George Jones Greatest Hits Songs
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A Girl I Used To Know became a #3 hit on the US country charts for George Jones in 1962 and was recorded a second time with his wife Tammy Wynette. Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton also did a duet version but changes the titles of the song. It can be found on the album George Jones Sings More New Favourites.

A Good Year For The Roses was a #2 hit for George Jones back in 1970.

The track can be found on his album The Best Of George Jones.

I play a capo 2nd fret here with a root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern in standard tuning. The chords you'll need are a G, C, G6, Am and a D in standard tuning.

A Picture Of Me Without You hails from the album of the same name and was released in 1972. The two writers wrote this song specifically for George.

He scored a #5 hit with his release. Lorrie Morgan also covered the song in 1993.

There is some lead in this one with the chords G, C, D, G7 and a D7 with drop D tuning. For rhythm play a root up down up root up down up and repeat pattern.

Choices was one of two singles from the 1999 album Cold Hard Truth. George managed to reach #30 on the US and Canadian country charts with this number. Of course the CMA wanted George to perform only a part of the song at their awards show and Jones declined their offer.

Alan Jackson was performing Pop A Top that night and then launched into this song in protest against the CMA, and then stormed off the stage to a standing ovation.

He Stopped Loving Her Today was from the 1980s album I Am What I Am and almost never made it. Jones hated the song as it was too morbid and sad. This during the time he had just divorced from Tammy Wynette and was in prety rough shape.

Billy Sherrill and George argued about the song unitl he finally recorded it by said no son of a bitch will buy it. He was worng of course and in the summer of 1980 it hit #1. Jones later said a 40 year career was saved by a 3 min song.

I Dont Need Your Rockin Chair hails from the 1992 album from George Jones called Walls Can Fall. This one made to #34 on the US country charts.

This one is played in standard tuning with some lead and the chords G, C, D, and D7. Play a root down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern.

I'm A One Woman Man is of course a Johnny Horton song which Horton recorded and released back in 1956 and scored a #7 hit. Jones released a version in 1960 but it was his 1988 version which hit #5 on the country charts in Canada and the US.

The song hails from the album "One Woman Man".

Here I use a capo 2nd fret with some lead playing the three chords of G, C and D. Play a down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern.

Me And Jesus is a song written by Tom T Hall and recorded by George Jones for his album Hallelujah Weekend released in the spring on 1990.

The song was never released as a single.

Another song with the three chords of G, C and D and some lead required in standard tuning. I play a root down root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern in this number.

Once You've Had The Best was a #3 hit for George Jones from his 1973 album The Grand Tour. Johnny Paycheck wrote this song and he was the bass player in George's band in the 60s. The two remained good friends and have even recorded together.

She Loved A Lot In Her Time was a single released in 1992. Unfortunately Jones stopped producing hit songs in the late 1980s but still managed to get onto the country charts right up until 2002. This song peaked at #55 in the US.

You'll find the track on the album "And Along Came Jones".

I play a capo 3rd here in standard tuning with a root down root up down up rhythm as well as some root up down up rhythm. For chords you'll need a D, G, Em, A7sus, A7, Bm, D/Gb, D7 and a Gmaj7 but no lead work here.

She Thinks I Still Care was a single in 1962 and appeared on the 1967 album release called Hits By George. Jones hated the song at first and refused to record it but took a chance on it and it became his signature song as a country singer.

Elvis Presley, Anne Murray and Merle Haggard are just a few artists who have recorded the song.

Tennessee Whiskey hit #1 in Canada and #2 in the US country market back in 1983. David Allan Coe first recorded this one in 1977 but never had a successful version reaching #77.

You'll find this track on George's album Shine On.

I play this one in drop D tuning with a root down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. A bit of lead in this one with the chords G, C and D.

The Grand Tour was a #1 hit when it saturated the airwaves back in 1974. It's one of the most famous divorce songs ever written.

It hails from the album of the same name.

Play this one in standard tuning with the chords G, C, D, G7, A7 and a D7. Just a few riffs with a root down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern.

The King Is Gone is from the 1989 album One Woman Man. This track became a single from the album and made it to #26 on the US Country chart.

The One I Loved Back Then a.k.a. The Corvette Song, came out as a single in 1985. The song peaked at #3 on the US country charts and #2 in Canada.

It can be found on the album Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes.

This number I play in drop D tuning with a root down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. Some lead required with the chords D, G, D7 and an A7.

The Race Is On was first released as a single by George Jones back in 1964 where it became a #3 hit on the US country chart. It can be found on the album I Get Lonely On A Hurry. He recorded the song again with Travis Tritt as a duet in 1994.

Sawyer Brown also released a version of the song and had a #5 hit in 1989.

Walk Through This World With Me was a #1 hit for George Jones back in 1967. George had 57 songs on the charts by this time in his career and this was hit 4th chart topper.

The song can be found on the album "We Found Heaven Right Here On Earth At 4033".

This song I play in standard tuning with a bit of picking while playing the chords G, C, D and a D7. For rhythm play a root down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern.

White Lightning was written by a close friend of George Jones by the name of The Big Bopper, who died in that play crash with Buddy Holly in 1959. This song was a #1 hit and can be found on the album of the same name.