The Easy Country Fake Book: Over 100 Songs in the Key of "C" (Melody, Lyrics and Simplified Chords)

This is a very good "easy" book. If you are into country music, chances are you will be familiar with most of the selections (about 80% of them have received more than one million views on youTube, and many in the tens of millions). The selections are all in the key of C, though more than 40% have one or more accidentals not in this key, a problem for "pure" diatonic instruments, but not for such chromatic instruments as the guitar and piano. Some diatonic folk and country instruments, such as Hohner double-row accordions (melodeons), can include several accidentals, and allow nearly 90% of the selections here to be played as written. I also like the larger than normal print. I'll end with a couple of minor negatives. First, some selections are missing one or more popular lyric verses, and a couple are missing parts of the music. Second, although many Hal Leonard music books come with spriral or ring spines, allowing pages to lie flat on a music stand, this book does not. Otherwise very well done.

Just as expected: a nice, large print fake book of popular Country Music tunes. Great stuff.Nothing fancy - the melody with the name of the chords above.Easy to read, no squinty s*** - holding it up and down,moving the page back and forth, trying to figure it out. Nice and legible.Packaging and delivery were just fine.The only drawback is that the printed format is too large for my printer/copier. So, when making a copy of a song for further review, the entire text does not fit on one page. So, I have to fiddle around to find some way that gets the job done.Maybe a different printer/copier but what a hassle.Great songs, a good selection. Nice quantity. Everyone should have this or something like this in their reference library. So that... TrueCountry Never Dies!"Ooo ooo ooo!She done me wrong.And I'm crying..Crying!In my beer!Ooo yeah!Gonna drive my truck.Yea."

Easy to read typeface. Includes multiple lines of lyrics under music.Some lyrics in the song Lucille missing.I purchased an extra copy to use with another player.

I am having a ball with this book, it is the 5th of these fake books that I have purchased. The only reason I am giving it 4 stars is because of the bindings. I have had to take 4 of these books apart, cut the pages down to fit in plastic sheet protectors and put them into binders, then they work great. I read music, but like to play by ear, mostly in the key of C. With the chords I can do my own fills and make the songs into my own arrangements.

Great songs to play and sing along with. Every song written in the key of C. This allows for a quick learn and then you may transpose to any key you want to play and sing in. Exciting!

Simplified sing arrangements for an amateur singer like me who strung though I would like we songs at times in the book!

This is a fantastic book. I have been playing somewhat by ear most of my life but recently started piano lessons. This is by far the greatest book I have found for those who love country music!

if you are just starting to play this is a good book to start with. The easy arraingements will have you playing songs very fast and you will begin to feel like you are making progess

Great book. So easy to read. My eyes are not so good these days, these larger type easy to follow books are much easier to see, and simpler adaptations of the music. I will be collecting more of these books. Lots of well known songs too.

great book

This is the future of putting music scores on a music stand ,no more heavy books.

Easy to play

Good book as always