[TapouT]

I'm pretty new to guitar. To give you an idea of my skill level, I can play "Adam's Song" by Blink-182 and "Good Riddance" by Greenday. Does anybody know any fairly simple or easy fingerpicking songs that sound really cool? Thanks.

[Black Betty]

here are a couple of easy ones
Danny Boy in G


Silent Night in A


Star Spangled Banner in G


Jingle Bells in G


Amazing Grace in A


all tabs courtesy of Kirk Loranges free guitar lesson website
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/

[TapouT]

thanks alot!

[MakoMako]

Take a look at Romanza ( sometimes labeled as Spanish Romance ). I always suggest it, and I always do because it is a great song to get used to finger-picking. The picking pattern is the exact same from beginning to end, but the rolling nature of it helps to practice keeping your fingers from tangling up in themselves.

[airscape17]

Simon and Garfunkle - Scarborough fair

[Nater11]

You've Got Her In Your Pocket - The White Stripes

Standard tuning.

D G C A Amin F

EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
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The rhythm is pretty easy, so just listen to the song.

Intro:

D G C G A
e-------2------------------------------------------------------
B-----3---3---3-------------------------------------2h3-2---2--
G---2-------2---------0-----------0-------0-------2-------2----
D-0-----------------0---0---0---2---2---0---0---2--------------
A-----------------2-------2---3-------2-------0----------------
E---------------3----------------------------------------------

Play this through twice, then

Chorus:

You've... pocket... no way out...
D G C G A
e-------2------------------------------------------------------
B-----3---3---3-------------------------------------2----------
G---2-------2---------0-----------0-------0-------2---2---2----
D-0-----------------0---0---0---2---2---0---0---2-------2------
A-----------------2-------2---3-------2-------0----------------
E---------------3----------------------------------------------

Repeat this but then at the A chord, instead of picking it,
just strum it.

Verse:

A Amin G D
Nobody ever... wrong way

Amin G D
to trick... her way

C G
and you'll... blue

C F
and you'll... new

A
what to do

Chorus

Verse

Chorus

Verse

Chorus

At the end of the last chorus repeat "home sweet home" but
strum the chords so it goes

C G A
home sweet home

That's everything. Enjoy.



[grzeg]

Just don't kill me, but...

Stairway to Heaven. I mean you have to at some point, and it's good to learn it early. It's easy.

Good Bye Blue Sky by Pink Floyd. Easy and really enjoyable.

Try some fingerstyle or classical. Moonlight Sonata, or some fingerstyle arranged tune, like Freight Train, etc.

[Nater11]

Road Trippin' is definately something to work up to

[planetalk]

all tabs courtesy of Kirk Loranges free guitar lesson website
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/

"courtesy of" implies that you asked permission to link to the tab from my site, Black Betty, which you didn't. Please ask in the future.

This post has been edited by planetalk: 13 August 2007 - 05:51 AM

[dadfad]

all tabs courtesy of Kirk Loranges free guitar lesson website
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/

"courtesy of" implies that you asked permission to link to the tab from my site, Black Betty, which you didn't. Please ask in the future.

It's a link to your site, simple as that. Giving a link to a site requires no one's permission. He didn't take anything or give anything away for free that you charge for. It's available to anyone on the net. (I checked to make sure it wasn't a link that "got around" any kind of pre-registration or per-fee requirement.) Actually you should be glad he posted a link to your site, and even gave your name as the tab/lesson/site's owner. You should look at it as free advertising. You've been posting links to your site on GTU for years which were basically ads promoting your site and lessons. It had been discussed by several mods a number of times whether or not to prohibit your links, whereas I was one of the mods who thought your links were helpful to other guitarists and were well within the "spirit" of GTU even if it did violate the letter of the rules regarding commercial promotion. Your tabs and instruction were very well done and benefitted members who saw them and if you personally benefitted by having someone then sign up for paid instruction or purchase your material that was all well and good and a very fair trade-off. You probably only opened this thread to post your same link and found Black Betty had beaten you to it. If you don't want any links to your site posted on GTU that can easily be arranged.

[rweezera]

all tabs courtesy of Kirk Loranges free guitar lesson website
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/

"courtesy of" implies that you asked permission to link to the tab from my site, Black Betty, which you didn't. Please ask in the future.

It's a link to your site, simple as that. Giving a link to a site requires no one's permission. He didn't take anything or give anything away for free that you charge for. It's available to anyone on the net. (I checked to make sure it wasn't a link that "got around" any kind of pre-registration or per-fee requirement.) Actually you should be glad he posted a link to your site, and even gave your name as the tab/lesson/site's owner. You should look at it as free advertising. You've been posting links to your site on GTU for years which were basically ads promoting your site and lessons. It had been discussed by several mods a number of times whether or not to prohibit your links, whereas I was one of the mods who thought your links were helpful to other guitarists and were well within the "spirit" of GTU even if it did violate the letter of the rules regarding commercial promotion. Your tabs and instruction were very well done and benefitted members who saw them and if you personally benefitted by having someone sign up for paid instruction or purchase your material that was all well and good and a very fair trade-off. If you don't want any links to your site posted on GTU that can easily be arranged.

well put dadfad

as for a fingerpicking song, try "lion's mane" by iron & wine. that's what taught me to fingerpick.

This post has been edited by rweezera: 13 August 2007 - 07:42 AM

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Anonymous - Romance (Romanza)

It's not extremely easy nor extremely hard. You will impress the ladies or ...maybe guys?

It's a classical song; maybe i'm wrong about the time period, but it's a classical song.