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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 Dirt Track Cowboys, Hey Mama, and Jikelele.

  1. 361 Dirt Track Cowboys Adam Brand A 839
  2. 362 Hey Mama David Guetta Em 839
  3. 363 Jikelele Universal Gospel Choir A 839
  4. 364 Changed The Locks (live) Kasey Chambers A 839
  5. 365 Clyde J.J. Cale C 839
  6. 366 Keep Your Hands To Yourself Garth Brooks D 838
  7. 367 Cause I'm Country Lee Kernaghan A 838
  8. 368 Smells Like Teen Spirit Kurt Cobain A 838
  9. 369 Trumpets Jason Derulo C 837
  10. 370 Sunshine In My Soul Hymnal G 837
  11. 371 The Smallest Bones Aeseaes G 837
  12. 372 Bigger On The Inside Amanda Palmer B 837
  13. 373 We Could Charley Pride G 837
  14. 374 I'm Down The Beatles G 837
  15. 375 Where Nobody Knows My Name John Hiatt G 836
  16. 376 Hey Kids Jet A 836
  17. 377 Naina Nu Ki Ho Gaya Jassi Gill G 836
  18. 378 Matthew John Denver G 835
  19. 379 Cajuun Moon J.J. Cale Dm 835
  20. 380 Cântico Da Mocidade Hinos Avulsos Ccb G 834
  21. 381 O Surdo Alcione A 834
  22. 382 Girl On Lsd Tom Petty D 834
  23. 383 The Man in Me Bob Dylan G 833
  24. 384 Say Goodbye Chris Brown E 833
  25. 385 One Call Away Charlie Puth G 833
  26. 386 Chimes Of Freedom Bob Dylan G 832
  27. 387 That's All Right, Mama The Beatles A 832
  28. 388 Daughter Pearl Jam G 831
  29. 389 Near The Cross Hymnal D 831
  30. 390 La Cucaracha Misc Traditional G 830
  31. 391 Phobia Kreator D 829
  32. 392 Goodbye Astrid Cold Chisel A 828
  33. 393 The Battle Of New Orleans Johnny Horton A 828
  34. 394 Only You Can Rock Me UFO E 828
  35. 395 Big Bad Handsome Man Imelda May Am 827
  36. 396 Dead Inside XXXTentacion Am 827
  37. 397 Around Blues Traveler G 827
  38. 398 Talking Loud And Saying Nothing James Brown E 827
  39. 399 The Coyote And The Cowboy Ian Tyson D 827
  40. 400 When You Say Nothing At All Keith Whitley D 826
  41. 401 Clint Eastwood Gorillaz Em 826
  42. 402 Land Of 1000 Dances Wilson Pickett E 826
  43. 403 Garota Do Shopping Mamonas Assassinas A 826
  44. 404 Borders Zayn Malik C 825
  45. 405 Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds G 825
  46. 406 Heavenly Bodies Earl Thomas Conley G 825
  47. 407 Hakuna Matata Elton John C 825
  48. 408 Bhenchod Sutta Aadar Malik G 824
  49. 409 Stand By Me John Lennon G 824
  50. 410 Cicatrices Airbag C 823
  51. 411 Winslow Foot Ox G 823
  52. 412 Rocky Road To Dublin Traditional Irish Dm 823
  53. 413 You Are My Sunshine (acoustic) Chris Stapleton D 822
  54. 414 Time Bomb Nick Barker E 822
  55. 415 Teenage Whore Hole E 821
  56. 416 Elastic Heart Sia C 821
  57. 417 Right To The Ways And The Rules Of The World Ween Am 820
  58. 418 Anyone But You Hinder G 820
  59. 419 The Night We Met Chords Lord Huron Em 820
  60. 420 Paradise John Prine D 819

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 Dirt Track Cowboys, Hey Mama, and Jikelele. See the full list above, ranked by how often people play them.

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