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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 Alone, Christmas Time's A-comin', and Please Mr Kennedy.

  1. 481 Alone Blues Traveler A 798
  2. 482 Christmas Time's A-comin' Patty Loveless A 797
  3. 483 Please Mr Kennedy Oscar Isaac A 797
  4. 484 Thirteen Days J.J. Cale E 796
  5. 485 La Luz Del Bosque Yonatan Meir Kimchi C 796
  6. 486 Pinguin-lied Fredrik Vahle A 796
  7. 487 The Shinnston Tornado The Scott Brothers Em 796
  8. 488 No Time Like Now Gentleman Em 796
  9. 489 Hush Adam Harvey G# 795
  10. 490 Some Other Guy Tabs The Beatles A 795
  11. 491 Bar Op De Aar Koos Kombuis D 794
  12. 492 Liewe Ouers Robbie Wessels D 794
  13. 493 Sweet Sensation UB40 D 794
  14. 494 Check on it Beyoncé G 794
  15. 495 Akekho Ofana No Jesu Universal Gospel Choir A 794
  16. 496 Seguimos Laborando Grupo 360 Dm 793
  17. 497 De Tripas Corazón Aterciopelados E 792
  18. 498 Home Casting Crowns G 792
  19. 499 Buttons The Pussycat Dolls Dm 791
  20. 500 Blood Like Wine Balthazar A 791
  21. 501 Suicide Blonde INXS E 791
  22. 502 Mexe mexe Jorge Ben Jor A 791
  23. 503 Brick By Brick Arctic Monkeys E 791
  24. 504 Ipê Florido Edson e Hudson A 791
  25. 505 Lakeside Australian Crawl G 791
  26. 506 Whiggy Wiggle Whigfield C 790
  27. 507 Oipic Powderfinger D 790
  28. 508 Mailman Bring Me No More Blues The Beatles A 790
  29. 509 I'll Fly Away (with Gillian Welch) Alison Krauss D 789
  30. 510 Paasa Yeng Constantino G 788
  31. 511 Flying With The King Lee Kernaghan G 788
  32. 512 Breathe Backstreet Boys G 787
  33. 513 Toxic Melanie Martinez Am 787
  34. 514 Manitoba Stompin' Tom Connors A 787
  35. 515 Man Of Misery Oasis Em 787
  36. 516 Oh My Sweet Carolina Zac Brown Band D 786
  37. 517 Quão Grande Amor Zoe Lilly D 785
  38. 518 7/11 Beyoncé Am 785
  39. 519 Who is he and what is he to you Bill Withers E 784
  40. 520 My Sweet Blue Eyed Darlin Bill Monroe G 784
  41. 521 Honeymoon Avenue Ariana Grande D 784
  42. 522 Fall Softly Snow Jim Ed Brown G 783
  43. 523 You Need To Calm Down Taylor Swift D 783
  44. 524 Why May I Not Go Out And Climb The Trees Daniel Norgren Em 783
  45. 525 Shine Like It Does INXS D 783
  46. 526 Show Up Akon Em 783
  47. 527 Letter Xavier Rudd G 782
  48. 528 Ogum Umbanda Am 782
  49. 529 Going So Right Donnie Mills A 782
  50. 530 Hardcore Troubadour Steve Earle G 782
  51. 531 Jambalaya Harry Connick Jr C 782
  52. 532 The Endless River (teaser / Trailler) Pink Floyd E 782
  53. 533 Faith In Each Other INXS Dm 782
  54. 534 Nen Nje Portokalle Kenge Shqip Am 781
  55. 535 In For A Penny Slade Dm 781
  56. 536 Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot G 781
  57. 537 Agora ou nunca mais Amado Batista G 781
  58. 538 Schiehallion Gaberlunzie A 780
  59. 539 Black and Yellow Wiz Khalifa Dm 780
  60. 540 This Isnt Hogwarts Hank Green G 779

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 Alone, Christmas Time's A-comin', and Please Mr Kennedy. See the full list above, ranked by how often people play them.

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