Hal Leonard Publishes “The Bassist’s Fake Book”

Hal Leonard has published The Bassist’s Fake Book featuring easy-to-read lead sheets for 250 songs (see the full list below). The music spans a wide array of genres, from pop and rock to rap and reggae.

“Songs are arranged in easy-to-use bass charts with notation, tab, chord symbols, and lyric cues – just enough to get you started to ‘faking’ the whole song,” the company shared.

Just a few of the songs in the book are the Jackson 5’s “ABC,” Metallica’s “Master of Puppets,” Steve Ray Vaughn’s “Pride and Joy,” Toto’s “Rosanna,” Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” and Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise.”

The Bassist’s Fake Book is out now in softcover and digital versions.

The Bassist’s Fake Book Examples:

The Bassist’s Fake Book Song List:

1. ABC
2. Ace Of Spades
3. Africa
4. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
5. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
6. Alive
7. All About That Bass
8. All Along The Watchtower
9. All I Wanna Do
10. All Right Now
11. All Star
12. All The Small Things
13. American Girl
14. American Woman
15. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
16. Another One Bites The Dust
17. Are You Gonna Be My Girl
18. Are You Gonna Go My Way
19. Barracuda
20. Basket Case
21. Beat It
22. Beautiful Girls
23. Billie Jean
24. Birdland
25. Black Hole Sun
26. Blister In The Sun
27. Boot Scootin’ Boogie
28. The Boys Are Back In Town
29. Brick House
30. Brown Eyed Girl
31. Burning Down The House
32. By The Way
33. Cake By The Ocean
34. Can’t Stop The Feeling!
35. Can’t You See
36. Carry On Wayward Son
37. The Chain
38. China Grove
39. Cissy Strut
40. Cold Sweat, Pt. 1
41. Come As You Are
42. Come On, Come Over
43. Come Together
44. Crash Into Me
45. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
46. Crazy Train
47. Creep
48. Crossfire
49. Cross Road Blues (Crossroads)
50. Cult Of Personality
51. Dance To The Music
52. Dancing Queen
53. Dean Town
54. Detroit Rock City
55. Do I Wanna Know?
56. Do It Again
57. Don’t Know Why
58. Don’t Stop Believin’
59. Down On The Corner
60. Drift Away
61. 867-5309/Jenny
62. Every Breath You Take
63. Ex’s & Oh’s
64. Express Yourself
65. Eye Of The Tiger
66. Feel Good Inc
67. Fell On Black Days
68. Fire
69. Flashlight
70. Fly Away
71. Folsom Prison Blues
72. Free Bird
73. Free Fallin’
74. Free Ride
75. Funk #49
76. Get Down Tonight
77. Get Lucky
78. Get The Funk Out
79. Gimme Some Lovin’
80. Give It Away
81. Good Times
82. Good Vibrations
83. Green Onions
84. Groove Me
85. Happy
86. Hard To Handle
87. Hey Jealousy
88. Hey Joe
89. Hey Man Nice Shot
90. Higher Ground
91. Highway Star
92. Hot Hot Hot
93. Hotel California
94. Hound Dog
95. Hysteria
96. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
97. I Got You (I Feel Good)
98. I Love Rock ‘N Roll
99. I Saw Her Standing There
100. I Walk The Line
101. I Want You Back
102. I Want You To Want Me
103. I Will Survive
104. I Wish
105. I’m Tore Down
106. In Bloom
107. Iron Man
108. It’s Your Thing
109. Jailhouse Rock
110. Jeremy
111. Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
112. Jessica
113. Jessie’s Girl
114. The Joker
115. Keep Your Hands To Yourself
116. La Bamba
117. Lady Marmalade
118. Le Freak
119. The Lemon Song
120. Let’s Get It On
121. Let’s Get It Started
122. Life Is A Highway
123. Like A Stone
124. Limelight
125. Living After Midnight
126. Livin’ On A Prayer
127. Locked Out Of Heaven
128. London Calling
129. Long Train Runnin’
130. Longview
131. Love Rollercoaster
132. Love Shack
133. Low Rider
134. Lowdown
135. Maneater
136. Master Of Puppets
137. Miss You
138. Mississippi Queen
139. Mr. Big Stuff
140. Money
141. Monkey Wrench
142. Moondance
143. Mustang Sally
144. My Generation
145. My Girl
146. New Year’s Day
147. N.I.B.
148. No Excuses
149. No More Tears
150. No One Knows
151. No Woman No Cry
152. Oh, Pretty Woman
153. Old Time Rock & Roll
154. One Of These Nights
155. Paradise City
156. Paranoid
157. Peace Sells
158. Peaches
159. Peg
160. Penny Lane
161. Perfect
162. Pick Up The Pieces
163. Pinball Wizard
164. Play That Funky Music
165. Plush
166. Pride And Joy
167. Proud Mary
168. Psycho Killer
169. Pump It Up
170. Radar Love
171. Respect
172. Right Place, Wrong Time
173. Ring Of Fire
174. Rock And Roll All Nite
175. Rock Around The Clock
176. Rock This Town
177. Rolling In The Deep
178. Rosanna
179. Roundabout
180. Roxanne
181. Runnin’ With The Devil
182. Sabotage
183. Santeria
184. Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)
185. Schism
186. September
187. Seven Nation Army
188. Shakey Ground
189. Sharp Dressed Man
190. Shining Star
191. Should I Stay Or Should I Go
192. Shout
193. Shut Up And Dance
194. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
195. Sledgehammer
196. Smells Like Teen Spirit
197. Smoke On The Water
198. Smokin’
199. Smooth
200. (She’s) Some Kind Of Wonderful
201. Soul Man
202. Stand By Me
203. Stayin’ Alive
204. Stir It Up
205. Stray Cat Strut
206. Summer Of ’69
207. Sunshine Of Your Love
208. Super Freak
209. Superfly
210. Sweet Caroline
211. Sweet Child O’ Mine
212. Sweet Emotion
213. Sweet Home Alabama
214. Sympathy For The Devil
215. Synchronicity II
216. Taxman
217. Tennessee Whiskey
218. Tequila
219. Thinking Out Loud
220. Tom Sawyer
221. Treasure
222. The Trooper
223. Tush
224. 25 Or 6 To 4
225. Two Princes
226. Under Pressure
227. Under The Bridge
228. Uptown Funk
229. Vehicle
230. Wagon Wheel
231. Walk
232. Walk On The Wild Side
233. Walk This Way
234. Walking On The Moon
235. The Weight
236. Welcome To The Jungle
237. Whipping Post
238. White Rabbit
239. With A Little Help From My Friends
240. With Or Without You
241. Wonderful Tonight
242. Word Up
243. Would?
244. Wrathchild
245. Y.M.C.A.
246. You Can Call Me Al
247. You Oughta Know
248. You Shook Me
249. You Shook Me All Night Long
250. YYZ