Good Acoustic Songs

[bullet_trip]

Looking for real good acoustic songs for guitar. Stuff with lots of chords or arppegios. Things like Metallicas Nothing Else Matters, or Dream Theater Silent Man.

[Steerpike]

Nightmare by the MSG is a good one.

You could also adapt Savatage's ballad Believe to acoustic easily. Hell, they themselves already did it.

Out of curiosity, why do you ask?

[Bron-Yr-Aur]

Hmm... I'm not sure, but a lovely acoustic ditty is "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" by Led Zeppelin.

[Daven]

Green Carnation - Sweet Leaf

[Kage]

Try playing Frank Sinatra's Fly Me to the Moon for a chord workout, especially on acoustic.

[niobium]

Green Carnation - Sweet LeafDamn you :mad:

I came in here to recommend the entire "The Acoustic Verses".

[Daven]

:cool: That's what i was going to say, but im too lazy to write it.

[Nostalgia]

Morbid Angel - Desolate ways.

It's a great acoustic track.

[scpttrerulz]

hmm.... this may not be the same genre ... but i think guster's parachutes kicks a**...... damn sweet......

[ghettoeddo]

credence-opeth?

is that acoustic? it's been awhile since ive listened to that song. i just remembered some nice acoustics in it

[rhcp pman]

credence-opeth?

is that acoustic? it's been awhile since ive listened to that song. i just remembered some nice acoustics in it
Very beautiful indeed. In fact, it has two different acoustic lines played at the same time.

[ghettoeddo]

opeth is indescribable. *drool*
if you're looking for something simpler...go with time of your life-green day ;)

[Guitarist_]

Steve Vai - sisters

although it is played on clean electric, it works very well on acoustic if you can play it.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Basilisk - The Awakening Of Him

[Txus]

Green Carnation - Sweet Leaf
^^ Listen to this man.

[Shadius]

Singing at the same time?

Something like Karma Police by Radiohead has quite a few chords in it.

Benighted by Opeth has some awesome arpeggio's in it as well as singing.

[stinkypoptart]

i dont know if this is what your lookin for but anything of of nirvanas unplugged.

[Moses]

Any Opeth song on Damnation.

[Bron-Yr-Aur]

At the Gates- "Into the Dead Sky"

[metallicaman8]

Disarm- Smashing Pumpkins

[Seafroggys]

Working Class Hero - John Lennon

wins thread

[Bron-Yr-Aur]

Yeah. Kinda tough to follow that.

[Wish]

The acoustic version of Creep by Radiohead is cool. Not many chords though.

Sunna have some pretty awesome acoustic songs. 7% and I Miss for example.

[slaughteredfirst]

Any thing off Damnation by Opeth.

[ashman]

Any thing off Damnation by Opeth.

Pretty much sums up my feelings.

Prodigal Son By Iron Maiden is probably one of my favourites.

[metallicaman8]

Never Going Back Again- Fleetwood Mac

[i am the robots]

In Flames - Timeless, The Jester's Dance, Acoustic Medley, Pallers Andres Vista

/will edit more in

[The Door Mouse]

bebe im gonna leave you by led zeppelin
probably the heaviest acoustic ive heard

[Electric City]

Gagging Order- Radiohead.

[Priestmetal]

From the begining- Emerason, Lake, and Palmer. GREAT acoustic song even if it is not 100% acoustic because of a little keyboard solo thing at the end.

[barosjn]

And let's not forget "Road Trippin'" from Red Hot Chili Peppers and "Roulette" from System of a Down. Those are some awesome acoustic songs.

[The Cynic]

Opeth and Green Carnations acoustic stuff for sure and Lead Me Home by Shadows Fall. Also Regret Not By All That Remains. All I think of for now.

[PepsiMetal]

Black Label Society - Spoke in the wheel

You can play Stillborn with an acoustic as well.

[Flynn]

I think you're looking for something like Benighted by Opeth.



I don't know why people are saying Damnation.

Death Whispered a Lullaby: Basically the same acoustic riff repeatedly.
Closure: The intro is fun to play, but acoustics only last until that time, which is about 1:00.
Ending Credits: The rythm is fun to play, yet it's repetative.

The rest of the album (guitar-wise) is done with electric guitars/clean tone.

[Toaster]

Any thing off Damnation by Opeth.

I think he meant acoustic as in an acoustic guitar rather than clean electric guitar. Damnation has only a few songs with acoustic guitar.

^Flynn named them.

