Beginner Songs Suggestions

[Stephanie]

Check this link for literally hundreds of songs suitable for beginner guitarists:
http://www.tdknights.com/trea/songs/

And thanks to Trigger_003 for compiling the above list.



Alrighty, every day theres always a new thread with the question
'I've just started playing guitar and was wondering what are some easy to songs to play? blah blah blah'

So all those who want to post some basic songs please place them hear and all those who are looking for the 'beginner' stuff have a look around in here. Hopefully this will be of some convenience to all.
Thank you.

Some songs i've learnt/learning (on acoustic i play them)
smells like teen spirit - Nirvana
Good Riddance - Greenday
Chemical Heart - Grinspoon
7 Nation Army - The White Stripes

[crazymonkey]

7 nation army is good but since its drop tuned b/g it makes it a bit difficult

[jspr]

Aerials - System Of A Down
Unintended - Muse
Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous - Good Charlotte

[Justanotherdude]

Swing Swing _ All american Rejects
Adams song _ Blink 182
Feeling this_ Blink 182
Stay together for the kids _ blink 182
Pretty much anything by blink 182 is easy

california _ Phantom Planet
Hanging By a moment _ lifehouse
hey yah _ Outkast
burn one down _ BEn harper (kinda tricky but not really)
pirate _ rufio (should be your goal :cool: )

[JoJo T. Magnifficnet]

i found most of the songs i tried prett easy, under the bridge was the first song i ever learnt (im self taught and have no other musical exprience). if i had to give one begginer song, id probably pick feeder-insomnia. cool song.

[artificial infection]

Nirvana - Polly
RHCP - Californication
Green Day - Basket Case

[punkrockd00d]

third eye blind - semi charmed life
(easiest song ever.)

[Morning_Glory]

erm, crazy monkey, seven nation army, is not drop tuned, it is tuned to open G tuning which means you only have to tune 2 of your strings up by one step.

How the hell did you come up with it being played in drop b/g ?

Would you care to explain what this tuning is by the way ?

[Morning_Glory]

Very easy song to play -
Bad To The Bone, I dont know who actually sings this song but it is in open g tuning and is a piece of pie.

Also, easy acouastic song - Oasis - Songbird, only three chords, mostly just G and E minor.

[ipswichangus89]

AC/DC - Highway to hell the intro is pretty easy

[AvidCyanide]

Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
Knocking on Heavens Door - Bob Dylan

some pretty easy songs I learned as a beginner

[T-Web]

Black Sabbath-Iron man,paranoid, warpigs, into the void
ACDC-hells bells
all Nirvanas

[guitarded_chuck]

All Green Day.
All Misfits.
All Nirvana.
All Blink 182.
All Ramones.
And, of course, Eruption - Van Halen.

[openlens]

Some of the easiest songs to begin with are Pink Floyd.

[trem7]

i started out with blink 182 because i liked them but after a while it gets boring so i found i had to try harder songs and kept getting better, im self tought and used to play violin sax and my dad plays guitar so i guess all that music helped me

[JoJo T. Magnifficnet]

ive also been told stuff by disturbed is beginer stuff......... but id probly say its a bit more like advanced beginer. good stuff to thrash about and break stuff too :P . rise is a cool song, and mistress.

[relientk]

Some of the Switchfoot stuff is pretty easy. Like Meant To Live... once you get it down its smooth sailing from there. :)

[tonedef jd]

hendrix - wild thing is pretty easy

[TCsmartie]

The first "song" I learnt was ' In The Jungle' from The Lion King. lol. A D A E. lol.

[Razuu]

I've been playing for about 5 months. Some songs that I know and are pretty easy are:

System of a Down - Chop Suey
System of a Down - Suggestions
System of a Down - Roulette
Tool - Lateralus (intro)
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras (nice finger picking practice :) )
Metallica - One (intro)
Metallica - Fade to Black
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Taproot - I
Taproot - Poem
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Tom Petty - Runnin' Down a Dream (chorus is pretty easy)
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Nirvana - Come as you Are
Green Day - Time of your Life
Stone Temple Pilots - Creep
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Stone Temple Pilots - Pretty Penny
Gwar - Sick of You
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Weezer - Hash Pipe
Weezer - Island in the Sun
Finger Eleven - One Thing
Finger Eleven - Drag you Down
Finger Eleven - Good Times
Disturbed - Prayer (intro isn't that bad)
Pantera - Walk
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Otherside
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
Ben Harper - Burn One Down
Our Lady Peace - Stealing Babies (some barre chord practice)
Eric Clapton's version of Classical Gas (lol joking, although, I have learned the intro, which isn't way too tough, a little tricky, but very possible for a beginner if they keep at it)
Beach Boys - Wipeout

Ok WOW I didn't know I knew THAT many songs hahahaha, oh well, there's a nice list for all of the other beginners out there, hope that gives some of you something to practice :) If I think of any more, I'll add to the list. Keep rocking on and I have to say this.....I LOVE mxtabs freaking huge source of CORRECT tabs most of the time, definately the best tab site I know.

[StrikerSC]

Hey Stephanie!

It's cool to see another girl around here, especially one who is getting into guitar playing! Good luck to you on that.

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
Green Day - Brain Stew
Tom Petty - Free Falling
Semisonic - Closing Time

Feel free to message me or e-mail SpiralZen@aol.com if you need any extra help.

[EBS77]

Easiest song ever: Green Day- Brain Stew

[theRETARDETTE]

songs by weezer..........well for me it was......and theme songs are the easiest........oh yeah. and stairiway to heaven by led zepplin.......

[theRETARDETTE]

[QUOTE=StrikerSC]Hey Stephanie!

It's cool to see another girl around here, especially one who is getting into guitar playing! Good luck to you on that.[QUOTE]


...........you two aren't the only girls around here.........*ahem ahem*...............er................hey wait i think i no stephanie........i think.......wait........nevermind.......my braind fails me once again......... :wave:...........

[Jack-Nightmare]

Well im new at guitar and I started Sunday and it's now Thursday. I know about 3 songs. (Seven nation army, The batman theme song, and the twilight zone. Dunno if you'd count the last two.) I've been trying to learn Nirvana's Smells like teen spirit and im curios if you have any excersises for your fingers and stuff to make them more flexible. Thanks.

[Wickacha]

To Jack-Nightmare:
First I'd check out the lesson forum and check out the chromatics from hell lesson. it has great ways to improve your dexterity. Learn a few chords and practice strumming. Alternate pick (up,down,up,down) as much as you can. Pick some easy blinker songs and go nuts. Keep reading as much as you can with musician forums... it helps alot too.

[delcastillo]

Some of the easiest songs to begin with are Pink Floyd.
STFU :smash: :angry:

[Paul88guitar]

I have played half a year and I know the intro to classical gas, so the intro is not for the advanced.
But i suggest eric clapton - tears in heaven (very easy finger picking)
led zeppelin - stairway to heaven
and a song called spanish romance
http://w1.703.telia.com/~u70311906/gitarr/tab/den_ende.htm

[Paul88guitar]

STFU :smash: :angry:

thx 4 saying that, pink floyd rlz!!

[Johnny_Lee]

Tenacious D - One Note Song. :D

[guitargal228]

ive been playing for about 2 months now and some easyish songs are

good charlotte - the anthem
good charlotte - a new beginning
the darkness - i believe in a thing called love (da intro and chorus are easy but i
havent quite mastered the solos YET)
deep purple - smoke on the water
greenday - macys day parade

thats about all i can think of at the minute but ill update if i think of any more

[prisonerofsociety]

And, of course, Eruption - Van Halen.
Don't be mean

[Stephanie]

Behind blue eyes - Limp Bizkit
thats cool to play
I'm learning Here without you by 3 doors down but i dont know how the rhthym goes

[Medoosa]

Well I've been playing for about 4 days now, kind of slowing down becuase i sliced open my middle finger the other day, but still trying to play =)

The first songs i learnt was:
Radio - Alkaline Trio (Intro. is very easy)
California Here We Come - Phantom Planet (just get the beat of the song, when you do it sounds correct.)
Dinosaurs Will Die - NoFX
(oh yea!) Marry had a little lamb (LoL, dunno if that counts)

Hrm, thats about it really, most of them i have to look at the tabs and i can't stay all with the beat yet, but im getting closer everyday!

My advice from my 4 days of experience is have fun, motivation no matter what, and practice! practice! practice!

[StrikerSC]

It's Phantom Planet - California.

