Difficulty
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 D 10.3K
- 2 D 6.4K
- 3 G 6.2K
- 4 D 4.0K
- 5 D 3.8K
- 6 C 2.8K
- 7 G 2.5K
- 8 G 2.5K
- 9 D 2.4K
- 10 G 2.4K
- 11 G 2.3K
- 12 D 2.3K
- 13 Am 2.2K
- 14 G 2.2K
- 15 D 2.2K
- 16 A 2.2K
- 17 Em 2.1K
- 18 D 2.1K
- 19 G 2.1K
- 20 G 2.0K
- 21 G 2.0K
- 22 C 2.0K
- 23 E 1.9K
- 24 D 1.9K
- 25 G 1.9K
- 26 G 1.9K
- 27 G 1.8K
- 28 A 1.8K
- 29 C 1.8K
- 30 G 1.8K
- 31 C 1.7K
- 32 D 1.7K
- 33 Gm 1.7K
- 34 D 1.7K
- 35 D 1.7K
- 36 G 1.7K
- 37 G 1.6K
- 38 D 1.6K
- 39 A 1.5K
- 40 A 1.5K
- 41 E 1.5K
- 42 G 1.5K
- 43 G 1.5K
- 44 Em 1.5K
- 45 C 1.5K
- 46 C 1.5K
- 47 D 1.5K
- 48 G 1.4K
- 49 G 1.4K
- 50 G 1.4K
- 51 G 1.4K
- 52 D 1.4K
- 53 Em 1.4K
- 54 E 1.4K
- 55 G 1.4K
- 56 C 1.4K
- 57 A 1.4K
- 58 G 1.3K
- 59 G 1.3K
- 60 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.