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Beginner Guitar Songs

Beginner guitar songs use open chords and simple, repeating rhythms — the fastest path from your first chord to a real song. Browse beginner-friendly songs with chord diagrams, strum patterns and step-by-step guides. See our guide to easy acoustic guitar songs for beginners →

Beginner Guitar Songs – Chord Charts & Tabs

Browse 1370 beginner songs with chord charts and diagrams. Beginner songs are perfect for players just starting out, with step-by-step chord guides and playing tips for every instrument.

GuitarUkulelePiano
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Galway Girl

Ed Sheeran
Advanced
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Ed Sheeran’s upbeat Irish-influenced folk-pop song about a night out in Galway. Beginner difficulty in the key of D. Frequently…
GuitarUkulelePiano
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F#mtap to play
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Etap to play

Every Breath You Take

The Police
Advanced
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The Police’s haunting surveillance-themed love song with Sting’s iconic melody. Beginner difficulty in the key of A. Frequently Asked Questions…
GuitarUkulelePiano
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Gtap to play
Emtap to play
Atap to play

Everybody Hurts

R.E.M.
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
R.E.M.’s slow, achingly beautiful ballad about holding on during dark times. Beginner difficulty in the key of D. [Em]Don’t throw…
GuitarUkulelePiano
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Dtap to play
Emtap to play
Ctap to play

Everything Has Changed

Taylor Swift
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran’s charming country-pop duet about a love that transforms everything. Beginner difficulty in the key of…
GuitarUkulelePiano
Amtap to play
Ftap to play
Ctap to play
Gtap to play

Fields of Gold

Sting
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
Sting’s gorgeous folk-rock ballad about love and golden memories. Beginner difficulty in the key of D. Frequently Asked Questions What…
GuitarUkulelePiano
Ctap to play
Gtap to play
Amtap to play
Ftap to play

Fireflies

Owl City
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
Owl City’s whimsical electro-pop hit about imagination and wonder. Beginner difficulty in the key of C. Frequently Asked Questions What…
GuitarUkulelePiano
Emtap to play
Gtap to play
Ctap to play
Dtap to play

Cherry Wine

Hozier
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Hozier’s achingly beautiful acoustic ballad about a complicated, intoxicating love. Intermediate difficulty in the key of Em. Frequently Asked Questions…
GuitarUkulelePiano
Ctap to play
Emtap to play
Dtap to play
Gtap to play

Circles

Post Malone
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Post Malone’s melancholic pop hit about running in circles in a relationship. Beginner difficulty in the key of C. Frequently…
GuitarUkulelePiano
Dtap to play
Atap to play
Gtap to play
Emtap to play

Come On Eileen

Dexys Midnight Runners
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Dexys Midnight Runners’ irresistibly catchy new wave classic. Intermediate difficulty in the key of D. Frequently Asked Questions What chords…
GuitarUkulelePiano
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Gtap to play
Atap to play

Copperhead Road

Steve Earle
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
Steve Earle’s hard-driving country-rock anthem about moonshining in the Appalachian mountains. Intermediate difficulty in the key of D. Frequently Asked…

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