Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons Series: Paid members will have access to the following video lessons and tabs
Fingerstyle Guitar Technique Lessons
Chord Forms Lesson
Cross String Arpeggio Study
Dan's Guitars
Dominant 7th and Major 7th Chord Forms Lesson
How To Make An Arrangement
Jazz Chord Forms
Right Hand Exercises
Right Hand Technique Lesson
Two Octave Scales
Walk Downs
Beginner:
500 Miles - Hedy West
A Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffett
A Time For Us - Larry Kusik, Eddie Snyder, Nino Rota
A'Soalin' - Peter, Paul & Mary
Across The Great Divide - Kate Wolf
Alberta - Lead Belly
Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
All Apologies - Nirvana
All My Trials - Bahamian Lullaby
Amarillo By Morning - Terry Stafford and Paul Fraser
Amazing Grace - Traditional
Annie's Song - John Denver
April Come She Will - Simon and Garfunkel
A Rovin' on a Winter's Night - Doc Watson
Auld Lang Syne - Robert Burns
Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma
Autumn to May - Peter, Paul, and Mary
Barbara Allen - Traditional
Black Jack Davey - Traditional
Blackbird - Paul McCartney
Bleecker Street - Simon and Garfunkel
Blow the Candle Out - The Kingston Trio
Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
Bonnie Laddie Hielan' Laddie - Scottish Traditional
Bury Me Beneath The Willow - Traditional
Catch Another Butterfly - John Denver
Christmas for Cowboys - John Denver
Cindy - American Folk Song
City Of New Orleans - Steve Goodman
Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett
Comes a Time - Neil Young
Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
Don't Think Twice - Bob Dylan
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
Farther Along - Traditional Gospel
Foggy Foggy Dew - English Traditional
Follow Me - John Denver
Four and Twenty Years Ago - Stephen Stills
Four Strong Winds - Ian Tyson
Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
Gentle On My Mind - John Hartford
Georgie - Traditional English Folk Ballad
Girl from the North Country - Bob Dylan
Green Eyes - Kate Wolf
Greensleeves - Traditional
He Went to Paris - Jimmy Buffet
Helplessly Hoping - Crosby Stills and Nash
House Of The Rising Sun - Traditional
Hurt - Trent Reznor
If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt
I'll Fly Away - Albert E. Brumley
Imagine - John Lennon
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Traditional
Jingle Bells - Traditional
John Barleycorn - Traffic
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Julia - The Beatles
July You're a Woman -John Stewart
Kathy's Song - Simon & Garfunkel
Keep On The Sunny Side (F Major) - Ada Blenkhorn / The Carter Family / The Whites
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning - Rev. Gary Davis
Key to the Highway - Eric Clapton
Killing Me Softly - Charles Fox/Norman Gimbrel
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - The Weavers
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Last Thing On My Mind - Tom Paxton
Leather Wing Bat - Traditional (Tommy Makem Version)
Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver
Little Rosewood Casket - Traditional
Love at the Five and Dime - Nanci Griffith
Love Is Blue - Peirre Cour/Andre Popp
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Mexico (Easy Version) - James Taylor
Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
Mystery Etude - Dan C. Holloway
O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
Old Tennessee - Dan Fogelberg
Omie Wise - Doc Watson
One Of Us - Joan Osborne
One Toke Over the Line - Brewer and Shipley
Pack Up Your Sorrows - Richard Fariña and Pauline Marden
Paradise - John Prine
Peggy-O - Traditional (Greatful Dead, Joan Baez)
Pencil Thin Mustache - Jimmy Buffett
Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary
Railroad Bill - Traditional
Reason To Believe - Tim Hardin
Red River Valley - Traditional
Ripple - The Greatful Dead
Salty Dog Blues - Traditional
Silent Night
Six White Horses - Larry Murray (Tommy Cash)
Sloop John B - Traditional Bahamian Song
Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
Stewball - Peter, Paul and Mary
Streets of London - Ralph McTell
Strong Enough - Cheryl Crow
Summer Wages - Ian Tyson
Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer
Tennessee Waltz - Traditional
That Lonesome Valley - Traditional American Gospel Song (Mississippi John Hurt version)
The Ash Grove - Traditional
The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
The Cape - Guy Clark
The Feather - Alan Silvestri
The Leaving of Liverpool - Traditional
The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane - Will S. Hays
The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum) - Katherine Kennicott Davis
