Easy beginner guitar songs literally number in the hundreds and below are the Top 100. To play even simple songs on guitar, however, you need to know how to play at least a few basic chords. Most beginner guitarists start with learning the basic G D C Em chords. What’s great is there are many easy beginner guitar songs requiring only 3-4 chords. This includes your favorite campfire songs. Click any song below for the Best Free Guitar Lesson Tutorial available online now as curated by expert guitarists. *Rotate phone horizontally for best viewing.
| SONG | VERSION | CHORDS/LYRICS |
|---|---|---|
| A Horse With No Name | America | Em D6 |
| American Pie | Don Mclean | G D C Em |
| And It Stoned Me | Van Morrison | G D C Am Em |
| Angie | The Rolling Stones | Am E7 G C... |
| Bad Moon Rising | CCR | A D G |
| Beat It | Michael Jackson | Em D C |
| Best Day of My Life | American Authors | G D |
| Blue Moon | Billie Holiday | C Am F G Dm... |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | G Em Am D C |
| Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Green Day | Em G D A C B5 |
| Breakaway | Kelly Clarkson | Am G F C D |
| Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morisson | G D C Em |
| Bubbly | Colbie Caillat | A Amaj7 D |
| Can You Feel The Love Tonight | Elton John (Lion King) | C G Em Am7 D... |
| Centerfield | John Fogerty | G C Em D Am |
| Counting Stars | One Republic | Am C G F |
| Count On Me | Bruno Mars | C Em Am G F... |
| Demons | Imagine Dragons | C G Am F |
| Down on the Corner | CCR | C G F |
| Dust in the Wind | Kansas | C G Am Dm D |
| Edelweiss | Sound of Music | G D C Em Am... |
| Fast Car | Tracy Chapman | C G Em D |
| Folsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash | E A B7 |
| Free Bird | Lynyrd Skynyrd | G D Em F C |
| Free Falling | Tom Petty | D Dsus4 Asus4 |
| Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) | Green Day | G Cadd9 D Em7 |
| Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen | C Am F G E7 |
| Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley | C Am F G E7 |
| Have I Told You Lately | Van Morrison/Rod Stewart | C Em F G |
| Have You Ever Seen The Rain | CCR | C G FAm |
| Here Comes the Sun | The Beatles | D G A7 F C E |
| Hey Joe | Jimi Hendrix | C G D A E |
| Hey Jude | The Beatles | D A A7 G C |
| Hey There Delilah | Plain White T's | C Em Am G F |
| Hotel California | Eagles | Am E7 G D F... |
| House of the Rising Sun | The Animals | Am C D F E |
| Hurt | Johnny Cash | Am C D F |
| I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) | The Proclaimers | G C D |
| I'm Yours | Jason Mraz | G D Em C |
| Imagine | John Lennon | C F Am Dm G... |
| Island in the Sun | Weezer | Em Am D G C |
| I Want It That Way | Backstreet Boys | Em G C D |
| I Won't Back Down | Tom Petty | Em D G C |
| Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry | A5 D5 G5 |
| Jumpin' Jack Flash | The Rolling Stones | E G D A |
| King of the Road | Roger Miller | D G A |
| Knockin' On Heaven's Door | Bob Dylan | G D C Am |
| Knockin' On Heaven's Door | Bob Dylan | G D C Am |
| Leaving on a Jet Plane | John Denver | G C D |
| Let It Be | The Beatles | C G Am F |
| Lucky | Jason Mraz/Colbie Caillat | C Am Dm G... |
| Margaritaville | Jimmy Buffet | D G A D7 |
| Me and Bobby McGee | Janis Joplin | G G7 C D7 |
| Nobody Knows You | Eric Clapton | C E7 A7 Dm F... |
| No Woman No Cry | Bob Marley | C Am F |
| Oh, Pretty Woman | Roy Orbison | Riff |
| Over The Rainbow | Judy Garland | G Em Bm C... |
| Paint It Black | The Rolling Stones | Dm A C F G |
| Peaceful Easy Feeling | Eagles | G D A Em |
| People Are Strange | The Doors | Em Am B7 G |
| Perfect | Ed Sheeran | G C D Em |
| Puff the Magic Dragon | Peter Paul & Mary | G Bm C Em A7 |
| Radioactive | Imagine Dragons | Am C G D |
| Redemption Song | Bob Marley | G Em C Am |
| Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash | G C D |
| Riptide | Vance Joy | Am G C |
| Rocky Raccoon | The Beatles | Am7 D7 G7 C |
| Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) | The Rolling Stones | E A B7 D |
| Seven Bridges Road | Eagles | D C G |
| Seven Nation Army | White Stripes | E G D C B A |
| Sign of the Times | Harry Styles | F Dm C C7 Bb |
| Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding | G B7 C A E F |
| Smoke on the Water | Deep Purple | |
| Stitches | Shawn Mendes | Am G C F |
| Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond | A D E |
| Sweet Child O' Mine | Guns N Roses | D C G A |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd | D C G - Riff @ 20:55 |
| Take It Easy | Eagles | G C D Em Am... |
| Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver | G D Em C D7 F |
| The Dance | Garth Brooks | G D C Em |
| The First Cut Is the Deepest | Sheryl Crow | A D E G |
| The Weight | The Band | G Bm C D |
| Three Little Birds | Bob Marley | A D E |
| Tracks of My Tears | Smokey Robinson | G C D Em |
| Unwell | Matchbox 20 | G Cadd9 Em D |
| Vincent | Don McLean | G C Am D Em... |
| Wagon Wheel | Darius Rucker/Old Crow | G D Em C |
| When I'm Gone (Cups) | Anna Kendrick | C F Am G Dm |
| When You Say Nothing At All | Alison Krauss/Keith Whitley | G D C |
| Who'll Stop the Rain | CCR | G C D Em Am... |
| Wild Thing | Troggs/Jimi Hendrix | A D E |
| Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | Em G A C D |
| Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton | G D C Em |
| Wonderwall | Oasis | Em G D A C |
| You Are My Sunshine | Johnny Cash | A D E |
| You Can't Always Get What You Want | The Rolling Stones | C F D |
Easy Beginner Guitar Songs
Wondering which songs are considered easier to play on guitar? Look no further than these famous hits listed above. These chart-toppers are relatively simple to play in terms of required chords and strumming patterns. They’re also fun, especially on guitar! In fact, when you meet up with fellow guitar players and other musicians, chances are they’ll already know many of these same songs. Also, whether you wish to play these easy beginner songs on acoustic or electric six-string guitar makes no difference. They’re played the same way.
When you start learning to play guitar, you probably don’t know what songs are good for beginners unless of course you play another instrument like piano for example. Knowing how to play virtually any other musical instrument will certainly lend itself to your ability to learn guitar. In other words, it all helps, especially when it comes to applying music theory to guitar-playing.
Most beginner guitar players first learn to play the chords G C D and Em (minor). With these relatively easy chords you’ll be able to play hundreds of song. While lots of songs entail more chords, when strting out it’s okay to ignore some of the more difficult chords temporarily. Many times doing so doesn’t affect the integrity of a song. The song just won’t sound as good as it could.