Learn These Brooks And Dunn Songs 
On The Acoustic

Boot Scootin Boogie was the song that got all of the line dancers out on the floor. 

The original Brooks and Dunn chords for this is an E, A and B7. But it's so darn high that in my version I had to take it down to a D.

The rhythm here is a steady down up down up as you play through the three chords and use a walking bass riff throughout. I'm also in Drop D tuning for this song.

I have a separate page on Boot Scootin Boogie Chords here.

The chords I'm using here are D, A and G. 

This song Heart Letting Go, is not one of Brooks and Dunn songs but instead is from Ronnie Dunn and has a unique rhythm patten to it from traditional country songs.

The original key here is with a capo on the 3rd making this one a high sing for me, but you can always slide the capo down or off altogether.

The rhythm here is a down up stop up down up stop up and by "stop" I mean drum snare, so if you mute the strings you'll catch the vibe in the rhythm. There is a bit of melody picking in the break.

Played with the D, Bm, G and A chords, you can also hammer-on the D and Bm chords as you'll see in the demo. I have a separate Heart Letting Go Chords page here.

Back in 1973, Louis (B. W.) Stevenson and Daniel Moore co-wrote My Maria and when it was released, peaked at #9 on the pop charts.  Many years later in 1997, Brooks And Dunn took the song to #1 with their great updated version.

I'm in the original key here of D# with a capo first fret. Singing in this key is much too high for my vocal range, so vocally I'm on the low end all the way and not going into falsetto range like Ronnie Dunn. 

Drop D tuning comes in handy here because of that signature riff as you'll notice in the first few bars of the song and there is some lead work required.

The chords here are D, A and G.

Kix Brooks had a hand in co-writing this song Only In America with two other writers and managed another #1 hit when this one hit the airwaves in 2001.

It wasn't meant to be a political song or have any reference to Sept 11th 2001, but it did as time went on.

A radio station switched their format to country and used this song as their opener to the public, showcasing their admiration from the Brooks and Dunn catalog. 

Another high sing for me here and if E isn't high enough, they take it up to an F near the end of the song.

If you want one steady pattern for this use a down down up down up down up and repeat. There are a few spots where the rhythm chops up a bit so watch for that happening. This song leave some room for a bit of improvised picking.

The chords are E, A, Dbm and B until it gets to the end where it becomes an F, A#, Dm and a C.

This song was also featured on the Brooks & Dunn 2002 Christmas album entitled "It Won't Be Christmas Without You". 

Santa's Coming Over To Your House was not released as a holiday single. Kix Brooks co-wrote this song with Nashville writer and producer Don Kirby Cook.

This song has a fast paced steady up and down rhythm with a walking bass line all the way through it, along with song lead picking and a few riffs along the way. Brooks and Dunn songs are high songs for my vocal range and in this, they are two frets higher in B in this one.

You'll need A, D , E, Gb and B7 chords in this toe tapper. If you just need lyrics, I have a Santa's Coming Over To Your House lyrics page here.

In 1995 the duo released their 3rd album called "Waitin On Sundown" and You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone was a single from the album and peaked at #1. It was written by Brooks and Dunn and Don Cook.

I realized that if Kix is singing lead in Brooks and Dunn songs I can follow him, but if Ronnie is singing lead, his vocal range is way above mine.

This is a nice laid back number with a steady root up down up root up down up rhythm and repeat.

There isn't any lead to worry about and it's a G, C, Am and D chord song. You can throw in a G6 transition between Am and C as that is very common.