[Ivan Lee]

here's my contribution

The Clash - Should I stay or should I go
Green Day - When I come around
Green Day - Warning
Pixies - Debaser
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Pixies - La La Love You
Elastica - Annie
Elastica - Waking Up
The Dandy Warhols - If you were the last junkie on earth

[LTJ386]

Baset Case is relatively easy. Just listen to the song for rythem and timing.

[neckcutta]

two words.... Marilyn Manson

[ZeppelinPilot]

razuu, u said that u can play wipe out by the beach boys...... its by the safaris, not the beachboys.

[Clown_Pants]

marilyn manson - sweet dreams
marilyn manson - coma white
marilyn manson - god eat god
marilyn manson - beuitful people
system of a down - chop suey
system of a down - prison song
nirvana - school
nirvana - smells like teen spirit
nirvana - bloom
nirvana - come as you are
murderdolls - 197666
murderdolls - love at first fright
metallica - enter sandman
black sabbath - paranoid
AFI - god called in sick today
blink 182 - small things
godsmack - voodoo

[guitargal228]

blink 182 r ok nd gc - lifestyles of the rich nd famous (easy ****)

[thatwillbeagreenday]

Green Day - Minority is simple....as long as you can chord change quickly....

[PSYtroope]

HoobaStank - The Reason

LostProphets - We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan

Metallica - Sanitarium

[r.j.j.]

Some of the songs that I can play or try to play after 2 weeks:
Things that I can do:
*Eagles - Hotel california
*Oasis - Wonderwall
*All blink :)
*Green Day - ...you know the one :p
*Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
*Nirvana
*The white stripes
*maybe some more
Things that I can't really do yet, mostly cos of the solo/picking whatever:
*Red hot chilli peppers - Californication and under the bridge (I still find the flipping intros and all hard, because I don't really know where to put my fingers and all.. (any help pwease? :))
*Loads more :p
Bet all my bands have allready been listed, cos I haven't read the whole thread.

[Penetranzbestie]

nofx - new happy birthday song (nice song to play at someones birthday, funny lyrics :) )
a new found glory - hit or miss
the hives - die, all right
lagwagon - know it all
weezer - island in the sun
offspring - self esteem
liam lynch - united states of whatever :)


these are some songs i've learned so far and i find to be pretty easy. and i play guitar for about 2 months, so if i can do them, anyone can :thumb:

[JoJo T. Magnifficnet]

16 volt songs are generally really simple, an yet still sound cool, esp. keep sleeping, everyday everything and happy pill

[LTJ386]

Green Day - Minority is simple....as long as you can chord change quickly....

The intro is a bit hard.

[iky_b00]

easiest song of all time would be "Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl"

[Mayonnaise]

Sorry if these have been said already but Sum 41 the Hell Song (not including solo) is a piece of piss and also not including the solo- Fell On Black Days by Soundgarden (the rhythm stuff) is also pretty easy

[big80smullet]

Creep and Karma Police are real easy to play and sound kinda hard. U have to know chords though

[MrrClean]

All nirvana songs are pretty easy, almost only powerchords and easy solos

[-LunaTiK-]

aight heres a few that i 1st learnt,so if i can play em,ne1 could:

one-metallica
blind-korn(didnt get the tunin rite but i did learn it)
smells like teen spirit-nirvana
chop suey-system of a down
anything from blink 182,bloodhound gang,icp(if u cant play any of their **** u should b shot)

thats all i can think of for now

[neckcutta]

aight heres a few that i 1st learnt,so if i can play em,ne1 could:

one-metallica
blind-korn(didnt get the tunin rite but i did learn it)
smells like teen spirit-nirvana
chop suey-system of a down
anything from blink 182,bloodhound gang,icp(if u cant play any of their **** u should b shot)

thats all i can think of for now

haha, yes u should recieve a most painful death

[Penetranzbestie]

who's icp?



the distillers - the hunger

is easy, too

[Stephanie]

who's icp?



the distillers - the hunger

is easy, too

i think icp stands for
Insane Clown Pozzi

A freakish shock rock gothic band.
Stay away from that music :evil:

[The gummer drummer]

k... theres soooo many songs that i know here.... but... ive never taken a lesson... and the only times i can play r when i steal my bro's guitar.... so i know the beginning of nothing else matters.... and i can play seven nation army... and smoke on the water... can any1 tell me some songs that r ez like those? cz i really cant go to every tab and try to play it cz i dont have time.... thnx pplz

[neckcutta]

to stephanie:

its insane clown posse. and to get off subject for a bit, please dont describe them unless you have any clue as to what type of music they are. that's all....

[toshoffthebill]

been learning for bit more than 2 weeks so far iv learnt:
nirvana - rape me, teen spirit, come as you are, in bloom
marylin manson -sweet dreams
metallica - enter sandman
incubus - megalomaniac (only intro so far!)
green day - brainstew
all obviously pretty easy all power chords or easy notes

[ThisCaucasianLovesTool]

Dont play other peoples music! PLAY YOUR OWN! :thumb: I am happy to say I dont know one entire song and I have definately been playing long enough to know at least one easy one! (2 years) I play my own Sh*t and I own cuz I took the time from learning gay songs to figure things out on my own!

[flyhalf]

If you got the hang of and getting tired of blink 182, try some of The Living End. Their music is a bit of a step up (it has solos :D ), in fact i'd say it sounds a bit similar to Nirvana except a bit faster paced.

System of a Down is actually pretty easy (learnt it sight reading), it's just the whole hassle of getting the guitar tuning right that i don't like :angry: but the point is that it is easy to play and sounds like you can actually play :p

[big80smullet]

for system of a down just drop D your guitar it sounds the same just one semitone higher. It only matters if your gonna do like performances of it or something.
My easy songs are:
Incubus-wish you were here (not really normal chords or timing but listen and itll be fine. Mega easy fingering)
Metallica-nothing else matters (if your struggling with the verse like i did just play Em D C then the ---320--- bit. its the rhythm bit that no one ever tabs out)

Um the only advice i can give is learn chords fast. Practice them untill your fingers are bloody stumps cause i didnt learn chords straight away and even now at 1.5 years of playing i cant do Cs perfectly. yeah C is a bitch of a chord

[Idyll]

I gotta say that i dont believe half of you when you say you can play 10 songs after 2 weeks. I'd love to hear some actual recordings because i remember after two weeks of playing i thought i could play about 20 riffs from michael jackson to Rhcp. But now after 9 months of playing i've realised my tone was rubbish and the rhythm terrible. I've been playing for 9 months and i'm now working on consolodating all that i know and perfecting it.

[I play a squier]

Blink 182 - Dammit
Blink 182 - All The Small Things

[Stephanie]

I gotta say that i dont believe half of you when you say you can play 10 songs after 2 weeks. I'd love to hear some actual recordings because i remember after two weeks of playing i thought i could play about 20 riffs from michael jackson to Rhcp. But now after 9 months of playing i've realised my tone was rubbish and the rhythm terrible. I've been playing for 9 months and i'm now working on consolodating all that i know and perfecting it.
*cheers break out from this side of the room* :lol:
I'm glad someone said that, its so true. I can only play about 4 riffs properly from start to end and have been playing for roughly 1 year , an 1hr a week :upset:

[Mr-Frak]

Metallica - One (intro)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
Greenday - Brainstew
Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fortune faded
Metallica - Enter the Sandman
Nirvana - Come as you are
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Ode To Joy
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Blink 182 - Adam Song
System of a Down - Metro
System of a Down - Spiders (intro)

[I dont have one]

Freedom by Rage against the machine
like a stone by audio slave

[PLaNKPaYNE666]

most nirvana is pretty easy
oh yeah for a bit more attitude marilyn manson is absolutly beginner but sounds hard to play so i advise playin some manson!

shibba dibba dee dee hoo la la la see ka matta matta fara lee lee

[guitargirl182]

I've been playing for about 5 months. Some songs that I know and are pretty easy are:

System of a Down - Chop Suey
System of a Down - Suggestions
System of a Down - Roulette
Tool - Lateralus (intro)
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras (nice finger picking practice :) )
Metallica - One (intro)
Metallica - Fade to Black
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Taproot - I
Taproot - Poem
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Tom Petty - Runnin' Down a Dream (chorus is pretty easy)
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Nirvana - Come as you Are
Green Day - Time of your Life
Stone Temple Pilots - Creep
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Stone Temple Pilots - Pretty Penny
Gwar - Sick of You
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Weezer - Hash Pipe
Weezer - Island in the Sun
Finger Eleven - One Thing
Finger Eleven - Drag you Down
Finger Eleven - Good Times
Disturbed - Prayer (intro isn't that bad)
Pantera - Walk
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Otherside
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
Ben Harper - Burn One Down
Our Lady Peace - Stealing Babies (some barre chord practice)
Eric Clapton's version of Classical Gas (lol joking, although, I have learned the intro, which isn't way too tough, a little tricky, but very possible for a beginner if they keep at it)
Beach Boys - Wipeout

Ok WOW I didn't know I knew THAT many songs hahahaha, oh well, there's a nice list for all of the other beginners out there, hope that gives some of you something to practice :) If I think of any more, I'll add to the list. Keep rocking on and I have to say this.....I LOVE mxtabs freaking huge source of CORRECT tabs most of the time, definately the best tab site I know.


i dunt belive you you only played for 5 months...lair
anyway
easy songs:pretty much anything by blink and 'basketcase'Green Day

[Stephanie]

i dunt belive you you only played for 5 months...lair
anyway
easy songs:pretty much anything by blink and 'basketcase'Green Day
I believe the guy. He never told us how much he practises - if he's practising 3 - 5 hours a day then he'd be able to play all that and more... dont put him down.



