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Christmas Holidays are around the corner. Here are a few versions of the classic carol Silent Night.

First off, an easy version for standard guitar.

Download the easy guitar tab for Silent Night

And a second version for guitar that takes you farther up the fingerboard.

Download the intermediate guitar tab for Silent Night

And here are versions of Silent Night for tenor banjo and ukulele.

Download the tenor banjo tab for Silent Night

Download the ukulele tab for Silent Night

And here few more Christmas carol arrangements for guitar.

Download the guitar tab for God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Download the guitar tab for El Desembre Congelat

Download the guitar tab for Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Here is a guitar TAB for the hymn Amazing Grace. Joe arranged this so the melody stays on the third string most of the time. Because of this, you’ll see an unusual way to voice the G chord. Keeping your 3rd finger on the third string for melody notes and for this particular G chord helps to preserve the singing quality of the arrangement. Don’t play it too fast, though: This is a slow introspective reading of Newton’s famous hymn.

Download the tab to Amazing Grace

Joe put together this Chord-Melody arrangement of the hymn Were You There.

Download the tab for Were You There

And here’s a tutorial on playing Chord-Melody style which also walks you through Joe’s arrangement.

Here’s the theme to J.S. Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring. Who says fiddle players get to have all the fun?

Download the tab to Jesus, Joy of Man’s Desiring

We’ve had several requests for the Tab to Chaney’s arrangement of the popular hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus. This Tab is based on his YouTube demo of an Olson “James Taylor” signature guitar.

Download the tab to What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Here’s Tyler’s arrangement of Beautiful Dreamer by Stephen Foster for tenor banjo.

Download the tab to Beautiful Dreamer

The old sea shanty Shenandoah has been a popular tune around the store. One of Joe’s students heard it being played and asked him for an arrangement. Here are two.

Download tab to Shenandoah Fingerstyle

Download tab to Shenandoah Crosspicking

Devil’s Dream is a tune you don’t hear on ukulele very often. Joe moved it to the key of D major for easier handling.

Download the Tab to Devil’s Dream