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If you are a beginner guitar player or you just need some inspiration for easy guitar songs you’ve come to the right place.
I’ve put together a list of 30 easy guitar songs that are great to strum along with and a lot of fun to play.
Make sure you practice the chords and switching between chords for each song thoroughly. It will benefit your playing.
I’ve put a Youtube link on each song title and two chord links next to it. The “Chords” link will take you to the chords and lyrics for the song and the “More Chords” link will show you the official transcribed chords if you want to learn more songs of the artist concerned.
Some of the songs in the list below are played with a Capo.
The capo is commonly used to raise the pitch and change the key of a song while still using the same open chord fingerings, but a capo makes it also possible to play a different set of chords for a song which makes the song easier to play while still remaining in the original key of the song. This is a common thing in guitar playing and guitar players do it all the time, not just beginners.
Professional singer songwriters use the capo frequently so they can sing in a particular key but still use the beautiful sounds and possibilities of open chord fingerings.
Life is too short not to use a capo.
That being said you still want to improve your guitar playing once you can play these songs because the more you improve, the better it gets! The world of guitar playing is full of infinite discoveries that will make your life more awesome each time you get to the next level.
Enjoy the songs!
1 – Knockin’ on heavens door – Bob Dylan Chords – More Chords
2 – Love me do – The Beatles Chords – More Chords
3 – Horse with no name – America Chords
4 – Proud mary – CCR Chords – More Chords
5 – Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond Chords – More Chords
6 – Wonderful world – Sam Cook Chords
7 – Stuck in the middle with you – Steelers Wheel Chords
8 – Fire – Bruce Springsteen Chords – More Chords
9 – Hand in my pocket – Alanis Morissette Chords – More Chords
10 – Teach your children – CSNY Chords – More Chords
11 – Runaway train – Soul Asylum Chords – More Chords
12 – Need you now – Lay Antebellum Chords – More Chords
13 – The one I love – REM Chords – More Chords
14 – Wonderful tonight – Eric Clapton Chords – More Chords
15 – Leaving on a jet plane – John Denver Chords – More Chords
16 – Stay with me – Sam Smith Chords
17 – Mull of kintyre – Wings Chords – More Chords
18 – What’s up – For non Blondes Chords – More Chords
19 – With or without you – U2 Chords – More Chords
20 – Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles Chords – More Chords
21 – Redemption song – Bob Marley Chords – More Chords
22 – Brown eyed girl – Van Morrison Chords
23 – Have you ever seen the rain – CCR Chords – More Chords
24 – Three little birds – Bob Marley Chords – More Chords
25 – Lazy song – Bruno Mars Chords – More Chords
26 – Zombie – The Cranberries Chords – More Chords
27 – Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol Chords – More Chords
28 – Clocks – Coldplay Chords – More Chords
29 – Good year for the roses – Elvis Costello Chords – More Chords
30 – Otherside – Red hot chilli peppers Chords – More Chords
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Prasana says
December 22, 2014 at 7:54 pmHi Klaus sir,
I’m a beginner.These songs help me to learn new things.Thanks for sharing.
Klaus Crow says
December 24, 2014 at 2:09 pmHi Prasana,
My pleasure, enjoy the songs!
bill says
May 19, 2015 at 10:52 pmnone of these songs are of this century!!!!!!!!!!
Kurniawan Rizky Permadi says
May 26, 2015 at 3:28 amAbsolutly Gracias!!
Wayne says
July 13, 2015 at 1:10 amHi, Kathleen
You can play ”Wonderwall” of Oasis and ”Bouleward of Broken Dreams of Green Day” they’re really easy but brilliant singalong, playlong songs, masterpieces of awesome bands :):)
Himanshu yadav says
July 19, 2015 at 10:08 amHey I want to say Just One thing You work is really good and helpful
Grace says
August 5, 2015 at 6:15 amAlso Riptide by Vance Joy is pretty easy, it’s just the same 3 chords over and over again until the end
deepti rao says
August 5, 2015 at 10:11 pmI love these songs they are amazing and very easy. Thank u very much!
