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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 Tu Foto, I Haven't Seen You in a Long Time, and For a few dollars more.

  1. 421 Tu Foto Ozuna C 819
  2. 422 I Haven't Seen You in a Long Time Colin Hay C 819
  3. 423 For a few dollars more Smokie G 819
  4. 424 he never failed me The Isaacs A 818
  5. 425 Jiffy Boy Wax G 818
  6. 426 Flip Flop And Fly The Blues Brothers E 818
  7. 427 Home On The Range Traditional G 817
  8. 428 Inside Out Traveling Wilburys G 816
  9. 429 Pusong Bato Alon G 816
  10. 430 Memphis Tennessee Johnny Rivers G 816
  11. 431 Travelling Ways Caravan Em 816
  12. 432 Song Bird Oasis G 815
  13. 433 City Song Jane's Addiction G 815
  14. 434 Yasuo Instalok C 815
  15. 435 Maggies Farm Bob Dylan G 815
  16. 436 Say goodbye (intro) Chris Brown E 814
  17. 437 Baby Won't You Come Home Jon Randall G 814
  18. 438 Inuman Na Parokya ni Edgar G 813
  19. 439 Knockin On Heaven's Door Bob Dylan G 812
  20. 440 Come On Come On Cheap Trick E 812
  21. 441 El Torito Pinto Canciones Populares G 811
  22. 442 Carry Me Kygo C 810
  23. 443 A Billion Hits R5 Em 810
  24. 444 Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum A 809
  25. 445 The First Cut Is The Deepest Sheryl Crow D 809
  26. 446 Catfish John Alison Krauss D 809
  27. 447 Popcorn Popping On The Apricot Tree Misc Children D 808
  28. 448 Cornbread Fish And Collard Greens Anthony Hamilton Gm 808
  29. 449 Gypsy Boys David Francey D 807
  30. 450 Meddle About Chase Atlantic Em 807
  31. 451 Johnny B. Goode Peter Tosh Em 807
  32. 452 A Cerca Chegou No Brejo Israel e Rodolffo A 806
  33. 453 Farewell Reel Patti Smith G 806
  34. 454 High School Sweethearts Melanie Martinez Bb 806
  35. 455 Song Of The South Alabama A 804
  36. 456 knocking on heavens door Bob Dylan G 804
  37. 457 Pack It Up Spiderbait D 804
  38. 458 Kansas city/hey hey hey hey The Beatles C 804
  39. 459 Wenn Sich Die Igel Küssen Misc Children G 804
  40. 460 More About Jesus Hymnal G 803
  41. 461 Bubbles In My Beer Willie Nelson A 803
  42. 462 When Love Takes Over David Guetta E 802
  43. 463 Cannonball Damien Rice Em 802
  44. 464 Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe Kendrick Lamar Em 802
  45. 465 God is One Alpha Blondy D 801
  46. 466 Fully Completely The Tragically Hip D 801
  47. 467 Hamburg song Keane G 801
  48. 468 Chapter 24 Pink Floyd A 801
  49. 469 Youre Gonna Miss Me Brooks And Dunn G 800
  50. 470 Ooh La La Faces G 800
  51. 471 Caffeine, Nicotine, Benzedrine (and Wish Me Luck) Jerry Reed G# 800
  52. 472 The Other One Grateful Dead D 800
  53. 473 Ain't No Fun AC/DC D 799
  54. 474 Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus A 799
  55. 475 Como Olvidarme La Beriso E 799
  56. 476 Balkan Azra G 799
  57. 477 I Wanna Live Ramones E 799
  58. 478 Highway Call Dickey Betts G 799
  59. 479 First Time Vance Joy Am 799
  60. 480 The Sound Of Your Goodbye (Sticks and Stones) Aaron Tippin G 798

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 Tu Foto, I Haven't Seen You in a Long Time, and For a few dollars more. See the full list above, ranked by how often people play them.

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