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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 Mountain Dew, Great Is Your Faithfulness, and Love On The Line.

  1. 61 Mountain Dew Traditional D 1.3K
  2. 62 Great Is Your Faithfulness Hillsong Worship B 1.3K
  3. 63 Love On The Line Hillsong Worship G 1.3K
  4. 64 Experience Ludovico Einaudi D 1.3K
  5. 65 Bp-spirit Misc Traditional C 1.2K
  6. 66 Hope Is Alive Ellie Holcomb G 1.2K
  7. 67 Vertigo U2 A 1.2K
  8. 68 Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker G 1.2K
  9. 69 Call Me The Breeze J.J. Cale A 1.2K
  10. 70 Rock and Roll Music The Beatles E 1.2K
  11. 71 Yeshu Tera Naam Yeshua Band A 1.2K
  12. 72 Alguém Pergunta Que Povo É Este Corinhos Evangélicos D 1.2K
  13. 73 Jimmy Crack Corn Traditional G 1.2K
  14. 74 Glória Sem Fim Será Católicas D 1.2K
  15. 75 I Know Whom I Have Believed Hymnal D 1.2K
  16. 76 1969 The Stooges A 1.2K
  17. 77 Daddy Lessons Beyoncé G 1.2K
  18. 78 By Your Grace Liveloud D 1.2K
  19. 79 Live Forever Solo Oasis G 1.1K
  20. 80 Take John Butler Trio G 1.1K
  21. 81 Get Lucky Daft Punk Am 1.1K
  22. 82 Rapture Nadia Ali Em 1.1K
  23. 83 Self Control Frank Ocean G 1.1K
  24. 84 Flashing Lights Kanye West Em 1.1K
  25. 85 Holy Ghost And Fire Gospel Music G 1.1K
  26. 86 Larger Than Life Liveloud G 1.1K
  27. 87 What is Love Haddaway Am 1.1K
  28. 88 Barely Alive Chris Stapleton G 1.1K
  29. 89 I've Just Seen A Face The Beatles G 1.1K
  30. 90 old time rock and roll Bob Seger A 1.1K
  31. 91 Black Sheep Scott Pilgrim vs The World G 1.1K
  32. 92 Count Your Blessings Hymnal D 1.1K
  33. 93 Bike Pink Floyd G 1.1K
  34. 94 Love Me Do The Beatles G 1.1K
  35. 95 Naked Women And Beer Hank Williams Jr A 1.1K
  36. 96 Follow You To Virgie Tyler Childers G 1.1K
  37. 97 My Pigeon House Misc Children C 1.1K
  38. 98 Everlong Acoustic Foo Fighters D 1.1K
  39. 99 Bad Man Futurebirds G 1.1K
  40. 100 Are You Washed In The Blood And Ill Fly Away Alan Jackson G 1.1K
  41. 101 Columbia Oasis A 1.1K
  42. 102 Schnucki Ach Schnucki Fredl Fesl D 1.1K
  43. 103 Palubusan Nak Kadin Geds G 1.1K
  44. 104 Adventure Of A Lifetime Coldplay Dm 1.1K
  45. 105 Roll Over Beethoven The Beatles Dm 1.1K
  46. 106 Summer Wine Nancy Sinatra Am 1.1K
  47. 107 The Cowboy Rides Away George Strait G 1.1K
  48. 108 Matchbox The Beatles A 1.1K
  49. 109 Haunt U LiL PEEP G 1.1K
  50. 110 Ili Ili Tulog Anay Asin Am 1.1K
  51. 111 Seasons In The Sun Nirvana D 1.1K
  52. 112 I'll Try Alan Jackson F# 1.1K
  53. 113 Turn the Page Metallica Em 1.1K
  54. 114 Hino De Sao Tarcisio Vinicius Serres D 1.1K
  55. 115 Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones C 1.1K
  56. 116 God May Forgive You (but I Won't) Iris DeMent G 1.1K
  57. 117 How Can I Tell You Cat Stevens Em 1.0K
  58. 118 Save The Last Dance For Me Emmylou Harris G 1.0K
  59. 119 Seven Bridges Road Eagles C 1.0K
  60. 120 Faithful Men Christian D 1.0K

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 Mountain Dew, Great Is Your Faithfulness, and Love On The Line — see the full list above, ranked by how often people play them.

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