Some songs that are good to play:
She hates me by Puddle of Mud
Everbody hurts - R.E.M
The Middle - Jimmy eat world (except for the solo..ouch)
****it - Blink 182
Good Riddance - Green Day (just strumming chords)
She's only happy in the sun - Ben Harper
Behind blue eyes - Limp Bizkit
Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana
Are you happy now & Everywhere - Michelle Branch

Thats all i can think of right now. Enjoy people

[PuritanicalUphoricMysanthropia]

those are all the good ones, easy beginner stuff also weezers undone- the sweater song

[DaveDerykDavies]

7 nation army is good but since its drop tuned b/g it makes it a bit difficult

7 nation army can be played entirely on the A string in standard tuning:

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3333333355555555

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-9-9-12-9-7-5-4-
-9-9-12-9-7-5-4-
-9-9-12-9-7-5-4-
-7-7-10-7-5-3-2-
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I dont know the solo but it sounds fine without

[DaveDerykDavies]

Smoke On The Water (Main riff) - Deep Purple
Sleep Now In The Fire (without solo) - RATM
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Easy Target - Blink 182
Happy Holidays, You Bastard - Blink 182
Brain Stew - Green Day
Somethings Going On 'A'

[guitargirl182]

I believe the guy. He never told us how much he practises - if he's practising 3 - 5 hours a day then he'd be able to play all that and more... dont put him down.



Some songs that are good to play:
She hates me by Puddle of Mud
Everbody hurts - R.E.M
The Middle - Jimmy eat world (except for the solo..ouch)
****it - Blink 182
Good Riddance - Green Day (just strumming chords)
She's only happy in the sun - Ben Harper
Behind blue eyes - Limp Bizkit
Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana
Are you happy now & Everywhere - Michelle Branch

Thats all i can think of right now. Enjoy people


i'll belive him if he posts a recording

[PLaNKPaYNE666]

i found most of the songs i tried prett easy, under the bridge was the first song i ever learnt (im self taught and have no other musical exprience). if i had to give one begginer song, id probably pick feeder-insomnia. cool song.
do you mean somethin in the way by nirvana, if not what song do you mean?

oh yeah good songs to learn r like nu-metal bands like murderdolls korn etc..
but in some cases u may have to use different tunings
also, to make it even easier, drop the lowest (soundin) E-string to D and a power chord will now be a double stop
for example if it was a power chord on the third fret on e and 1st fret on a, in drop d the equivalant will be e-3 & a-3 (well e is now d)
did that make ne sense????

[6Stringer]

Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
Over the Hills and Far Away-Led Zeppelin
Tangerine-Led Zeppelin
All Apologies-Nirvana

[sting-ray]

i'm sticking this so that we (hopefully) don't get a hundred threads about song suggestions.

[LoveBuzzed]

Thanks Sting-Ray :thumb:

[Stephanie]

I use to be under the username as Stephanie until i forgot my password and im glad this thread has been able to help out this forum.
Thanks sting-ray, your a legend

[stratmann]

I gotta say that i dont believe half of you when you say you can play 10 songs after 2 weeks. I'd love to hear some actual recordings because i remember after two weeks of playing i thought i could play about 20 riffs from michael jackson to Rhcp. But now after 9 months of playing i've realised my tone was rubbish and the rhythm terrible. I've been playing for 9 months and i'm now working on consolodating all that i know and perfecting it.

wow nine months u must really have perfect tone and rhythm by now..in another nine months you'll say the same thing about the way ur playing now

[sting-ray]

Thanks Sting-Ray :thumb:

no problem man.


I use to be under the username as Stephanie until i forgot my password and im glad this thread has been able to help out this forum.
Thanks sting-ray, your a legend

hey, no problem... this is a great thread for this forum :thumb:

[Zep_fan]

Some of the easiest songs to begin with are Pink Floyd.
Some of the hardest songs out there are by pink floyd, I think I would stick with the Beatles or "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple

[ThisGuy]

I'll say anything that is punk is easy to play. It's usually just a bunch of powerchords.

[ne_zx]

ive been playing for about a week, and the first thing i played was the intro to nothing else matters...its egbe, all open...ummm aerials, the bass part at least, atwa is what im working on now, uhhh 7 nation army is ez as heck

[inzoney]

If your pretty new at playing I would recommend some old rockabilly. It's pretty basic but can be a lot of fun to play and provides a great base to build on. From there you can go any direction you want. It can be simple on one hand but can become pretty involved with elements of blues, rock, and jazz. Some of the best players in the world cut their teeth on rockabilly.

[Violence]

do you mean somethin in the way by nirvana, if not what song do you mean?




He means Under The Bridge by RHCP

[maxie]

All Green Day.
All Misfits.
All Nirvana.
All Blink 182.
All Ramones.
And, of course, Eruption - Van Halen.
lol :lol: never saw that reply before. So you must have learned eruption as a begginer. Well I guess that would make you the greatest guitarist in the world since no other human being in this world can learn eruption as a begginer

[maxie]

Dont play other peoples music! PLAY YOUR OWN! :thumb: I am happy to say I dont know one entire song and I have definately been playing long enough to know at least one easy one! (2 years) I play my own Sh*t and I own cuz I took the time from learning gay songs to figure things out on my own!
Dude take it easy its the begginers forum

[Deranged_Drummer15]

Anyone know of a song with two guitars that is really easy? Lookin for a song to play with my friends. Thanks in advance! :thumb:

[guitar dude]

All Green Day.
All Misfits.
All Nirvana.
All Blink 182.
All Ramones.
And, of course, Eruption - Van Halen.

Eruption thats funny. Eddie rules :lol:

[guitar dude]

Easiest song ever: Green Day- Brain Stew

I agree very easy song

[guitar dude]

Behind blue eyes - Limp Bizkit
thats cool to play
I'm learning Here without you by 3 doors down but i dont know how the rhthym goes

Behind blue eyes is not easy. But if ya wan't to try it finger pick.

[guitar dude]

metallica - enter sandman


The intro is easy but the solo give it up.

[guitar dude]

polly by nirvana :wave: :wave:

[Timstar]

Iron Maiden - Number of the beast main riff
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark main riff
They sound really cool :)
Intro from Hallowed be thy name

[Internal Decay]

Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box (and pretty much everything else)
Pretty much ANY punk; Especially the Sex Pistols
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
System Of A Down - ATWA
S.O.A.D - Chop Suey
S.O.A.D - Aerials
S.O.A.D - Roulette

[Next BIG thing]

Ive been playin 5 months now, well the first son i learnt was Master of puppets by metallica but that might be a bit to hard, stick with Smoke on the Water, 7nation army,brain stew and maybe even crazy train if ur up for a challenge, im learning solos now and i know how it feels to do all this boring easy stuff just take it slow and u will be like me:)

[stratmann]

Ive been playin 5 months now, well the first son i learnt was Master of puppets by metallica but that might be a bit to hard, stick with Smoke on the Water, 7nation army,brain stew and maybe even crazy train if ur up for a challenge, im learning solos now and i know how it feels to do all this boring easy stuff just take it slow and u will be like me:)
wow u must be good if we should look up to you man, 5 months of playing wow... nice

[pillowcasecrazy]

i am having trouble singing and playing my guitar at the same time

does anyone have any tips...

