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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 Dilemma, Freddy Das Meerschwein, and Feed My Fire.

  1. 601 Dilemma Nelly Gm 768
  2. 602 Freddy Das Meerschwein Die Kassierer C 767
  3. 603 Feed My Fire Amy Macdonald G 767
  4. 604 KnockinOn Heaven s Door Bob Dylan G 767
  5. 605 Stronger Praise and Worship C 766
  6. 606 Radio Gra Unwound E 766
  7. 607 Fireball Roberts Emmy Lou And The Rhythm Boys D 766
  8. 608 Here I Am To Worship Chris Tomlin D 766
  9. 609 Who Have I Become Best Coast D 765
  10. 610 Ballad Of Davy Crockett Traditional D 765
  11. 611 Lucy Nick Cave (and the Bad Seeds) G 765
  12. 612 Boogie Board Rider Blister A 765
  13. 613 Thirteen Danzig Em 765
  14. 614 Rivers Of Babylon The Melodians G 765
  15. 615 England Swings The Wiggles D 764
  16. 616 Away In A Manger Ed Ames D 764
  17. 617 The Little Boy Rebel Son D 764
  18. 618 1985 Haken E 764
  19. 619 Star Hotel Cold Chisel E 764
  20. 620 Prá não dizer que não falei das flores Zé Ramalho Em 763
  21. 621 Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore Chris Stapleton D 763
  22. 622 What Have We Got Sham 69 A 762
  23. 623 Not So Lonely Colin Hay G 761
  24. 624 Conozca Honduras Canciones Populares C 761
  25. 625 Key To The Highway Eric Clapton A 761
  26. 626 El Cable Frankie y los Matadores A 760
  27. 627 This Is Amazing Grace Jeremy Riddle G 760
  28. 628 La maison ou j ai grandi Françoise Handy G 760
  29. 629 Quedate Luna Devendra Banhart Am 760
  30. 630 Carey Joni Mitchell D 760
  31. 631 Once Upon Another Time Sara Bareilles D 760
  32. 632 Here Today And Gone Tomorrow Ray Conniff Em 760
  33. 633 Skeletons Of Monsters And Men G 759
  34. 634 Love Drought Beyoncé G 759
  35. 635 Aint going to Goa Alabama 3 G 759
  36. 636 La Vida Ruina Ariel Camacho G 759
  37. 637 Fever Bette Midler Am 759
  38. 638 Endless Inna Em 759
  39. 639 Jody Blue Eagles G 759
  40. 640 Forajidos De Siempre Babasónicos Am 758
  41. 641 See You Later Alligator Bill Haley D 758
  42. 642 Joey 4 Non Blondes G 758
  43. 643 Babe Emigrate D 758
  44. 644 Adult Female Hank Green G 758
  45. 645 You Dont Love God If You Dont Love Your Neighbor Rhonda Vincent C 758
  46. 646 Food In The Belly Xavier Rudd E 758
  47. 647 Cartaz Fagner C 758
  48. 648 I Miss You Beyonce Knowles Am 758
  49. 649 To Roads To Go To Roads To Go Ugly Casanova G 757
  50. 650 Smokin' Hot Wife Sawyer Brown D 757
  51. 651 This Old Guitar Neil Young D 757
  52. 652 Quer Namorar Eu Pedro Paulo e Alex Em 756
  53. 653 Follow The Sun Xavier Rudd G 756
  54. 654 Flying Dreams Birds of Chicago C 755
  55. 655 Bad Moon Rising 16 Horsepower Dm 755
  56. 656 The Old Man Down the Road John Fogerty Em 755
  57. 657 I´m Down The Beatles G 755
  58. 658 I Wish You Were Gay Billie Eilish Am 755
  59. 659 Loud And Clear Olly Murs Am 755
  60. 660 The Sweater Song Weezer G 755

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 Dilemma, Freddy Das Meerschwein, and Feed My Fire. See the full list above, ranked by how often people play them.

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