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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 Your Call, Time For Me To Fly, and All Shook Up.

  1. 241 Your Call Secondhand Serenade C 907
  2. 242 Time For Me To Fly Reo Speedwagon D 907
  3. 243 All Shook Up Billy Joel G 907
  4. 244 I Want In That Way (tell Me Why) Backstreet Boys A 906
  5. 245 La Lune Zaz D 906
  6. 246 Black Lemon Generationals D 906
  7. 247 Ajj Din Chadheya Rahat Fateh Ali Khan A 906
  8. 248 Heaven Lee Donnie Mills G 905
  9. 249 I Will Never Let You Know Nashville Cast Am 902
  10. 250 Ode To Billie Joe Bobby Gentry D 902
  11. 251 Live Forever Highwaymen G 898
  12. 252 Holy Ghost A$AP Rocky Am 897
  13. 253 Quartermasters Stores Misc Traditional G 896
  14. 254 Finally Friday George Jones C 896
  15. 255 Tush ZZ Top G 895
  16. 256 Knock three times Tony Orlando And Dawn D 894
  17. 257 Thank God I'm A Country Boy Lee Kernaghan A 893
  18. 258 One More Year Kasey Chambers G 893
  19. 259 Lieder Adel Tawil Am 891
  20. 260 School Nirvana C 891
  21. 261 Castle Halsey Em 891
  22. 262 Some Never Die Johnny Rebel G 890
  23. 263 Covered In Rain John Mayer D 890
  24. 264 For Bales Traditional Em 889
  25. 265 Flaws And All Beyoncé Am 889
  26. 266 Only Love Can Hurt Like This Paloma Faith G 888
  27. 267 Corazón Maluma Am 887
  28. 268 Sugar Maroon 5 C 886
  29. 269 Happy Til He Comes Flatt Lonesome G 886
  30. 270 Rain (bass) The Beatles G 886
  31. 271 Crying Song Pink Floyd D 886
  32. 272 Simple A Kanta Geds G 886
  33. 273 The Rights Of Man Misc Traditional E 882
  34. 274 No Good For You Cold Chisel E 881
  35. 275 Rock Of Ages Hymn A 881
  36. 276 18 One Direction G 879
  37. 277 Allá Donde Tu Estás Música Religiosa A 879
  38. 278 Careful With That Axe Eugene Pink Floyd D 879
  39. 279 Brand New Man Brooks And Dunn C 879
  40. 280 Agbabaketak Ilocano Song D 879
  41. 281 Pressure Acoustic Paramore D 879
  42. 282 To Her Door Paul Kelly G 878
  43. 283 Hold On To You Default D 878
  44. 284 Es Ist An Der Zeit Hannes Wader G 878
  45. 285 The Ship Song Nick Cave (and the Bad Seeds) G 877
  46. 286 40 U2 G 876
  47. 287 Dizzy Miss Lizzy The Beatles A 876
  48. 288 I Wish You Liked Girls Abbey Glover G 876
  49. 289 Templo Praise and Worship G 876
  50. 290 The Swamp Song Oasis Am 874
  51. 291 Sweet Little Sixteen The Beatles A 874
  52. 292 Hammer And Nail Paul Thorn G 874
  53. 293 1 Plus 1 Beyonce Knowles E 873
  54. 294 Home BTS F 873
  55. 295 Get High Hoodoo Gurus D 873
  56. 296 My Sad Captains Elbow G 873
  57. 297 Galopera Polca Paraguaya A 872
  58. 298 Eldritch - Jolene Misc Your Songs Am 872
  59. 299 Palolo Kaau Crater Boys A 871
  60. 300 Ven Que Quiero Verte Feliz Leo Dan G 871

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 Your Call, Time For Me To Fly, and All Shook Up — see the full list above, ranked by how often people play them.

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