses
Scar - lyr,ch - Missy Higgins
The House Of The Rising Sun - gtab,lyr,ch - The Animals
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - gtab,lyr,ch - Greenday
3am - gtab,lyr,ch - Matchbox 20
Advertising Space - lyr,ch - Robbie Williams
Hallelujah - lyr,ch - Leonard Cohen
Suspicious Minds - lyr,ch - Elvis Presley
Brown Eyed Girl - lyr,ch - Van Morrison
Iris - lyr,ch - Goo Goo Dolls
Everywhere - lyr,ch - Michelle Branch
You Were Meant For Me - gtab,lyr,ch - Jewel
Dumb Things - lyr,ch - Paul Kelly
Throw Your Arms Around Me - lyr,ch - Hunters & Collectors
Minority - gtab - Greenday
Space Odyssey - lyr,ch - David Bowie
Father & Son - lyr,ch - Cat Stevens
Californication - gtab - RHCP
Bird On A wire - lyr,ch - Leonard Cohen
Songbird - lyr,ch - Bernard Fanning
Better Days - gtab,lyr,ch - Pete Murray
It’s Been A While - lyr,ch - Stained
Diamonds On The Inside - gatb - Ben Harper
Disarm - lyr,ch - Smashing Pumpkins
Wish You Were Here - lyr,ch - Pink Floyd
Someday Someday - lyr,ch - Thirsty Merc
4ever - gtab,lyr,ch - The Veronicas
Nutshell (acoustic) gtab - Alice In Chains
Just Want You To Know - lyr,ch - The Backstreet Boys
A Little Less Conversation - lyr,ch - Elvis Presley vs. JXL
American Pie - lyr,ch - Don McLean
Be Like That - gtab,lyr,ch - 3 Doors Down
Cats In The Cradle - lyr,ch - Harry Chapin or Ugly Kid Joe
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - gtab,lyr,ch - Greenday
Suspicious Minds - lyr,ch - Elvis Presley
I Am Mine - gtab,lyr,ch - Pearl Jam
Will Survive - lyr,ch - Cake or Gloria Gaynor
Kiss Me - lyr,ch - Sixpence None The Richer
Happy Xmas - lyr,ch - John Lennon
Taylor - gtab,lyr,ch - Jack Johnson
Torn - lyr,ch - Natalie Imbruglia
Why - lyr,ch - Averil Lavigne
What A Wonderful World - lyr,ch - Louis Armstrong
Shimmer - lyr,ch - Fuel

 

Section 2 – Flat/Plectrum Picking

Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - gtab - Greenday
Hanging By A Moment - gtab - Lifehouse
Wherever You Will Go - gtab,lyr,ch - The Calling
The House Of The Rising Sun - gtab,lyr,ch - The Animals
3am - gtab - Matchbox 20
Be Like That - gtab,lyr,ch - 3 Doors Down
Walk Away - gtab - Ben Harper
It’s Been A While - gtab - Stained (main riff)
Brown Eyed Girl - gatb - Van Morrison (intro riff & other fills)
Wish You Were Here - gtab - Pink Floyd (main riff)
Californication - gtab - RHCP (main riff)
Far Away - gtab,lyr,ch - Nickleback
60 MPH - gtab,lyr,ch - New Order
Under The Bridge - RHCP (intro riff)
Dont' Speak - gatb,lyr,ch - No Doubt
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Tango - gtab - The Bloodhound Gang
Can't Stop - gtab - RHCP
Namaste - gtab - Powderfinger
Evie (part 1) - gtab,lyr,ch - Stevie Wright or The Wrights
Calin - gtab - Unwritten Law
Wake Me Up When September Ends - gtab - Greenday
Don't Cry - gtab - Guns & Roses
Cold Hard Bitdh - gatb - Jet
Pardon Me (acoustic) gtab - Incubus
Way To Go - gtab - Rogue Traders
Bizarre Love Triangle - gtab - Frente
All Torn Down - gtab - The Living End
Cryin' Shame - gtab - Johnny Diesel
Minority - gtab - Greenday (intro)
Sultans of Swing (solos) - gtab - Dire Straits
Betterman - gtab - The John Butler Trio
Eleanor Rigby - gtab - (The Beatles) - covered by Zoot
Zebra - gtab - The John Butler Trio
Lay Down Sally - gtab,lyr,ch - Eric Clapton
Taylor - gtab,lyr,ch - Jack Johnson
Sweet Home Alabama -Lynard Skynard
Layla (intro) - gtab - Eric Clapton (unplugged version)
Sweet Child Of Mine (intro) -gtab,ch -Guns & Roses
Money For Nothing - gtab - dire Straits
Johnny B Goode - gtab,lyr,ch - Chuck Berry
Black Dog - gtab - Led Zeppelin


