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. Acoustic Guitar Song Collection
Beautifully constructed site currently offers a fine selection of songs by a handful of good writers including Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen.
Acoustic Music - Chord/Tab FTP site
This is the mother lode of downloadable files for contemporary acoustic music. Most have chords and lyrics, some have tab. Huge index. "American Memory" National Digital Library
The mother lode. This Library of Congress archive of American. Becky Vincent's Campfire Songbook
A Girl Guides of Canada song hoard. Hundreds of songs in practical categories for group leaders including performance tips. Site has lots of other cool materials for kids and camping, almost all P.D. (public domain). Hats off! Australian Folk Songs
Over 100 Australian folk songs, including lyrics and MIDI file melodies. Fine work by learned Aussie Mark Gregory. A real specialty site. Classic Rock Top 500 (About.com)
Our Classic Rock guide counts down her "top 500" classic rock songs. Includes a lot of folkies - Dylan, Neil Young, etc. Most songs have links to lyrics & chords with some tabs. Cosmos's Songbook
This Yosemite Scouting Jamboree web ring site has lyrics to over 250 campfire-type songs, labeled fast-slow. Cowpie (COuntry Western Pickers of the Internet)
Song lyrics - a lot of country, but other songwriters too. This alphabetical index page shows a folder for each letter - no ads or site info. For the site frames page go here. Insurgent Country - Americana Songbook Best of the Net
Find lyrics, chords and a (very) few tabs to songs by literally hundreds of songwriters that have been labelled Americana. Den's Old Lyrics Page
Lyrics to 100s of oldies from the 50s, 60s & 70s (many pop/rock hits most people would rather forget, from Andy Williams to BTO). Webmaster has 100s more & will e-mail on request. A useful and amusing resource. el Mariachi.com
Lyrics and sound clips to over 300 boleros, corridos, sones, rancheras, and other songs - plus books on Mexican and Mexican American music. Dr. Demento
Nobody has collected more sick, outrageous, and just plain funny songs. Is it folk? Who cares. This unofficial site, home of rec.music.dementia, offers copious collection of lyrics. FolkLib: Lyrics List
This FolkLib page lists indexes of lyric/chord sites and lyric/chord collections as well as a few lyrics pages by artist. Folksong Index
Over 9000 lyrics and 4000 midi melodies, this may be the largest collection of "Airs, Anthems, Ballads, Canons, Ditties, Folksongs, Hymns and War Songs" on the net - from the U.S., Germany, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France and Austria. Gaelic Song Lyrics
Supplies lyrics to 30 Gaelic tunes - in Gaelic, of course. G8INA's Irish Music Page
Includes a list of sites as well as a collection of zipped songfiles that you can download. Harmony Central - On-Line Guitar Archive (OLGA)
Lyrics, chords & tabs in all genres, search by author. A lot of classic stuff by Guthrie, Dylan, Joni Mitchell; fewer songs by newer writers. Chords and tabs vary in quality. Due to legal woes, the site may not last much longer. Harmony Central: Links to Guitar Archive Sites
Most of the links go to alternative/rock collections, but there is treasure to be found here for the non-purist. History in Song
A fine, fine reference site with hundreds of song lyrics grouped by periods and activities (railroads, mining) as well as by writer - including Dylan, Guthrie, and more. Collects the work of a Dr. Bus in Mainz, Germany and his students. Ingeb.org - "Leader in Lieder" Best of the Net
German site has 20,000 titles from 40 countries. Includes lyrics, sheet music and MIDI melodies. Incredible. Irish Song Lyrics
This Scandanavian afficionado of all things Irish has collected lyrics to over 300 songs. IWW Homepage (Wobblies)
Here's the homepage for the legendary Industrial Workers of the World organization. Radical and still here. In 7 languages. KIDiddles
Canadian site has an index of over 800 classic kids song lyrics, mostly P.D. Good links. Labor Movement
The Mother Lode of labor songs. Pages for IWW songs, Songs of Joe Hill, and much more.
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