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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.

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Clay Pigeons

Blaze Foley
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
Blaze Foley’s gentle drifter anthem about finding home. Beginner difficulty in the key of G. Frequently Asked Questions What chords…
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Nose on the Grindstone

Tyler Childers
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Tyler Childers’s working-class anthem about grinding it out. Beginner difficulty in the key of G. Frequently Asked Questions What chords…
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The Night We Met

Lord Huron
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Lord Huron’s haunting indie-folk ballad about lost love. Beginner difficulty in the key of A minor. Frequently Asked Questions What…
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All Yourn

Tyler Childers
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
Tyler Childers’s heartfelt love ballad with a simple three-chord structure. Beginner difficulty in the key of G. Frequently Asked Questions…
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Wonderful Tonight

Eric Clapton
Intermediate
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Eric Clapton’s timeless love song. Beginner difficulty in the key of G. Frequently Asked Questions What chords do you need…
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Harvest Moon

Neil Young
Intermediate
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Neil Young’s tender love song with a gentle sway. Beginner difficulty in the key of D. Frequently Asked Questions What…
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Dancing in the Dark

Bruce Springsteen
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Bruce Springsteen’s energetic anthem about restlessness. Beginner difficulty in the key of G. Frequently Asked Questions What chords do you…
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Hard Fought Hallelujah

The Castellows
Advanced
Add fingerpicking arpeggios for texture
The Castellows’s powerful country anthem about resilience and gratitude. Beginner difficulty in the key of C. Frequently Asked Questions What…
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Heart of Gold

Neil Young
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Neil Young’s iconic folk-rock anthem about searching for sincerity and love. Beginner difficulty in the key of Em. Frequently Asked…
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Shake the Frost

Tyler Childers
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Tyler Childers’s easy-to-play reflective anthem about longing for home. Beginner difficulty in the key of G. Frequently Asked Questions What…

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