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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 It Is He (Jai Sri Krishna), Love Without End, Amen, and Lay Down Sally.

  1. 181 It Is He (Jai Sri Krishna) George Harrison G 955
  2. 182 Love Without End, Amen George Strait D 954
  3. 183 Lay Down Sally Eric Clapton A 953
  4. 184 Vamos Pastores Vamos Villancicos Am 953
  5. 185 Cuatro Vidas Eydie Gormé A 951
  6. 186 Mera Yeshu Hai Kitna Mahan Vijay Benedict D 951
  7. 187 Passionista Me Chamas A Ser Coral Palestrina Am 950
  8. 188 Too Much Of A Good Thing ( Is A Good Thing ) Alan Jackson D 949
  9. 189 Wind Will Blow Sanford Clark G 947
  10. 190 Goodbye cruel world Pink Floyd D 946
  11. 191 Jackboot Jump Hozier D 945
  12. 192 Love Song Elton John Gm 945
  13. 193 Neon Moon Brooks And Dunn A 945
  14. 194 Just For The Record Lucie Silvas G 944
  15. 195 Naked In Front Of The Computer Faith no More D 944
  16. 196 The Steal Of The Night George Strait D 942
  17. 197 Remember Sarah Draget G 942
  18. 198 Dry Your Eyes Neil Diamond D 941
  19. 199 Apache The Shadows Am 940
  20. 200 Can I Sleep In Your Arms Willie Nelson G 940
  21. 201 Take Me Oasis E 939
  22. 202 Call Me The Breeze JJ Cale A 938
  23. 203 Resurrecting Elevation Worship C 935
  24. 204 Only A Shadow Misc Traditional G 934
  25. 205 Out on the weekend Neil Young G 934
  26. 206 Careless Love Eartha Kitt G 933
  27. 207 Gottes Liebe Ist So Wunderbar Misc Traditional D 933
  28. 208 Break On Through The Doors E 933
  29. 209 Life In Vain Oasis C 933
  30. 210 Words Of Love The Beatles A 931
  31. 211 5th Of July Unbunny G 926
  32. 212 Cartier Elton John A 926
  33. 213 Un Cuento De Navidad Jesús Adrián Romero G 926
  34. 214 The Pot Tool Em 925
  35. 215 Black Bird (tab p/ baixo) The Beatles E 925
  36. 216 Feels Like The First Time Foreigner G 925
  37. 217 Power To The People The Beatles D 924
  38. 218 Cruel Solidão Tairone Cigano E 924
  39. 219 Me Gozaré Ebenezer Am 923
  40. 220 Daughters Of The Northern Coast Australian Crawl Em 923
  41. 221 La Paloma Hans Albers D 923
  42. 222 Slave Elton John G 923
  43. 223 I Just Dont Understand The Beatles Em 921
  44. 224 Feelings Lauv A 921
  45. 225 Tool Schism Tool D 920
  46. 226 Night Nurse Gregory Isaacs Am 920
  47. 227 Run around Blues Traveler G 919
  48. 228 Shakin Your Tree ZZ Top D 919
  49. 229 Crush Ng Bayan Kathryn Bernardo D 918
  50. 230 99 Problems Hugo A 918
  51. 231 Chicago Michael Jackson Dm 918
  52. 232 Devil Eyes Hippie Sabotage B 916
  53. 233 L.A. Woman The Doors G 916
  54. 234 To The Work Toiling On Hymnal D 916
  55. 235 Lead Me Home Jamey Johnson D 914
  56. 236 Dont Let Go Jeff Lynne E 913
  57. 237 Sylvia's Mother Dr. Hook A 913
  58. 238 Breaking Bad Theme Misc Soundtrack D 912
  59. 239 Too Much Of A Good Thing Alan Jackson D 908
  60. 240 Good riddance (time of your life) Green Day G 907

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 It Is He (Jai Sri Krishna), Love Without End, Amen, and Lay Down Sally — see the full list above, ranked by how often people play them.

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