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
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
The Beatles’ classic rock song about returning home. Beginner difficulty in the key of A.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Gtap to play
Ctap to play
Dtap to play

Give Me One Reason

Tracy Chapman
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
Tracy 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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Gtap to play
Ftap to play

Down by the Bay

Traditional
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
A 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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Gtap to play
Atap to play

Dead Flowers

The Rolling Stones
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
A classic country-tinged rock song by The Rolling Stones. Beginner difficulty in the key of D.
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Btap to play

Cocaine Blues

Johnny Cash
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
Johnny Cash’s classic outlaw tale of a man on the run after a cocaine-fueled shooting. Beginner difficulty in the key…
GuitarUkulelePiano
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Ctap to play
Gtap to play

Can’t You See

Marshall Tucker Band
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
A classic Southern rock ballad by The Marshall Tucker Band. Beginner difficulty in the key of D.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Gtap to play
Ctap to play
Dtap to play

Blister in the Sun

Violent Femmes
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
Violent Femmes’ energetic and quirky alternative rock anthem about restless energy and infatuation. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.
GuitarUkulelePiano
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Etap to play

Blue Moon of Kentucky

Bill Monroe
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
Bill Monroe’s classic bluegrass waltz about longing under a blue moon. Beginner difficulty in the key of A.
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Gtap to play
Ctap to play
Dtap to play

The Joker

Steve Miller Band
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
Steve Miller Band’s classic rock anthem about a smooth-talking character with many nicknames. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Dtap to play
Gtap to play
Atap to play

The Middle

Jimmy Eat World
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
A classic pop-punk anthem of reassurance by Jimmy Eat World. Beginner difficulty in the key of D.