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Section 3 – Barre Chords

When I Come Around - gtab - Greenday
Moondance - gtab - Van Morrison
Sk8ter Boi - gtab - Avril Levinge
Papa Don’t Preach – gtab - Kelly Osbourne
Photograph - lyr,ch - Nidkleback
This Is How A Heart Breaks - lyr,ch - Rob Thomas
Black Velvet - lyr,ch - Allanna Myles
Sweet Child Of Mine - gtab,ch - Guns & Roses
60 MPH - gtab,lyr,ch - New Order
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Tango - gtab - The Bloodhound Gang
It's Been A While - gtab - Staind
Beautiful - lyr,ch - Christine Aguilera
Beautiful Stranger - lyr,ch - Madonna
Foolish Games - lyr,ch - Jewel
Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon - lyr,ch - Neil Diamond
Far Away - gtab,lyr,ch - Nickleback
Stray Cat Strut - gtab -Stray Cats
Never Had So Much Fun - gtab - Frenzal Rhomb
Buses & Trains - lyr,ch - Bachelor Girls
I Want To Love You - lyr,ch - Bob Marley
All Because Of You - gtab - U2
Lost Control - gtab - Grinspoon
Holy Grail - lyr,ch - Hunters & Collectors
Wish You Well - lyr,ch - Bernard Fanning
Born To Be Wild - gtab - Stephen Wolf
Under The Bridge - gtab - RHCP
Back In The USSR - gtab,lyr,ch - The Beatles
She's Got Issues - gtab - The Offspring
Lay Down Sally - gtab,lyr,ch - Eric Clapton
No One Knows - gtab - Quens Of The Stone Age
Dont' Speak - gatb,lyr,ch - No Doubt
Drive - gtab - Incubus
Will Survive - lyr,ch - Cake or Gloria Gaynor
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - gtab,lyr,ch - Greenday
Beware Of Darkness - lyr,ch - George Harrison
Georgia - lyr,ch - Hoagy Carmichael
Sultans of Swing - gtab - Dire Straits
All Torn Down - gtab - The Living End

 

Section 4 – Finger Picking

Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) - gtab - Greenday (intro & 1st verse)
Walk Away - gtab - Ben Harper
Am I Not Pretty Enough - gtab,lyr,ch - Kasey Chambers
The House Of The Rising Sun - gtab,lyr,ch - The Animals
Hanging By A Moment - gtab - Lifehouse (main riff)
Be Like That - gtab,lyr,ch - 3 Doors Down
Far Away - gtab,lyr,ch - Nickleback
Here Without You - gtab,lyr,ch -3 Doors Down
Don't Cry - gtab - Guns & Roses
You Were Meant For Me (intro) - gtab,lyr,ch - Jewel
The House Of The Rising Sun - gtab - The Animals
Bizarre Love Triangle - gtab - Frente
What A Wonderful World - lyr,ch - Louis Armstrong
What It’s Like - gtab - Everlast
Landslide - gtab,lyr,ch - Fleetwood Mac or Dixie Chicks
My Friends - gatb - RHCP (intro)
Namaste - gtab - Powderfinger
Stairway To Heaven (intro) - gtab - Led Zeppelin
Blackbird - gtab - The Beatles
It’s Been A While - gtab - Stained
Eagle Rock - gtab,ch - Daddy Cool
Roadtrippin’ - gtab - RHCP
Cats In The Cradle - gtab - Harry Chapin or Ugly Kid Joe (intro)
Under The Bridge - gtab - RHCP
Minority - gtab - Greenday (intro)
Red River - gtab - Traditional
One Last Breath (intro) - gtab - Creed
Nothing Else Matters - gtab - Metallica
Betterman - gtab - Pearl Jam
Mr. Bojangles - gtab - Jerry Jeff Walker (arr Chet Atkins)
Time In A Bottle - gtab,lyr,ch - Jim Croce
Here Comes The Sun - gtab - The Beatles
Hotel California - gtab - The Eagles (intro)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - gtab - Eva Cassidy
Burn For You - gtab - John Farnham
Alice’s Restaurant -gtab,ch - Arlo Guthrie
Vincent - gtab - Don McLean (arr Chet Atkins)
Classical Gas - gtab - Mason Williams
Countrywide - gtab - Tommy Emanual
The Clap - gtab - Steve Howe