[MAIDENCANADA]

the first song i learned FULL including the solos(terribly slow though) i learned Iron Maiden - Aces High

[maxiee]

Ive been playin 5 months now, well the first son i learnt was Master of puppets by metallica but that might be a bit to hard, stick with Smoke on the Water, 7nation army,brain stew and maybe even crazy train if ur up for a challenge, im learning solos now and i know how it feels to do all this boring easy stuff just take it slow and u will be like me:)
Wow it must have taken a while to learn both solos huh and the fast riffs

[code of energy]

green day-when i come around is easy to play and you can learn something from it

[Stilborg]

Hi... i've played for 6months by now, here is what i consider easy:
Nothing else matter - metallica
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam ( only 4 chords )
Any danish band
One last breath - Creed
Smoke on the water - Deep Purple
Whispering at the tup of my lungs - Tim Christensen ( Danish )
Seven nation army - White stripes
Be like that - 3 doors down
No woman no cry - Bob Marley
Everbody hurts - REM
Save tongiht - Eagle eye cherry
One - Metallica ( Intro )
Unforgiven - Metallica ( Intro )
Time of your life - Green Day
Moviethemes

[pennyroyaltea10]

If your a beginner and want a song thats easy Black Sabbath-iron man
heres the intro
all played on the E thats the lowest sound

0 3 3 5 5 878787 33 55
remember all on string closest to you unless your lefty using a right guitar it would be the farthest away from you

[Darkness_to_come]

The songs you should start off with whern your a beginner is :
Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
The Sex Pistols - God save the queen
Alice Cooper - Poison
Nirvana - Come as you are.
Korn - Blind
Metallica - Mama said
Metallica - Fade to black
White Stripes - 7 nation army
rhcp - Paralell Universe
SOAD - Chop Suey

thats my choices

[live_by_rock]

iv been playin for about a month, and some that are easy are:
The Strokes-12:51
White Stripes-7 Nation Army
The Simpsons theme tune (lol)
F1 theme tune

[gc_gilliam_v4.3]

I'm a begginer as well. I started last Christmas, and now I'm getting really good!
I started off learning:
Weatus - Teenage Dirtbag,
Limp Bizkit - Take A Look Around,
Nivana - Smells Like Teen Spirit,
Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You,
LOADS of Linkin Park!,
And now I'm trying Spineshank - New Desease (HARD!!!)

So....

... Yeah....

Help?

[grey]

sunshine of your love
the ultimate beginner song.

[Stephanie]

christmas songs are alright

..oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree

[dr_dro]

deftones- 7 words
system of a down- chopsuey
third eye blind- semi charmed life
better than ezra- good
stone temple pilots- plush
stephen speaks- passenger seat

...and of course any punk band that comes your way... if you're thinking about simple plan, pffft! you're better off with green day!!!

[hammett_head]

Aerials - System Of A Down
Unintended - Muse
Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous - Good Charlotte
unintended has a bass line??? i thought it was accoustic :confused:

[hammett_head]

ummm...ye, sorry ppl, i thought i was in the bass forum
boy do i feel stupid

[blinkrocker]

Well all beggining guitar players want to play easy songs right. I suggest these easy songs.

Green Day- Brain Stew
Most of Blink 182 :amaze:

[blinkrocker]

oh yeah I guess all green day is pretty easy

[Stephanie]

I went to a guitar lesson the other day and he asked what song i wanted to learn so i said 'Taylor by Jack Johnson' and he replied by saying 'thats easy ****'....
I was like this :amazed:
So i got up and left

Nah not really, he taught me it. its a great song to learn, a bit challenging though.

[Steff-Meister]

a lot of Linkin Park songs are pretty easy, especially In The End.
but the intro to "Bush - Chemicals Between Us" is easy, i can just play it over and over again because i can make it sound right :D

[SPuNouTGUy]

The list of songs I suggest (long list sorry, It's virtually everything I can play, me being nooby and all)
I. Chemical Heart –Grinspoon
II. Penetrate – Godhead
III. Seven Nation Army – White Stripes
IV. Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
V. **** Straight – Grinspoon
VI. Hitchin’ a ride – Greenday
VII. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
VIII. Enter Sandman – Metallica
IX. Brainstew – Greenday
X. Bohemian Like You – Dandy Warhols
XI. Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz
XII. Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
XIII. Rape Me – Nirvana
XIV. Spybreak – Propellerheads
XV. Cold -Static-X
XVI. Been a Son - Nirvana
XVII. Gone Tomorrow – Grinspoon
XVIII. Forsaken –Disturbed (not hard)
XIX. Dandy Warhols – We used to be friends…* Sad Sigh * :(
XX. Love cats - ??? I dunno
XXI. Bullet Proof Cupid – Placebo
XXII. Body Crumbles – Dry Cell
XXIII. By the Way – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
XXIV. Bouncing off the walls again – Sugarcult
XXV. Adams Song – Blink 182
XXVI. Zebra – John Butler Trio
XXVII. Lost Control – Grinspoon
XXVIII. Sweet Dreams – Marrilyn Manson
XXIX. Scooby Doo! Where are you? – MXPX
XXX. Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
XXXI. Angel With the Scabbed Wings – Marrilyn Manson

They're all pretty easy but, hey, take it easy on me...

[r.j.j.]

The list of songs I suggest (long list sorry, It's virtually everything I can play, me being nooby and all)
I. Chemical Heart –Grinspoon
II. Penetrate – Godhead
III. Seven Nation Army – White Stripes
IV. Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
V. **** Straight – Grinspoon
VI. Hitchin’ a ride – Greenday
VII. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
VIII. Enter Sandman – Metallica
IX. Brainstew – Greenday
X. Bohemian Like You – Dandy Warhols
XI. Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz
XII. Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
XIII. Rape Me – Nirvana
XIV. Spybreak – Propellerheads
XV. Cold -Static-X
XVI. Been a Son - Nirvana
XVII. Gone Tomorrow – Grinspoon
XVIII. Forsaken –Disturbed (not hard)
XIX. Dandy Warhols – We used to be friends…* Sad Sigh * :(
XX. Love cats - ??? I dunno
XXI. Bullet Proof Cupid – Placebo
XXII. Body Crumbles – Dry Cell
XXIII. By the Way – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
XXIV. Bouncing off the walls again – Sugarcult
XXV. Adams Song – Blink 182
XXVI. Zebra – John Butler Trio
XXVII. Lost Control – Grinspoon
XXVIII. Sweet Dreams – Marrilyn Manson
XXIX. Scooby Doo! Where are you? – MXPX
XXX. Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
XXXI. Angel With the Scabbed Wings – Marrilyn Manson

They're all pretty easy but, hey, take it easy on me...

You just talking about the main riffs aye?
Cos the solo and all is **** hard... Enter Sandman for example :)

[Steff-Meister]

The list of songs I suggest (long list sorry, It's virtually everything I can play, me being nooby and all)
I. Chemical Heart –Grinspoon
II. Penetrate – Godhead
III. Seven Nation Army – White Stripes
IV. Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
V. **** Straight – Grinspoon
VI. Hitchin’ a ride – Greenday
VII. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
VIII. Enter Sandman – Metallica
IX. Brainstew – Greenday
X. Bohemian Like You – Dandy Warhols

what happened to good old fashion numbers? :rolleyes:

[CarolinaSweetheart]

undefinedHi... i've played for 6months by now, here is what i consider easy:
Nothing else matter - metallica
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam ( only 4 chords )
Any danish band
One last breath - Creed
Smoke on the water - Deep Purple
Whispering at the tup of my lungs - Tim Christensen ( Danish )
Seven nation army - White stripes
Be like that - 3 doors down
No woman no cry - Bob Marley
Everbody hurts - REM
Save tongiht - Eagle eye cherry
One - Metallica ( Intro )
Unforgiven - Metallica ( Intro )
Time of your life - Green Day
Moviethemes


Hey Can you kinda teach me over replies how to play Last Kiss cause my friend used to play it but he never showed my how, just reply me back...CarolinaSweetheart!!!

[AlanFromTheDSP]

hi i only been playing for 2 months now but these r the songs i now dat r easy;
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
Californication - RHCP
Otherside - RHCP
and stuff by my band the DSP ( Desert Storm Pandas)

:wave:

[Hilja]

I would say Enter Sandman by Metallica.

[surfblink68]

I gotta say that i dont believe half of you when you say you can play 10 songs after 2 weeks. I'd love to hear some actual recordings because i remember after two weeks of playing i thought i could play about 20 riffs from michael jackson to Rhcp. But now after 9 months of playing i've realised my tone was rubbish and the rhythm terrible. I've been playing for 9 months and i'm now working on consolodating all that i know and perfecting it.

