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Top 30 Easy Guitar Chord Songs for Beginners

December 20, 2014 By Klaus Crow 53 Comments

Last Updated on February 18, 2021 by Klaus Crow

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easyguitarsongsIf 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.

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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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Comments

  1. Prasana says

    December 22, 2014 at 7:54 pm

    Hi Klaus sir,
    I’m a beginner.These songs help me to learn new things.Thanks for sharing.

  2. Klaus Crow says

    December 24, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    Hi Prasana,

    My pleasure, enjoy the songs!

  3. bill says

    May 19, 2015 at 10:52 pm

    none of these songs are of this century!!!!!!!!!!

  4. Kurniawan Rizky Permadi says

    May 26, 2015 at 3:28 am

    Absolutly Gracias!!

  5. Wayne says

    July 13, 2015 at 1:10 am

    Hi, 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 :):)

  6. Himanshu yadav says

    July 19, 2015 at 10:08 am

    Hey I want to say Just One thing You work is really good and helpful

  7. Grace says

    August 5, 2015 at 6:15 am

    Also Riptide by Vance Joy is pretty easy, it’s just the same 3 chords over and over again until the end

  8. deepti rao says

    August 5, 2015 at 10:11 pm

    I love these songs they are amazing and very easy. Thank u very much!

  9. Maddie says

    August 13, 2015 at 12:10 pm

    Thanks very helpful – grade 4 guitarist but stuck on holidays with no capo, these songs are enjoyable and easy to play

  10. ehvia says

    August 25, 2015 at 5:22 am

    very helpful

  11. Christy says

    November 5, 2015 at 6:55 pm

    Live 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/

  12. alami says

    November 8, 2015 at 1:29 pm

    Knockin’ on heavens door – Bob Dylan Chords – More Chords ok

  13. pangky says

    December 2, 2015 at 4:17 pm

    thanks for the info. This information is very useful for a beginner like me.
    Knocking on heaven door is very simple

  14. Millie says

    January 3, 2016 at 9:00 pm

    This 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!

  15. William says

    January 3, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    I personally like to play Proud mary . It’s very beautiful!

  16. Sashi Malladi says

    February 12, 2016 at 12:08 am

    Looks 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

  17. John says

    March 11, 2016 at 9:14 am

    I like play Horse with no name – America Chords :)

  18. CPB says

    October 9, 2016 at 4:28 pm

    Great songs.
    What strumming patters do you use for Knocking on Heaven’s Door?

  19. Josip Roncevic says

    October 18, 2016 at 7:17 pm

    That 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!

  20. Eleanor says

    October 21, 2016 at 12:56 am

    My dad tougher me other songs because of how good I was

  21. arnold whiteman says

    October 27, 2016 at 2:12 pm

    i just love what you give me klaus…….its more than music

  22. Ngụy Hoàng Quốc Khánh says

    November 10, 2016 at 1:04 pm

    This, 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.

  23. Anton says

    November 15, 2016 at 12:19 am

    Yes, it’s good idea to make a list with easy songs. Thank you.

  24. Anthony says

    December 28, 2016 at 1:24 am

    What about for what it’s worth by buffalo Springfield

  25. ron says

    January 4, 2017 at 9:08 pm

    this is just the best web out there!!!!!!

  26. Lilly says

    January 5, 2017 at 10:38 pm

    OMG 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!

  27. kunci gitar says

    February 4, 2017 at 9:44 am

    Great 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.

  28. Richard Gurks says

    April 20, 2017 at 3:44 pm

    tHis vry goud!!!!!!! i like yes!

  29. Cptn. Wolfe says

    April 21, 2017 at 12:57 am

    I was expecting Hurt – Johnny Cash to be here because it’s the song that I am thinking of beginning to play

  30. Leo Li says

    July 26, 2017 at 10:18 pm

    The 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

  31. shyamal says

    November 4, 2017 at 3:33 am

    hey. 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.

  32. Laura says

    March 9, 2018 at 1:33 am

    I’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.

  33. kunci gitar says

    March 26, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    I’m a beginner.These songs help me to learn new things.Thanks for sharing , good article

  34. guitarlearner says

    May 23, 2018 at 12:41 pm

    Nice list, now to dust off my guitar

  35. Shehbaz Khan says

    May 28, 2018 at 4:32 am

    This is too awesome article for readers.
    Thank You so Much for Share with Us.

  36. Shehbaz Khan says

    May 28, 2018 at 4:34 am

    i just bookmark this site

  37. Lady Luck says

    July 18, 2018 at 3:41 am

    same chords for Knockin’ on heavens door by eric clapton? and GNR?

  38. MR W George says

    March 8, 2019 at 7:15 pm

    Very good

  39. Save the Sea Turtles says

    October 23, 2019 at 10:22 pm

    I would add “Sea of Love” by Cat Power.

    Epic song, and so easy to play and sing to.

  40. Nia says

    February 4, 2020 at 3:35 am

    Also, we can try Riptide Chords with simple easy chords.

  41. Hermione says

    April 20, 2020 at 1:10 pm

    Thanks sir, I am getting better. 👍

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