cheers will check that out, and yep agreed about ‘the last song I learned’ thats why I think I really need to embed 2 or 3 completely so I’ll never forget them 
Quite a varied selection there!!!
I’d deny that I could play guitar and insist that they had me confused with someone else!
If that didn’t work then probably another vote for Bad Moon Rising! Everyone else would have to know the words as I can’t yet sing and play.
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Paul @MrPB
I have six Songs I can play and sing from memory
Brown Eyed Girl
Bad moon Rising
Take me Home Country Roads
Leaving on a Jet Plane
And two others I am keeping secret for an Community OM
On my iPhone and iPad I have about 40 other songs in SongbookPro that I can play from the chords or have learned to play in the past that I could have a reasonable go at, with the chords in front of me.
Without sounding big headed if somebody suggest a song and I could find the chords on line in Justin’s Tabs or UG and they are not too involved I would give it a go. Why do I sound so confident, because it happens nearly every time at the guitar club, you get chord sheet for a song that you don’t know and have to play, ok the rhythm might be just down strums and be far from perfect but in a party situation don’t think that would really matter.
Michael 
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Cheers Michael
I had a quick look at SongBook pro last night funnily enough, is there any massive benefit with that over an Ultimate Guitar subscription? I already have that with some tabs/chords saved into a playlist
Hi Paul, there is quite a detailed discussion here, that may help with some tips.
Paul @MrPB
A lot of people in the community use SongbookPro but be careful there is another one with a similar name I believe.
Not used UG playlist so don’t know what they do I just use it to download load chords into SongbookPro which I can then edit with a link to my windows laptop even though SongbookPro is on an Apple device. You can also load in pdf’s.
I think the cost of the App is only £5 at least it was when I bought it, for that cost worth a try I would have thought
Michael
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Does the subscription to UG allow you to upload tabor notation from anywhere? I don’t have that subscription, so unsure of its capabilities.
I have used the UG app and occasionally find useful stuff, but generally find better tab and notation for songs I am interested in elsewhere. Generally, I haven’t been all that impressed with UG tabs, at least the free version.
oh my ! someone who knows this song 
I love this song
I heard it played by Owain Phyfe and it blew me away
If my friends don’t mind a bit of clumsiness and some mistakes, I’ll try to play one of these songs, which I can get through on guitar, but I’m not at the point of singing too (except in my head).
Dead Flowers - Rolling Stones
Come by the Hills - The Clancy Brothers
It’s Good to be King - Tom Petty
Imagine - John Lennon
Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top
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The first songs I can play and sing all the way through that come to mind are:
Folsom Prison Blues
Budapest
House of the Rising Sun (fingerpicking)
Werewolves of London (simple 3 chord arrangement)
Locomotive Breath (simple 4 chord arrangement with no fancy intro)
Hotel California (intro picked then chords for the rest)
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Aha! I’m not the only one!!! I have a couple I am trying to save for just such an occasion! When it will happen?? Ahhh…hard to say. Is on the list.
Nice to know others are thinking the same way.
Rock on!
Darren
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Such an awesome song. One that is on the list to learn. Probably some time in the future. But I have the lyrics. Just have to find time to get the starts going.
Remembering all the words is not quite there for me. Still need visual references. But I’m trying and with time I’m sure I will.
Rock on!
Darren
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I have the album that I linked in my reply above. My mother went to visit friends in France that used to live next door when I was a boy and came back with that CD. It always gave me the chills and I wanted to figure out how to play it. It was REALLY good practice for rolling. It is about the only thing I can play that doesn’t require the vocals to be meaningful.
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thats the kind of music i often listen to when i work
I thought you needed a lute to play this kind of songs , never thought of playing it with a guitar
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Sittin’ On the Dock of a Bay by Otis Redding
Mother by Pink Floyd
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I play it on my metal electric (Tremonti SE). Really. I go super clean on the amp and use the middle position on the pickups to get both together. I like the way it sounds. I am working on improving my dynamics and some timing variations to help elicit the chills in listeners. Still a work in progress on that, but some days I give myself chills!
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I would undoubtedly start with a Jimmy Buffet tune.
Margaritaville
A Pirate Looks at Forty
etc.
Then there is:
Toes - Zac Brown
Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
Cracklin’ Rose - Neil Diamond
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Is there a link to a recording of that I could listen to? Sounds interesting.
My go to songs depend on the audience. My fav style is fingerstyle folk music and I have a few go to songs: If you could read my mind - Gordon Lightfoot, Older Chests - Damien Rice, Last thing on my mind - Tom Paxton.
If it’s more a party / pub crowd, then songs like Stuck in the middle with you - Steelers wheel, Have you ever seen the rain - Credence, Wagon wheel - various, Maybe it’s time - Bradley Cooper, Don’t let the old man in - Toby Keith
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I would probably start with Bob Dylan’s Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.
Other songs, I feel quite comfortable with are Luka (Suzanne Vega), The River (Bruce Springsteen), Follow Me (Uncle Crackers), and I’m Gonna Be - 500 Miles (The Proclaimers).
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