That's the exact same position i am in...their are people on this forum saying that in 4 days they already know 3 or 4 songs....thats got to be Bull...because the first 4 days of guitar for me were sure as hell not like that....but anyway..i have been playing for about 8 monthis i think.... and im in the EXACT position as Idyll....because as u gain more experiance in guitar ur gonna learn more techniques like alternate picking and up and down strumming etc... I KNOW IF U'VE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR FOR EVEN 2 WEEKS...U DEFINITLEY HAVE NOT MASTERED THESE TECHNIQUES...I HAVNT EVEN MASTERED THEM

[capy1234]

easy songs that i know how to play (on acoustic guitar) are:
White stripes-seven nation army
iron man
shinedown-45

hope this helps a bit to all those who want some easy songs to play

[GarinStone]

I'm not at 3 and a half months yet, i know a good deal of songs... no really tough solos... unforgiven, one intro solo, smells like, californiacation, part of stairway and part of the outro to november rain. Its not bull to say that it can't be done, i think i'm a bit of an exception because if you practice as much as i do of course you're going to get good. Its all about the time you put in. there are no standards. Somebody can be playing for a year and shred like a maniac if they've been practicing 10 hours a day.

Good song for a mega beginner:
Take my breathe away by Berlin

[stacey.mk]

i've been playing guitar for about a year, im completely self taught, the first songs i learnt were iron man (black sabbath), and gay bar (electric six).

[Metallica3130]

The easiest beginner songs i would have to say are:

Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple

Iron Man - Ozzy

Come As You Are - Nirvana

[hottguitar]

Smoke on the water, sunshine of your love, brain stew, money by pink floyd, dammit, jingle bells some other crap

[epip]

i think metro by SOAD is easy?

[Stephanie]

Flake - Jack Johnson
Rodeo Clowns - Jack Johnson
Drive - Incubus
Intro of Zebra song - John Butler Trio


Groovy:D

[Notquiteright]

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Radiohead - Bulletproof

[skip]

stay by lisa loeb is pretty easy

[Dark]

Aerials - System Of A Down
Unintended - Muse
Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous - Good Charlotte
You got me back into my 6 string by ppostin Aerials by SoaD. I know take being a guitarist seriously. I thanky you too much for words friend. *bows to JSPR*

[EvilBen]

Buck rogers is dead easy and it teaches u to use power chords which r used in loads of songs! :D

smells like teen spirit is the best thing to progress to from this

[jspr]

You got me back into my 6 string by ppostin Aerials by SoaD. I know take being a guitarist seriously. I thanky you too much for words friend. *bows to JSPR*
Wow :D

[spywolf138]

yea, defintely Teen Spirit, also try Heart-shaped Box and Lithium

[Dark]

Wow :D
Seriously, your like a god to me. not really, but you are awesome to me ^_^;

[jspr]

Seriously, your like a god to me. not really, but you are awesome to me ^_^;
Allright, now bow for me and say 'I am not worthy' :p

Maybe a little bit offtopic...

[Dark]

No, we were talkin bout how you picked good beginner songs, and I was thanking you :D so, I'm off to learn more. byes

[Acoustic Man]

****....you all make me feel real bad. I been learning at home for about a year almost an now i come in here and feel like a fat noob....which i am!

I recommend Blitzkreig Bop by The Ramones

its as easy as gettin fat from eating KFC

[andrewts89]

jimi hendrix- national anthem
kansas- dust in the wind (youre my boy blue)

[cheeky_munki27]

im a 15 year old chic and i have been playing for 6 months, the first songs i learnt were:
adams song - blink 182
dammit - blink 182
other side - RHCP
smells like teen spirit - Nivana
I no its not much but i thought they were pretty easy

[innergoth]

running blind by godsmack is an easy but goody

[londondobbs]

under the bridge by the peppers and nothing else matters are easy

[Squirrel]

People should try some Misfits; theyre fun and easy.

[itsok2drink]

dig up her bones by the misfits is a fun/easy song to play :smoke:

[got thrice? xxBassistxx]

Alright, I didn't read through the whole thread so everything I list will probably have already been mentioned but oh well =P

These are the first songs I learned on guitar (in no particular order):


The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Jimi Hendrix - Wild Thing
The Brady Bunch Theme
Harry Potter Theme
Adams Family Theme
Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment
The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button
Green Day - Brain Stew
Phantom Planet - California
The Star-Spangled Banner
Incubus - Drive
The Beatles - Day Tripper
RHCP - Can't Stop
The Eagles - Hotel California
Pete Yorn - Undercover
Pearl Jam - Betterman


The best advice I can give to a beginner is to just play what you WANT to play so that you have fun with it. You learn a lot better that way. And it's ok to pick things that look challenging, you'll be surprised what a little practice can do =)

good luck

[cali_sk8er03]

Eruption- Van Halen o yeaaaaa!

[MrBrick]

All Acoustic:
Led Zeppelin-Tangerine
David Usher-St. Lawrence River
The Tragically Hip-Ahead By A Century
Abandoned Pools-Never(See my tab,coming soon, the other one is harder)
CCR- Have You Ever Seen The Rain

[Wally]

All Nirvana
All Green Day
All Blink 182
All Good Charlotte

Good luck learning guitar, its the coolest thing eva my friend!

[Wally]

Also sum ofspring dunno bout all tough have not looked?

[Yes,ImA_Noob]

ok i know im REALLY a noob but i'd like to know what does represent the numbers on the tabs

P.S. Don't Stay from linkin park is REALLY easy

[jspr]

ok i know im REALLY a noob but i'd like to know what does represent the numbers on the tabs

P.S. Don't Stay from linkin park is REALLY easy
How to read tabs (http://www.cyberfret.com/reading/internet-tab/index.php)

[1thrice1]

.....7 nation army is in open A tuning my friends...

[pokerace2007]

im a 15 year old chic and i have been playing for 6 months, the first songs i learnt were:
adams song - blink 182
dammit - blink 182
other side - RHCP
smells like teen spirit - Nivana
I no its not much but i thought they were pretty easy

hey im glad that there is another young kid on here...im also 15 and a huge noob...i suck really bad...the only full song i know is free fallin - tom petty...i suggest learning that...ive been playin for 2 weeks or so...im starting to learn what went wrong - blink 182...

[pokerace2007]

what are some easy songs not for electric but for acoustic...like really easy...cuz i need 'em!!! thank you

[Angus The Second]

id suggest any ACDC songs (exept thunder struck) because their mostley 3 chords, easy chords (you just stay at start position) and when you play them every body knows what it is the solos on the other hand...

[Punk15480]

word to all beginers: keep practicing all these songs andd you will reach what i like to call guitar zen. you will feel like you can play anything and you pretty much can too. ppl role their eyes wen they hear this but practice makes perfect. guitar isnt like sports where if you practice you stil might not get good caus your to fat or something with guitar practice is everything

[Against Miik!]

even thunderstruck is an easy song once you get the technuiqe down

[Angus The Second]

even thunderstruck is an easy song once you get the technuiqe down
that is true but as a beginer you might be sorta intemidated by it.i was until my buddy showd me what i was doing wrong and as a beginer you dont want to be skipping essentials and going straight to the harder stuff or youll progress very slow

[Joencrap]

stairway to heaven is alot of peoples first song and its great on acoustics, very easy and encorporates alot of techniques good for begininers to practice, plus it sounds good

[Angus The Second]

yes AND WHAT IS EVERY BODY'S PROBLEM WITH IT!? ITS AN AWSOME SONG!

[alphastrike]

First song i learned was smoke on the water, i even taught my mom that and she almost got it down.
it's that easy.

and i was wondering, is 96 quite bitter beings considered a beginner song?

[Guitarman4evr]

Happy holidays you bastar* is the easiest song ever

[black_and_white]

Punk Rock Princess - Something Corporate
Little Things - Good Charlotte

I've been playing for a few weeks, I can play Little Things but the tone needs more work. My friend taught me Punk Rock Princess last night and I've got the intro and verse. To start off with I printed out a few bass tabs cos they're easy. =)

:: goes back to lurking ::

[Speedhorn666]

Every1 should stop recommending easy punk 2 start on- all it does is give u bad picking habits

[Domino_guitar]

I think the easest song in THE WHOLE WORLD is Deep Purple - Smoke on the water it was m first song cuz im self taught but its still pretty aesome when you play it Jack Black style :)

[FakeReality]

Good Riddance - Green Day
Back in Black - Ac/dc
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Cant Stop - RHCP

[FakeReality]

First song i learned was smoke on the water, i even taught my mom that and she almost got it down.
it's that easy.

and i was wondering, is 96 quite bitter beings considered a beginner song?

