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Old January 12th, 2009, 11:02 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Great Songs For 12 String? Opinions Please!

I recently received a 12 string acoustic as a gift. Any suggestions for great rock songs to play on this awesome sounding guitar?

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Old January 12th, 2009, 11:29 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Old January 12th, 2009, 02:33 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Old January 12th, 2009, 02:37 PM   #6 (permalink)
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hotel california (hey, i hate it too, but you have to try it out on a 12 string)

and the opening chord to "hard days night."
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Old January 12th, 2009, 02:37 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old January 12th, 2009, 08:43 PM   #8 (permalink)
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There's an easy one.......

Figure out Cripple Creek while you're at it..... Kottke has two t's.....I get very sensitive about Leo the great. I'm a big fan.



Lots of CSNY or Neil Young stuff.

Wasted on the way.
Down by the river. (was not recorded on a 12 buy sounds great on a 12)
Wooden Ships.


Lots of Tom Petty stuff.

I will sometimes play More than a Feeling by Boston on my 12 string and then deny that I've played it. Really.

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Old January 12th, 2009, 10:47 PM   #9 (permalink)
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It would be hard for me to think of a song that doesn't sound great on a 12-string.
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Old January 12th, 2009, 10:52 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Old January 12th, 2009, 11:14 PM   #11 (permalink)
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the opening chord to "hard days night."
If you can decide what it is.
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Old January 13th, 2009, 12:08 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Old January 13th, 2009, 01:42 AM   #15 (permalink)
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How about And You And I by Yes

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Old January 13th, 2009, 02:20 AM   #16 (permalink)
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As my other thread indicates, I just picked up a 12 string acoustic. I converted one of my Larrivees to Nashville high-strung tuning and have been gigging it regularly for about a year. My plan is to get the 12 up and running and do everything on that instrument that I've been doing on the high-strung, and then some... should open some new doors, as soloing on a high-strung (other than chordal stuff) sounds kinda wonky, whereas it can be really cool on a 12.


Some cover tunes I've played on high-strung:

"Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues" - Danny O'Keefe and everybody else
"Suspicious Minds" - Elvis
"Willin' " - Lowell George
"You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" - Beatles
"She" - Gram Parsons
"Holiday Inn" - Elton John
"Wild Horses" - Stones

And I'd probably play high-strung or 12 on lots of tunes I do on mandolin if I didn't play mando.
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Old January 13th, 2009, 04:07 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Apart from most of the above...try 'Sometimes' by a Manchester band called James.Great.
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Old January 13th, 2009, 11:12 AM   #18 (permalink)
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"the opening chord to 'hard days night.'"

If you can decide what it is.

Oh, no, pleeeeeeze don't start that again.
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Old January 13th, 2009, 09:14 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Old January 14th, 2009, 03:22 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Here's a boatload from the Martin board
4 & 20 Steve Stills
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A Hard Day's Night The Beatles
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Across the Universe
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All Along The Watchtower Hendrix
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Almost Heaven, West Virginia Denver
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Already Gone
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America Simon and Garfunkel
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Another You; Seekers
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Anywhere Like Heaven James Taylor
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Aqualung Jethro Tull
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As Tears Go By Rolling Stones
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Back Home in Derry Bobby Sands
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Back on the Chain Gang
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Barracuda Heart
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Beautiful Gordon Lightfoot
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Because Dave Clark Five
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Behind Blue Eyes The Who
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Bells of Rhymney The Byrds
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Best Of My Love The Eagles
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Birds of Paradise


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Blackbird Beatles
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Blame it on the Stones Kristofferson
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Blue Suede Shoes Elvis Presley
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Broken Down Engine Blind Willie McTell
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Bus Stop (and others) - Hollies
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California Dreamin The Mamas and The Papas
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California Girls" by the Beach Boys
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Calypso John Denver
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Canadian Railroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot
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Canadian Raliroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot
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Can't Buy Me Love Beatles
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Cest’la Vie
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Changes in Attitudes and Latitudes Jimmie Buffet
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Chimes of Freedom The Byrds
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Chuckie's In Love Rickie Lee Jones
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Cinnamon Girl CSN&Y
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City of New Orleans Steve Goodman
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Coal Tattoo Billy Edd Wheeler
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Comes a Time Neil Young
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Comin' into Los Angeles Arlo Guthrie


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Country Comfort The Byrds
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Cowgirl In the Sand CS&N
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Crazy On You Heart
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Creek Alley The Mamas and The Papas
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Dance, Dance, Dance Beach Boys
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Darby's Castle Kristofferson
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Daydream The Lovin' Spoonful
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Dirty Ol' Town. The Pogues
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Do You Believe in Magic The Lovin' Spoonful
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Doctor My Eyes
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Dog and Butterfly
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Don Quixote Gordon Lightfoot
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Don’t Bother me
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Down By The River Neil Young
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Dust in the Wind
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Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot
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Edmond Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot
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Eight Days A Week Beatles
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Eight Miles High The Byrds
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Emotionally Yours Bob Dylan


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Eve of destruction Barry McGuire
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Every Picture Tells A Story
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Faster Gun Aztec Two Step
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Feel a Whole Lot Better. Byrds
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Field of Opportunity Neil Young
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Find The Cost Of Freedom CS&N
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Fire And Rain James Taylor
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Fire on the Mountain
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Follow the Drinkin' Gourd
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For Bobby
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For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield
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Four Strong Winds Neil Young
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Freefalling Tom Petty
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Gallows Pole Leadbelly
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Gentle On My Mind
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Ghost Riders in the Sky
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Good Times... Bad Times Led Zepplin
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Goodbye Again
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Green Green
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Harvest Moon Neil Young


