Digital Drum Sheet Music Library
Quality Transcriptions You Can Count On
All the drum sheet music found on this page and throughout the site are full, note-for-note transcriptions transcribed by James Morton--long-time professional drummer, author of over a dozen books with Mel Bay Publications, and creator of the "Rock Charts" column formerly found in Modern Drummer--over the course of his 40+ year career.
Bulk Order Discounts
| 5-9 charts | 15% off |
| 10-19 charts | 25% off |
| 20-29 charts | 35% off |
| 30+ charts | 40% off |
Title
Artist
Year
Comments
Music
Price
Buy
Foo Fighters
2005
Nominated for Grammy that year for Best Rock Song. Taylor Hawkins on drums.
$4.99
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2000
Latest song about the Golden State, this one darker in theme. Chad Smith showing how to play ghost notes.
$4.99
Donald Fagen
1988
Tight and crisp funk shuffle, from the movie Bright Lights, Big City. This chart is hand-written, but still reads clean.
$3.99
Coldplay
2002
One of the top groups of the last decade, Coldplay's "Clocks" won the Record of the Year Grammy in 2003.
$3.99
Sting
1985
Sting gets jazzy. Omar Hakim manning the drums. Cool, man, just cool.
$4.99
Crowded House
1986
Biggest band in New Zealand has big hit in US. "Trying to catch the deluge in a paper cup."
$3.99
Van Halen
1988
"That ain't the way to treat the broken hearted..." Brother Alex does the drumming. This chart is hand-written, but still reads clean.
$4.99
George Harrison
1987
George covers this obscure early rocker and goes to number one.
$4.99
John Mayer
2009
In March of that year Mayer tweeted: "Waking up to this song idea that won't leave my head. 3 days straight now. That means it's good enough to finish. It's called 'Half of My Heart' and I want to sing it with Taylor Swift." Which he did. From Battle Studies. Steve Jordan drums.
$4.99
Huey Lewis & The News
1984
From Sports. Do you know what the heart of R&R is? The beat!
$4.99
The Fray
2005
How To Save A Life - Big hit from the Denver, Colorado group. Featured in Gray's Anatomy.
$0.99
U2
1987
Have you tried looking in the closet? Bad joke. Good chart though, from the Irish supergroup that Kevin loves.
$4.99
Foreigner
1985
Huge hit, Dennis Elliot drums, big choir in background.
$3.99
Lenny Kravitz
1991
Went to #2 on charts. Title inspired by baseball legend Yogi Berra.
$3.99
Bruce Springsteen
1986
From Born In The U.S.A. Great lyrical song. Max Weinberg drums.
$3.99
Def Leppard
1987
Anyone notice that Rick plays better now, with one arm? This chart is one of our few hand-written ones, but it's still pretty neat and definitely readable.
$3.99
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2011
Do you like ghost notes? Drummer Chad Smith has a lifetime supply on this song.
$4.99
The White Stripes
2003
Grammy Award for Best Rock Recording for the Michigan duo.
$3.99
Motley Crue
1985
Tommy Lee rocks the drums, the other guys are shouting at you-know-who. From the September 1985 Modern Drummer.
$4.99
Nirvana
1992
Huge 1991 hit. Drummer Dave Grohl is continuing on in the Foo Fighters.
$3.99
Coldplay
2000
Helped by heavy rotation and usage in promotions, the song thrust the band into massive popularity. The drummer is Will Champion.
$3.99
Amy Winehouse
2006
From the album Back to Black, called by one critic "instantly memorable." It is.
$4.99
ACDC
1980
Singer Brian Johnson said that this song is for him the highlight of the band's catalog because it has "a special groovy beat that won't let you go."
$4.99