It's kind of a beginner song...it's not that hard to play but to get that speed in the intro it might be a bit challenging for a beginner. I'd say its for someone playing 3-6 months. The verse is easy as anything though. That's for someone playing a couple days.

[lazzarus]

yes AND WHAT IS EVERY BODY'S PROBLEM WITH IT!? ITS AN AWSOME SONG!

everyones problem with stairway is it is played to death
it's still a good song but if you go anywhere with a guitar everyone asks you to play it, then, in my experience stop caring after the intro. Still it is a good song to learn. :thumb:

[rockforever1989]

the first song i learned to play was Breaking the Law by Judas Priest. Highway to Hell, Iron Man, You Shook Me All Night Long, I'm Eighteen, Heading out to the Highway, Paranoid, Electric Funeral, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, and Smoke on the Water are good songs to practice to start building muscle in your hands.

[Your Tourniquet]

Hi there :) I'm 14 and I've been playing for 10 months. The first songs I learned how to play were...

Marilyn Manson- The Beautiful People
Marilyn Manson- Disposable Teens
Marilyn Manson- mOBSCENE
Muse- Feeling Good
Muse- Newborn

Those songs are really easy and great to start off with :)

[Stephanie]

^ bit of a muse and marilyn manson fan are ya?

Honestly guys, Work on just the songs that have chords being strummed in them first.
you need to know the theory basics of a guitar before you can start learning solos etc so that hopefully you'll be able to do your own improvisation.
I create alot of songs off the top of my head with just easy chord progressions (G, D, em, C) its quite funny really, sitting round the campfire with my friends singing absolute ****. at least the guitar makes my song sound good.
Cheers everyone
love steph

[jspr]

Muse- Feeling Good
Muse- Newborn
There's no guitar part in Feeling Good, it's just piano, bass and drums(but yes, the bass part is easy).

I don't think New Born is a good beginner song(a bit too fast for someone playing a couple of days).

[scorchedguitar]

Down On the Corner- Creedance Clearwater Revival
Fortunate Son- Creedance Clearwater Revival
Brain Stew- Green Day
The Reason- Hoobastank
anyways good luck :thumb: :wave:

[scorchedguitar]

Any easy songs for 3 Doors Down, Creedance Clearwater Revival, maybe some easy Lynyrd Skynyrd? Anyways im looking o learn a couple more songs in the next few days. Anyways thanks.

[Left Face Down]

Anyways. Yall think you are young well im only 12. I've been playing for 3 and a half months. Some pretty easy things to learn for the whole song is, but i can play about 30 things ( songs):

Down On the Corner- Creedance Clearwater Revival
Fortunate Son- Creedance Clearwater Revival
Brain Stew- Green Day
The Reason- Hoobastank
anyways good luck :thumb:

A 12 yr. old on these forums.... hmmm... I can see the parents questioning where they get the colorful language from, and never finding out it was truelly guitar that was the root... It's all controlled by satan!

*Tries to add to thread*
..... ummm.. easy songs... ummm... lets see.... Blink!
*totally un-original*

[scorchedguitar]

Wait is that a good thing or bad?
:confused:

[slipend]

all i have to ay is BRAIN STEW by green day!!
there u go
if u cant play that u cant play anything

[BaRtA bOy]

Somoke On The Water!!
RHCP-By The Way
Blur-Song 2
Nirvana- The Man Who Sold The World
Blink 182- Adams Song

[marsh033]

last kiss by pearl jam and greenday brainstew

[gotbroke]

Hi hey this is a great site and as a guitar learner I have picked up heaps of great tips from you old hands. I am into playing mainly softer folkie/acoustic stuff like Jack Johnson, Donavon Frankenreiter, The Smiths (anyone remember them?) etc, but I also dig older alt rock: Dino Jr, Buffalo Tom, Sonic Youth, Throwing Muses, The Pixies, B52s as well as vintage Byrds, Stones etc. I am looking for simple songs that a guitar learner of a few months could practise on. Any suggestions? Cheers.

[Left Face Down]

Hi hey this is a great site and as a guitar learner I have picked up heaps of great tips from you old hands. I am into playing mainly softer folkie/acoustic stuff like Jack Johnson, Donavon Frankenreiter, The Smiths (anyone remember them?) etc, but I also dig older alt rock: Dino Jr, Buffalo Tom, Sonic Youth, Throwing Muses, The Pixies, B52s as well as vintage Byrds, Stones etc. I am looking for simple songs that a guitar learner of a few months could practise on. Any suggestions? Cheers.

Hmm... no I dun remember most of those, the first ones atleast... though the B52s music I've heard doesn't sound that hard, though I've nver looked at the tabs actually. Maybe look through their songs.

[krisbutt62]

one-metallica
fade to black-metallica
adams song-blink 182
chorus to i believe in a thing called love-the darkness
(!make up your own, fools!)

[krisbutt62]

A 12 yr. old on these forums.... hmmm... I can see the parents questioning where they get the colorful language from, and never finding out it was truelly guitar that was the root... It's all controlled by satan!

*Tries to add to thread*
..... ummm.. easy songs... ummm... lets see.... Blink!
*totally un-original*
hey man im only thirteen and ive been playin since dec.20 and i can play quite a bit

[justinjak13]

I have been playing guitar for about 2 months. Here is a list of songs that are easy. Most Songs don't include the solos
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Otherside
RHCP- Californication
RHCP- By the Way
RHCP- Can't Stop
RHCP- Suck My Kiss ( There are difficult parts and easy parts in the song)
RHCP- The Zephyr Song
RHCP- I could have Lied
RHCP- Mellowship Slinky in B Major ( intro)
RHCP- Purple Stain
RHCP- Pea (even though its on bass)
Deep Purple- Smoke on the Water
Incubus- Drive
Incubus- Talk Shows on Mute
Audioslave- Like a Stone
Green Day- Brainstew
Foo Fighters- Times Like These
Tom Petty- Free Fallin'
White Stripes- Seven Nation Army
Ted Nugent- Cat Scratch Fever
Blue Oyster Cult- The Reaper
Eye of the Tiger- CKY
Guns N Roses- Sweet Child o' Mine
Offspring- Pretty Fly for a white guy ( I think thats the name)
P. DIDDY- Bad Boys 4 life ( My very first song!)
USher- yeah
The Darkness- I believe in a thing called love (chorus)
Blink 182- Stay together for the kids
Simpsons- Theme song
Happy Birthday
James Bond Theme
Metallica- ONE ( intro)
3 Doors Down- Kryptonite

[SUPREMECY400at]

well id go with some metallica - one, enter sandman, and fade to black, sanitarium,unforgiven, seek and destroy,

and some random parts of songs i learned

wish you were here- pink floyd
tribute-tenacius d
stariway to heaven-led zeppelin
every green day song
escape from hellview-cky

those are some songs i learned oh yeah and learn the beginning to and justice for all, the interlude to master of puppets and the solo to fade to black (intro solo)
:)

[FakeReality]

Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana

Good Drop D song for beginners.

[jophess]

a beginer song would be any green day song, any blink 182 song and stairway to heaven

[Your Tourniquet]

Rammstein- Feuer Frei and Rammstein- Zwitter are good for dropped D

[iStartedPLayingYesterday]

wen u say "song" do u mean solo too...i mean wow playing some of these songs r like no sweat...but for a beginner like me (i started playing yesterday)...isn't it hard to lets say....do the metallica - one solo?(the long electric one towards the end)...but blink182 is like - isn't it boring strummng those power chords over and over?

[ska Guy]

well i think i just wanna have somthin to do by the ramones is really easy

[cobain_insane]

Nirvana:
The Man Who Sold The World (actually david bowie, but kurt does great with it)
Jesus Doesnt Want Me For A Sunbeam (intro is super easy, also not by kurt, but hey)
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Come As You Are
Polly
SOMETHING IN THE WAY (REALLY EASY!!! REALLY REALLY EASY!!!)

Thats to name a few Nirvana songs... i could go on, but i wanna get other ppl in too

ACDC:
Beatin' Around The Bush~ its super duper easy
Highway to Hell
You Shook Me All Night Long

Green Day:
ANYTHING

Blink182:
ANYTHING

The Clash:
London's Burning
Police and Thieves (especially the solo)
anything else

yup. too lazy to think. im 13... and a girl... what's so bad about being young, eh?

