B46616 – Johnny Guitar Byrne Handwritten Guitar Chord Exercise Books (UK)

A pair of school exercise books containing notation for different guitar chords which have been written out by Johnny Guitar for various songs which were presumably played by him and/or contained in the Hurricanes repertoire. The first book has the name ‘Johnny Byrne’ and ‘Guitar Notes’ handwritten on the front cover. It contains the chord sequences for 26 songs including ‘Ain’t Misbehaving’, ‘Twelve Bar Blues’, ‘Who’s Sorry Now’, ‘Sweet Georgia Brown’, ‘Mr Sandman’, ‘Hot Toddy’ any many more. The second book has the name ‘Johnny Byrne’ and ‘Guitar Chords’ handwritten on the front cover. It contains chord charts for 35 different musical notes all drawn in pencil.

Provenance: from the collection of Rory Storm and The Hurricanes guitarist, Johnny ‘Guitar’ Byrne.

Each book measures 16cm x 20.5cm 6.25 inches x 8 inches). The condition is very good.