[Irish rover]

I have recently started playing guitar. I own an acoustic, and am interested in learning chord based songs, but I don't know where to start. What songs are reasonably easy enough for a total novice?

[dadfad]

There are simple tunes (or tunes that can be greatly simplified) in almost every genre... folk, country, blues, classic acoustic rock, etc. Choose a genre you like best and start there. You need to narrow it down a bit. I could give "Blowin' In The Wind" and you might hate Dylan/folk. Or give "Hey Joe" and you prefer country tunes. Narrow it down a bit.

[MakoMako]

You can find a chord version of just about any song out there if you look around a slight bit. I'd suggest just taking a few songs you particularly like and see if you can't find some chord versions of them. It's surprisingly easy enough to play for most songs.

[Will_Wood]

Hurt by Cash is pretty easy.

[burningice]

First song I played was Sweethaven's "Go Back". This and "Kryptonite"(3 Doors Down) were great beginners for myself.

[Guitar Steve]

dont over work him now, he'll get too frustrated and tear up his fingers.... start with the basics for a while dude

[ouijaouija]

first you gotta learn the chords! A C D E G B F

chord find.com is good.

You should also learn to read tablature.

[improviduto]

"Happy Together" by The Turtles
"Elenor" by The Turtles
"Draggin' the Line" by Tommy James and the Shondells
"I'm Not Your Stepping Stone" by The Monkees
"Do You Believe in Magic" by The Lovin' Spoonful
"Long Cool Woman" by The Hollies

That should get you starrted.

[kelso98]

hey i am only 12 yrs. old and i am learning guitar really quickly. some easy songs to start with are jack and dianne by john melloncamp and she will be loved by maroon 5 and i have tons more if anyone wants me to email them some song just email me at kelso98@hotmail.com and ask me what song and i probally allready have it........i have only been playing for a year and i can pretty much play anything!!! i also sing and play piano too so if anyone who wants a twelve yr. old in their band who lives somewhere around greenwood n.s. email me!!

[Irish rover]

I can read tabs, and have been learning chords for a while, so I know the basics. However, I don't know any songs. Thanks for the suggestions

[Father Fonz]

What kind of music are you into?

and also do you post at Sweet Fa; Irish Rover?

[Mikky04]

1) Learn the chords: A C D E F G Am A7 Cadd9 Dm D7 Em E7 G7 B7
2) Learn to read tab.
3) Horse With No Name(Im not sure who by)
Good Riddance - Green Day
Come As You Are Nirvana
Wonderwall - Oasis

[LooPbacK]

i know what do you mean...

You know some stuff but not enough to start playing anything you like and want to play something easy and beautiful and no one seams do direct you where you need to go...

If that's the problem may i suggest

7 nations army - white stripes
house of the rising sun - animals
nothing else matters - metallica
one - metallica
come as you are - niravana
where did you sleep last night...
...most of nirvana...

or..

wish you where here - pink floyd
knocking on heavens door - bob dylan

i might get this wrong and i appologise if i do...

...peace and love....

[sk8element092]

hey i am only 12 yrs. old and i am learning guitar really quickly. some easy songs to start with are jack and dianne by john melloncamp and she will be loved by maroon 5 and i have tons more if anyone wants me to email them some song just email me at kelso98@hotmail.com and ask me what song and i probally allready have it........i have only been playing for a year and i can pretty much play anything!!! i also sing and play piano too so if anyone who wants a twelve yr. old in their band who lives somewhere around greenwood n.s. email me!!

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AHHHHHHH! WOW infromation overload.

[Stagestruck]

Hi Irish Rover,

Just looked at your profile and I see you're a Rory fan!

I'm also a beginner and I've found some simplified Rory stuff here and there that you might want to try.

You can play Banker's Blues with just 3 chords, G-D-C, the verse of Tattoo'd Lady is just Em-C-D (the chorus is beyond me), and Easy Come, Easy Go is nice and slow to strum along to, Am-Dm-G-C, (There's a Bb in the 'Please don't lock me out' break but it only occurs twice and I just miss it out because i can't play barre chords yet). You can find them here:-

http://www.bluestabs.net/rgtab.htm

And you can get away with just Em and D for Fuel to The Fire if you get creative with the strumming and you can sing well! A nice Canadian lady showed me that one in Cork during the Tribute week!

Also try some Bob Dylan, Don't Think Twice, which Rory covered in some of his later shows is just G-D-Em-C-A7 and C7. You can find it and others here:-

http://www.iol.ie/~murphypj/

Oh and there's a good tab for Unmilitary Twostep in the current (September) issue of Guitar Techniques magazine, worth getting to keep for the day when your fingers catch up with your ambitions!!!

Hope that helps.

This post has been edited by Stagestruck: 20 August 2005 - 08:28 PM

[Mikky04]

If you can get lessons