How to Find Songs on the Internet
A page of helpful tips for finding song lyrics and chords on the internet. In case you don't find what you want here.

Song Collections and Indexes
If you don't find your favorite artist listed below, I've got another page of links to song collections that might include the songs your looking for.

Amos, Tori
Tori Amos Guitar Archive. This site proves single-handedly that rock pianist Amos IS folk. Remarkable songs.

Andersen, Eric
A peer of Dylan, Paxton and Ochs in the 60s. Scroll down this Insurgent Country page to find lyrics and chords to 15 songs including "Thirsty Boots," and "Violets of Dawn."

Baez, Joan (lyrics)
Lyrics to 75 songs written or co-written by Joan Baez, who is more famous for her voice and interpretations of traditional songs at the beginning of the folk revival.

Band, The (lyrics, chords, sound)
The Band bridges the gap between folk and rock. This site gives lyrics for their complete discography and chords for many of the songs.

Beatles, The
If the Beatles' corpus of ubiquitous songs isn't folk music, nothing is. This site for lyrics was recommended by their compatriot Paul Castle. A site with the complete lyrics is here.

Beatles, The
The site for the above link offers chords and tabs to 385 songs, and the page loads slowly. There's another good collection of tabs here.

Bern, Dan
Lyrics to songs from Bern's four albums.

Bragg, Billy
Lyrics and chords to 25 songs.

Bragg, Billy
Best Bragg site for the afficionado- content over style. Contains lyrics, chords and tabs for all his songs.

Brown, Greg (chords)
Greg Brown, one of the very best. Lyrics and chord transcriptions for about 50 songs spread over most of his albums.

Buckley, Tim (lyrics)
One of the quirkiest - and most tragic - of songwriters. Lyrics to about 75 songs from 8 albums.

Byrds, The
Scroll down the page to find a heap of lyrics and chords (over 30) for The Byrds originals and covers. See also Gram Parsons and Roger McGuinn.

Carpenter, Mary-Chapin
Chords and some tabs (plus lyrics) to over 40 songs by this folk-country crossover artist. Download them free at this FTP site.

Chapin, Harry
Harry Chapin Archive - A small collection of chords, tab, lyrics and commentary.

Chapin, Harry
Fan Site - Lots of lyrics & chords with a few midi files.

Chapman, Tracy
Here's a no-graphics, no-nonsense index of guitar tab and lyrics for about a dozen Chapman classics, including "Fast Car" and "Gimme One Reason."

Chessnut, Vic
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page to find lyrics to a couple of albums.

Clark, Guy (lyrics)
Lyrics to all of Guy Clark's songs. No chords or tabs as promised - yet.

Clark, Guy
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page to find lyrics and chords to 15 songs by this Austin-based writer.

Clark, Guy
This very good fan site has a nearly complete set of lyrics and some tab, but no sound clips.

Cleaves, Slaid
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page to find lyrics and chords to half a dozen songs and lyrics for all songs on Broke Down.

Cockburn, Bruce
Words and guitar tabs are essential for Cockburn's musically and lyrically complex songs about political and spiritual enlightenment.

Cohen, Leonard
Download chords and some tabs to 40 Cohen classics from this FTP site.

Colvin, Shawn
Scroll down this page to find lyrics and chords to 8 songs by one of today's most achingly romantic songwriters and greatest singers.

Cohen, Leonard
Cohen's songs must be learned by anyone aspiring to be a songwriter.

Colvin, Shawn
Download lyrics and chords to eight Colvin songs.

Croce, Jim
Download lyrics and chords to fifteen of Croce's most popular folk-pop tunes from this FTP site.

Crosby Stills Nash (and Young)
Scroll down the page to find lyrics to all the songs from CSN and Deja Vu.

Dement, Iris
Scroll down this page to find lyrics and chords to 40 songs by this wonderfully plaintive contemporary-Appalachian songstress.

DiFranco, Ani
Enough songs for a lifetime.

DiFranco, Ani
AniTabs: A very serious site for tabs to Ani's work.

Curtis, Catie (lyrics, chords)
Lyrics to songs from most of Catie's albums, chords to songs from Truth From Lies and eponymous Catie Curtis.

Drake, Nick
Lyrics to every song Drake recorded.

