Strum Pattern List

Hearing rhythm makes learning so much easier.

Once you learn one pattern, it opens the door to play similar songs that use the same strum pattern. The table also cross references additional strum patterns and includes helpful Comments.

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#	Pattern	Song	Artist	Other	Comment	Video
1	B D U B D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Roses	Arbo, Rani and Daisy Mayhem		Often played with alternating bass in country songs.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer	Brooks, Randy
		Can the Circle Be Unbroken	Carter Family
		Folsom Prison Blues	Cash, Johnny
		Ring of Fire	Cash, Johnny	3, 4
		I Will Follow You Into the Dark	Death Cab for Cutie	7
		Follow Me	Denver, John
		Borders	Diehl, Bruce and Kevin McCue
		Friend of the Devil	Grateful Dead	33
		Gulf Coast Highway	Griffith, Nanci
		Your Song (as performed by Ellie Goulding)	John, Elton	69
		That's the Way the World Goes 'Round	Prine, John
		New Slang	Shins, The
		There Ain't No Bugs On Me
		White Daisy Passing	Votolato, Rocky
		Orphan Girl	Welch, Gillian
		Thrasher	Young, Neil	18
1	B D U B D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Roses	Arbo, Rani and Daisy Mayhem		Often played with alternating bass in country songs.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer	Brooks, Randy
		Can the Circle Be Unbroken	Carter Family
		Folsom Prison Blues	Cash, Johnny
		Ring of Fire	Cash, Johnny	3, 4
		I Will Follow You Into the Dark	Death Cab for Cutie	7
		Follow Me	Denver, John
		Borders	Diehl, Bruce and Kevin McCue
		Friend of the Devil	Grateful Dead	33
		Gulf Coast Highway	Griffith, Nanci
		Your Song (as performed by Ellie Goulding)	John, Elton	69
		That's the Way the World Goes 'Round	Prine, John
		New Slang	Shins, The
		There Ain't No Bugs On Me
		White Daisy Passing	Votolato, Rocky
		Orphan Girl	Welch, Gillian
		Thrasher	Young, Neil	18
2	D d D d D d D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Eleanor Rigby	Beatles, The			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Hey Jude	Beatles, The
		Walk Away	Clarkson, Kelly	32
		Bluebird	Perri, Christina
3	D D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Ring of Fire	Cash, Johnny	1, 4		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Over My Head (Cable Car)	Fray, The	4
		A Million Dreams	from The Greatest Showman
		Shes a Rebel	Green Day	25
		I Don't Believe You	Magnetic Fields, The
		American Pie	McLean, Don	4
		Wonderwall	Oasis	84, 151
		Steady As She Goes	Raconteurs, The	61, 91, 92
		Frosty the Snowman	Rollins, Walter and Steve Nelson	33
		Deck the Halls	Traditional	33
		Kumbaya	Traditional
		The Twelve Days of Christmas	Traditional	22
		Shes Not There	Zombies, The	4, 11
4	D D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Summer of 69	Adams, Bryan		This is what I call the Folk Strum. Used in a ton of songs, not just folk songs.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Ramblin Man	Allman Brothers, The
		Slight Figure of Speech	Avett Brothers
		Drive My Car	Beatles, The
		Lonely Boy	Black Keys, The
		You Belong to Me	Bruni, Carla
		Everything	Buble, Michael
		For What It's Worth	Buffalo Springfield
		Margaritaville	Buffett, Jimmy
		Ring of Fire	Cash, Johnny	1, 3
		Songbird	Cassidy, Eva
		Someday Soon	Collins, Judy	126
		Soak up the Sun	Crow, Sheryl
		Calamity Song	Decemberists, The
		Smoke on the Water	Deep Purple	26
		Leaving on a Jet Plane	Denver, John
		Already Gone (in A)	Eagles, The
		I Know You Well	Fountains of Wayne
		Over My Head (Cable Car)	Fray, The	3
		Babylon	Gray, David
		Good Riddance	Green Day
		Wake Me Up When September Ends	Green Day	9
		Sweet Child O' Mine	Guns N' Roses	64, 65, 66
		Amsterdam	Guster	67
		Lately	Helio Sequence	11
		Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Jennings, Waylon
		The Middle	Jimmy Eat World
		A Hold on Me	Jones, Diana
		Don't Stop Believing	Journey	141
		Dust in the Wind	Kansas
		End of the Day	Kaplansky, Lucy	61
		Sunflower	Malone, Post and Swae Lee
		American Pie	McLean, Don	3
		Cherry Bomb	Mellencamp, John
		Stitches	Mendes, Shawn	131
		Kids	MGMT
		The Way I Am	Michaelson, Ingrid
		Beds are Burning	Midnight Oil	26
		Brown Eyed Girl	Morrison, Van
		Always Love	Nada Surf	9
		Come As You Are in Em	Nirvana
		Hey Ya!	Outkast
		Arizona	Pedro the Lion	11
		I Am Always the One Who Calls	Pedro the Lion	11
		Firework	Perry, Katy	29
		Hot N Cold	Perry, Katy	11, 26
		Puff the Magic Dragon	Peter, Paul, and Mary
		Listen to Her Heart	Petty, Tom
		Girl's Mind	Play	11
		Every Breath You Take	Police, The
		Rainbow Road	Recess Monkey
		(Don't Go Back to) Rockville	REM
		Disturbia	Rihanna
		Windfall	Son Volt
		Thunder Road	Springsteen, Bruce
		Two for the Road	Springsteen, Bruce
		Maggie May	Stewart, Rod
		Fields of Gold	Sting
		Love Story	Swift, Taylor
		Teardrops on My Guitar	Swift, Taylor
		You Belong With Me	Swift, Taylor
		Roy G Biv	They Might Be Giants
		One	U2	47
		2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten	Williams, Lucinda
Blue	Williams, Lucinda
Shes Not There	Zombies, The	3, 11
5	> > B D U D U D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +	Hallelujah	Buckley, Jeff			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		What If, No Matter	Paxton, Tom
		The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades	Stevens, Sufjan
		O Holy Night	Traditional
		Love Rescue Me	U2
6	B D DUB D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	When You Say Nothing At All	Keating, Ronan			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
6	B D DUB D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Karma Police	Radiohead			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
