Mel Bay Publications
Level: Beginning

Presents tuning, proper positioning, basic chords (C tuning) and folk songs for strumming and singing. Very easy to comprehend, even for the absolute beginner. The book teaches rhythm accompaniment in several meters.
Each song includes lyrics and a suggested strumming pattern. 

• Buffalo Gals      
• Darling Nellie Gray      
• Down In The Valley      
• Good Night Ladies      
• Hand Me Down My Walking Cane      
• Home On The Range      
• I've Been Working On The Railroad      
• In The Evening By The Moonlight      
• Little Annie Rooney      
• Long, Long Ago      
• My Bonnie      
• Oh! Susanna      
• Oh, My Darling Clementine      
• On Top Of Old Smoky      
• Our Boys Will Shine Tonight      
• Red River Valley      
• She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain      
• Skip To My Lou      
• The Blue Tail Fly      
• The Marines Hymn      
• The Old Grey Mare      
• There Is A Tavern In The Town