Dylan, Bob
Lyrics and chords to 100 songs.

Dylan, Bob
Boasts a nearly complete archive of Bob's song lyrics - plus poems, raps, liner notes and other writings.

Dylan, Bob
Chord charts for Dylan's oeuvre.

Earle, Steve (lyrics)
Complete lyrics for all 11 of Earle's albums.

Earle, Steve (tab)
Tabs to seven songs, with links to four others.

Earle, Steve
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page to find lyrics and chords to 12 songs.

Eberhardt, Cliff
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page to find lyrics and chords to 12 songs.

Ely, Joe (lyrics)
A list of all songs recorded over the years by Ely (originals & covers) with lyrics to most and chords to a few.

Ely, Joe
Scroll down this page to find lyrics and chords to 15 songs.

Fahey, John
A real find for guitarists and Fahey afficionados. Creating tabs for Fahey's complex instrumentals is hard work and hard to find for free.

Five Chinese Brothers
They may be defunct, but a lot of their songs are keepers. Scroll down this Insurgent Country page to find lyrics and chords to 30 songs.

Foster, Stephen Collins
This German site is a gold mine for Foster fans and historians. This page lists 130 songs with lyrics and midi files so you can hear the melodies. Amazing. All lyrics are as originally published (many affecting the African-American dialect).

Fulks, Robbie
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page to find lyrics and chords to all three albums: Country Love Songs, South Mouth and Let's kill Saturday Night.

Gorka, John (chords)
Chords to just about every song from each of John's albums, including the newest - "The Company You Keep."

Gorka, John
This ftp site at OLGA (On-Line Guitar Archive) offers guitar tabs for several Gorka favorites.

Gorka, John
Lyrics to all the songs by album.

Grateful Dead (lyrics) Best of the Net
Lyrics to 150 songs written and/or recorded by the Dead - including a series of interesting annotations and articles regarding symbols and motifs by David Dodd. Happy browsing through this excellent site.

Grateful Dead
About 100 songs, annotated. Plus articles, essays and other Dead stuff. Great site.

Grateful Dead, The
A baker's dozen of Garcia/Hunter classics including "Ripple," "Uncle John's Band" and "I Don't Know It Must Have been the Roses."

Griffin, Patty (lyrics)
Lyrics to Griffin's three CDs - including the newest long-delayed Silver Bell. Listings by title and by album.

Guthrie, Arlo
Yes, Virginia - here are the tabs and all the lyrics to the infamous 18 minute Alice's Restaurant Masacree - plus more.

Guthrie, Arlo
Lyrics to about 80 songs that Arlo wrote or performs.

Guthrie, Woody
Excellent site has lyrics to about 50 songs, categorized by theme and period, some with alternate versions. Also includes tributes to Woody. If you need chords for Woody's songs, yr in trouble...

Harris, Emmylou
Believe it or not, you'll find both lyrics and chords to most of the 200 songs listed here that Emmylou has recorded - almost all covers, of course.

Griffith, Nanci (chords)
Site has lyrics and chords to 96 songs written by and/or recorded by Griffith. This "Tab" page only has a handful of actual tabs.

Griffith, Nanci
Chords & tabs to a dozen Griffith favorites.

Hubbard, Ray Wylie
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page to find lyrics and chords to 8 fine songs.

Jewel (Jewel Kilcher)
This fan site offers lyrics from several albums. And links to an extensive collection of seventy songs with guitar chords (Though it advertises as tabs. Can't spell either...).

Kaplansky, Lucy
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 30 songs, mostly her highly regarded covers.

Kaplansky, Lucy
Ron Greitzer gives you basic chords for some of Lucy's hits. For tricky parts, refer to Ed Dupas's tabs. (watch out for frame script - folders and files may not show up with labels).

Kean, Robert Earl
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 25 songs.

Lavin, Christine
You can download lyrics and chords to 10 of Christine's songs from this FTP site.

Lightfoot, Gordon
About 25 song lyrics can be found at this site index page. You can also find 5 tabs here.

Loggins, Kenny
OK, just one song, but everyone wants to know how to play this one: "House at Pooh Corner." Enjoy.

Lovett, Lyle (chords, tabs)
Chords to 25 Lovett classics (originals and covers) and half a dozen tabs.

