BUS Playlists & Tunes for the Week

The next regular BUS session is on Monday 26th October 2026 at the Babbacombe Corinthian Sailing Club from 7:00 to 9:00pm. The tunes will be from the BUS 2026 Christmas Playlist below.

For strumming practice – see the links on the Strumming page.

To see a printable version of any playlist click on the playlist name (& the Front Cover if required).

To view, print or download a specific tune sheet, click on the tune name.

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GIG PLAYLISTS

This is the BUS 2026 CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST, as at 22nd Oct 2026, which will be played at the  Monday Session on the 26th October 2026:

  1. Build Me Up Buttercup – 27072023
  2. Be My Baby – 13082017
  3. Why Do Fools Fall In Love – 30042026
  4. Runaround Sue – 28042026
  5. Sugar Pie Honey Bunch – 28042026
  6. Take Me Home Country Roads – 11062024
  7. Does Your Mother Know – 17102026      Updated new tune
  8. Gimme-Gimme-Gimme – 02102026         New tune
  9. Mamma Mia – 02102026                           New tune
  10. Super Trouper – 17102026                       Updated new tune
  11. It’s Beginning to Look A lot Like Christmas – 17102026  Updated new tune
  12. Silent Night – 28112023
  13. I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas – 09122025 
  14. Last Christmas – 09122025
  15. Something Stupid – 07022023                 Not played for a while   
  16. Mistletoe – 09122025
  17. Winter’s Tale – 18102025
  18. Little Drummer Boy – 22102026              Updated new tune
  19. Mary’s Boy Child – 18112024
  20. Little Saint Nick – 16102026                     Updated new tune
  21. Rocking Christmas Medley – 07102026  New tune 
  22. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – 31102013
  23. Winter Wonderland – 04112024
  24. Jingle Bells – 26102012
  25. Ding Dong Merrily On High – 06122025
  26. O Come All Ye Faithful – 19112014
  27. Merry Christmas Everyone – 31102013
  28. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day – 09122025
  29. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – 05122017
  30. We Wish You A Merry Christmas – 20112018

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BUS PLAYLIST #1 (07Jan2026) PLAYLIST #1 FRONT COVER

  1. Alexander’s Ragtime Band – 03082014
  2. You Are My Sunshine (short version) – 21072014
  3. Bad Moon Rising – 18082022
  4. Do You Want To Dance – 05022016
  5. When You’re Smiling version 2 – 18082023
  6. Five Foot Two / Baby Face – 15052014
  7. Blue Moon – 01012022
  8. Chatanooga Choo Choo – 15102014
  9. Bring Me Sunshine – 01012022
  10. Bye Bye Love – 11052015
  11. Dedicated Follower of Fashion – 11042018
  12. Da Doo Ron Ron – 18082022
  13. Dream a Little Dream of Me – 01012022
  14. Bare Necessities – 01012022
  15. Jolene – 28112023
  16. Sway – 01012022
  17. Sunny Afternoon – 21072014
  18. Delilah – 04062018
  19. Sloop John B – 25012022
  20. Medley 1940s (Version 2) – 01012022
  21. I’m Into Something Good – 10082018
  22. Locomotion – 14052013
  23. Raindrops Keep Falling – 03092012
  24. Those Were the Days – 12022014

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BUS PLAYLIST #2 (15Jan2026)   PLAYLIST #2 FRONT COVER

  1. Hello Mary Lou – 02022015
  2. City of New Orleans – 18012022
  3. Darktown Strutters Ball – 09112015
  4. Black Velvet Band SHORT – 25012022
  5. Hey Good Lookin’ – 01062012
  6. I Can’t Help Falling In Love – Waltz time – 04102025
  7. Jackson – 05122017
  8. I Wanna Be Like You – 19112013
  9. Knock Three Times – 05092019
  10. San Francisco Bay Blues – 31102016
  11. Folsom Prison Blues – 03062013
  12. Sweet Georgia Brown – 15052014
  13. Swinging On A Star – 10062014
  14. Your Cheatin’ Heart – 25072017
  15. London Medley – 21072014
  16. Cupid – 28012013
  17. Hi Ho Silver Lining – 28122013
  18. Lumberjack Song – 12082014
  19. Meet Me On the Corner – 26052018
  20. Ob La Di Ob La Da – 05122017
  21. Que Sera Sera – 02092013
  22. Under the Boardwalk – 05122017
  23. Leaning on a Lamp-Post – 18032014
  24. Rock Around the Clock / Rocking All Over the World – 13052016

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BUS PLAYLIST #3 (21Jan2026)   PLAYLIST #3 FRONT COVER

  1. IKO IKO – 25092017
  2. Count On Me – 06022022
  3. Crazy Little Thing Called love – 16102018
  4. Dedicated Follower of Fashion – 11042018
  5. Half the World Away – 28042016
  6. I Only Want To Be With You – 17032016
  7. It Must Be Love – 25042017
  8. Maggie – 05022016
  9. Make Me Smile – 25012022
  10. Modern Love – 17102017
  11. Real Hope – 09112015
  12. Sunny Afternoon – 21072014
  13. Show – 18022016
  14. California Dreaming – 03042017
  15. I’m Into Something Good – 10082018
  16. Don’t You Want Me – 30032017
  17. I Want It That Way – 22052025
  18. Let it Be – 03032024
  19. Make You Feel My Love – 02112016
  20. There Ain’t No Pleasing You – 13052016
  21. With a Little Help From My Friends – 22112016
  22. Streets Of London – 02042019
  23. Somewhere Over the Rainbow / Wonderful World – 15092024
  24. Rock Around the Clock / RockingAll Over the World – 13052016

