3-Chord Guitar Songs
Browse 3-chord guitar songs with chord diagrams, tabs, and playing guides for guitar, ukulele, and piano.
3-Chord Guitar Songs – Chord Charts & Tabs
Discover 100 songs that use 3 chords. Fewer chords means faster learning — each song below includes full chord diagrams, strumming patterns, and tabs for guitar, ukulele, piano, banjo, and mandolin.
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Get Back
The Beatles
BeginnerThe Beatles’ classic rock song about returning home. Beginner difficulty in the key of A.
GuitarUkulelePiano
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Give Me One Reason
Tracy Chapman
BeginnerTracy Chapman’s soulful blues-rock plea for a reason to stay in a relationship. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.
GuitarUkulelePiano
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Down by the Bay
Traditional
AdvancedA traditional children’s song with humorous and imaginative verses. Beginner difficulty in the key of C. [C]Down by the bay,…
GuitarUkulelePiano
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Dead Flowers
The Rolling Stones
BeginnerA classic country-tinged rock song by The Rolling Stones. Beginner difficulty in the key of D.
GuitarUkulelePiano
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Cocaine Blues
Johnny Cash
AdvancedJohnny Cash’s classic outlaw tale of a man on the run after a cocaine-fueled shooting. Beginner difficulty in the key…
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Can’t You See
Marshall Tucker Band
BeginnerA classic Southern rock ballad by The Marshall Tucker Band. Beginner difficulty in the key of D.
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Blister in the Sun
Violent Femmes
BeginnerViolent Femmes’ energetic and quirky alternative rock anthem about restless energy and infatuation. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.
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Blue Moon of Kentucky
Bill Monroe
BeginnerBill Monroe’s classic bluegrass waltz about longing under a blue moon. Beginner difficulty in the key of A.
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The Joker
Steve Miller Band
BeginnerSteve Miller Band’s classic rock anthem about a smooth-talking character with many nicknames. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.
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The Middle
Jimmy Eat World
BeginnerA classic pop-punk anthem of reassurance by Jimmy Eat World. Beginner difficulty in the key of D.