McTell, Ralph
You know "Streets of London" - find out about his many other fine songs. Lyrics and chords.

Paxton, Tom
About 90 Paxton songs, mostly lyrics but a few with chords.

Paxton, Tom
Lyrics and chords to only a dozen or so songs - but strangely not including many of his most famous early works.

Lovett, Lyle (lyrics) Best of the Net
Lovett was the early harbinger and great exponent of the vibrant Austin music scene. Here you'll find the Complete Lyrics for all his originals and covers.

Lovett, Lyle
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics to all his albums.

Matthews, Dave
Is it folk? All I know is that young people everywhere want to sing and play these songs. So here are four albums worth of lyrics.

McCutcheon, John
Author of the anti-war classic, "Christmas in the Trenches" and lots of labor-oriented songs. Site includes original lyrics for all albums.

Mitchell, Joni
Lyrics by album.

Mitchell, Joni
Ultimate source for lyrics, chords and weird tunings. Part of the comprehensive Joni Mitchell Discussion List site.

Morrison, Van
A dozen songs - lyrics and chords.

Ochs, Phil
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 5 of his best early songs from the 60's.

Ochs, Phil
The majority of Phil's lyrics are on-line - with lyrics of several tribute songs mixed in.

Parsons, Gram
Here you'll find lyrics and chords to 50 songs by this former member of the Byrds and collaborator with Emmylou Harris.

Peter, Paul & Mary
Here's a page that offers lyrics for many of the songs they've recorded. Also find lyrics and chords here.

Prine, John
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 30 songs.

Rush, Tom
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 20 songs made famous by Rush - mostly covers.

Seeger, Pete
Only some of the songs on this complete list of Seeger compositions include lyrics.

Shindell, Richard
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 10 songs by this master writer.

Shindell, Richard
Ron Greitzer (above) gives chords for about 20 favorites for everyday pickers. Use Ed Dupas's Tabs for advanced players (watch out for frame script - folders and files may not show up with labels).

Roches, The
Here are lyrics to all the albums - in all their witty quirkiness. Tabs/chords to a dozen songs are also at this site.

Shocked, <br>Shocked, Michelle
About 30 songs - lyrics and chords. East Texas meets New England activism and NYC punk.

Simon & Garfunkel
Tabs for 40 Simon and Garfunkel classics

Silverstein, Shel
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 8 songs by this dark and funny writer.

Simon, Paul
Lyrics, chords and some tabs to about 20 Simon songs - but mostly the pop ones from the 80s.

Springsteen, Bruce
Lyrics, chords and some tab to about 50 songs by The Boss.

Stevens, Cat
For a few years near the beginning (Teaser and the Firecat, Tea for the Tillerman), Cat Stevens was writing lyrics and melodies that were inspired. Lyrics and chords to 25 songs.

Waits, Tom
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics to three albums: "Rain Dogs," Heart Attack and Vine," and "Mule Variations."

Watson, Doc
Here are lyrics to a dozen Doc Watson classics.

Watson, Doc
And here are some tabs for a half-dozen songs using Doc's guitar wizardry.

Wheeler, Cheryl
Get lyrics to all of Cheryl's recorded songs - alphabetically or by album - from this fan site.

Wilcox, David
Lyrics by album, plus about a dozen unrecorded concert favorites.

Williams, Dar
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 17 of her most popular songs.

Williams, Hank
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 75 songs by this pioneer of country/folk music.

Williams, Hank
Lyrics to all the songs.

Williams, Lucinda
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 40 sultry songs.

Williams, Lucinda
This excellent fansite site has an extensive collection of lyrics, chords and tabs.

Wilcox, David - Almost Dave: Parodies
Few of today's songwriters have spawned as many parodies as Wilcox. Perhaps it's flattery.

Wolf, Kate
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 10 songs.

Young, Neil
Excellent unofficial site, including extensive lyrics, chords & tab.

Williams, Dar Best of the Net
Nearly complete archive of Dar's lyrics chords and tabs, by album. Also interactive links for discussions about the more complex techniques. A real musician's bonanza.

Zandt, Townes van
Scroll down this Insurgent Country page for lyrics and chords to 50 songs