Maddie says
August 13, 2015 at 12:10 pmThanks very helpful – grade 4 guitarist but stuck on holidays with no capo, these songs are enjoyable and easy to play
ehvia says
August 25, 2015 at 5:22 amvery helpful
Christy says
November 5, 2015 at 6:55 pmLive Love Guitar has the latest hits tabbed! Most of my tabs are easily playable for beginners, but you must have a capo for sure to get rid of those nasty barre chords, lol! I take tab requests as well :)
http://www.liveloveguitar.com/
alami says
November 8, 2015 at 1:29 pmKnockin’ on heavens door – Bob Dylan Chords – More Chords ok
pangky says
December 2, 2015 at 4:17 pmthanks for the info. This information is very useful for a beginner like me.
Knocking on heaven door is very simple
Millie says
January 3, 2016 at 9:00 pmThis is a great list, I wish I had found it when I was struggling to find easy beginner songs to play! I have just made my own, shorter list, which includes many of these, plus a couple more. I look forward to reading more here, it looks like a great resource! Happy New Year to you!
William says
January 3, 2016 at 9:33 pmI personally like to play Proud mary . It’s very beautiful!
Sashi Malladi says
February 12, 2016 at 12:08 amLooks like the tabsrus website is offline. Hope this is a temporary outage.
Why not move these to a site such as guitar tabs, if you don’t mind that suggestion?
Thanks
Sashi
John says
March 11, 2016 at 9:14 amI like play Horse with no name – America Chords :)
CPB says
October 9, 2016 at 4:28 pmGreat songs.
What strumming patters do you use for Knocking on Heaven’s Door?
Josip Roncevic says
October 18, 2016 at 7:17 pmThat is very useful.
Concerning me ,almost 70 th , I do like country as Johny Cash,Willie Nelson,Don Williams,Merle haggard,Alan jacsom,Kris Kristoferson,Dan Seals and similar artists.
Thanks and best from Croatia ,Zagreb!
Eleanor says
October 21, 2016 at 12:56 amMy dad tougher me other songs because of how good I was
arnold whiteman says
October 27, 2016 at 2:12 pmi just love what you give me klaus…….its more than music
Ngụy Hoàng Quốc Khánh says
November 10, 2016 at 1:04 pmThis, is, really, wonderful!!! No more comments for this sharing. Thank you – the guy who shares this for me!! Best wishes and a great day for you.
Anton says
November 15, 2016 at 12:19 amYes, it’s good idea to make a list with easy songs. Thank you.
Anthony says
December 28, 2016 at 1:24 amWhat about for what it’s worth by buffalo Springfield
ron says
January 4, 2017 at 9:08 pmthis is just the best web out there!!!!!!
Lilly says
January 5, 2017 at 10:38 pmOMG this is amazing I think my favourite song to play is……. ain’t no sunshine!!!!
I definitely recommend this website! Thanks for the help some wonderful songs in that list, I’ll definitely spread the word!
kunci gitar says
February 4, 2017 at 9:44 amGreat post!!! I read it yesterday but I had some thoughts about it and today I wanted to read it again because it is very well written.
I really love the quality writing.
Richard Gurks says
April 20, 2017 at 3:44 pmtHis vry goud!!!!!!! i like yes!
Cptn. Wolfe says
April 21, 2017 at 12:57 amI was expecting Hurt – Johnny Cash to be here because it’s the song that I am thinking of beginning to play
Leo Li says
July 26, 2017 at 10:18 pmThe very first song I learnt is Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here
Learning Albert King’s Born Under a Bad Sign and Guns N Roses’ Patience right now
These are easy songs to strum
shyamal says
November 4, 2017 at 3:33 amhey. I’m trying to sign up. but it keeps saying I’m a bot. haha Maybe abit supper human but still human lol. can you sign me in.
thank you.
Laura says
March 9, 2018 at 1:33 amI’ve been taking lessons for a couple of months now, but needed some extra help with pinky exercises and then found this list of songs. It absolutely made my day to play Leaving on a Jet Plane for the first time. I grew up on John Denver, being born in 1961.
kunci gitar says
March 26, 2018 at 4:33 pmI’m a beginner.These songs help me to learn new things.Thanks for sharing , good article
guitarlearner says
May 23, 2018 at 12:41 pmNice list, now to dust off my guitar
Shehbaz Khan says
May 28, 2018 at 4:32 amThis is too awesome article for readers.
Thank You so Much for Share with Us.
Shehbaz Khan says
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Lady Luck says
July 18, 2018 at 3:41 amsame chords for Knockin’ on heavens door by eric clapton? and GNR?
MR W George says
March 8, 2019 at 7:15 pmVery good