Keith Whitley Top Songs
On The Acoustic
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Keith Whitley Guitar List
A Hard Act To FollowDance With Me Molly
Don't Close Your Eyes
If A Broken Heart Could Kill
I'm No Stranger To The Rain
I'm Over You
Kentucky Bluebird
Lonely At the Top
Miami My Amy
Tennessee Blues
Til A Tear Becomes A Rose
Will You Miss Me
A Hard Act To Follow - Learn To Play On Guitar
A Hard Act To Follow was from the 1984 album of the same name and only reached #76 on the country charts.
Conway Twitty had released the song a bit earlier in 1984 as well. This album of songs was sort of a warm up before Keith hit the big times with later releases.
Chords And Strumming
I play this one with a capo 2nd fret in standard tuning and with just a few riffs throughout the song. For rhythm play a oot up down up bass up down up and repeat rhythm pattern with the chords C, F, G, Dm and Am.
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Dance With Me Molly - Learn To Play On Guitar
Dance With Me Molly hails from the 2000 album called Sad Songs and Waltzes but this one was never released as a single.
Of course this song was recorded well before this time as Keith had died in 1989.
Chords And Strumming
The chords in this one are C, G, A7, D and a D7 and played in standard tuning. There are a few slides in this one with a root down up down up - bass down up down up pattern pretty much all the way through except where you see a quick shuffle pattern in the chorus
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Don't Close Your Eyes - Learn To Play On Guitar
Don't Close Your Eyes was the third single release from the album of the same name in 1988. Probably the most well known of Keith Whitley songs was Don't Close your Eyes which was a #1 hit for Keith in the US and went to #2 in Canada.
Bob McDill penned 31 #1 hits for many country artists and this song was one of them. On the 1995 tribute album, Alan Jackson covered this song.
Chords And Strumming
You have the option to play a bit of arpeggio and strumming as the song begins with piano, that's often what I do .. or play root up down up root up down up for rhythm. Play it in standard tuning with a small picking break with the chords G, C, D, D/Gb, Em, A, Am7 and a G6.
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If A Broken Heart Could Kill - Learn To Play On Guitar
If A Broken Heart Could Kill is a song from Keith's A Hard Act To Follow album from 1984.
The song was never released as a single.
Chords And Strumming
I play this one in standard tuning with a capo 4th fret while playing a root up down up bass up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. A few riffs in this one with the chords ,G, D/Gb, Em and a D.
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I'm No Stranger To The Rain - Learn To Play On Guitar
I'm No Stranger To The Rain was the last single released from the "Don't Close Your Eyes" album and Keith Whitley lived long enough to see I'm No Stranger To The Rain peak at #1 in the US and Canada.
One of those Keith Whitley cover songs Joe Diffie covered on the 1995 tribute album to Keith.
Chords And Strumming
The chords needed for this number are E, A, B7, D, Dbm, Abm, Gbm and Gb with some picking required. Played in standard tuning with a root down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern.
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I'm Over You - Learn To Play On Guitar
In 1990 after Keith has passed away, the album "I Wonder Do You Think Of Me" had this song released as a single entitled I'm Over You.
This song peaked at #3 on the country charts and Chris Young covered the song in 2010 but never released his version as a single.
Chords And Strumming
For rhythm here play a root down up - root up down up and repeat and no lead required, but you could fit one in if you desire. Only three chords using E, A and B7.
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Kentucky Bluebird - Learn To Play On Guitar
Kentucky Bluebird appeared on the album of the same name from 1991.
There were two singles released from the album but this song was not one of them.
Chords And Strumming
This one you can play in standard tuing with a few riffs throughout the song. Play a root up down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern with the chords E, Asus2, B and an Abm.
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Lonely At The Top (It's A Bitch At The Bottom) - Learn To Play On Guitar
Keith Whitley only released 5 studio albums during his short music career between 1985 and 1989. This song was never recorded for those albums and therefore was never released as a single. And I'm not sure which compilation it's on so I'm just guessing it may be this album cover.
The only known recording of the song is Keith playing acoustic by himself with a few background singers in the chorus. I couldn't find much history on this song but Jamey Johnson also does a great version of this number.
Chords And Strumming
Play a root down bass up down up and repeat rhythm pattern in standard tuning. The chord you'll need are E, A, D and a D7 with some picking required.
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Miami My Amy - Learn To Play On Guitar
Keith Whitley released the album "LA To Miami" in 1985 and had several singles come from the album including this one called Miami My Amy which peaked at #14 on the country music charts.
This was his first full length studio album.
Chords And Strumming
I play a capo 3rd fret in this one in standard tuning with a root up down up - root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. There is some lead in this number with the chords G, D, Em7, Am, Gbm, A7, D7 and a Bm.
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Tennessee Blues - Learn To Play On Guitar
Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs were bluegrass musicians before they migrated over to country music. In fact both played in the Ralph Stanley Church Mountain Boys group during those early days.
Tennessee Blues is an old bluegrass number and Keith sang it with JD Crowe and The New South in the 1970's. His nephew, John Whitley also recorded this song and is also now deceased.
Chords And Strumming
The chords in this song are G, C, G6, Am, D7, G6 and a G7 in standard tuning. For rhythm play a down down up down up and repeat and blend in some picking with the rhythm.
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Til A Tear Becomes A Rose - Learn To Play On Guitar
Til A Tear Becomes A Rose was released as a single in 1990 and made it to the #13 position on the US Country charts.
The song can be found on Keith's Greatest Hits album.
Chords And Strumming
This one is played in standard tuning with a capo on the 3rd fret with some picking required. Play a root down up root up down up rhthm pattern with the chords D, G, C, Am, E, A, A/Gb and a Bm.
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Will You Miss Me - Learn To Play On Guitar
Will You Miss Me is another bluegrass standard that Keith often sang while part of the Ralph Stanley bluegrass band.
I'm not 100% sure if Keith is singing on this particular album.
Chords And Strumming
I play a capo 4th fret in this one in standard tuning while playing a root down up down up down up and repeat rhythm patterm. The chords G, C and D are used with some picking required.
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