The Riddle Song - Doc Watson
The Swan - Camille Saint-Saens
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
These Days - Jackson Browne
This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
Today - John Denver
Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio / Doc Watson
Wayfaring Stranger - Traditional
Wayside Tavern - Jerry Douglas and Peter Rowan
Wedding Song (There is Love) - Paul Stookey
When the Levee Breaks - Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy
When The Saints Go Marching In - Traditional American Gospel Song
Where Have All The Flowers Gone - The Kingston Trio
Where I'm Bound - Tom Paxton
Whiskey in the Jar - Irish Traditional
Wildwood Flower - Carter Family
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Traditional (Ada R. Habershon/Charles H. Gabriel)
You Ain't Going Nowhere - Bob Dylan
You Are My Sunshine - Traditional
Intermediate to Advanced:
2:10 Train - The Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt
A Taste of Honey - Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
Abilene - Bob Gibson and John D. Loudermilk (recorded and popularized by George Hamilton IV)
Africa - Toto
Afro Cuban Lullaby (Drume Negrita) - Eliseo Grenet (Arr. Christopher Parkening)
Ain't No Sunshine When SHe's Gone - Bill Withers
"Air" from Celtic Suite for Guitar - Dan C. Holloway
America - Simon & Garfunkel
American Tune - Paul Simon
Amie - Pure Prairie League
And I Love Her - The Beatles
Angie - The Rolling Stones
Ashokan Farewell - Jay Ungar
As Time Goes By - Herman Hupfeld
Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Anne Bredon (Led Zeppelin)
Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton
Back Home Again - John Denver
Bad Company - Bad Company
Banks of the Ohio - Traditional
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Bell Bottom Blues - Eric Clapton
Bella's Lullaby - Carter Burwell
Beyond the Blue Horizon - Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, and W. Franke Harling
Big Bill - Dan C. Holloway
Black Mountain Rag - Traditional
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
Blossom - James Taylor
Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison and Joe Melson
Blue Railroad Train - The Delmore Brothers
Blue Moon - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Blue Skies - Irving Berlin
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Buckdancer's Choice - Traditional
Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith (Steve Winwood)
Can't Help Falling In Love - Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss (Recorded by Elvis Presley)
Cannon Ball Rag - Merle Travis
California Dreaming - The Mamas and the Papas
Carolina in My Mind - James Taylor
Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
Christmas Creek - Dan C Holloway
Church Street Blues - Norman Blake
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Clocks - Coldplay
Coast of Marseilles - Keith Sykes (Jimmy Buffet)
Colored Aristocracy - Traditional
Cotton Fields - Huddie Ledbetter
Cowgirl in the Sand - Neil Young
Crazy - Willie Nelson
Dan's Blues - Dan C. Holloway
Dan's Celtic Tune - Dan C. Holloway
Dan's Happy Tune - Dan C. Holloway
Dan's Jig and Reel - Dan C. Holloway
Dan's Tune - Dan C. Holloway
Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly (Londonderry Air -Irish Traditional)
Danny's Song - Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina
Darcey Farrow- Steve Gillette and Tom Campbell
Dawg After Dark - David Grisman
Daydream - John Sebastian
Daydream Believer - The Monkees (Composed by John Stewart)
Death Don't Have No Mercy - Reverend Gary Davis
Deck The Halls - Traditional
Deep River Blues - Doc Watson
Desperado - The Eagles
Dimming of the Day - Richard Thompson
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - Eddie De Lange/Loius Alter
Doc's Guitar - Doc Watson
Don Quixote - Gordon Lightfoot
Don't Fence Me In - Robert Fletcher and Cole Porter
Dream - Everly Brothers
Dream a Little Dream of Me - Kahn/Andree/Schwandt
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Edlesweiss - Richard Rodgers (from "The Sound of Music")
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Everybody's Talkin' - Fred Neil (Recorded by Harry Nilsson and featured in the film 'Midnight Cowboy')
Everyday - Buddy Holly
Evil Ways - Santana
Faithless Love - J.D. Souther (Linda Ronstadt)
Father and Son - Cat Stevens
Feeling Groovy - Simon & Garfunkel
Fields Of Gold - Sting
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
Find the Cost of Freedom / Daylight Again - Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Fire And Rain - James Taylor
Fire On The Mountain - The Marshall Tucker Band
Fisher's Hornpipe - Traditional