[NickyHIMfan]

Muse-
(on electric)

Newborn

(on acoustic)

Space Demenetia (although there's not really guitar in the song, the chords still go with it)

HIM-
(on acoustic guitar)

Please Don't Let It Go
The Funeral Of Hearts
Don't Close Your Heart
Heartache Every Moment
Close To The Flame
In Joy And Sorrow (good for introducing fingerpicking, same as For You)

(on electric)
Death Is In Love With Us
For You

Evanescence-
(acoustic)

Going Under
My Immortal

Iron Maiden-
(electric)

Run To The Hills
Fear Of The Dark

Metallica-
(acoustic)

Mama Said

(electric)
Fuel

[Cleric17]

Right now im playing "everything i do, i do it for you" by New Found Glory, i have a question, the symbol is "#" and it says that it equals bouble pick????, isn't it double pick and what exactly and how do you do a double pick, is it just up and down, im confused so if someone could answer this, it would be very much appreciated.
Thx

[fugazijap]

If you want to play folk all of donovans songs are pretty easy.

[fenderbeater08]

is anyone there??

[Custard Cream Man]

I noticed someone mentioned system of a down
don't you know that the play in CGCFAD?
if anyone is trying to learn anything in this tuning i recommend
-World so cold-Mudvayne
-Rise Inside-Killswitch Engage
-Aerials,Innervision,pictures-System of a down

if anyone can tell me of any other bands that play in this tuning please let me know

[NickyHIMfan]

Chop Suey's also played in CGCFAD tuning and is quite easy so I recommend it.

[bigac]

him. hhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh hhhhhhhaaaaaaha!

[NickyHIMfan]

him. hhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh hhhhhhhaaaaaaha!
Something amusing?...

[punk86]

i've just started playing and i found an easy song to learn is blue oyster cult's don't fear the reaper :)

[enigmafreak]

try theme tunes if u are just startin..that wat i did..the simpson's is the best

[Budz02]

7 Nation Army- White Stripes
Iron Man- Black Sabbath
Highway to Hell- Ac/Dc
Smoke on the Water- Deep Purple

[DavidGilmour_Wannabe]

A lot of Neil Young's songs are pretty easy and fun to play...

Cinamon Girl
Hey Hey My My
Heart of Gold
From Hank to Hendrix

Same thing for Pearl Jam...

Wishlist
The Long Road
Thin Air

[Good_Charlotte#1Fan]

U guys learn so fast. how...

[PowerRiff45]

Santana-Oye Come Va
Alot of AC/DC

[billy_joe]

seven nation army - white stripes
about a girl - nirvana
anything greenday
anything blink 182

[RahXephoN]

the easiest song for me was alkaline trio - radio, sounds very good and its easy and fun to play

[RahXephoN]

word to all beginers: keep practicing all these songs andd you will reach what i like to call guitar zen. you will feel like you can play anything and you pretty much can too. ppl role their eyes wen they hear this but practice makes perfect. guitar isnt like sports where if you practice you stil might not get good caus your to fat or something with guitar practice is everything

LMAO :lol: its like UGH, i cant play, my fingers always break the bridge.... yeah thats true cuz i have been practicing and i fell like i can pretty much play anything with practice..... im even trying the blitzkrieg song from yngwie malmsteen, which isnt hard but its a pain in the butt to remember all of the notes in it

[Sc00t]

Atomic - Blondie

[cheeky_munki27]

map of your head - muse
Pretty much all picking...repeat the same thing the whole way through

[ctmjrhoops]

Stand By Me - John Lennon

all it is is chords

C, Am, F, G7 repeat

easy as hell

[FairyPunk]

U guys learn so fast. how...


Well with a hell of alot of practice :thumb: and another thing, guitarists never stop learning i've been playing for a few years now an had the same guitar teacher for a few years now an even reading through the books he taught me from i still learn something new it just takes time to learn and alot of patience and alot ofn pain in your fingers(not for very long)!I play 24/7 except when i'm in school! I should point out another thing to beginners
playing the same thing all the time wont get you anywhere, take for instance when i practise i practise different things like say for 1 hour i might practise chords, for another i might practise a bit of fingerpicking etc it helps you to get better if you break up the practise time into little sections and play different songs which will help you when you wanna learn other songs and start playing the chords slowly and play em faster as you get better blablabla! :thumb:

[justinjak13]

U guys learn so fast. how...
Most of the tabs are not how the artist really plays the song. So when beginners play a song they think they are really playing it, but the are really playing an easier version. Also, they just get a few riffs from the song, not the whole song. They don't play the songs perfectly either. They probably play it slower than it really is. I'm not trying to sound like an expert, cuz i am a beginner.

[cheeky_munki27]

what are some really easy blink 182 songs??

[Hadji]

what are some really easy blink 182 songs??
just name a blink 182 song.


there is your easy blink182 song.

[CyCoPuNk]

Well im new at guitar and I started Sunday and it's now Thursday. I know about 3 songs. (Seven nation army, The batman theme song, and the twilight zone. Dunno if you'd count the last two.) I've been trying to learn Nirvana's Smells like teen spirit and im curios if you have any excersises for your fingers and stuff to make them more flexible. Thanks.

Well i started about a month ago and i have found that nothing helps more than actually playing the song over and over. when i started my fingers were weak and hard to get to the right string and fret but now i can play tons of songs Quickly.

oh and some easy songs are:
SOJH: Happy Fun Song
Greenday: brainstew
Greenday: when i come around
Nirvana: Smells like teen spirit
Lit: My own worst enemy
AC/DC: Back in black
and most of Social Distortion

[hulajulajive]

I'm noticing a lot of electric songs that are easy..but does anyone know of some fairly easy acoustic songs? Thanks :p

[NickyHIMfan]

I'm noticing a lot of electric songs that are easy..but does anyone know of some fairly easy acoustic songs? Thanks :p
Many many HIM songs are really easy acoustically, so just look at the list I posted on the previous page. :thumb:

Also Silverchair-Ana's Song (Open Fire) is really easy to play and it's acoustic. :)

[KJTheGuitarLovingChick]

O.o *blink, blink..* I'm looking for the total newb Thred I'm talking the place for the people so new that they don't know how to read tabs yet....... *blush* :">

[KJTheGuitarLovingChick]

so any one who could possibly help... your help is welcome.... yeah...... *sighs*

[NickyHIMfan]

O.o *blink, blink..* I'm looking for the total newb Thred I'm talking the place for the people so new that they don't know how to read tabs yet....... *blush* :">
Go to here: Tab Explanations (http://www.mxtabs.net/content.php?file=Reading_Guitar_and_Bass_Tabs) :) Any other questions?

[Mayonnaise]

Ooooh go Nicky, you teacher, you ;), once you've learnt to read tab, you'll undoubtedly want a chord list, so here's a good one, the MX one disappeared a long time ago... http://www.guitartabs.cc/fetchurl.php?filename=/m/misc/every_guitar_chord.crd and, anything else, make a seperate thread and ask, I'm sure anyone who sees will be glad to help. :)

[NickyHIMfan]

Ooooh go Nicky, you teacher, you ;)
:p ;)

[Azeon]

Dammit - Blink 182

lil fast, but bloody easy!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: 5 thumbs up :lol:

[Commander Cool]

AC/DC - Highway To Hell
The Troggs - Wild Thing

Both very easy. The first song I learned.

[rush_2112_mr.slow hands]

start with stuff like white stripes, blink 182, and nirvana, they are really easy to learn and play, then work your way up from there

[Xthajesta]

ive also been told stuff by disturbed is beginer stuff......... but id probly say its a bit more like advanced beginer. good stuff to thrash about and break stuff too :P . rise is a cool song, and mistress.
depends on what you learning and if your learning it the way dan donagan plays it cuz if your learning it his way its more.. intermidiate.. to advanced stuff.. he's a pretty good guitarist ><

[fisQar]

Crossroads by Eric Clapton, fun and pretty easy if you put some work into it!

[darco9x2]

Very easy song to play -
Bad To The Bone, I dont know who actually sings this song but it is in open g tuning and is a piece of pie.

Also, easy acouastic song - Oasis - Songbird, only three chords, mostly just G and E minor.

zz top played it first. also, the stairway to heaven intro is extremely easy, listen to the song to get the tempo.

[bumskin]

Seven nation army..the note version not the powerchord one.

