Folk songs at 117 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 529 folk songs with a verified tempo of 117 BPM: acoustic, story-first folk. Here are some of the best known.
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Popular 117 BPM folk songs
Baudelaire
Angus & Julia Stone (2017)
Long Live The
Moriarty (2015)
Time of No Reply
Nick Drake (1986)
Mashala Mashala
Goran Bregović (2007)
Gracias a la vida
Violeta Parra (1966)
The Ocean
Alela Diane (2009)
Honey Won’t You Let Me In
The Tallest Man on Earth (2008)
Solo mia
Vinicio Capossela (2000)
Arche
Subway to Sally (1995)
Even Now
William Fitzsimmons (2008)
Resolve
Beth Gibbons (2002)
Ich luur dich jän ahn
Höhner (2007)
Ich lege meinen Traum in deine Haende
Kastelruther Spatzen (2013)
Lay Down Your Weary Tune
Billy Bragg (2012)
Most múlik pontosan
Csík zenekar (2008)
Wolo Baya Guéléma
Victor Démé (2010)
St. James Infirmary
Pete Seeger (1962)
Does Not Suffice
Joanna Newsom (2010)
Ikaria
Laura Veirs (2013)
Ukolébavka
Jaromír Nohavica (1994)
Bella Italia
Hansi Hinterseer (2017)
Kız Çocuğu
Zülfü Livaneli (1978)
Iris’s Song
Vashti Bunyan (2000)
New Found Land
Woody Guthrie (1988)
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