Best Cover Songs for Solo Gigs

It took me a LONG time to figure out how to change the key of popular songs and make it work for me and the limitations of my voice. Now my Go-To Method is to look up the song on https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ to find the "official version," and then I look up the "vocal" part. Then I hit the transpose button until the high note is in a doable range for my voice.

Also check out Money Musician on Instagram for cool tips on looping and singing popular songs in a lower key. Here's his list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Itg...

How do you make covers work for you? What songs are in your top ten when you play covers?

Here's what I've learned, and here is a list of songs that are currently working for me (modified from their original keys, of course!):

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
Fortunate Son - CCR
Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
Have You Ever Seen the Rain - CCR
Shake it Off (haha! Yeah, I know, but sometimes it's funny to be ironic and play T Swift anyway!)
The Cave - Mumford and Sons
Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
I've Just Seen a Face - The Beatles
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
Name - Goo Goo Dolls
Hey Ya - Look up the "Obadiah Parker" version
Shut Up and Dance - a good acoustic cover on apple music
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Dixieland Delight - Alabama
Home - Phillip Phillips
Amie - Pure Prairie League
In My Life - The Beatles
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
Why Georgia - John Mayer
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Two - Ryan Adams
Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp

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