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Top 25 Easy Pop Songs for Guitar – Last Decade

By Klaus Crow Leave a Comment

Today we have a list with 25 easy to play pop songs of the last decade for guitar. These songs are a good match for both beginner and intermediate guitar players. Learn the chords and the chord progressions and you’ll be playing these songs in no time.

Most songs in this list have at most four or less open beginner chords. You can play a basic strumming pattern to go along with it.

I’ve put a guitar video tutorial on each song title, the “Chords” link will take you to the chords & lyrics of the song and the “Tabs” will show you how to play the melodies like intro’s, guitar riffs and solo parts.

Guitar Songs from 2010 to 2021

It’s a challenge to keep up with new songs all the time because it’s constantly changing and adding up, so I decided to pick guitar pop songs that stood the test of time over the last decade and that are fun to play on the guitar.


If you prefer some “all time” songs check out Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners. Now it’s time for the pop singer / songwriters and artists from 2010 to 2021, from Ed Sheeran and John Mayer to Taylor Swift and Billy Eilish. It’s all here.

Pick a song you like, practice the chords, the changes between chords and the strumming. Practice the song in chunks (intro, verse, chorus, bridge), take it one step at a time, then practice the song as a whole, slowly and at ease, practice regularly and enjoy the process!

Have great fun!

Video Guitar LessonArtistChordsTabs
1 PerfectEd SheeranChordsTabs
2 Love on the weekendJohn MayerChordsTabs
3 Watermelon sugar highHarry StylesChordsTabs
4 MemoriesMaroon 5ChordsTabs
5 I took a pill in IbizaMike PosnerChordsTabs
Video Guitar LessonArtistChordsTabs
6 RiptideVance JoyChordsTabs
7 Tennessee WhiskeyChris StapletonChordsTabs
8 SeñoritaShawn Mendes & Camila Cabello ChordsTabs
9 BelieverImagine DragonsChordsTabs
10 Something just like thisChainsmokers & ColdplayChordsTabs
Song / Video lessonArtistChordsTabs
11 Slow handsNiall Horan ChordsTabs
12 Rolling in the deepAdeleChordsTabs
13 BudapestGeorge EzraChordsTabs
14 ShallowLady Gaga & Bradley Cooper ChordsTabs
15 Blank SpaceTaylor SwiftChordsTabs
Video Guitar LessonArtistChordsTabs
16 CirclesPost MaloneChordsTabs
17 We don’t talk anymoreCharlie Puth ftr. Selena Gomez ChordsTabs
18 PhotographEd SheeranChordsTabs
19 Six feet underBillie Eilish ChordsTabs
20 I won’t give upJason MrazChordsTabs
Video Guitar LessonArtistChordsTabs
21 Love yourselfJustin Bieber ChordsTabs
22 Just the way you areBruno MarsChordsTabs
23 Sky full of starsColdplayChordsTabs
24 DiamondsRihannaChordsTabs
25 Blinding lightsThe WeekendChordsTabs

~ Don’t forget to refresh your strings with the best strings for your guitar! ~


Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners

By Klaus Crow 59 Comments

easy guitar songs for beginners

In this lesson we got a list with the best easy guitar songs for beginners that will get you started on the right track. I’ve put together a great list of simple songs to play on guitar that are great to strum and sing along with.

We got easy acoustic and electric guitar songs, basic fingerstyle tunes, riffs, and guitar intros for you. For 2024 and 2025 these are still timeless and the perfect ones to start out with. It’s all here!

How to Play Easy Songs on the Guitar

For an easy guitar song you need two, three or four basic open chords and an easy chord progression like G – C, G – C – D or Em – G – C – D. The songs have a simple rhythm and strumming pattern in 4/4, 3/4 or 2/4 time and usually played with a capo to transpose the song to the appropriate key. Finally you need a list of very easy songs to play on the guitar, that’s where this post comes in.

When you learn the songs I recommend you follow the order of the list. You can find the video lessons, chords and tabs further down this post.

Enjoy!

What are Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners?

