Best Songs By Bob Seger
On The Acoustic

Against The Wind hails from the 1980 album of the same name and the song peaked at #5 in the US.

The Janey mentioned in the song was a real person Bob Seger dated from 1972 to 1983. 

This one I play in standard tuning with some lead and using a root up down up root up down up rhythm pattern. The chords here are G, Bm, C, D, Am and an Em.

Beautiful Loser was also the name of an album Bob Seger released in 1975 which was his 8th album.

The song just missed entering the Billboard Top 100 but became more well known the following year when it showed up on his "Live Bullet" album and paired up with the song Travelin' Man.  The song peaked at #103.

Played in standard tuning while playing a root up down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern with some lead. For chords you'll need a G, Am, C, D, Em, A7 and an A#.

Betty Lou's Gettin Out Tonight hails from the 1980 album called "Against The Wind" which won Bob Seger and band a Grammy Award. It remains Bob Segers only #1 album.

The song that was never released as a single, but has a high energy rock and roll vibe which is hard to ignore.

This one I play in drop D with a capo 3rd fret. Some lead with the chords D, G and A while playing a down up down up rhythm pattern or you can use all down strokes.

By The River is on the 1995 "It's A Mystery" album which was Seger's last album until he returned to the music recording scene in 2006.

The song was not released as a single.

A capo 1st fret is the original key in standard tuning with some lead and playing a root down root down up and repeat rhythm pattern. For chords use a G, Em, D, C, D, B7, G7 and a C/G.

Fire Lake was a big song for Bob Seger reaching #6 when it was released from the 1980 "Against The Wind" album. The song was originally planned to be on the 1975 "Beautiful Loser" album but wasn't finished in time.

The Eagles members Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Timothy B Schmidt sang backup harmony near the end of the track.

I play a capo 2nd fret in standard tuning with no lead and a root down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. Chords here are G, D, Em, D/Gb, Bm, Am and a Cmaj7.

Hollywood Nights was a movie soundtrack in Beverly Hills cop starring Eddie Murphy. It can get a little tiring on the right arm if you're not used to playing these three chords this way but it gives a full rhythm sound to the song overall.

The song reached #12 in both Canada and the US in 1978 from the "Stranger In Town" album.

Only three chords here which are E, A and a D with no lead and in standard tuning. For rhythm play a quick dn up dn up shuffle, and then a pause up dn up pause up dn up etc and then blend in the shuffle pattern.

I Feel Like A Number is off of the 1978 "Stranger In Town" album but was not released as a single until three years later in 1981.

It peaked at #48 in the US and #29 in Canada. 

This one I use drop D tuning and a capo 2nd fret with a down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. Some lead with the three chords D, G and A.

Jody Girl is a track on the 1975 album "Beautiful Loser".

The song was never released as a single.

For rhythm here play a root up down up root up down up or you could also use a root down up down up root up dpwn up as in a quick shuffle, but it's not necessary. Played in standard tuning with just a few riffs and the chords E, A and B.

Mainstreet was released as a single from the Night Moves album in 1976.

The song was a #1 in Canada and a #24 in the US.

Played in standard tuning, play a down down up down down up and repeat rhythm pattern and some required. For chords you'll need a D, C, G, Em, Bm, Gbm, A (or Asus4) and an Am.

Night Moves hails from the 1976 album of the same name. It took Bob Seger six months to write this song and by the time he was ready to record it, his Silver Bullet Band had returned to Detroit from a Toronto concert.

So Seger used some session musicians to record the track in a Toronto recording studio.

That song reached #5 in the US and #4 in Canada and was the single that propelled Bob Seger into the national spotlight in 1976.

Another one in standard tuning with no lead and a down up stop up down up stop up is the main pattern. For chords you'll play a G, F, C, Em, D, Cmaj7, Am7 and a Bm.

No Mans Land can be found on the 1980 "Against The Wind" album.

This song was not one of the four singles released from that album.

The rhythm here is a simple down down up down up down up and repeat pattern with just a few riffs and the chords C, G, D, Am, F and an A#.

Old Time Rock And Roll has a bit of odd history to this song which appeared on the 1978 album "Stranger In Town". The intro which you hear twice was an error on the demo tape by one of the engineers at Muscle Shoals Studio in Alabama.

Seger thought it was part of the song so left it in. 

Play a drop D here with a capo 4th fret is you wish and some lead required. For rhythm play all down strones and a D, G and an A for the chords.