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George Strait Best Hits
For The Acoustic

Here on this George Strait best hits page you'll find some great tunes to learn on the acoustic guitar. Help yourself to the free chord sheets and demos. Full lesson tutorials are also available for a small fee.

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George Strait Best Hits
Chords, Lyrics, Pdf's, Tutorials

1. Drinkin' Man

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Drinkin Man was written by George Strait, his son George Strait Jr (a.k.a. Bubba) and Dean Dillon, who wrote "Unwound" for George way back in 1981.

This song peaked at #37 on the country charts in 2012 and can be found on his Here For A Good Time album.

  • Drop D Tuning = No 
  • Capo = 4th fret
  • Rhythm = use a steady shuffle with a down down up down up down up as you move thru the chords
  • Picking = No
  • Chords = Asus4, A, Asus2, D, Esus, E, D/Gb
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2. Easy Come Easy Go

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Easy Come Easy Go was co-written by Dean Dillon. This was the lead single from the 1993 album of the same name and reached #1 on the country charts.

The song also crossed over onto the Billboard Hot 100 reaching #71 on that chart. 

  • Drop D Tuning = Yes
  • Capo = No
  • Rhythm = verse is dn (mute dn up dn) up up dn up and repeat and dn up stop up
  • Picking = Yes
  • Chords = D, G, A7, Em, A7sus
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3. Fool Hearted Memory

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Fool Hearted Memory was George's first #1 hit from way back in 1982.

This song hails from his 2nd album as the first album did not product any #1 hits.

Some of these early songs are truly George Strait pure country at it's finest.

  • Drop D Tuning = No
  • Capo = No
  • Rhythm = root dn root up dn up will work for this one.
  • Picking = Yes and song riffs
  • Chords = A, Amaj7, D, Esus, E, Bm, Dm
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4. Give It All We Got Tonight

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5. Give It Away

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Give It Away was the song that broke Conway Twitty's record of 40 No hits by becoming the #41st hit back in 2006 of George Strait.

The song is from his album It Just Comes Natural.

  • Drop D Tuning = Yes
  • Capo = 3rd fret
  • Rhythm = root up root up down up and repeat
  • Picking = Yes
  • Chords = D, G, A, G7
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6. God And Country Music

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God And Country Music as of Jan 2022, was one of three last singles released by George Strait which was released back in 2019 from his album Honky Tonk Time Machine. The song reached #36 on the country charts. 

George Strait's last top 10 was back in 2012 and his last #1 was in 2008.

  • Drop D Tuning = No
  • Capo = 3rd fret
  • Rhythm = arpeggio a few notes and play root up down up and repeat
  • Picking = just a riff
  • Chords = G, Em, C, D, Em, Am, G6
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7. He Must Have Hurt You Really Bad

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He Must Have Hurt You Really Bad came in as a request by a customer but as I discovered, it was never released as a single. The song can be found on the album It Just Comes Natural which was released back in 2006 and produced four singles, but not this one.

Give It Away and Wrapped were two big singles from this album along with the title track.

  • Drop D Tuning = No
  • Capo = 3rd fret
  • Rhythm = use an arpeggio 1,2 up down up and repeat or a down down up down up 
  • Picking = No
  • Chords = G, C/G, Am7, G6, C, Em, Bm, D/Gb, Dsus, D
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8. Heartland

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Heartland was a #1 for George Strait in 1993 and was also the soundtrack for the movie Pure Country. The song was the second single from the album.

George Strait starred in the film as Dusty Chandler about a small town country artist with big dreams.

  • Drop D Tuning = Yes
  • Capo = No
  • Rhythm = dn up dn up with a rock and roll strum
  • Picking = Yes
  • Chords =D, G, A, Bm, C, Gb, E7
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9. Here For A Good Time

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Here For A Good Time hails from the 2011 album of te same name. 9 of the 11 tracks were written by George Strait, his son Bubba and Dean Dillon.

The song peaked at #2 in both Canada and the US.

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10. I Can Still Make Cheyenne

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I Can Still Make Cheyenne was one of three #1 hits from this album by George Strait released back in 1996.

One of those classic George Strait song on guitar that every country musician should learn.

  • Drop D Tuning = Yes
  • Capo = 1st fret
  • Rhythm = root down up down up or use a bit of arpeggio 1,2,3 up down up down up
  • Picking = No
  • Chords = D, G, A7, A, Bm
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11. I Cross My Heart

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I Cross My Heart is a song from 1992. This one was the first single release from the album Pure Country and also appeared in the movie of the same name at the end.

It was a #1 hit for George Strait in both the US and Canada.

When the song became available as a digital download it racked up nearly a million downloads since 2015.

  • Drop D Tuning = No
  • Capo = No
  • Rhythm = down down up and repeat
  • Picking = Yes
  • Chords = D, D/Gb, G, A, Asus, Bm, Gbm, A7, Em, F, C
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