7	B D U B U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Hard Way Home	Carlile, Brandi			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		I Will Follow You Into the Dark	Death Cab for Cutie	1
		Pilgrim on this Road	Earle, Steve
		Sweet Dreams	Eurythmics
		Me and Bobby McGee	Kristofferson, Kris
8	D B D B D B D B 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Beautiful	Aguilera, Christina	9		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Sunshine (Go Away Today)	Edwards, Jonathan	50, 54
		Imagine	Lennon, John
9	D D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Beautiful	Aguilera, Christina	8	"The Punk Strum" with a little up-strum at the end.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		It Ends Tonight	All-American Rejects, The	129
		1985	Bowling for Soup	24, 25, 26
		What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding	Costello, Elvis	39, 40, 41
		Wake Me Up When September Ends	Green Day	4
		Paparazzi	Lady Gaga	55
		Always Love	Nada Surf	4
		Blizzard of '77	Nada Surf
		I'm Always in Love	Wilco	123
10	D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Swing, Swing	All-American Rejects, The	11, 25		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
11	D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Swing, Swing	All-American Rejects, The	10, 25	What I call "The Punk Strum." Simple, straight, ready to dominate.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Down by the Water	Decemberists, The
		Times Like These	Foo Fighters	133
		Crazy	Gnarls Barkley	51, 55, 56
		Lately	Helio Sequence	4
		Beat It	Jackson, Michael
		Time to Pretend	MGMT	47, 29
		You're Gonna Go Far, Kid	Offspring, The	25, 86, 87
		Arizona	Pedro the Lion	4
		I Am Always the One Who Calls	Pedro the Lion	4
		Hot N Cold	Perry, Katy	4, 26
		Free Falling	Petty, Tom	32, 71
		Girl's Mind	Play	4
		Naked and Famous	Presidents of the United States of America, The	130, 149
		The Littlest Monkey	Recess Monkey	61, 98, 99
		Let it Rock	Rudolf, Kevin
		All Star	Smash Mouth	52
		Undone (The Sweater Song)	Weezer	123
		Shes Not There	Zombies, The	3, 4
12	D D UD D UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Melissa	Allman Brothers, The		Tough!	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
13	D D DUM D M D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUM D M D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Memories of East Texas	Shocked, Michelle		Hard!	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
14	w/swing feel: D B D DUD B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	The Weight	Band, The			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
15	D d D DUD d D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Here There And Everywhere	Beatles, The			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Let it Be	Beatles, The
		Ziggy Stardust	Bowie, David
		Sunny Came Home	Colvin, Shawn	52, 130
		Knockin on Heavens Door	Dylan, Bob
		Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Green Day
		Take Me to Church	Hozier
		Memphis Lives in Me (in E)	Memphis
		Seven Spanish Angels	Nelson, Willie
		Father and Son	Stevens, Cat	38
		Other Side of the World	Tunstall, KT	114
16	w/swing feel: D D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	With a Little Help From My Friends	Beatles, The	17		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
16		Holiday	Green Day	115		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
17	w/swing feel: D D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	With a Little Help From My Friends	Beatles, The	16	The Folk Strum w/swing feel.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		You Were Meant For Me	Jewel
		Happy Together	Turtles, The	115
18	B D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Girl	Beck	19	A variation on the Folk Strum Pattern	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Ten Year Night	Kaplansky, Lucy
		Powderfinger	Young, Neil
		Thrasher	Young, Neil	1
19	D D U U D UD 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D U U D UD 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Girl	Beck	18	A tricky pattern that interrupts your normal up-down movement. Play the first measure of the pattern only at the beginning, then repeat the second measure over and over.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
20	D D UD D UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D UDUD UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	The Golden Age	Beck	42		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
21	D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	California Stars	Bragg, Billy and Wilco			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
22	D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 +	Norwegian Wood	Beatles, The		Probably the most common strum pattern I use for songs in 3/4.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		One By One	Bragg, Billy and Wilco
		What Can I Say	Carlile, Brandi
		Annie's Song	Denver, John
		Iris	Goo Goo Dolls
		Nothingman	Pearl Jam
		Swing Life Away (Acoustic Version)	Rise Against
		The Twelve Days of Christmas	Traditional	3
		We Wish You a Merry Christmas	Traditional
		Steal the Crumbs	Uncle Tupelo	119
23	D B D DU UD UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	You're Beautiful	Blunt, James			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
24	D U X X D U X X 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	1985	Bowling for Soup	9, 25, 26		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
25	D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Swing, Swing	All-American Rejects, The	10, 11		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		1985	Bowling for Soup	9, 24, 26
		Shes a Rebel	Green Day	3
		You're Gonna Go Far, Kid	Offspring, The	11, 86, 87
