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Taylor Swift: Easy Guitar with Notes & Tablature Songbook | Electric Guitar Sheet Music Book for Students and Teachers | Country Pop Fingerstyle and Chord Arrangements for Acoustic
(Easy Guitar). All 11 tracks from Swift's eponoymous debut, including: Our Song * Picture to Burn * A Place in This World * Should've Said No * Teardrops on My Guitar * Tim McGraw * and more.
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48 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2007
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Taylor Swift
331 books4,247 followersTaylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Swift spent her early years on her family's Christmas tree farm. Her grandmother had been a professional opera singer, and Swift soon followed in her footsteps. By the age of 10, Swift was singing at a variety of local events, including fairs and contests. She sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Philadelphia 76ers game at the age of 11, and began writing her own songs and learning guitar at 12 years old.
To pursue her music career, Swift often visited Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital. There she co-wrote songs, and tried to land a recording contract. Noting her dedication, Swift and her family moved to nearby Hendersonville, Tennessee, in an attempt to further Swift's career.
A stellar performance at The Bluebird Café in Nashville helped Swift get a contract with Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records. She released her first single, "Tim McGraw," in 2006, and the song became a Top 10 hit on the country charts. It also appeared on her self-titled debut album in October of that same year, selling more than 2.5 million copies. More popular singles soon followed, including "Our Song," a No. 1 country music hit. "Teardrops on My Guitar," "Picture to Burn," and "Should've Said No" were also successful tracks.
In addition to commercial success, Swift received a lot of critical praise for her debut effort. She won the Horizon Award from the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Female Vocalist in 2007. Swift next released Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection in 2007. Her renditions of "Silent Night" and "Santa Baby" were modest hits on the country charts.
In 2008, Swift was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best New Artist category, and won the Academy of Country Music's "Female Vocalist of the Year" Award, the American Music Awards "Favorite Female Country Artist" award, and the American Music Association's "Horizon" award. Around this same time, Swift released her next album, Fearless (2008), which hit the top of both the country and pop charts and stayed there for 11 weeks. By the end of the year, Swift had become the highest-selling country artist of 2008.
In 2009, Swift netted several awards for her work on Fearless, including "Video of the Year" and "Female Video of the Year" for "Love Story" at the CMT Music Awards. On September 13, 2009, Swift also won the MTV Video Music Award for "Best Female Video," making her the first country music star to win an MTV Video Music Award. The win stirred controversy when rapper Kanye West leaped to the stage during Swift's speech, took the microphone, and declared that R&B singer Beyoncé should have won Swift's award. The stunned Swift was unable to make her acceptance speech, and West was removed from the show. When Beyoncé accepted her award for "Best Video of the Year" later in the show, she called Swift to the stage to finish her speech. West later apologized to Swift privately,
and made a public apology on The Jay Leno Show.
If possible, the attention has made Swift an even hotter commodity. Her concert tickets now sell out in less than two minutes, and she is currently ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine, with more than $18 million in earnings this year alone. She recently made her second appearance on comedy show Saturday Night Live, this time as both the host and musical guest. She has also been tapped for four CMA nominations in 2009—"Female Vocalist", "Music Video of the Year", "Best Album" and "Entertainer of the Year"— as well as six American Music Award nominations.
To pursue her music career, Swift often visited Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital. There she co-wrote songs, and tried to land a recording contract. Noting her dedication, Swift and her family moved to nearby Hendersonville, Tennessee, in an attempt to further Swift's career.
A stellar performance at The Bluebird Café in Nashville helped Swift get a contract with Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records. She released her first single, "Tim McGraw," in 2006, and the song became a Top 10 hit on the country charts. It also appeared on her self-titled debut album in October of that same year, selling more than 2.5 million copies. More popular singles soon followed, including "Our Song," a No. 1 country music hit. "Teardrops on My Guitar," "Picture to Burn," and "Should've Said No" were also successful tracks.
In addition to commercial success, Swift received a lot of critical praise for her debut effort. She won the Horizon Award from the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Female Vocalist in 2007. Swift next released Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection in 2007. Her renditions of "Silent Night" and "Santa Baby" were modest hits on the country charts.
