Alternative Guitar Songs

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

Alternative Guitar Songs – Chord Charts & Tabs

Explore our collection of 87 alternative songs with complete chord charts, tabs, and diagrams for guitar, ukulele, piano, and more. Each song includes chord diagrams, strum patterns, and playing tips to help you learn quickly.

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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.
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Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked

Cage the Elephant
Advanced
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Cage the Elephant’s gritty rock anthem about the relentless pursuit of money in a corrupt world. Beginner difficulty in the…
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Somebody That I Used to Know

Gotye
Advanced
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Gotye’s hit song about a painful breakup and fractured memories. Beginner difficulty in the key of C.
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Soul to Squeeze

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Advanced
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A melancholic yet hopeful song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers about isolation and seeking connection. Intermediate difficulty in the…
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Scar Tissue

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Advanced
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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ melancholic rock ballad about pain, healing, and travel. Beginner difficulty in the key of F.
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Paranoid Android

Radiohead
Advanced
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Radiohead’s epic, multi-part art-rock anthem exploring modern anxiety and disillusionment. Advanced difficulty in the key of C.
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Polly

Nirvana
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Nirvana’s stark and unsettling acoustic track from the album “Nevermind”. Beginner difficulty in the key of E.
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My Hero

Foo Fighters
Intermediate
Try a D-DU-UDU strum pattern
Foo Fighters’ anthem about everyday heroism and admiration. Beginner difficulty in the key of D. Practice tip: The song uses…
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No Rain

Blind Melon
Beginner
Simple downstroke strumming works great
Blind Melon’s 1992 alternative rock hit about longing and finding one’s place. Beginner difficulty in the key of E. Practice…
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Lithium

Nirvana
Advanced
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Nirvana’s grunge anthem about mood swings and isolation from their album “Nevermind”. Intermediate difficulty in the key of D.