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10 Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners with Guitar Chords
When you’re first learning how to play the guitar, the best thing you can do is practice learning a new song. However, it can be hard to find easy guitar songs for beginners when you’re first starting because you don’t know which songs are easy to learn on guitar and which ones aren’t.
Here’s my collection of some easy guitar songs for beginners that you can pick up right away when you are learning how to play the guitar. There’s a mix of some new pop songs and older classics in this list.
I’ve also written up the chords and lyrics. Click on a song to see the video, chords, and lyrics.
Top 5 Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners
1.) Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver
2.) Free Falling by Tom Petty
3.) Yellow by Coldplay
4.) Come On Get Higher by Matt Nathanson
5.) Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynard
More Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners
6.) Clocks by Coldplay
7.) Teardrops On My Guitar by Taylor Swift
8.) Lost by Coldplay
9.) Realize by Colbie Caillat
10.) You’re Beautiful by James Blunt
When you get through these, be sure to check out five more easy guitar songs for beginners!
What songs are you learning how to play? What easy guitar songs for beginners would you add to this list?
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“Top 5 Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners
1.) Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver”
HEY - a great on-line friend (Brett) told me about John Denver’s song: Take Me Home. I have printed out and started playing. While I need more practice, it is going.
Thanks for the great tip Brett.
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some interesting songs. I agree with a lot of them but taylor swift? who really wants to learn her!
Matt - haha, that’s hilarious. I hear what you are saying. I’m not a big fan of her myself, but I know that some of our readers enjoy her stuff. I tried to compile a variety of different music.
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I have always sang, but I am picking up guitar as another form of musical expression. I learned to play “Forgetful Lucy” by Adam Sandler from the 50 First Dates movie. It consists of three chords and is easy to play and sounds great.
Cool list, Ross! I like the 2nd list even better…
It’d be cool if someone compiled the 10 or 20 “easiest” songs to learn in every major genre, along with links to the tabs.
Very cool post for sure.
Keep up the great work,
Kyle
Sorry, I have NO idea why I called you Ross. I swear, I’m not even watching “Friends” right now.
Need….Sleep…=)
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Whatever way you choose to learn guitar, the important this is to start. Guitar playing is a truly awesome thing indeed, whether you just want to play for personal enjoyment, or become the star at your next party. Everyone loves music and the enjoyment you will get out of playing a guitar is something truly special.
the music notes are amazing and there are notes with songs on it… I love it