In 2008, Swift was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best New Artist category, and won the Academy of Country Music's "Female Vocalist of the Year" Award, the American Music Awards "Favorite Female Country Artist" award, and the American Music Association's "Horizon" award. Around this same time, Swift released her next album, Fearless (2008), which hit the top of both the country and pop charts and stayed there for 11 weeks. By the end of the year, Swift had become the highest-selling country artist of 2008.
In 2009, Swift netted several awards for her work on Fearless, including "Video of the Year" and "Female Video of the Year" for "Love Story" at the CMT Music Awards. On September 13, 2009, Swift also won the MTV Video Music Award for "Best Female Video," making her the first country music star to win an MTV Video Music Award. The win stirred controversy when rapper Kanye West leaped to the stage during Swift's speech, took the microphone, and declared that R&B singer Beyoncé should have won Swift's award. The stunned Swift was unable to make her acceptance speech, and West was removed from the show. When Beyoncé accepted her award for "Best Video of the Year" later in the show, she called Swift to the stage to finish her speech. West later apologized to Swift privately,
and made a public apology on The Jay Leno Show.
If possible, the attention has made Swift an even hotter commodity. Her concert tickets now sell out in less than two minutes, and she is currently ranked as the 69th most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine, with more than $18 million in earnings this year alone. She recently made her second appearance on comedy show Saturday Night Live, this time as both the host and musical guest. She has also been tapped for four CMA nominations in 2009—"Female Vocalist", "Music Video of the Year", "Best Album" and "Entertainer of the Year"— as well as six American Music Award nominations.
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December 15, 2008
Beautiful singer:) I have every single one of her songs. She is a purely amazing singer.
April 1, 2008
fav musician!! taylor swift rox!!
September 2, 2010
WOW! she sure does know how to help with break ups, love, non popularity, crush's, school, and friends... she honestly is one of the best singer's out there. Great Job Taylor!! I can relate to all your songs at some point in my life :) <3 It feels like she's your bestfriend giving you advice when your down when you hear her songs you cheerup each song like a story amazing lyrics btw.
March 4, 2008
i want this
April 9, 2016
Again this was an okay book i thought it had good details about taylor just not enough details.
September 5, 2009
this is definitely a cd that is fabulous listen to it!
May 15, 2014
Love Taylor so much <13
December 15, 2023
Best album
May 28, 2025
never read it, don’t own it, but it’s my favorite album… sooooo…….⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 31, 2009
As yall know, Taylor Swift is like my IDOL.
I love ALL her music and every since I've started listening to her, I've started to write my own music too.
She's an aamaazing singer and I love her so much.
I love ALL her music and every since I've started listening to her, I've started to write my own music too.
She's an aamaazing singer and I love her so much.
June 22, 2010
Taylor Swift-Fearlessi love taylor swift she's amazing and this book blow your mind about her wonderful life.
September 9, 2010
I want this book can anyone who have read this book please share it...thanks a lot...I'm a member of pianofiles.com and see my files there....or e-mail me at mice.geo@gmail.com please thanks a lot...let's share and trade a little bit...I love TS...
November 26, 2013
Thank you so much for writing this!! I love and respect Taylor so much and for you to take the time to write this means the world to me. Thank you so much and I really, truly am grateful for this! I really am :)
July 6, 2023
This book is a very easy follow. As a seasons guitar player these songs were super simple and easy to learn by memorizing. Great for beginners! Three and four chord songs here. I would recommend this type of music chord book for any beginners.
August 22, 2009
love her music
November 22, 2010
good,good,good,good,good!!!!!!!
February 19, 2012
Easy to read chords, tabs and strumming/picking patterns. Great for beginners. :D
July 3, 2023
The songs the outside and tied together w a smile are amazing.
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June 12, 2014A Music in this Shelves is for my Own Idea.
January 17, 2018
i love Taylor so much!
October 21, 2018
Love her go on tay
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February 9, 2020
I love Taylor swift.
May 12, 2024
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May 27, 2024
no need to rewiew. Anything from her....
January 14, 2022
LOVE THE SELF TITLED ALBUM. I feel like such a cute little country girl in a big city who moved away from her small town and her fiancé that she met in high school. I am going through a massive glow up and finding myself. You know what I mean?
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October 18, 2012This is medium-hard to play on the guitar but very entertaining!
LOVE YOU TAYLOR!! <13
LOVE YOU TAYLOR!! <13
June 27, 2013
Awesome
April 20, 2017
great songs
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