26	w/Palm Mute: D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	1985	Bowling for Soup	9, 24, 25	What I call the "Punk Strum" with a palm mute added.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Smoke on the Water	Deep Purple	4
		Creeper	Islands
		Beds are Burning	Midnight Oil	4
		Hot N Cold	Perry, Katy	4, 11
		Some Postman	Presidents of the United States of America, The	38
27	w/swing feel: B B D DUB B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Bubbly	Caillat, Colbie			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
27	w/swing feel: B B D DUB B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Wasting Time	Johnson, Jack			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
28	w/swing feel: B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 +	Blue Eyes	Cary Brothers			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		My Remembrance of You	Jones, Diana
		Angel	McLachlan, Sarah
29	D d D d D d D d 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Hurt	Cash, Johnny			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Marching Bands of Manhattan	Death Cab for Cutie
		Redemption Song	Marley, Bob	79
		Time to Pretend	MGMT	47, 11
		Firework	Perry, Katy	4
		Every Breath You Take	Police, The
		Videotape	Radiohead
30	w/swing feel: D U D U D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	D'artagnan's Theme	Citizen Cope		Hard! The guitar groove sounds like alternating bars of 3/4 and 5/4, but the drums play 4/4, so that's how I wrote it out.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
31	w/swing feel: D D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Son's Gonna Rise	Citizen Cope			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
32	D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Walk Away	Clarkson, Kelly	2		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
32	D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Free Falling	Petty, Tom	11, 71		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
33	B D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer	Brooks, Randy			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Should I Stay or Should I Go	Clash, The
		Take Me Home, Country Roads	Denver, John
		Pulaski	Drive-By Truckers
		Blowin' in the Wind	Dylan, Bob
		Emmylou	First Aid Kit
		Blue Ridge Mountains	Fleet Foxes
		Friend of the Devil	Grateful Dead	1
		Closer to Fine	Indigo Girls
		Early Morning Rain	Lightfoot, Gordon
		Jingle Bells	Pierpont, James Lord
		It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)	REM
		Frosty the Snowman	Rollins, Walter and Steve Nelson	3
		Deck the Halls	Traditional	3
		Society	Vedder, Eddie
		Sugar Mountain	Young, Neil
34	> > > D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Glycerine	Bush		I call this distinctive pattern the "Clocks" rhythm.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Clocks	Coldplay
		Sax Rohmer 1	Mountain Goats, The
		Downtown Train	Waits, Tom
35	D B D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Fix You	Coldplay			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		The First Cut is the Deepest	Crow, Sheryl
		Savin' Me	Nickelback
36	D D U U D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D U U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Warning Sign	Coldplay			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
37	D UD D UD DUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	I Don't Know Why	Colvin, Shawn	38		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
38	D D DUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	I Don't Know Why	Colvin, Shawn	37		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Some Postman	Presidents of the United States of America, The	26
		Angel From Montgomery	Prine, John	111
		Father and Son	Stevens, Cat	15
		Stone Thrown	Turin Brakes
39	D U U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D U U D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding	Costello, Elvis	9, 40, 41		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
40	D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding	Costello, Elvis	9, 39, 41		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
41	D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + M D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding	Costello, Elvis	9, 39, 40		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
42	D DUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	The Golden Age	Beck	20		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
43	D D U U X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Oh Marie	Crow, Sheryl		The Folk Strum with a little percussion thrown in.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
44	D U U 1 + 2 + 3 + D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 +	Riverwide	Crow, Sheryl			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
45	D D D DU U UDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	The Sporting Life	Decemberists, The	46		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
46	D U UD U UDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	The Sporting Life	Decemberists, The	45		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
47	D D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Travelin' Soldier	Dixie Chicks			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Three Little Birds	Marley, Bob
		Time to Pretend	MGMT	29, 11
		Maybe	Michaelson, Ingrid	144, 145
		Shine A Light	Rolling Stones, The
		Come To Jesus	Smith, Mindy
		One	U2	4
48	D DU UD DU UDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Pink Moon	Drake, Nick			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
49	w/swing feel: B D U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Simple Twist of Fate	Dylan, Bob	132		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
