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Grateful Dead and related songbooks

A selection of songbooks containing Grateful Dead or related music is listed below. This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

The songbooks are grouped by performer / songwriter.

Additions and corrections are welcome



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Grateful Dead songbooks

Grateful Dead, 1973, Ice Nine Publishing

Music and lyrics for songs from American Beauty and Workingman's Dead.

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Grateful Dead, Vol 2, 1976, Ice Nine Publishing / Warner Brothers

Music and lyrics for songs from Wake Of The Flood, From The Mars Hotel and Blues For Allah.

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Grateful Dead Anthology, 1979, Ice Nine Publishing / Warner Brothers

Music and lyrics for songs from recordings made between 1967 and 1978.

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The Best of the Grateful Dead, 1979, Ice Nine Publishing / Warner Brothers

Music and lyrics for eleven pre-1976 songs.

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Grateful Dead: Guitar Superstar Series, 1986, Ice Nine Publishing / Warner Brothers

'Super Tab' notation for a selection of 10 Grateful Dead songs.

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The Best of Grateful Dead for Guitar, 1988, Ice Nine Publishing / Warner Brothers

Music and lyrics for 21 songs.

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In The Dark Songbook, 1988, Alfred Music

Music and lyrics for songs from the In The Dark album.

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The Grateful Dead Made Easy For Guitar, 1989?, Warner Brothers

Music and lyrics for 19 songs from a selection of Dead albums.

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Built To Last Songbook, 1989, Alfred Music

Music and lyrics for songs from the Built To Last album.

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Grateful Dead Anthology for Intermediate Guitar, 1990, Ice Nine Publishing / Warner Brothers

Music, for guitar, and lyrics for songs from a selection of Dead albums.

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Grateful Dead Anthology for Easy Guitar, 1990?

Music, for guitar, and lyrics for songs from a selection of Dead albums.

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The New Best of Grateful Dead, 1990, Alfred Music

Music and lyrics for 10 Grateful Dead songs.

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A Box of Rain: Collected Lyrics of Robert Hunter, Robert Hunter, 1990, Viking

Robert Hunter's song lyrics for the Grateful Dead and others.

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Classic Grateful Dead: Selections from American Beauty, 1991, Alfred Music

Guitar-Tab edition of five songs from American Beauty.

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Classic Grateful Dead: Selections from Workingman's Dead, 1991, Alfred Music

Guitar-Tab edition of five songs from Workingman's Dead.

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Without A Net Songbook, 1991, Alfred Music

Songs from the Without A Net live double album.

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Grateful Dead (Rock Legends Series), 1993, Alfred Music

Songs selected from American Beauty and Workingman's Dead.

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A Box of Rain: Lyrics 1965-1993 (Expanded and revised edition), Robert Hunter, 1993, Penguin

The expanded edition of Box Of Rain collects Hunter's song lyrics, for the Grateful Dead and others, up to 1993.

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Grateful Dead Anthology II, 1996, Alfred Music

Music and lyrics for 50 songs from recordings made between 1967 and 1996.

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Grateful Dead: Authentic Guitar Classics Vol. 1, 1996, Alfred Music

'Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition' publication of a selection of songs from American Beauty and Workingman's Dead.

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Grateful Dead: Authentic Guitar Classics Vol. 2, 1996, Alfred Music

'Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition' publication of a selection of songs.

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Hundred Year Hall Songbook, 1996, Alfred Music

Music and lyrics for songs from the Hundred Year Hall release.

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Grateful Dead Anthology Box Set, 2000, Alfred Music

A set that combines the previously separately published Anthology and Anthology II. Includes 102 songs.

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The New Best of Grateful Dead for Guitar, 2000

Music and lyrics for 12 Grateful Dead songs.

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Music of the Grateful Dead: Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar, 2001, Grossman's Guitar Workshop

Instructional book that includes tabs, lyrics and music.

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Easy Guitar Anthology: 20 Greatest Hits, 2002, Alfred Music

20 songs arranged in EZ guitar format.

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The Very Best of Grateful Dead, 2004, Alfred Music

Music for 17 songs released in conjunction with the Very Best Of The Grateful Dead album.

