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Top Songs By Alan Jackson
Demos, Chords, Lyrics & Tutorials
1. I Wish I Could Back Up
I Wish I Could Back Up hails from Jackson's 2008 album "Good Time".
This song was never released as a single.
- Drop D Tuning = No
- Capo = No
- Rhythm = basic rhythm using a shuffle pattern and arpeggio picking
- Picking = Yes
- Chords = G, C, D, Am, Em and a B7
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2. I'll Try
I'll Try was a single release back in 1996 and can be found on his Greatest Hits Compilation album.
The song reached #1 in the US and #5 in Canada.
- Drop D Tuning = No
- Capo = No
- Rhythm = root up down up and repeat
- Picking = a piano riff
- Chords = G, C, D
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3. It Must Be Love
It Must Be Love was another Bob McDill composition and in 1979 Don Williams had a #1 record. Fast Forward to 2000 and history repeated itself when Alan Jackson had his version also reach #1 on the country charts.
The song is found on his "Under The Influence" album.
- Drop D Tuning = Yes
- Capo = 3rd fret
- Rhythm = down up stop up down up stop up and then change chord
- Picking = Yes - a familiar riff
- Chords = D, G and A
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4. It's Five o'Clock Somewhere
It's Five o'clock Somewhere was recorded as a duet with Jimmy Buffett ... a Florida boy and a next door neighbor Georgia boy but neither of them wrote the song.
It got Jackson on the pop charts for the first time at #65 and became Buffett's first top 10 song since the 1970's when it came out in 2003. The song was a #1 hit on the country charts.
The song is from his Greatest Hits Vol II album.
- Drop D Tuning = Yes
- Capo = No
- Rhythm = a root up down up and repeat
- Picking = Various riffs
- Chords = D, G, A7, Asus, Bm, A/Db and an Em
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5. Jim And Jack And Hank
Jim And Jack And Hank hails from the 2015 album called Angels and Alcohol and 7 of the 10 songs were written by Alan Jackson.
This song was a single from the album but only peaked at #41 on the country charts. Jim and Jack and Hank chords and lyrics are below.
- Drop D Tuning = Yes
- Capo = 2nd Fret
- Rhythm = all down strokes
- Picking = Yes
- Chords = D, G and an A
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6. Just As I Am
Just As I Am comes from the poet Charlotte Elliott, who wrote this song back in 1835 and Jackson included it on his 2013 album "Precious Memories Vol II".
The song was never released as a single.
- Drop D Tuning = No
- Capo = 4th fret
- Rhythm = arpeggio down over the strings followed but some rhythm count counting 1-2-3 up down up and repeat -- or -- skip the arpeggio and just strum in a root up down up down up root up down up down up pattern
- Picking = Yes
- Chords = G, G7, C, D and a Dsus
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7. Little Man
Little Man was one of four singles released from Alan Jackson's 1999 album High Mileage.
This one peaked at #3 in the US and $4 in Canada.
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8. Livin On Love
Livin On Love is from Jackson's 1994 album "Who I Am".
The song topped the country charts and became a huge #1 at that time.
- Drop D Tuning = Yes
- Capo = 2nd fret
- Rhythm = verse is root up down up bass up down up - chorus to a double downstroke - meaning play root down down root up down up and repeat.
- Picking = Yes - hammer ons - pull offs
- Chords = G, C and D - you can also throw in G7 and D7
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9. Love's Got A Hold On You
Love's Got A Hold On You strangely enough was not written by Alan Jackson. The song became a #1 hit from his 1992 "Dont Rock The Jukebox" album.
The songwriters were Carson Chamberlain and Keith Stegall.
- Drop D Tuning = No
- Capo = No
- Rhythm = allows for some bass using a root up down up bass up down up
- Picking = Yes - a little
- Chords = E, A and B7
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10. Midnight In Montgomery
Midnight In Montgomery came about one stormy night in Montgomery Alabama when Alan Jackson spent an evening there and payed a visit to the local cemetery to pay his respects to Hank Williams who is buried there.
Upon returning to Nashville, Jackson sat down with a writing friend of his, Don Sampso,n and together co-wrote this song called Midnight In Montgomery as a tribute song to Hank Williams.
The song hails from the 1991 album "Don't Rock The Jukebox".
- Drop D Tuning = No
- Capo = No
- Rhythm = this one is mainly arpeggio picking of the strings as you play thru the chords in this song or play a down down up - up down up down up in the chorus
- Picking = No
- Chords = Dm, C, A#, A, A7
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