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Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners

Popular guitar songs built from a few beginner-friendly open chords.

These 708 songs are the easiest on ChordLines — each is built from just a few beginner-friendly open chords, with no barre chords to trip you up. They're the perfect starting point if you've just picked up the guitar. Try Thank You Lord For Saving My Soul, Hee Haw - Where Oh Where Are You Tonight, and The Dam.

  1. 1 Thank You Lord For Saving My Soul Hymn D 10.3K
  2. 2 Hee Haw - Where Oh Where Are You Tonight Misc Television D 6.4K
  3. 3 The Dam Daithi And Phil G 6.2K
  4. 4 I'm Learning How To Lean And Depend On Jesus Misc Traditional D 4.0K
  5. 5 Yo Te Adoro Cristo Rey De Las Naciones Música Religiosa D 3.8K
  6. 6 Bang Bang Rosie Seamus Moore C 2.8K
  7. 7 The Parting Glass Traditional Irish G 2.5K
  8. 8 Serve The Lord With Gladness Hymnal G 2.5K
  9. 9 I'm Not Drunk I'm Just Drinking Mack Allen Smith D 2.4K
  10. 10 Sattler's Broken Jaw Perry Keyes and the Stolen Holdens G 2.4K
  11. 11 Cosmoline Houston Marchman G 2.3K
  12. 12 God In Me Liveloud D 2.3K
  13. 13 Lost On You LP Am 2.2K
  14. 14 Weve Got The Power Hymn G 2.2K
  15. 15 Angel Band Tyler Childers D 2.2K
  16. 16 Old Rugged Cross Fanny Crosby A 2.2K
  17. 17 Something in the Way Nirvana Em 2.1K
  18. 18 Laglagipem Awan Nagkurangak Geds D 2.1K
  19. 19 Hallelujah Liveloud G 2.1K
  20. 20 Here I Go Again Twiggy G 2.0K
  21. 21 Sora Barse Umerai Ma Kalyan Sherchan G 2.0K
  22. 22 Freedom Liveloud C 2.0K
  23. 23 Shady Grove Traditional E 1.9K
  24. 24 Do Lord Hymnal D 1.9K
  25. 25 Oh I Want To See Him Hymn G 1.9K
  26. 26 Old Country Church Traditional G 1.9K
  27. 27 Sagad-sagaran Malayang Pilipino G 1.8K
  28. 28 Herman The Worm Misc Children A 1.8K
  29. 29 God Suit On Pete James C 1.8K
  30. 30 I Wish I Was Single Again Wilf Carter G 1.8K
  31. 31 Sorry Tracy Chapman C 1.7K
  32. 32 Were You Born An Asshole Jimmy Buffett D 1.7K
  33. 33 En Victoria Estoy Praise and Worship Gm 1.7K
  34. 34 Ride On Sonny Johnny Paycheck D 1.7K
  35. 35 Jag Har Hört Om En Stad Ovan Molnen Misc Traditional D 1.7K
  36. 36 Mansion Over The Hilltop Hymn G 1.7K
  37. 37 Oh I Love You Liveloud G 1.6K
  38. 38 Trust Try And Prove Me Hymnal D 1.6K
  39. 39 Dios Esta Aquí (que Hermoso Es) Música Religiosa A 1.5K
  40. 40 What A Miserable Saturday Night Chas & Dave A 1.5K
  41. 41 Tere Bin Uzair Jaswal E 1.5K
  42. 42 Hungama Hove Yeshua Band G 1.5K
  43. 43 Bulag Daw And Pag-ibig Freddie Aguilar G 1.5K
  44. 44 Hope Dies Hard Jonny Two Bags Em 1.5K
  45. 45 Glad You Came Boyce Avenue C 1.5K
  46. 46 The Dearest Friend I Ever Had Hymnal C 1.5K
  47. 47 Markan Possu Pentti Rasinkangas D 1.5K
  48. 48 The Glory Land Way Hymnal G 1.4K
  49. 49 Alleluia Tennessee Ernie Ford G 1.4K
  50. 50 I Am Resolved Hymn G 1.4K
  51. 51 The Yellow Rose of Texas Willie Nelson G 1.4K
  52. 52 The Prettiest Flowers The Isaacs D 1.4K
  53. 53 Yesterday LiL PEEP Em 1.4K
  54. 54 paul's ministry The Isaacs E 1.4K
  55. 55 Redeemed Hymn G 1.4K
  56. 56 Take My Hand Jana Alayra C 1.4K
  57. 57 Sanctuary John W. Thompson A 1.4K
  58. 58 the lowest valley The Isaacs G 1.3K
  59. 59 Being A Pirate Don Freed G 1.3K
  60. 60 On The Turning Away Pink Floyd Em 1.3K

Frequently asked questions

What makes a guitar song easy?

We rank a song as easy when it uses only a handful of simple open chords (like C, G, D and Em) and no barre chords.

What are good easy songs to learn?

Popular picks include Thank You Lord For Saving My Soul, Hee Haw - Where Oh Where Are You Tonight, and The Dam — see the full list above, ranked by how often people play them.

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