Fishin' Blues - Taj Mahal
Fly Me to the Moon - Bart Howard
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
For Loving Me - Gordon Lightfoot
Forever - Stratovarius
Frosty the Snowman - Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson
Galway Girl - Steve Earle
Georgia On My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael/Stuart Gorrell
Ghost Riders In The Sky - Stan Jones
Ginseng Sullivan - Norman Blake
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Do You Hear What I Hear (Christmas Medley)
Going Down This Road Feelin' Bad (Lonesome Road Blues) - Traditional
Going to California - Led Zeppelin
Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Goodnight Irene - Lead Belly
Green River - Credence Clearwater Revival
Gypsies in the Harbor - Dan C. Holloway
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Happy Together - The Turtles
Hard Times Come Again No More - Stephen Collins Foster
Hark the Herald Angels Sing - Christmas Carol
Has Anybody Seen My Gal - Ray Henderson
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Here Comes The Sun - George Harrison
Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles (Paul McCartney)
He's A Pirate - Pirates Of The Caribbean
Hey Hey - Big Bill Broonzy
Hit the Road Jack - Percy Mayfield / Ray Charles
Home And The Heartland - Bill Whelan
Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel
Hotel California - The Eagles
House At Pooh Corner - Kenny Loggins
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live - Blind Alfred Reed
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
I Saw the Light - Hank Williams
I Saw Three Ships - English Christmas Carol
If - Bread
If I Fell - The Beatles
If I Only Had A Brain - Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg
If I Were A Carpenter - Tim Hardin
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
I'll Be Home for Christmas - Kim Gannon / Walter Kent
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
In My Life - The Beatles
In the Bleak Midwinter - Christina Rossetti / Gustav Holst
It Was A Very Good Year - Ervin Drake
Jerusalem Ridge - Bill Monroe
Jesse James - Traditional
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
Joy to the World - Traditional
Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan
Keep On The Sunny Side - Ada Blenkhorn / The Carter Family / The Whites
Lady Madonna - The Beatles
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Last of the Mohicans - Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman
Lay Down Your Weary Tune / Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan
Layla - Eric Clapton
Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg
Let It Be - The Beatles
Let It Be Me - The Everly Brothers
Let It Snow - Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne (Dean Martin)
Light My Fire - The Doors
Lily Of The West - Traditional
Little Martha - The Allman Brothers Band
Little Sadie - Doc Watson
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
Lonely People - America
Long Journey - Sam Worley
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
Loving Arms - Tom Jans (Dobie Gray)
Mad World - Tears For Fears
Mainstreet - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Mississippi John Hurt
Malted Milk - Robert Johnson
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
Memphis Blues - W.C. Handy
Mexico - James Taylor
Michelle - The Beatles
Miss the Mississippi and You - Jimmie Rodgers
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
Moon River - Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer
Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
Mother Nature's Son - The Beatles
My Favorite Things - Rodgers and Hammerstein
My Old Kentucky Home - Stephen Foster
Naked As We Came - Iron and Wine
Never Going Back Again - Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
Nine Pound Hammer - Merle Travis
Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues
No Time Left for You - The Guess Who
Nobody Does It Better - Marvin Hamlisch/Carole Bayer Sager
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out - Jimmy Cox / Bessie Smith / Eric Clapton
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
Nothing To It - Doc Watson
O Come All Ye Faithful / We Three Kings - Traditional
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Traditional
On Top of the World - The Carpenters
One Tin Soldier - Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Old Man - Neil Young
People Are Strange - The Doors
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Poncho And Lefty - Townes Van Zandt
Raglan Road - Traditional Irish Tune
Rainy Night in Georgia - Tony Joe White
Rainy Day People - Gordon Lightfoot
Ready for the Times to Get Better - Allen Reynolds
