If you are a beginner on the guitar you need easy songs to play on guitar to get better. But it is not enough if the songs are simple, the songs you use to learn to play the guitar should also be fun to play and cool to listen to.
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There is nothing more frustrating then when you are starting to play guitar then if the songs you find is not easy songs to play on the guitar. All new guitar players have tried it, you get stuck in the beginning of a song that is to difficult an end up not touching the guitar for weeks. Or perhaps just as discouraging you find a simple song that is easy to play but it is so boring that you simply can’t motivate yourself to learn it.
Here are 11 cool easy songs to play on guitar
Well fortunately there are a lot of really good music that is simple to play. I have found 11 really cool and easy songs for you to play on guitar. I have listed them here together with the cords. “D” is for down “U” is for up in the strumming patten.
Good Riddance (Time of your Life) By Green Day
G Cadd9 D EmEm D Cadd9 G
Em G Em G
Strumming:
D D U U D U
G Em CG Am (C D)
Chorus:
D G C D G
C D Em C D G
D X U U D U
House pf the rising sun By Everly Brothers
Am C D F
Am C E
Am C D F
Am E Am C D F Am E Am E
Brown Eyed Girl By Van Morrisson
G C G D G C G D
Chorus:
C D G Em C D G
Strumming:
D D U U D U
The Gambler by Kenny Rogers
G G C G
G G G D
C G D G
Chorus:
G G C G
|C G
G D|
D D U D U
D C G
Strumming:
D D D D D D American Pie by Don Mclean Long long time …
G D Em Am C Em C D G
Chorus:
G C G D
Strumming:
D D U D D U
Country Roads by John Denver
G Em D C – G
Chorus:
G D Em C
G D C G
Strumming:
D D DUDU
Am G F Am G F
Chorus:
D F C G F Save Tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry
Am F C G
Strumming:
1 2 and a 3 4 and a
Hart of gold By Neil Young
Em C D G
Chorus:
Em D Em
Getting started playing easy songs the smart way
The truth is, if you just know a few basic cords on the guitar, and know them well, then you can play all the easy songs you can find on the Internet, and there are a lot of them! If you wish to accelerate and improve your guitar learning, as mentioned earlier, check out the Jamorama guitar school. It is free to try and if you sign up and do the course you will get a discount on the remaining lessons. If you are a beginner or just want to speed up your playing, Jamorama will take your guitar playing to a hole new level in no time.