Top 30 Best Acoustic Guitar Songs of the 70’s

May 16, 2021 by Klaus Crow

The seventies was a time when the acoustic guitar was really shining in popular music. Although electric guitar music really made its way into the charts, there was still more than enough room for acoustic songs by great artists.

Today we’ve got a list of 30 great acoustic 70s songs. Always note that these lists are in no particular order and they’re obviously incomplete. I create these lists to inspire, explore and motivate.

My personal favorites from this list are “Working class hero” by John Lennon, “Fire and rain” by James Taylor and “Needle and the damage done” by Neil Young. I’d love to know your personal favorite and if you have a suggestion for a great 70’s acoustic guitar song that is not on this list please share it in the comments.

All the guitar music of the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and later have their own specialty and magic to it, but the 70’s was era on it’s own with so much beautiful music and new styles being born and flourishing it deserves a list you can indulge in as a guitar music lover.

Each song title contains a YouTube link to the original song. The “Chords” link will take you to the chords and the “Official Chords/TAB” link will show the official transcriptions.

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Listen, Play and Enjoy!

1 Knockin’ on heavens door – Bob Dylan (1973) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

2 Heart of gold – Neil Young (1972) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

3 The Boxer – Simon and Garfunkel (1970) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

4 Working Class Hero – John Lennon (1970) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

5 Hotel California – The Eagles (1977) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

6 My sweet lord – George Harrison (1970) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

7 Father and son – Cat Stevens (1970) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

8 American Pie – DonMcclean (1971) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

9 Landslide – Fleetwoodmac (1975) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

10 Wild horses – The Rolling Stones (1971) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

11 Wish you were here – Pink Floyd (1975) – Chords – Official chords/TAB

12 Have you ever seen the rain – CCR (1970) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

13 Old man – Neil Young (1972) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

14 Angie – Rolling Stones (1973) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

15 Fire and rain – James Taylor (1970) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

16 Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

17 Teach your children – CSNY (1970) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

18 Stairway to heaven – Led Zeppelin (1971) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

19 Big yellow taxi – Joni Mitchell (1970) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

20 Ain’t no sunshine – Bill Withers (1971) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

21 Needle and the damage done – Neil Young (1972) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

22 Take it easy – The Eagles (1972) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

23 Lola – The Kinks (1970) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

24 Take me home country road – John Denver (1971) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

25 Dust in the wind – Kansas (1977) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

26 Horse with no name – America (1971) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

27 Wild world – Cat Stevens (1970) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

28 Me and Julio – Paul Simon (1972) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

29 At seventeen – Janis Ian (1975) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB

30 Give a little bit – Supertramp (1977) – Chords – Official Chords/TAB