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ACOUSTIC DUO REPERTOIRE

This page shows all the songs we can play as an acoustic duo, split into genres of music

Classic pop and rock

Africa - Toto

All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople

Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Be My Baby -The Ronettes

Beautiful Boy - John Lennon

Blue Monday - Joy Division 

Boys Don’t Cry - The Cure 

Breakfast In America - Supertramp 

Bring It On Home To Me - Sam Cooke 

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison 

Burning Down The House - Talking Heads 

California Dreaming - The Mamas And The Papas 

California Soul - Marlena Shaw

Careless Whisper - George Michael

Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley 

Cats In The Cradle - Harry Chapin 

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac 

Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen 

Cum On Feel The Noise - Slade 

Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen 

Don't Bring Me Down - ELO 

Don’t Dream It’s Over - Crowded House 

Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen 

Don’t Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin 

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds 

Down On The Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival 

Dream A Little Dream - Mama Cass 

Dreams - Fleetwood Mac 

Electric Dreams - Phil Oakley

Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode

Faith - George Michael 

Father And Son - Cat Stevens

First Of The Gang - Morrissey

For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield 

Friday I’m In Love - The Cure

Get It On - T-Rex 

Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - Urge Overkill

Girls on Film - Duran Duran 

Go Now - The Moody Blues 

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Gold - Spandau Ballet 

Golden Brown - The Stranglers

Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival 

Hazy Shade Of Winter - Simon And Garfunkel 

Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 

Heart Of Glass - Blondie 

Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - The Smiths

Here Comes The Night - Them 

Here Comes Your Man - Pixies 

Heroes - David Bowie 

Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson 

Highway To Hell - AC:DC 

Highway Zone - Kenny Loggins

Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede 

Hopelessly Devoted To You - Olivia Newton John 

Hotel California - Eagles 

I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash 

I Feel Good - James Brown 

I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King 

I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield 

I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner 

If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow 

I’m Not In Love - 10CC 

Imagine - John Lennon

Is This Love - Bob Marley 

Is This The Way To Amarillo - Tony Christie 

It Must Be Love - Labi Siffre

The Joker - The Steve Miller Band 

Jolene - Dolly Parton 

Keep Feeling Fascination - The Human League

The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunny Men

Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA 

Kodachrome - Paul Simon

Lean On Me - Bill Withers 

Let Your Love Flow - The Belamy Brothers 

Life On Mars - David Bowie

Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi 

Living Thing - ELO 

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

Maggie May - Rod Stewart 

Make It With You - Bread 

The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie 

Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix

Mr Blue Sky - ELO 

My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small

Never Tear Us Apart - INXS 

Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues

Nothing Lasts Forever - Echo & The Bunnymen

Oh You Pretty Things - David Bowie

Only You - Yazoo 

Ooh La La - The Faces

Perfect Day - Lou Reed 

Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode 

Piano Man - Billy Joel

Please, Please, Please - The Smiths 

Pressure Drop - Toots & The Maytals

Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival / Tina Turner 

Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

Rocket Man - Elton John

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding

Space Oddity - David Bowie 

Spooky - Dusty Springfield 

Starman - David Bowie 

Strange Days - The Doors

Stuck In The Middle With You - Steelers Wheel

Sunday Girl - Blondie 

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 

Sweet Dreams - The Eurythmics 

Tainted Love - Gloria Jones/Softcell

Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson 

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths 

There's Always Something There - Sandie Shaw

To Love Somebody - The Bee Gees

Try Me - James Brown

Venus - Shocking Blue 

Video Killed The Radio Star - The Bugles 

Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl

Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles

Where Is My Mind - The Pixies 

Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King 

Wonderful Life - Black 

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive 

You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye 

You Really Got A Hold On Me - Smoky Robinson 

You’ll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & The Pacemakers 

The Young Ones - Cliff Richard 

You’re So Vain - Carly Simon 

You've Lost That Loving Feeling - The Righteous Brothers 

Ziggy Stardust - Bowie 

 