1. A horse with no name – America

One could argue that “Horse with no name” is the easiest guitar song ever as far as guitar chords concerns with only two chords for the entire song. The chords are Em (022000) and D6-9/F# (2×0200). While the name of the second chord sounds overwhelming, it’s actually a really easy chord to play. The song also contains 2 different strumming patterns that are quite simple and straight forward. Strumming pattern #1 = ↓↓↑ (2x) Strumming pattern #2 = ↓↑ (4x)

2. I still haven’t found what I’m looking for – U2

This classic U2 ballad uses only three basic chords C, F and G. “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” is also perfect for beginners due to it’s slow tempo. You can strum the song with a basic 4 down strums per measure which sounds perfectly fine with this song or you can try a bit more musical strumming pattern that I’ll explain in the video lesson.

3. Have you ever seen the rain – CCR

The verses for “Have you ever seen the rain” is a perfect beginner workout with only two chords for the verse C and G and it starts with four measures on C, then two measures on G, two measures on C and repeat. For the chorus they play | F | G | C | Am | (2x) | F | G | C | You can play an easy down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up strumming pattern throughout the song.

4. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

Sweet Caroline is Neil Diamond’s most famous song that is really fun to play. It can be simplified without having to compromise too much. The chord progression is as follows: Verse: / A / D / A / E / Prechorus: / A / A6 / E / D / E / Chorus: / E / D / D / E (2) D ↓— The strumming pattern for the song is just simply down-down-up throughout the entire song.

5. Zombie – Cranberries

“Zombie” by the Irish rockband The Cranberries is a great easy rock song to play. It contains four super easy chords: Em – Cmaj7 – G6 – D6-9/F#. 

| Em = 022000 | Cmaj7 = x32000 | G6 = 320000 | D6-9/F# = 2×0200 |

While the strumming pattern for the song is a little bit more varying it can be played with simple eight note down strums on each chord | ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ | throughout the song. The chords and the strumming pattern make the song instantly recognizable. Try it and you’ll see.

6. Dreams – Fleetwoodmac

The legendary “Dreams” from Fleetwoodmac sang by Stevie Nicks is a beautiful song with only two chords Fmaj7 and Gmaj6 following with a simple chord progression playing one measure for each chord throughout the song: | Fmaj7 = xx3210 | Gmaj6 = 320000 | or play the Gmaj6 by moving the Fmaj7 chord up to the third fret | Gmaj6 = xx5430 | For the strumming pattern can play down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up ↓↑↓↑↓↑↓↑ Practice thoroughly on the chord-changes and you’ve got a great beginner song.

7. Three little birds – Bob Marley

“Three Little Birds” is a song by Bob Marley and The Wailers. This song is a real classic and contains 3 easy open chords A – D – E. In the chorus only the chords A and D are played and the E major chord is added to the verse. The strumming pattern is a reggae beat that means you play four down strums on the after beat for each measure / bar. Count 1 and play the down strum, count 2 and down strum and so on. 1 ↓ 2 ↓ 3 ↓ 4 ↓

8. Love me do – The Beatles

There is no easy guitar song list complete without a Beatles song. “Love me do” was their official debut single and was released in October 1962. This song can be played with three chords G – C – D and you can add a G7 chord if you want to get fancy. The strumming pattern is a basic 4/4 strumming pattern: down-down-up-up-down-up ↓↓↑↑↓↑.

9. Stand by me – Ben E King

“Stand by me” by me, one of the most famous songs ever covered by many artists from every generation that followed, is always on the top 10 list of easy guitar songs. The chords for the song are G – Em – C – D, also referred to as the I – VI – IV – V chord progression, which is a very common chord structure for many popular 4 chord songs. The strumming pattern for the song is down-slap-down-slap ↓-x-↓-x

10. Knocking on heavens door – Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan’s classic “Knocking on heavens door” has become an easy rock song due to the cover version of Guns ‘n Roses. The chord progression for the song is | G D | Am | G D | C | and can be simplified by just playing two down strokes on G and D and four down strokes on Am and C.

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