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Grateful Dead: Play Their Songs Now: Song Xpress, 2005 (DVD), Alfred Music

An instructional DVD, for beginning and intermediate guitarists, that demonstrates how to play four Grateful Dead songs.

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Garcia/Hunter Songbook: Songs Of The Grateful Dead, 2005, Alfred Music

Music and lyrics for 76 Garcia / Hunter compositions.

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Grateful Dead Favorites to Strum and Sing, 2005, Alfred Music

A songbook with 26 Grateful Dead songs.

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Learn Seven Grateful Dead Classics for Acoustic Guitar, 2010, Homespun

A DVD / PDF instructional package.

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Songs from the Golden Road: 8 Classics from American Beauty and Workingman's Dead, 2013, Alfred Music

Music and lyrics for 8 songs from American Beauty and Workingman's Dead.

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Learn Seven More Grateful Dead Classics for Acoustic Guitar, 2013, Homespun

A DVD / PDF instructional package.

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Grateful Dead: Guitar TAB Anthology, 2014

Guitar transcriptions of 14 of the band's best-known songs, drawn from various career-spanning classic albums.

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Grateful Dead Definitive Collection, 2015, Hal Leonard

A collection of 54 Grateful Dead songs.

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Grateful Dead Guitar Anthology, 2015, Hal Leonard

Guitar transcriptions for 20 songs.

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Grateful Dead For Easy Piano, 2015, Hal Leonard

12 Grateful Dead songs arranged for piano.

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Grateful Dead For Ukulele, 2015, Hal Leonard

20 Grateful Dead songs arranged for ukulele.

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Grateful Dead: Guitar Chord Songbook, 2016, Hal Leonard

Lyrics and chords for 30 songs.

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Grateful Dead: Guitar Play-Along (Vol. 186), 2016, Hal Leonard

Instructional guide covering a number of Grateful Dead songs.

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Various artist songbooks that include at least one Grateful Dead song

The Greatest Rock Classics for Easy Guitar, 1978, Warner Bros

Includes at least one Grateful Dead song.

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Rise Up Singing, 1989, Sing Out Publications

This songbook includes the Garcia/Hunter song Ripple.

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Star Power: The Best in Rock Guitar: Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition, 1993, Alfred Music

Includes Truckin'.

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The Essential Classic Rock Bass Lines, 1997, Alfred Music

Includes Casey Jones, Friend Of The Devil and Truckin'.

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60s Psychedelic Guitar, Tom Kolb, 1998, Hal Leonrd

An instruction video and booklet for guitar players that provides insights into the playing styles of a number of guitarists of the sixties including Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jorma Kaukonen.

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Prime Cuts: Classic Rock Guitar, 1999, Alfred Music

Includes Box Of Rain, Truckin' and Casey Jones.

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80 Years Of Popular Music: The Seventies, 199?, Alfred Music

Includes Truckin'.

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The Psychedelic Years, 19??

Includes at least one Grateful Dead song.

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Easy Guitar Big Book, 2000, Alfred Music

Includes Truckin' and Casey Jones.

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Double Shot of Classic Rock, 2000, Alfred Music

Includes Sugar Magnolia and Truckin'.

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Where Are They Now: The 60's Era, 2000, Alfred Music

Includes Sugar Magnolia, Truckin' and Uncle John's Band.

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Where Are They Now: The 70's Era, 2000, Alfred Music

Includes Casey Jones.

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Best In Classic Rock Sheet Music, 2000, Alfred Music

Includes Truckin'.

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Selections From Great Expectations, 2000, Alfred Music

Includes Uncle John's Band.

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Classic Rock Guitar: Big Book Xtreme, 2001, Alfred Music

Includes Casey Jones, Dark Star, Playing In The Band, Sugaree, Truckin' and Uncle John's Band.

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Rock Bass Lines Big Book, 2001, Alfred Music

Includes Casey Jones and Truckin'.

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60's Rock: From Beatniks to Hippies, 2001, Music Sales Limited

Includes tablature for part of the Live/Dead version of Dark Star.

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Folk-Rock Guitar Bible, 2001, Hal Leonard

This songbook includes a Grateful Dead version of Dark Hollow.

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Classic Rock Guitar Big Book, 2001, Alfred Music

This songbook includes Touch Of Grey.