50	D D X DUD D X DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Sunshine (Go Away Today)	Edwards, Jonathan	8, 54		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
51	> > > > D DUD DUD DUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Second Hand News	Fleetwood Mac	52	Called the "Galloping" rhythm because it sounds like a galloping horse. No wonder it was used in the first measure of the Bonanza theme song.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
51	> > > > D DUD DUD DUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Crazy	Gnarls Barkley	11, 55, 56		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
52	B B D DUB B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	If I Die Young	Band Perry, The		I call this the "Neil Young" strum. He uses this groove throughout the Harvest album.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Sunny Came Home	Colvin, Shawn	15, 130
		A Long December	Counting Crows
		Long As I Can See the Light	Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)
		I Shall Be Released	Dylan, Bob
		Second Hand News	Fleetwood Mac	51
		Hey Joe	Hendrix, Jimi
		And It Stoned Me	Morrison, Van	82, 108
		Alright	Pilate	152, 153, 154
		All Star	Smash Mouth	11
		Say Yes	Smith, Elliott	108
		The Joker	Steve Miller Band
		Wayside \| Back in Time	Welch, Gillian
		Heart of Gold	Young, Neil	80
		Old Man	Young, Neil
		Out on the Weekend	Young, Neil
53	w/swing feel: B D U B D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Shame	Avett Brothers			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		The Cape	Clark, Guy
		Rhubarb Pie	Fogerty, John
		Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Marks, Johnny
54	D U X U D U X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	As Long As You Love Me	Backstreet Boys, The			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Judy and the Dream of Horses	Belle and Sebastian
		Lodi	Creedence Clearwater Revival
		Sunshine (Go Away Today)	Edwards, Jonathan	8, 50
		I Heard it Through the Grapevine	Gladys Knight and the Pips
		Whippin' Piccadilly	Gomez
		The Lazy Song	Mars, Bruno
55	w/bounce mute: B B D D B B D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Crazy	Gnarls Barkley	11, 51, 56		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
55	w/bounce mute: B B D D B B D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Paparazzi	Lady Gaga	9		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
56	D X U D X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Crazy	Gnarls Barkley	11, 51, 55	I call this the "Joni Mitchell Strum"--she uses it in several songs.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Feels Like Rain	Hiatt, John
		Is She Really Going Out With Him?	Jackson, Joe	70
		A Case of You	Mitchell, Joni
		'Til I Gain Control Again	Nelson, Willie and Emmylou Harris
57	w/swing feel: B D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Ripple	Grateful Dead		Another variation on the Folk Strum Pattern	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
57	w/swing feel: B D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Harvest Moon	Young, Neil		Another variation on the Folk Strum Pattern	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
58	B D DU UB DU U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Sail Away	Gray, David			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
59	B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Lukey	Great Big Sea			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
60	w/swing feel: D U X U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	A Mad Mission	Griffin, Patty			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
61	D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Patience	Guns N' Roses	62, 63		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		End of the Day	Kaplansky, Lucy	4
		Steady As She Goes	Raconteurs, The	3, 91, 92
		The Littlest Monkey	Recess Monkey	11, 98, 99
62	> D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Patience	Guns N' Roses	61, 63		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
62	> D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Lost in My Mind	Head and the Heart, The			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
63	D D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Patience	Guns N' Roses	61, 62		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
64	D M U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Sweet Child O' Mine	Guns N' Roses	4, 65, 66		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
65	D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Sweet Child O' Mine	Guns N' Roses	4, 64, 66		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
66	D D U D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Sweet Child O' Mine	Guns N' Roses	4, 64, 65		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
67	D U U U U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U U U U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Amsterdam	Guster	4		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
68	D DU UD DU UDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUDU U U U UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Romeo and Juliet	Indigo Girls			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
69	D d D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	A Million Dreams	from The Greatest Showman			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Radioactive	Imagine Dragons	134
		Remember When	Jackson, Alan
		Your Song (as performed by Ellie Goulding)	John, Elton	1
		I Will Remember You	McLachlan, Sarah	81, 130
70	> > D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Is She Really Going Out With Him?	Jackson, Joe	56		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