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Hazy Shade of Winter Simon & Garfunkel
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Heart of Gold Neil Young
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Helplessly Hoping CS&N
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Here Comes My Baby Tremeloes
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Here Comes The Sun Beatles
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Hey Babe Neil Young
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Hey Hey My My Neil Young
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Hey There, Georgie Girl; Seekers
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Hole Hearted Extreme
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Home from the Forest
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Hotel California The Eagles
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House Of The Rising Sun Doc Watson
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Human Highway Neil Young
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I Don't Want to Spoil the Party Beatles
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I Should Have Known Better Beatles
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I’ll Follow the Sun The Searchers
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If I Had a Hammer Peter, Paul and Mary
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I'll Be Back Beatles
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I'm a Believer Monkees
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I'm Looking Through You Beatles


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Imagine Lennon
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It’s Only Love Beatles
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I've Got The Music In Me
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Jolly Mon
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Kisses Sweeter ThenWine Seeger
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Knights in White Satin Moody Blues
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Leavin' On a Jet Plane Peter, Paul and Mary
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Life By the Drop SRV
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Like a Hurricane Neil Young
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Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
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Locomotive Breath
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Longer Than Dan Fogelberg
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Look Through Any Window the Hollies
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Whole Lotta Love Led Zepplin
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Louise Bonnie raitt, jerry-jeff etc..
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Love In Vain Johnson
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Love is All Around (I feel it in my fingers I feel it in my toes) The Troggs
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Love the One Your With CS&N
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Lucky man Emmerson Lake and Palmer
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Maggie May Rod Stewart


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Montana Sky
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Mr Spaceman Byrds
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Mr. Bojangles Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Mr. Bojangles Jerry Jeff Walker
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Mr. Tambourine Man Byrds
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My Back Pages The Byrds
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Natural Beauty Neil Young
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Needle and The Damage Done Neil Young
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Needles and Pins The Searchers
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Night Moves Bob Seeger
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Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band
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Norwegian Wood Beatles
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Ohio CS&N
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old delta blues
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Old Man Take a Look At You Life Neil Young
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Out Behind the Gypsy's
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Out on a Weekend Neil Young
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Over the Hills and Far Away Led Zepplin
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Paperback Writer Beatles
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Part Of The Plan Dan Fogelberg


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People's Parties Joni Mitchell
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Pictures of Lilly
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Pinball Wizard The Who
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Pocahontus Neil Young
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Question Moody Blues
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Ragtime
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Rain on the Roof The Lovin' Spoonful
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Rhymes, Reasons, and Poems Denver
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Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner Warren Zevon
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Runaway Del Shannon
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San Francisco Bay Blues Fuller/Clapton
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Scarecrow's Dream Dan Fogelberg
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Seven Islands Suite Gordon Lightfoot
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Shambala Three Dog Night
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She Don't Love Nobody Desert Rose Band
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Short Side of Nothing Los Lobos
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Silhouettes on the Shade - Herman's Hermits
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Sister Goldenhair America
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Slip Sliding Away Simon and Garfunkel
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Sloop John B Beach Boys


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Son of a Son of a Sailor Jamie Buffet
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Songs From the Wood
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Stairway To Heaven
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Star of Bethlehem Neil Young
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Still Kickin' - David Alan Trabue
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Story In Your Eyes
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Substitute
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Sugar Mountain Neil Young
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Suite Judy Blue Eyes CS&N
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Summer Breeze Seals and Crofts
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Summer in the City The Lovin' Spoonful
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Sundown Gordon Lightfoot
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Tangerine Led Zeppelin
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Teach Your Children
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Tell Me To My Face Dan Fogelberg
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That's Entertainment The Jam
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The River Springsteen
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The Trasher Neil Young
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The Waiting Tom Petty
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The Wedding Song Peter, Paul and Mary


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The Weight The Band
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These Days Dan Fogelberg
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Things I Should Have Said
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Thirsty Boots
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Thrasher Neil Young
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Ticket To Ride Beatles
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Till The Morning Come
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To Emily Wherever I May Find Her Simon and Garfunkel
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Tommy (short instrumental) The Who
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Tuesday Afternoon Moody Blues
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Turn Turn Turn Byrds
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Two Of Us
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Unknown Legend Neil Young
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Walk Right In Roof Top Singers
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Wall of Death Richard Thompson
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Wanted Dead or Alive Bon Jovi
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Warning Sign Cold Play
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We Can Work It Out Beatles
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When The Levee Breaks
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When You Walk In The Room Springsteen


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Where Have All the Flowers Gone Peter, Paul and Mary
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Wildwood Flower
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Wind Up Jethro Tull
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Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
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World of Our Own Seekers
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Yellow Submarine Beatles
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Yesterday Beatles
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You Fill up my Senses Denver
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You Turn Me On (I'm a Radio)
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You Were On My Mind' Ian & Sylvia
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Younger Girl The Lovin' Spoonful
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You've Got A Friend James Taylor
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You've Got To Hide Your Love Away Beatles
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Cat Stevens
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Fahey Tunes
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Ralph McTell

Enjoy!!

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Old January 14th, 2009, 10:15 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Ednew, you are the man! Thanks so much.
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You're very welcome, castpolymer!

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Sorry to offend you. It was a typo. I'm a big fan of Leo's also.
It may not be the easiest song but it sounds great on a 12 string and really doesn't sound good on a 6.
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I've Just Seen A Face. Its actually a nice duet between a 6 string and a 12 string.
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a couple not on ednew's list:

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