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Classic Rock Of The Late 60s: The Woodstock Era, 2002, Alfred Music

Includes Sugar Magnolia, Dark Star and Uncle John's Band.

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Classic Rock Of The 70s: Soft Rock: The Singer-Songwriters, 2002, Alfred Music

Includes Playing In The Band, Sugaree, Truckin' and Casey Jones.

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Guitar One Presents: Classic Rock Tab, 2002, Hal Leonard/Cherry Lane Music

Includes Uncle John's Band.

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Classic Rock: Just Real Book, 2002, Alfred Music

Includes, Casey Jones, Friend Of The Devil and Uncle John's Band.

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Ultimate Classic Rock Showstoppers, 2002, Alfred Music

Includes Sugar Magnolia and Truckin'.

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Acoustic Guitar Favorites, 2002, Cherry Lane Music

Includes Me & My Uncle as a Grateful Dead song.

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The Essential Classic Rock Bass Lines, 200?, Alfred Music

Includes Casey Jones, Friend Of The Devil and Truckin'.

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Ultimate Classic Rock Guitar Collection, 2003, Alfred Music

Includes Casey Jones and Truckin'.

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The Greater Guitar White Pages / The Ultimate White Pages: Guitar Vol. 1, 2003, Alfred Music

Includes Casey Jones, Sugar Magnolia, Truckin' and Uncle John's Band.

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Greater Acoustic Guitar Directory / The Ultimate White Pages: Acoustic Guitar, 2004, Alfred Music

This songbook includes Sugaree and Uncle John's Band.

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That '70s Song, 2005, Alfred Music

Includes Truckin'.

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Classic Rock Hits for Easy Guitar, 2006, Hal Leonard

Includes Friend of the Devil.

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Acoustic Rock Hits for Easy Guitar, 2006, Hal Leonard

Includes Ripple.

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44 Eclectic Hits for Classsic Rock Guitar, 2006, ALfred Music

This songbook includes Box Of Rain, Casey Jones, Friend of the Devil and Uncle John's Band.

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52 Eclectic Hits for Rock Guitar, 2006, Alfred Music

Includes Truckin'.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Acoustic Guitar Songs, 2007, Alfred Music

Includes the Grateful Dead songs Ripple and Friend Of The Devil.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rock Guitar Songs, 2007, Alfred Music

Includes the Grateful Dead songs Casey Jones and Truckin'.

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Jerry Garcia songbooks

Garcia, 1972

Songs from Garcia's first solo LP.

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Improvising Blues Guitar: A Programmed Manual of Instruction, 1973

This instructional manual that is based on recorded blues solos includes a section based on a Jerry Garcia solo.

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Garcia Songbook, 199? (possibly based on the 1972 publication)

Songs from Garcia's first solo LP.

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Jerry Garcia Songbook, 2002

86 songs from most Garcia groups away from the Grateful Dead.

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Shady Grove Acoustic Guitar Solos, Jerry Garcia, 2002

Transcriptions of Jerry Garcia guitar solos, with melodies, lyrics and chords, for the songs included on the Garcia/Grisman CD Shady Grove.

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Lessons Taken to Heart: Private Banjo & Guitar Studies with Jerry Garcia, Mary E. Gibbons, 2004

This book includes 22 tablature arrangements of folk songs, some with several variations, handwritten by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead.

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Old & In The Way Banjo Songbook, 2005

Easy-to-follow lead sheet style arrangements of all the songs on the original Old & In The Way album. Plus transcriptions, in note-for-note tablature, of all Jerry Garcia's banjo breaks.

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Songbooks with covers of Grateful Dead songs

40 Oz. To Freedom, Sublime, 199?

Songs from the Sublime album 40 Oz. To Freedom which includes the Garcia/Hunter song Scarlet Begonias.

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Grateful Guitar, David Cullen, 2004

Complete standard notation and guitar tab transcriptions of 10 of solo guitar arrangements of Grateful Dead songs from the David Cullen CD Grateful Guitar.

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Dead Cello: A Solo Cello Suite Based on the Music of the Grateful Dead, Aaron Minsky (Von Cello), 2010

Sheet music for a cello suite based on The Other One, Dark Star, Stella Blue and Truckin'.

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Last updated January 2020