Reuben's Train / 900 Miles - Traditional / Old-Time
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
Road To Lisdoonvarna - Irish Traditional
Romeo and Juliet - Mark Knopfler
Runaway - Del Shannon
Safe And Sound - Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars
Sally Gardens - Traditional
Salt Creek - Traditional Fiddle Tune
Sandy River Belle / Drowsy Maggie Medley - Traditional Fiddle Tunes
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie
Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel
Scotch and Soda - The Kingston Trio
Secret Agent Man - P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri (Johnny Rivers)
Seminole Wind - John Anderson
Shadows - Gordon Lightfoot
Shady Grove - Traditional Folk/Celtic/Bluegrass
She's a Woman - The Beatles>
She's Always A Woman - Billy Joel
Sheebeg and Sheemore - Turlough O'Carolan
Shenandoah - Traditional
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sitting on Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
Someday Soon - Ian Tyson
Something In The Way She Moves - James Taylor
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg
Song For A Winter's Night - Gordon Lightfoot
Southbound - Doc Watson and Merle Watson
South City Midnight Lady - The Doobie Brothers
South Coast - Traditional Folk Ballad
St. James Infirmary - American Folk Song (Blues)
Star of the County Down - Traditional
Stoney Creek - Jim and Jesse McReynolds
Summertime - George Gershwin
Susie Q - Dale Hawkins
Swallow Tail Jig and Morrison's Jig - Traditional Irish Jigs
Swamp Music - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Tammy - Jay Livingston
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Tell Me Why - Neil Young
Thank You - Led Zeppelin
That's All - Genesis (Phil Collins)
That's All Right, Mama - (Arthur Crudup) Elvis Presley
The Ballad of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum and Jack Marshall.
The Christmas Song - Bob Wells and Mel Tormé
The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell
The Coo Coo Bird - Traditional
The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
The End Of Innocence - Bruce Hornsby
The Entertainer - Scott Joplin
The First Noel - Traditional
The Highwayman - Jimmy Webb
The Idiot - Stan Rogers
The Irish Washerwoman - Traditional
The Little Beggarman (Red Haired Boy) - Traditional
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
The Scientist - Coldplay
The South Wind - Traditional
The Thrill is Gone - B.B. King
The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks
The Water Is Wide - Traditional
The Way - Fastball
The Weight - The Band
The Wellerman - Traditional Sea Shanty
The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
They Call Me The Breeze - J.J. Cole/Lynyrd Skynyrd
This is My Father's World - Christian Hymn
This Masquerade - Leon Russell
Those Were the Days - Gene Raskin (Mary Hopkin)
Till There Was You - Meredith Willson (From "The Music Man")
Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
Time of Your Life - Green Day
Trouble In Mind Blues - Richard M Jones
Try to Remember - Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Two Step - Dave Matthews
Vincent - Don McLean
Walk Don't Run - The Ventures
Walk On Boy - Mel Tillis, Wayne Walker (Doc Watson)
Waltzing Matilda - Australian Traditional
Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Watson's Blues - Bill Monroe
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Turner Layton
What A Wonderful World - Bob Thiele/George David Weiss (Louis Armstrong)
What'd I Say - Ray Charles
Wheel in the Sky - Journey
When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Traditional
When You Say Nothing At All - Keith Whitley
Where Did You Sleep Last Night (In the Pines) - Traditional American Folk Song
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - George Harrison
White Room - Cream
Wichita Lineman - Jimmy Webb (Glen Campbell)
Wildflowers - Tom Petty
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Will Ye Go Lassie Go - Traditional
Windy And Warm - John D. Loudermilk
Winter Wonderland - Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith
With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Worried Man Blues - Traditional Folk/Blues
Yesterday - The Beatles
You Can Close Your Eyes - James Taylor
You Only Live Twice - John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, Nancy Sinatra
You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
You've Got a Friend in Me - Randy Newman
Your Love's Return - Gordon Lightfoot
You can sample some of these arrangements on my Fingerstyle Guitar Youtube Channel.
I add new arrangements every month and I am open to suggestions of songs you are interested in learning.