If you wish to learn acoustic guitar you cannot just learn the right techniques. It’s also important to practice a large number of songs to make the all process more musical. There are many easy guitar songs around that every guitar player should learn.

When I have a new student I normally start with “Stand By Me”. The song has been written with a very popular chord structure (I VI IV V) for both Verse & Chorus with only the melody changing in each section. To make your life even easier there are quite a number of songs that make use of this same chord structure so with one shot you are actually learning a few songs. Some of the most famous songs are: “Lonely”, “I Believe I Can Fly” and “Every Breath You Take”.

Another great song writer to look at when searching easy guitar songs is Bob Dylan. He wrote many huge classics in his carrier and many of them have been covered by numerous artist all over the world and sold a silly amount of records. Some of the tune you should learn to play are “Knocking On Heaven’s Doors” covered by the Guns & Roses, “Blowing in the Wind” and “All Along The Watch Tower” made even more popular by Jimi Hendrix. All these songs have one thing in common: they have been composed using 3 simple chords.

If you are looking for simple songs than you should start looking at British boy bands and the 1st one is obviously the Beetles. They really have written many hits some of which are not that easy to play. Some of the tune I suggest you learn are “Hey Jude”, “Let It Be”, “Here Come The Sun” and “Yesterday”. Their music is not always that simple and they do use 7th and sus chords so you better practice your chords before you start exploring their songs.

Britain has given us many great band and artist, U2 and Cold Play are a typical example. Both bands have good songs with very simple chord structures, normally 3 or 4 chords per song. Clocks from Cold Play is a typical example of that, 3 chords and you have a song: Riff, Intro, Verse and Chorus.

These are just a few title you can start with but if you look around you’ll find plenty easy guitar songs you can learn to play on acoustic guitar. Hope this helps!

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