One that no one ever seems to suggest:

I Want You by Danko Jones

One Moving powerchord and 3 individual notes but sounds the shiznit if you play along with the song. First song I learnt and felt chuffed...

[ElectricUFO]

I've been playing for about 5 months. Some songs that I know and are pretty easy are:

System of a Down - Chop Suey
System of a Down - Suggestions
System of a Down - Roulette
Tool - Lateralus (intro)
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras (nice finger picking practice :) )
Metallica - One (intro)
Metallica - Fade to Black
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Taproot - I
Taproot - Poem
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Tom Petty - Runnin' Down a Dream (chorus is pretty easy)
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Nirvana - Come as you Are
Green Day - Time of your Life
Stone Temple Pilots - Creep
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Stone Temple Pilots - Pretty Penny
Gwar - Sick of You
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Weezer - Hash Pipe
Weezer - Island in the Sun
Finger Eleven - One Thing
Finger Eleven - Drag you Down
Finger Eleven - Good Times
Disturbed - Prayer (intro isn't that bad)
Pantera - Walk
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Otherside
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
Ben Harper - Burn One Down
Our Lady Peace - Stealing Babies (some barre chord practice)
Eric Clapton's version of Classical Gas (lol joking, although, I have learned the intro, which isn't way too tough, a little tricky, but very possible for a beginner if they keep at it)
Beach Boys - Wipeout

Ok WOW I didn't know I knew THAT many songs hahahaha, oh well, there's a nice list for all of the other beginners out there, hope that gives some of you something to practice :) If I think of any more, I'll add to the list. Keep rocking on and I have to say this.....I LOVE mxtabs freaking huge source of CORRECT tabs most of the time, definately the best tab site I know.
I agree love mxtabs... learned many songs

[ElectricUFO]

As a beginner (only been playing 2 months) Ii've learned the following:
No Doubt- Just a Girl
No Doubt- Excuse Me Mister
White Stripes- 7 Nation Army
Franz Ferdinand- Take Me Out
The Killers- Mr Brightside
The Strokes- Reptilia
The Strokes- What Ever Happened?
The Cure- Boys Dont Cry
Linkin Park- Dont Stay
Right Now Learning– Led Zeppelin- Stairway To Heaven

so as a beginner i suggest these songs... they were easy to learn

[dawnofthemaggot]

my 1st song was

smells like teen spirit * nirvana

im not a big fan of them an all, but its a great song to learn and to work practicing mutes, and speed.. i recomend it.. a lot

:thumb:

[Angus Young008]

to stephanie:

its insane clown posse. and to get off subject for a bit, please dont describe them unless you have any clue as to what type of music they are. that's all....
neckcutta,its obvious from ur name that ur some kida goth that only likes heavy heavy metal and uhh,complete and total S*** for music such as slipknot and ICP.im takin stephanies side here.ALL BEGGINERS STAY AWAY FROM ICP.THEY ARE ABSOLUTLEY THE WORST BAND I HAVE EVER HAD THE DISPLEASURE OF HEARING.THIER MUSIC IS TOTAL CRAP.STAY AWAY! dude,u gotta lay off the cough syrup and then listen to some real music like Led Zeppelin,Ac/Dc, G.N.R.,The Jimi Hendrix Experience.Im pretty sure u will change ur gothic ways once u hear 4 of the best guitarists/bands OF ALL TIME.

[Angus Young008]

O,and i think she would know what kinda music they are.Thats why she told that dude to stay away.Because she has had the misfortunen of having to listen to them.

[steelfingers]

[QUOTE=openlens]Some of the easiest songs to begin with are Pink Floyd.[/QUOTE

sure buddy... i bet u can play them all

[steelfingers]

dude if youve only been playing for three months gauranteed you cant play all those songs... bits and pieces dont count. like one by metallica... not an easy song for a beginner... the guitar goes on through the whole song and not just the first four bars u know. u should scratch half that list buddy

[R3dn3ckibanezplaya]

I've been playing for about 5 months. Some songs that I know and are pretty easy are:

System of a Down - Chop Suey
System of a Down - Suggestions
System of a Down - Roulette
Tool - Lateralus (intro)
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras (nice finger picking practice :) )
Metallica - One (intro)
Metallica - Fade to Black
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Taproot - I
Taproot - Poem
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Tom Petty - Runnin' Down a Dream (chorus is pretty easy)
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Nirvana - Come as you Are
Green Day - Time of your Life
Stone Temple Pilots - Creep
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Stone Temple Pilots - Pretty Penny
Gwar - Sick of You
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Weezer - Hash Pipe
Weezer - Island in the Sun
Finger Eleven - One Thing
Finger Eleven - Drag you Down
Finger Eleven - Good Times
Disturbed - Prayer (intro isn't that bad)
Pantera - Walk
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Otherside
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
Ben Harper - Burn One Down
Our Lady Peace - Stealing Babies (some barre chord practice)
Eric Clapton's version of Classical Gas (lol joking, although, I have learned the intro, which isn't way too tough, a little tricky, but very possible for a beginner if they keep at it)
Beach Boys - Wipeout

Ok WOW I didn't know I knew THAT many songs hahahaha, oh well, there's a nice list for all of the other beginners out there, hope that gives some of you something to practice :) If I think of any more, I'll add to the list. Keep rocking on and I have to say this.....I LOVE mxtabs freaking huge source of CORRECT tabs most of the time, definately the best tab site I know.


ok jack@$$ his asking 4 something eazy also he want to learn the whole song not just part ! and yes some song u posted were easy but some are to add advance

[R3dn3ckibanezplaya]

another kid is that might want to chech out POWER_TABS.NET or .com or something all u got to do is down the program and sign up the progam is awsome becuz it show u every every and it correct unlike mxtabs which u will get parts of song and not all the program also play s the song 4 you

[Silentshowers]

the dandy warhols - godless is pretty easy and is an awesome song. i can also play get off, although not as well. i think sleep would also be easy to play. in general, most dandy warhol songs sound easy to play. and good for acoustic guitar.

[Slayerized88904]

WEl Motorhead is pretty easy...

[RiceMonster]

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynrd Skynrd
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
TNT - AC/DC
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
Running With the Devil - Van Halen

[ecstacy537]

i'm disappointed....all of these songs for beginners and no one has even mentioned the greatest band of all time (in my opinion)....311!!!!

i would consider myself a beginner (playing for almost a year) and my favorite song to play is Beautiful Disaster by 311
transistor is easy too

[offence_taken]

Well an easy song to learn is Nivana-Smells Like Team Spirit its got a cool riff and the solo is not hard at all

[reneklown]

If you're beginning chords like me, some really good and easy songs to learn are:

Knocking On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (although someone already said it)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Let Her Cry - Hootie and The Blowfish

Getting down the C, D, and G chords first was the best way for me. Then as you go along, you can easily hit Am, Em, E, C7, and so on. Good luck...

[renhaca]

Hey!!!
That was helpfull. I'm learning to play the acoustic guitar for 2 weeks and the only song I know is "Smelly cat". Reeeeaaaallly easy, fellas

[SixStringKing]

All Beginners Must Learn Stay Together For The Kids That The Most Important Song....i Hate Blink 182 And I Still Playu It Constantly. When You Learn It Be Sure To Have Down Up Down Up Picking... That Is The One And Only Song That Has Helped Me With Down Up Picking Its Easy And Important!!!!!

[SixxSixxSixx]

Well I've been playing for about 8 months and can play a fair amount of songs (for 8 months) and a bunch of my own stuff.

Easy songs tho would be

The Doors ,Roadhouse blues (my second song,the main riff is so easy!)
Deep purple..smoke ya ya who hasn't said that one..

Wild thing by Hendrix is so fun i learned it today in like 5 miniutes but its a definate beginner

Ina Gadda da vida by Iron Butterfly,if you want a more challenging version try slayers version

Pipeline by the ventures is a great two guitarist song..


Thats it,and for you people complaining about ICP,they (in my opinion) are not even near rock,heavy rock or any type of rock for that matter. they sound like really ****ty *** rappers to me.

[Stephanie]

The first year that i played guitar i was 12 and i wasn't really 'devoted' to playing. It was just an interest i had so i learnt basic songs with chords.
Thats the easiest way to go. Learn your bar chords and when you've got the hang on that move onto tab music. I've only just started getting serious about playing the guitar (im 16) and have been playing mostly Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to quicken my speed on the guitar.
Hopefully you're all doing well on the guitar.
Cheers everyone.