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BUS PLAYLIST #4 (12Feb2026)   PLAYLIST #4 FRONT COVER

  1. Bad Moon Rising – 18082022
  2. Bare Necessities – 01012022
  3. Black Velvet Band [SHORT] – 25012022
  4. IKO IKO – 25092017
  5. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – 06032018
  6. Dedicated Follower of Fashion – 11042018
  7. Count On Me – 06022022
  8. Sloop John B – 25012022
  9. Sunny Afternoon – 21072014
  10. Hello Mary Lou – 02022015
  11. City of New Orleans – 18012022
  12. She’ll Coming Round the Mountain – 08122021
  13. Make Me Smile – 25012022
  14. Dream a Little Dream of Me – 01012022
  15. Another Saturday Night – 30042020
  16. Build Me Up Buttercup – 27072023
  17. Sway – 01012022
  18. Living Doll – 24012017
  19. Blowing In the Wind – 21102012
  20. Island of Dreams – 09092016
  21. Importance of Being Idle – 13052016
  22. Combine Harvester – 15052014
  23. Beer, Beer, Beer – 12062025
  24. Whiskey In the Jar– 27092019

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BUS PLAYLIST #5 (17 Mar 2026)       PLAYLIST #5 FRONT COVER

  1. Black Velvet Band [SHORT] – 25012022
  2. Whiskey In the Jar – 27092019
  3. I Don’t Like Mondays – 05022024
  4. C’est La Vie – 19042022
  5. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – 11042022
  6. Brown Eyed Girl – 05022024
  7. Patricia the Stripper – 05022024
  8. Take Me To Church – 05022024
  9. Teenage Kicks – 19042022
  10. Good Heart – 22042022
  11. One – 11042022
  12. Flying Without Wings – 11042022
  13. I’ll Tell Me Ma – 28032022
  14. Dirty Old Town – 05022024
  15. Molly Malone – 21042022
  16. Cannonball – 05022024
  17. Wild Rover – 17032026
  18. Galway Girl – 22042022

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BUS PLAYLIST #6 – (15May2026)  PLAYLIST #6 FRONT COVER

  1. Bad Moon Rising – 18082022
  2. Da Doo Ron Ron – 18082022
  3. IKO IKO – 25092017
  4. Sloop John B – 25012022
  5. Build Me Up Buttercup – 27072023
  6. Sunny Afternoon – 21072014
  7. I Can’t Help Falling In Love – 04102025
  8. I’m a Believer – 28042026     latest version
  9. Help – 08032024
  10. Let it Be – 03032024
  11. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You– 02082017  
  12. Happy Together – 23042025
  13. Suspicious Minds – 08032024
  14. Runaround Sue – 28042026      latest version
  15. Why Do Fools Fall In Love – 30042026     latest version
  16. Mercedes Benz – 22062022
  17. Be My Baby – 13082017       Date in tune sheet
  18. Another Saturday Night – 30042020
  19. Space Oddity – 21042026        latest version
  20. It’s Not Unusual – 03032024
  21. House of the Rising Sun – 30042026      latest version
  22. Amarillo – 28042026    latest version
  23. Sugar Pie Honey Bunch – 28042026     latest version
  24. Sweet Caroline – 27112025

BUS PLAYLIST #7 (10May2026)         PLAYLIST #7 FRONT COVER

  1. Leaving On A Jet Plane – 29062018
  2. Maggie – 05022016
  3. Knock Three Times – 05092019
  4. Whiskey In the Jar – 27092019
  5. Jolene – 28112023
  6. Big Yellow Taxi – 03032018
  7. Crazy Little Thing Called love – 16102018
  8. Forever In Blue Jeans – 27092019
  9. Gambler – 03042020
  10. Don’t Stop Me Now – 10082018
  11. Runaround Sue – 28042026      latest version
  12. Top Of the World – 20112018
  13. I Don’t Like Mondays – 05022024
  14. I Love To Boogie – 03042020
  15. Coz I Love You – 24042019 ( No date in tune sheet) 
  16. Annie’s Song – 14012026        latest version
  17. Me and Julio Down by the School Yard – 11102019
  18. Your Song – 30042020
  19. Let It Be – 03032024
  20. Rocketman_v1 – 30042020
  21. Waterloo – 06082018
  22. YMCA-15082018  (No date in tune sheet)
  23. Summer Nights – 07082018

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BUS PLAYLIST #8 (07Sepr2025)          PLAYLIST #8 FRONT COVER

Note: The master copies of all these tunes are posted on the New Tunes in Development page except where indicated.

  1. All Out Of Love – 07042020
  2. Hungry Like the Wolf – 18062023
  3. Sunshine On Leith – 03022019
  4. Time After Time – 23022025
  5. Karma Chamelon – 18062023 (on Our Repertoire page)
  6. Venus – 04062019
  7. They Don’t Know – 23022025
  8. Careless Whisper – 07092025
  9. La Isla Bonita – 08032025
  10. I Think We’re Alone Now – 08032025
  11. Abracadabra – 23022025
  12. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – 08032025
  13. Down Under – 08032025
  14. Echo Beach – 17032017
  15. Video KIlled the Radio Star – 21022020
  16. Take On Me – 23022025
  17. There’s A Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis – 23022025
  18. Come On Eileen – 08032025
  19. Gold – 09032025
  20. Heaven Is A Place On Earth – 08032025
  21. Town Called Malice – 11062018
  22. Tainted Love – 08032025

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