71	D DUD D DUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Lemon Grove Avenue	Jennings, Mason	72		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
71	D DUD D DUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Free Falling	Petty, Tom	11, 32		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
72	D DUD DUD DUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Lemon Grove Avenue	Jennings, Mason	71		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
73	D D DU D DU U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Move On	Jet	74, 75		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
74	B B D U D DU U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Move On	Jet	73, 75		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
75	DUD D DU UD DU U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Move On	Jet	73, 74		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
76	w/swing feel: > > B U D U B U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Horse With No Name	America			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Paranoia in B Major	Avett Brothers
		Let Me Love You Baby	Guy, Buddy
		Neighbor of the Beast	Kings of Mongrel Folk, The
		Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Martin, Hugh and Ralph Blaine
		North Side Gal	McPherson, JD
		Im Yours	Mraz, Jason
		Sweet Virginia	Rolling Stones, The
77	B D B D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Be Prepared	Lehrer, Tom			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		I Hear Them All	Old Crow Medicine Show
		Hey There Delilah	Plain White T's
		Lil Red Riding Hood	Seyfried, Amanda
78	w/swing feel: D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 +	All My Mistakes	Avett Brothers, The			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		If You Were to Wake Up	Lovett, Lyle
		Daughters	Mayer, John
		Love Has No Pride	Raitt, Bonnie
		San Diego Serenade	Waits, Tom	121
79	> > D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Redemption Song	Marley, Bob	29		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
80	D D M D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D M D B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Heart of Gold	Young, Neil	52		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
81	D D M D d D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	I Will Remember You	McLachlan, Sarah	69, 130		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
82	D DUX D B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	And It Stoned Me	Morrison, Van	52, 108		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
83	D d D DU UD DUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Fast Car	Chapman, Tracy			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		A Million Dreams	from The Greatest Showman
		Sometimes	James
		Into the Mystic	Morrison, Van
84	D d D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + UD D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Wonderwall	Oasis	151		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
85	> D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + > D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + > D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + > D U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 +	Black Boys on Mopeds	O'Connor, Sinead			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
86	Strums under dots are palm muted: .. .. .. .. DUD DUD DUD DUD 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	You're Gonna Go Far, Kid	Offspring, The	11, 25, 87		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
87	D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	You're Gonna Go Far, Kid	Offspring, The	11, 25, 86		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
88	D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Lumina	Osborne, Joan			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
89	B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 +	The Ballad of Love and Hate	Avett Brothers, The			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
89	B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 +	Wave Over Wave	Payne, Jim			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
90	w/swing feel: B D D U 1 + 2 + 3 +	Donald and Lydia	Prine, John			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
91	D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Steady As She Goes	Raconteurs, The	3, 61, 92		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
92	D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Steady As She Goes	Raconteurs, The	3, 61, 91		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
93	D D UD D UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUD D UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Creep (Acoustic Version)	Radiohead			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
94	D U U D U U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + D U U U D U U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +	How To Disappear Completely	Radiohead		This gets my vote for the hardest strum pattern in the collection.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
95	D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Journey to the End of the East Bay	Rancid	96, 97		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
96	D D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Journey to the End of the East Bay	Rancid	95, 97		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
97	< < D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + < D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Journey to the End of the East Bay	Rancid	95, 96		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
98	D D M D D M 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	The Littlest Monkey	Recess Monkey	11, 61, 99		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