[Crysiss]

Benighted is so beautiful.

Maybe To Bid You Farewell in there too, although Its not fully Acoustic

[Flynn]

Benighted is so beautiful.

Maybe To Bid You Farewell in there too, although Its not fully Acoustic


The intro acoustics rock though. That intro is probably one of the most depressing, yet most uplifting and beautiful songwriting I've ever heard. DeFarfalla had great flow with bass as well to match the beautiful guitars.

[metallicaman8]

Baby I Love Your Way- Peter Frampton

haha, there's no way thats the best song but I like it.

[mayonaise]

nutshell-alice in chains
so long mrs smith-matthew good band

[Det_Nosnip]

Green Carnation - Sweet Leaf

I was going to suggest Alone. :)

[metallicaman8]

America- Horse with no name

[zabbit82]

Zeppelin - Going To California, Bron-Yr-Aur, Side II of Zep III
Rolling Stones - Almost all of Beggars Banquet

[Crysiss]

I noticed that this list is almost always metal oriented.

[Invicta_Veritas]

My songs....they're great.

No, um, a lot of Staind, Tantric, Days of the New, Stone Temple Pilots, some Pearl Jam (Daughter, Betterman). That should keep you busy for a while.

[Shattered_Future]

Tori Amos has some very pretty acoustic work. Check out stuff from The Beekeeper.

[zabbit82]

My songs....they're great.

No, um, a lot of Staind, Tantric, Days of the New, Stone Temple Pilots, some Pearl Jam (Daughter, Betterman). That should keep you busy for a while.

Pretty Penny, Wonderful, Plush (Live off of Thank You) :thumb:

[ghettoeddo]

beautiful soul - jesse mccartney FOR THE WIN

[Invicta_Veritas]

Pretty Penny, Wonderful, Plush (Live off of Thank You) :thumb:

Yea, the live acoustic version is the best........Vocally, too, not just the guitar.....

[victim of changes]

AIC does beautiful acoustic work

[rhcp pman]

Two bands... Alice in Chains and Opeth.

The unplugged version of Nutshell is great on acoustic.

[Thor]

Closure by Opeth is always a great acoustic song to listen to. It's got a few complicated parts in it, too.

[Acey]

"Follow the Sun Down" by Dark New Day is my favorite

[eug008]

Opeth?

[Darkness]

Benighted by Opeth, and The Bards Song (In The Forest) by Blind Guardian.

[Hatshepsut]

Patterns in the Ivy II- Opeth

[rhcp pman]

To add to my last post, Clap is a cool acoustic song by Yes. But it sounds pretty difficult to me, so you might have problems playing it.

[gmoneyguy]

Any Opeth song on Damnation.
they're not all acoustic.

[Flynn]

bebe im gonna leave you by led zeppelin
probably the heaviest acoustic ive heard



That was one of the toughest acoustic songs for me to grasp in my earlier guitar days. Great song and sounds nice with a decent acoustic.

[Darkness]

they're not all acoustic.
Yeah, most aren't, actually.

[pye phyo ko]

try out "going where the wind blows" of mr. big and patience of"gun n roses"

[Spoonful of Shame]

Any Opeth song on Damnation.

I agree

[Txus]

I don't know who bumped this old thread but....

....Nick Drake - Pink Moon is simply the best acoustic album I've ever heard.

[Lemuria]

Otoño Medieval-Rata Blanca
very good acoustic song.

[psuedopilot]

cemetery by silverchair. i play it all the time and sometimes bring tears to folks.

[lost_profits]

I agree

I disagree. I wouldn't say Damnation is a good representation of what Opeth can do with acoustics. In fact I find the album overated and dull. I rarely listen to it. The acoustics that are interwoven in Opeth's heavy material (Leper Affinity, The Moor, BRI to name a few) blow anything on Damnation away. That said "Windowpane" and "Hope Leaves" are two very good songs. Closure is 1000 times better live.

[eug008]

The acoustic on Morningrise is alot better than the Acoustic on Damnation

[Txus]

Benighted + To Bid Your Farewell >> Any other Opeth Acoustic.

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

Leaving Entropia - Pain of Salvation

Good acoustic shtuff.

[Txus]

Leaving Entropia - Pain of Salvation

Good acoustic shtuff.
Anything of 12:5 is godly. :)

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

/Has only heard Entropia

/****ing sucks

[Txus]

:lol:

/Has the whole PoS disco

/Thinks that Txus >> Dr. Jake :p