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Section 5 – Hammer On’s, Pull Off’s, Slides & Bends

3am - gtab - Matchbox 20
Layla - gatb - Eric Clapton (unplugged version - solo)
Lost Control - gtab - Grinspoon
Under The Bridge - gtab -RHCP
No woman No Cry - gtab - Xavier Rudd
Songbird - lyr,ch - Bernard Fanning
Diamonds On The Inside - gatb - Ben Harper
Sultans of Swing (solos) - gtab - Dire Straits
Wish You Were Here (intro both guitar parts) - gtab - Pink Floyd
Taylor - gtab,lyr,ch - Jack Johnson
Sweet Home Alabama - gtab - Lynard Skynard
Treat Yor Mama - gtab - The John Butler Trio

 

Slides

Chemical Heart - Grinspoon
Lost Control - Grinspoon
It’s Been A While - Stained
Never Had So Much Fun - intro,gtab - Frenzal Rhomb
60 MPH (solo’s) - gtab - New Order
Johnny B Goode - gtab,lyr,ch - Chuck Berry

 

Bends

Under The Bridge - gatb - RHCP (solo)
Wish You Were Here - gatb - Pink Floyd (2nd guitar part in intro)
Johnny B Goode - gtab,lyr,ch - Chuck Berry

 

Section 6 – Fret Hand Mutes, Wrist Strum, Short
Strum & Palm Mutes

 

Fret Hand Mutes

Taylor - gtab,lyr,ch - Jack Johnson

 

Wrist Strum

3am - gtab - Matchbox 20
Drive - gtab - Incubus
It’s Been A While - gtab - Stained
I Will Survive - lyr,ch - Cake or Gloria Gaynor
I Am Mine - gtab,lyr,ch - Pearl Jam
Hanging By A Moment - gtab - Lifehouse
Sultans of Swing - gtab - Dire Straits
Under The Bridge - gtab -RHCP
Save Your Skin - gtab - Powderfinger

 

Short Strum

Lost Control - gtab - Grinspoon
No Reason - gtab - Grinspoon
When I Come Around - gtab - Greenday
Chemical Heart - gtab - Grinspoon
Thrills, Kills and Sunday Pills - gtab - Grinspoon
Minds Eye - gtab - Wolfmother
Calin - gtab - Unwritten Law
Cold Hard Bitch - gtab - Jet
Way To Go - gtab,lyr,ch - Rogue Traders
Born To Be Wild - gtab - Stephen Wolf
Lay Down Sally - gtab,lyr,ch - Eric Clapton

 

Palm Mutes

Lost Control - gtab - Grinspoon
Taylor - gtab,lyr,ch - Jack Johnson

 

Capo

Am I Not Pretty Enough - gtab,lyr,ch - Kasey Chambers
Kiss Me - lyr,ch - Sixpence None The Richer
Cats In The Cradle - lyr,ch - Harry Chapin or Ugly Kid Joe
Songbird - lyr,ch - Bernard Fanning
Why - lyr,ch - Averil Lavigne
Hotel California - gtab - The Eagles (intro)
Mr. Bojangles - gtab - Jerry Jeff Walker (arr Chet Atkins)


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