98	D D M D D M 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Beverly Hills	Weezer			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
99	D M U D M U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	The Littlest Monkey	Recess Monkey	11, 61, 98	Like the "Joni" strum, but you mute the strings instead of strumming a"scratch."	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
100	D DUX D UB D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUX D X D UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUX D UB D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUX D UB D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Under the Bridge	Red Hot Chili Peppers	101, 102		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
101	XXD M D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + DUDUX D B D XX 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Under the Bridge	Red Hot Chili Peppers	100, 102		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
102	D DUDUD DUD DUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Under the Bridge	Red Hot Chili Peppers	100, 101		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
103	D D DUDU UD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D DUDU UD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D DUDU UD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DU UD DU UDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Find the River	REM	104		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
104	D D DUDU UD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Find the River	REM	103		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
105	D M U M U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Honky Tonk Women	Rolling Stones, The			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
106	< < D D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Kissing the Lipless	Shins, The			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
107	B B D DU UB DU U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Pieces of Me	Simpson, Ashlee			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
108	B B D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	And It Stoned Me	Morrison, Van	52, 82		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Say Yes	Smith, Elliott	52
		Im the Man Who Loves You	Wilco
109	D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 +	Waltz No 2 (XO)	Smith, Elliott			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
110	w/swing feel: B D B D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + B D B U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Reason to Believe by Bruce Springsteen	Mann, Aimee and Michael Penn		Actually in 2/4--but I wrote the pattern in 4/4 to make it easier to read.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
111	D D D D DU 1 2 3 1 + 2 +	Angel From Montgomery	Prine, John	38	Here's the hiccup in "Angel From Montgomery" that causes chaos every time strangers get together to play this around the campfire. It's a measure of 3/8 followed by a measure of 2/4. You count like this: "One two three one and two and." Good luck!	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
112	D B D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Drift Away	Stewart, Rod			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
113	D U UD D UD 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	I Am	Train			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
114	D D DU U U U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Other Side of the World	Tunstall, KT	15		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
115	w/swing feel: D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Holiday	Green Day	16		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		What I've Been Looking For	High School Musical
		Happy Together	Turtles, The	17
116	D D U U D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Desire	U2			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
117	D DUD DUDU UD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Red Hill Mining Town	U2			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
118	> > > D DUDUD DUDUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Screen Door	Uncle Tupelo			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
119	D D D 1 + 2 + 3 +	Steal the Crumbs	Uncle Tupelo	22		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
120	B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Still Be Around	Uncle Tupelo			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
121	B D D 1 + 2 + 3 +	Silent Night	Gruber, Franz Xaver and Father Joseph Mohr			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Away in a Manger	Traditional
		The First Noel	Traditional
		San Diego Serenade	Waits, Tom	78
122	D D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Island in the Sun	Weezer			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
123	D D D DUD D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Undone (The Sweater Song)	Weezer	11		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
123	D D D DUD D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	I'm Always in Love	Wilco	9		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
124	w/swing feel: B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Look at Miss Ohio	Welch, Gillian			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
125	D D D UD D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Same Boy You've Always Known	White Stripes, The			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
126	D X U D U X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Someday Soon	Collins, Judy	4		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
126	D X U D U X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Jesus Etc	Wilco			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
