Description
The JustinGuitar Rock Songbook is the perfect songbook for rock guitarists! It features 50 great songs by artists such as AC/DC, Nirvana, Dire Straits, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Oasis and ZZ Top, all presented with playing tips and tutorials. These awesome rock songs sound best on electric guitar – but most will work OK on acoustic as well.
Designed to accompany the JustinGuitar Intermediate Method, this book gives you loads of songs which you’ll love to learn and play, and which will improve your playing as you work through them.
The book’s unique progressive structure divides the songs into four sections:
- 15 Beginner Songs which mainly use chords covered in the JustinGuitar Beginner’s Course; ideal for players who have been studying on the course or who want to consolidate their knowledge of open chords, power chords and strumming, e.g., ‘Highway To Hell’ by AC/DC.
- 15 Intermediate Songs introducing barre chords and more complex strumming, e.g., ‘Smoke On The Water’ by Deep Purple. Perfect for the improving player.
- 15 Intermediate ‘Plus’ Songs which include more difficult chords, strumming, riffs and fingerpicking techniques, e.g., ‘Alive’ by Pearl Jam. The next level!
- 5 fully tabbed out note-for-note transcriptions including Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ and ‘Sultans Of Swing’ by Dire Straits. Pro-level songs to work your way up to!
All the songs feature full lyrics and chords, with a written lesson and playing advice. Chord boxes, strumming/fingerpicking patterns and sections of TAB are used as necessary to show specific detail. There’s even a handy chord library to show basic open chords and barre chord grips.
Many songs in the book are supported by a free-to-access video tutorials on JustinGuitar.com, so there’s everything you need to learn the songs and develop your skills. This might just be the greatest rock songbook ever published!
Complete Song List:
Beginner Songs:
Teenage Kicks – The Undertones
There She Goes – The La’s
Should I Stay Or Should I Go – The Clash
Highway To Hell – AC/DC
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next – Manic Street Preachers
Every Rose Has Its Thorn – Poison
Self Esteem – The Offspring
In Bloom – Nirvana
I Remember You – Skid Row
The Ballad of Jayne – L.A. Guns
Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream
La Grange – ZZ Top
Song 2 – Blur
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Rock And Roll All Nite – Kiss
Intermediate Songs:
Better Man – Pearl Jam
Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Öyster Cult
Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
You Do Something To Me – Paul Weller
Creep – Radiohead
Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
Hells Bells – AC/DC
Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf
Handbags And Gladrags – Stereophonics
White Wedding – Billy Idol
Behind Blue Eyes – The Who
I Love Rock ’n Roll – Joan Jett
So Far Away – Dire Straits
Alison – Elvis Costello
Intermediate Plus Songs:
Back In Black – AC/DC
Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
Run To The Hills – Iron Maiden
Just The Way I’m Feeling – Feeder
My Sharona – The Knack
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
All Right Now – Free
All My Life – Foo Fighters
Where Is My Mind? – The Pixies
Killing In The Name – Rage Against The Machine
Sweet Leaf – Black Sabbath
Alive – Pearl Jam
Hole Hearted – Extreme
Steady As She Goes – The Raconteurs
Since You’ve Been Gone – Rainbow
Full TAB Songs:
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
Black Betty – Ram Jam
The Boys Are Back In Town – Thin Lizzy
Sultans Of Swing – Dire Straits
