Best Tom Jones Guitar Songs – Learn 7 Acoustic Classics

On this page, you’ll find 7 of his most memorable songs arranged for acoustic guitar. Whether you’re drawn to his signature ballads or uptempo showstoppers, these lessons will walk you through the chords, rhythm patterns, and strumming techniques needed to play each one with confidence.

You’ll also find chord sheets, video demos, and step-by-step tutorials to help you master these Tom Jones favorites at your own pace.

Deliliah was first recorded by PJ Proby in late November 1967, but hated the song so much he decided not to include it on his album. 

Tom Jones decided to record his version in Dec, a month later. Delilah was a monster smash hit for Jones, hitting #1 in many countries. This was his 6th album and the first to reach the top of the UK charts. 

This song appears on the album of the same name.

Help Yourself was recorded in 1968 and appeared on the album Help Yourself. Released as a single that July, it soared to number 5 on the UK Singles Chart, topped the charts in Ireland, Germany, Australia, and spent three weeks at No. 1 in Australia.

In the U.S., the single reached No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and climbed to No. 3 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. While there was no official music video, a performance clip circulated on early TV shows.

The song is actually an English-language adaptation of the Italian song “Gli Occhi Miei.” Over the years, the song has been covered in various languages, including German and French, and even re-imagined for comedy in the 1990s.

I Believe appears on the Tom Jones album from 1967 "Live At The Talk Of The Town."

Tom Jones never released this song as a single. Deana appeared with Tom Jones on The Voice UK 2019 and performed this song with him.

It's Not Unusual was first recorded in 1964 by an unknown Tom Jones via a demo for English singer Sandie Shaw. She was impressed and persuaded that Tom keep the song and release it himself, which he did. The song launched Tom's career as he scored a #1 in the UK and a top 10 in the US.

He later used the song as his theme song for his TV series "This Is Tom Jones" which lasted several years.

The song can be found on the album "Along Came Jones Its Not Unusual".

Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow was released as a single in January 1977 and is also the title track of Tom Jones’s album Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow.

The song became his biggest country-chart hit, reaching No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In the general pop market, it peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 — marking his last Top 40 appearance until 1988.

In Canada, it reached No. 1 on both the RPM Country and Easy Listening charts. In the UK, the single peaked at No. 40. Although no formal music video was produced, the song’s smooth, country-pop blend helped rejuvenate Jones’s career in the late ’70s. It was also covered the same year by Slim Whitman.

Set Me Free hails from late-’60s/early-’70s period but did not emerge as a major chart single. It does not appear on his most popular studio albums of that era, nor does it show up in his highest-performing chart entries.

As a result, there is no significant chart data, no known music-video accompaniment, and it remains relatively obscure. Because of its limited release and modest impact, “Set Me Free” hasn’t been widely covered or re-recorded by other notable artists.

For Jones fans, it remains more of a collector’s deep-cut than a widely recognized song.

She's A Lady is a songs from 1970 and released as a single in January 1971; it’s also the title track of the 1971 album Tom Jones Sings She’s a Lady.

The song became Jones’s biggest U.S. hit, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching No. 1 on the U.S. Cash Box chart. It also climbed to No. 4 on Billboard’s Easy Listening chart and hit No. 1 in Canada on the RPM national singles chart.

Although there was no professional music video (as the modern music-video era was still years away), many TV and variety-show performances helped popularize the tune.

The song was written by Paul Anka — and a later duet version between Anka and Jones was released decades later with revised lyrics, after Anka reportedly grew dissatisfied with the original’s chauvinistic tone.