127	D D DU UD DUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Purple Rain	Prince			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Scar Tissue	Red Hot Chili Peppers
		Crystal Village	Yorn, Pete
128	> > D D U D U D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +	Happy Xmas (War is Over)	Lennon, John			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
129	B B D B B D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	It Ends Tonight	All-American Rejects, The	9		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
130	D d D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Sunny Came Home	Colvin, Shawn	15, 52		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Knockin on Heavens Door	Dylan, Bob
		Price Tag	Jessie J
		I Will Remember You	McLachlan, Sarah	69, 81
		Fireflies	Owl City
		Naked and Famous	Presidents of the United States of America, The	11, 149
		Storm in a Teacup	Red Hot Chili Peppers
131	D X U U X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	If You See Her, Say Hello	Dylan, Bob			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People
		Don't Know Why	Jones, Norah
		Stitches	Mendes, Shawn	4
		Wild for You Baby	Raitt, Bonnie
		Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay	Redding, Otis
		Speak Now	Swift, Taylor
132	w/swing feel: < < < < < BUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Simple Twist of Fate	Dylan, Bob	49		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
133	D U D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D U D D U DM 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Times Like These	Foo Fighters	11		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
134	> d D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	You Remind Me of Home	Gibbard, Ben			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
		Radioactive	Imagine Dragons	69
		Brand New Set of Wings	Purdy, Joe
135	D DUD DU UD DUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Branching Out	Gorka, John			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
136	D X U D X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D U D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Welcome to Paradise	Green Day	137, 138, 139		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
137	D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D U U D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Welcome to Paradise	Green Day	136, 138, 139		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
138	D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Welcome to Paradise	Green Day	136, 137, 139		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
139	D D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Welcome to Paradise	Green Day	136, 137, 138		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
140	B D U X U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Somewhere Over the Rainbow	Iz (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
141	D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Don't Stop Believing	Journey	4	For maximum punch, strum all down strokes.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
142	w/swing feel: D X U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	She Moves in Her Own Way	Kooks, The		It's hard to swing as fast as they do in the Kooks song.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
143	D d D DUDUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Killing the Blues	Plant, Robert and Alison Krauss			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
144	D XxxxD Xxxx 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Maybe	Michaelson, Ingrid	47, 145	The upper-case "X" is a standard "scratch" strum. The lower-case "x" is a strum muted by the fretting hand.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
145	D XxxxD Xxxx 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUX D Xxxx 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Maybe	Michaelson, Ingrid	47, 144	The upper-case "X" is a standard "scratch" strum. The lower-case "x" is a strum muted by the fretting hand.	Click Here to Watch Strum Video
146	(w/palm mute): D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Misery Business	Paramore	147, 148		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
147	D D D U D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Misery Business	Paramore	146, 148		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
148	D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Misery Business	Paramore	146, 147		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
149	D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Naked and Famous	Presidents of the United States of America, The	11, 130		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
150	w/swing feel: > > D DUD DUDUDU UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	The Only Living Boy in New York	Simon and Garfunkel			Click Here to Watch Strum Video
151	D DUD DUD DUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Wonderwall	Oasis	84		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
152	D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Alright	Pilate	52, 153, 154		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
153	D D DUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Alright	Pilate	52, 152, 154		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
154	B B D DUDUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Alright	Pilate	52, 152, 153		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
155	D D DUDUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd	156		Click Here to Watch Strum Video
156	B D B B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd	155		Click Here to Watch Strum Video