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Top 25 Contemporary Singer Songwriter Acoustic Guitar Songs

March 9, 2017 By Klaus Crow 6 Comments

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What a title huh? Well, today I would like to share a list with beautiful acoustic guitar songs from contemporary singer songwriters. We all know the songs of the great singer songwriters like Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, so I thought it would be nice for a change to put together a list with the next generation of singer songwriters.

Don’t get hung up on the order of this list, nor the incompleteness. I know that the amount of singer songwriters that can be added to this list is infinite, so I hope you put your recommendations in the comments below. There is one rule though, they need to be guitar players :)

The list is here to inspire and give you some wonderful songs to explore, to listen to, study and practice.

Some of the artists in this list you might already be familiar with, others may be new to you. A good reason to check out these great songs, guitars and voices. Get yourself a cup of coffee, pick out your favourites, and start playing!

Note: Each song title contains a YouTube link. The “Chords” link will take you to the chords and lyrics or tabs and the “More Chords” link will show you the official transcribed chords if you want to learn more songs of the artist concerned.

Enjoy!

1 – Scientist – Chris Martin (Coldplay) – Chords – More Chords

2 – Daughters – John Mayer – Chords – More Chords

3 – Cannonball – Damien Rice – Chords – More Chords

4 – New york New york – Ryan Adams – Chords – More Chords

5 – Strong enough – Sheryl Crow – Chords – More Chords

6 – Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard – Chords – More Chords

7 – I’m yours – Jason Mraz – Chords – More Chords

8 – Trouble – Ray LaMontagne – Chords – More Chords

9 – A team – Ed Sheeran – Chords – More Chords

10 – Better together – Jack Johnson – Chords – More Chords

11 – Dream catch me – Newton Faulkner – Chords – More Chords

12 – Cinder and smoke – Iron and Wine – Chords – More Chords

13 – Wildfire – Laura Marling – Chords

14 – Heartbeat – Jose Gonzalez – Chords

15 – Follow the sun – Xavier Rudd – Chords

16 – So beautiful – Pete Murray – Chords

17 – Good man – Josh Ritter – Chords

18 – Sideways – Citizen Cope – Chords

19 – Black river – Amos Lee – Chords

20 – Free – Donavon Frankenreiter – Chords

21 – Diamonds on the inside – Ben Harper – Chords

22 – Sunshine – Matt Costa – Chords

23 – I love the rain the most – Joe Purdy – Chords

24 – One moment more – Mindy Smith – Chords

25 – Another day – Bertolf – Chords

Do you know a great guitar song from a contemporary singer songwriter. Please share in the comments. I’d really appreciate it.

Don’t forget to practice ;)

Have a great weekend!


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Comments

  1. MjoRyan says

    March 10, 2017 at 10:21 am

    Suddenly by Billy Ocean

  2. Melanie says

    March 11, 2017 at 12:33 pm

    Sunrise by Norah Jones
    Really beautiful acoustic version.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2LWhV-S2rQ

  3. jpm says

    March 12, 2017 at 1:23 am

    Mark Knopfler is one of my favorite acoustic players, here’s a really nice one.

    Heart of Oak

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCs2R704Q7g

  4. Jeff says

    March 16, 2017 at 3:17 am

    Sean Rowe “To Leave Something Behind” from the movie ‘The Account’

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c5BMg78mh8

  5. Natalie says

    April 24, 2017 at 9:57 am

    I need to overhaul my guitar playing slant and for this I can do anything and I am set up to do any sort of consistent work. I comprehend that playing guitar is hard and a few harmonies are hard that it sees staggering, regardless I need to do them all. Your article and words are to an incredible degree informative and particularly pleasing for me. from this, I can take in an enormous measure of things. I am starting at now only an amateur and I don’t know much. To take in more I am searching for on the web to get the best lesson and here I have discovered my lesson and thank you for that. Continue sharing these sorts of lesson and empower us to take in extra.

  6. Mike says

    March 22, 2018 at 5:48 pm

    Great List! I was delightfully surprised to find Citizen Cope and Newton Faulkner… Very diverse.. Nice.
    My suggestions would be Bradley Nowell8 from Sublime, Bob Schneider Big Blue Sea or slightly stoopid.

    Thanks
    Keep up the great work

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