4-Chord Guitar Songs

Browse 4-chord guitar songs with chord diagrams, tabs, and playing guides for guitar, ukulele, and piano.

4-Chord Guitar Songs – Chord Charts & Tabs

Discover 1090 songs that use 4 chords. Fewer chords means faster learning — each song below includes full chord diagrams, strumming patterns, and tabs for guitar, ukulele, piano, banjo, and mandolin.

GuitarUkulelePiano
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Hot to Go

Chappell Roan
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Chappell Roan’s infectious queer pop anthem with its playful call-and-response energy. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Amtap to play
Ctap to play
Ftap to play
Dmtap to play

Ghost Riders in the Sky

Johnny Cash
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
The classic Western cowboy ballad about a ghostly cattle drive. Beginner difficulty in the key of Am.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Gtap to play
Ctap to play
Dtap to play
Emtap to play

House of the Lord

Phil Wickham
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Phil Wickham’s uplifting modern worship song about joyful praise. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.
GuitarUkulelePiano
C#mtap to play
Btap to play
Atap to play
Etap to play

Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
The Rolling Stones’ dark, urgent masterpiece about war, violence, and shelter. Intermediate difficulty in the key of C#m.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Ctap to play
Gtap to play
Amtap to play
Ftap to play

How to Save a Life

The Fray
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
The Fray’s emotionally powerful piano-rock ballad about a failing relationship. Beginner difficulty in the key of C.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Gtap to play
Ctap to play
Dtap to play
Emtap to play

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Cyndi Lauper
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Cyndi Lauper’s iconic 80s pop anthem about female empowerment and fun. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Ftap to play
Ctap to play
Bbtap to play
Dmtap to play

Glycerine

Bush
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
Bush’s grunge-era acoustic ballad with its raw emotional vulnerability. Beginner difficulty in the key of D.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Ftap to play
Ctap to play
Bbtap to play
Dmtap to play

Go Your Own Way

Fleetwood Mac
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
Fleetwood Mac’s driving rock anthem about breaking free from a relationship. Beginner difficulty in the key of F.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Amtap to play
Gtap to play
Ftap to play
Emtap to play

Gold Dust Woman

Fleetwood Mac
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
Fleetwood Mac’s haunting rock song about addiction and the dark side of fame. Intermediate difficulty in the key of Am.
GuitarUkulelePiano
Atap to play
F#mtap to play
Dtap to play
Etap to play

Every Breath You Take

The Police
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
The Police’s haunting surveillance-themed love song with Sting’s iconic melody. Beginner difficulty in the key of A.