‘British Invasion’ and 60s rock

The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies

All You Need Is Love - The Beatles

And I Love Her - The Beatles

Baby's In Black - The Beatles

Bend Me Shape Me - The Amen Corner

Blackberry Way - The Move

Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles 

Come Together - The Beatles

A Day In The Life - The Beatles

Daydream - The Lovin’ Spoonful 

Dead End Street - The Kinks

Dedicated Follower Of Fashion - The Kinks 

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Animals 

Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles

Eight Days A Week - The Beatles

Get Back - The Beatles

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

Here There And Everywhere - The Beatles

Hey Jude - The Beatles

House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals 

I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles

I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles

In My Life - The Beatles

Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces

Let’s Spend The Night Together - The Rolling Stones 

The Letter - The Box Tops 

Lola - The Kinks 

Love Grows - Edison Lighthouse 

Lucy In The Sky - The Beatles

My Generation - The Who 

Norwegian Wood - The Beatles

Nowhere Man - The Beatles 

Obla-Di-Obla-Da - The Beatles 

Please Please Me - The Beatles

Penny Lane - The Beatles

Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones

She’s Not There - The Zombies

So Happy Together - The Turtles

Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles

Substitute - The Who 

Summer In The City - The Lovin’ Spoonful 

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

Time Of The Season - The Zombies

Two Of Us - The Beatles

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks 

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals

When I'm 64 - The Beatles

You Never Give Me Your Money - The Beatles 

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles

 

 

Folk and acoustic music

All I Want Is You – Barry Louis Polisar

Annie’s Song - John Denver

Beauty Mark - Rufus Wainwright

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

The Blower’s Daughter - Damien Rice 

Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan 

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel 

Cecelia - Simon & Garfunkel 

Heart Of Gold - Neil Young

Ho, Hey - The Lumineers 

Home - Magnetic Zeros 

I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons

It Ain't Me Babe - Bob Dylan

Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan

Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men

Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan/Adele

Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan 

Mrs Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

Old Man - Neil Young

Our House - Crosby, Stills & Nash

The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

Stubborn Love - The Lumineers 

The Times They Are A Changin’ - Bob Dylan

Top Of The World - The Carpenters

Weather With You - Crowded House

Wild Rover - Irish Folk Song 

Wild World - Cat Stevens 

 

90s to modern, pop and indie

Bad Guy - Billie Eilish

Believer - Imagine Dragons

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd 

Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung 

Can’t Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue

Coffee & TV  - Blur 

Come As You Are - Nirvana 

Country House - Blur

Creep - Radiohead 

The Day We Caught The Train - OCS 

Do I Wanna Know - Arctic Monkeys

Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis

Electric Feel - MGMT 

End Of A Century - Blur 

Erase and rewind - The Cardigans 

Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes - Beck 

Everything I Wanted - Billie Eilish 

Exs and Ohs - Elle King 

Fever - The Black Keys 

Fill My Little World - The Feeling 

Glory Box - Portishead 

Going For Gold - Shed 7

Good Riddance - Green Day

Heartbeats - Jose Gonzales

Heaven - Bryan Adams 

Hey Soul Sister - Train 

High And Dry - Radiohead 

Human - Rag n Bone man

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz 

The Importance of Being Idle - Oasis 

In The Waiting Line - Zero 7 

Just - Radiohead

Let There Be Love - Oasis

Linger - The Cranberries

Love Me Like You - The Magic Numbers

Missing You - Everything But The Girl

No-one knows - QOTSA

One Day Like This - Elbow 

One Hand In My Pocket - Alanis Morrisette 

Only Love - Ben Howard 

Pretender - The Foo Fighters

Riptide - Vance Joy

Shallow - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper 

She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks

Shiny Happy People - REM 

Sit Down - James

Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi 

Something Changed - Pulp 

Sonnet - The Verve 

Strange And Beautiful - Aqualung

Tender - Blur

Tonight Tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins

Valerie - The Zutons / Amy Winehouse 

Waterfall - Stone Roses

Weak - Skunk Anansie

What You Know - Two Door Cinema Club 

What You Waiting For - George Ezra 

What’s Up - 4 Non Blondes

The You And Me Song - The Wannadies 

 

50s rock n roll, jazz and blues

All I Want To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers 

Always Look On The Brightside Of Life - Eric Idle 

Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley 

At Last - Etta James 

Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin 

Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley 

Bye Bye Love - The Everley Brothers 

Dearest - Buddy Holly 

Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash 

Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson 

I Walk The Line   - Johnny Cash

Jackson - Cash and Carter 

La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf 

Life Is But A Dream - The Moonglows 

Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

Return To Sender - Elvis Presley 

Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash

Runaway - Del Shannon

Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael

Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vee

That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly

True Love Ways - Buddy Holly 

Wake Up Little Suzie - The Everley Brothers

When You’re Smiling - Louis Prima

Yakety Yak - The Coasters 

You Got It - Roy Orbison

100 SONGS IN 100 DAYS

During lockdown 2020, Helen and Paul completed a challenge of uploading 100 songs in 100 days to YouTube on their Horse Puppets channel (their original music band).  Many of these tracks are covers, here's a few examples.  The full playlist can be found here

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