Each and Every Day of the Year: Lead Sheet

This fakebook captures The Rolling Stones' formative decade in professional lead sheet format, making their most essential songs immediately accessible to any musician who reads charts. The inclusion of guitar TAB for 29 landmark riffs transforms this from a reference tool into a learning resource that reveals how the band's instrumental voices drive their greatest songs. For guitarists studying rock songwriting and arrangement, the reproduced original sheet music and complete discography offer genuine historical context alongside playable material.

These songs carry the raw energy of young musicians discovering how to transform American blues into something distinctly their own, with an edge and swagger that defined the 1960s. You'll feel the progression from faithful interpretations of Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly through increasingly confident original compositions, culminating in the experimental textures and studio innovation of their psychedelic phase.

Guitarists and musicians studying rock music history, songwriting structure, and the blues foundation of classic rock will find this collection indispensable. Music educators teaching rock repertoire, song analysis, or ensemble arranging can use these lead sheets as a foundation for band or combo performance and study.

• Study the included guitar TAB alongside the lead sheet to understand how signature riffs function within the harmonic structure; this reveals why these songs became templates for rock songwriting.
• Use the fundamental instrumental figures notated in each lead sheet as a foundation, then layer in the iconic riffs from the TAB section to build from basic changes to the recorded arrangements.
• Reference the discography and original sheet music covers to connect each song to its recording session and era, which informs interpretive choices about feel, tempo, and emphasis.
• Pay attention to how chord progressions repeat across songs from the same period; this pattern recognition develops understanding of the blues-based harmonic language that defines early Stones compositions.

Use individual songs as performance vehicles for rock or contemporary ensembles, selecting from this 167-song collection to match your ensemble's instrumentation and skill level. For music history or songwriting classes, assign specific songs from different eras to illustrate how compositional approach, harmonic language, and recording technology evolved within a single band's output.

• Reading and interpreting lead sheet notation in rock and popular music contexts
• Connecting chord symbols to guitar voicing and riff construction
• Recognizing blues-based harmonic progressions and their variations across multiple songs
• Analyzing how instrumental riffs interact with melody and chord changes
• Understanding the evolution of recording production and arrangement across a historical period