If you are a beginner guitar player, it is always better to start with some easy songs. This article provides a list of some easy songs to play on a guitar.
If you’ve recently fallen in love with the guitar, and you’re giving your heart and soul to learn to play the instrument, then you must be in need of some easy guitar songs that you can play and practice. Legendary guitar players, like Jimmy Page (of band Led Zeppelin), Tonni Iommi (of Black Sabbath), David Gilmore (of Pink Floyd) and various others are an inspiration for every guitar player. To begin your quest to achieve excellence in playing guitar, this article enlists some simple songs for beginners. They have easy chords that can be practiced with ease.
Learning to play the acoustic guitar requires lots of patience. After a few weeks of practice, you will enjoy playing this musical instrument. Being a beginner, it is always advisable to choose some easy guitar songs. An easy song is the one that has minimum number of chords. The lesser the number of chords, the easier to play. In the beginning, one must always try to play songs that are not complicated as this helps to boost confidence. Once you choose the song, practice it on the guitar. Nowadays, there are innumerable websites that allow you to download guitar tabs of easy songs.
List of Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners
- House of the Rising Sun ~ The Animals
- I’m Yours ~ Jason Mraz
- Keep Holding On ~ Avril Lavigne
- I Walk the Line ~ Johnny Cash
- Viva La Vida ~ Coldplay
- Play With Fire ~ The Rolling Stones
- Man on the Moon ~ R. E. M
- Hurt ~ Johnny Cash
- Come As You Are ~ Nirvana
- Every Rose Has it’s Thorn ~ Poison
- Save Tonight ~ Eagle-Eye Cherry
- This Afternoon ~ Nickelback
- Forgetful Lucy ~ Adam Sandler (From 50 First Dates)
- Take Me Home, Country Roads ~ by John Denver
- Silent Night ~ A Christmas Song
- Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands ~ Bob Dylan
- Comfortably Numb ~ Pink Floyd
- Old Man ~ Neil Young
- Ruby Tuesday ~ The Rolling Stones
- You Really Got Me ~ The Kinks
- Mellow Yellow ~ Donovan
- I Saw Her Standing There ~ The Beatles
- You Shook Me All Night Long ~ AC/DC
- Dirty Deeds ~ AC/DC
- Summer of ’69 (can be practiced with some efforts) ~ Bryan Adams
- Sweet Emotion ~ Aerosmith
- Lonely People ~ America
- Livin’ on a Prayer ~ Bon Jovi
- More Than a Feeling ~ Boston
- All the Small Things ~ Blink 182
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door ~ Bob Dylan/Guns N’ Roses
These are just some of the easy guitar songs for beginners. Expressing your passion for music through the guitar is definitely an enriching experience. So, if you’ve got an opportunity to learn guitar, then do make the most of it!
