The acoustic guitar is a wonderfully versatile instrument, you can play almost any kind of song you can imagine. Rock songs are easily played on acoustic, difficult fingerpicking pieces can be reworked to easy chords. Nothing is out of reach for the acoustic guitar!
It’s this very thing that makes it such a great choice for beginners, the sheer volume of songs available for you to learn is incredible and they can cater to all levels of skill.
Which is why today, we’ve gathered up 60 great, fun, and easy to play acoustic guitar songs that any beginner can try their hand at!
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This was originally recorded in 1961 as part of Ben’s ‘Don’t Play That Song!’ album, but there’s a good chance you have heard it in one of its other incarnations and renditions as it’s been covered over 400 times by all manner of artists, from John Lennon to Tracy Chapman. Because of the royalties that are paid out through these covers, it’s estimated the song has been able to garner almost 23 million USD purely from royalties. Incredible!
For this song, you’ll need a capo on the second fret of the guitar. You’ll just be playing four simple chords which are G, Em, C, and D. The strumming pattern is quite unique and you’ll be required to use some ‘percussive muting’ which is where you will use your left hand to mute the strings while your right hand strikes down creating that percussive sound.
From the soundtrack to the 1973 movie ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid’. Much like Stand by Me, this has also been covered a great number of times and by some very prolific artists including Eric Clapton and Guns ‘n’ Roses. It was released as a single 2 months after the movie and ended up becoming one of his most popular songs.
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The song has beautiful guitar parts that tread the line between being easy to play while still sounding fantastic. They use a mixture of single string picking and strumming patterns, but at a nice and slow 68 bpm so is still very easily playable.
Even though the song was released in demo form as part of an EP, it would later be re-released as a fully produced track in 2008 for his ‘We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.’ album. It went on to be one of his biggest sources of exposure and success, with its catchy vocal hooks and infectious, upbeat guitar parts, everybody fell in love with this song.
Usually, the challenge in this song comes from both singing and playing at the same time. But the guitar part itself is nothing too challenging with just some easy 2 and 4 string barre chords. You’ll be playing large parts of the song using triplets, so try to listen to the song carefully so that you can get a feel for the rhythm.
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Going right back to the start of Alicia Keys’ career with her debut album ‘Songs in A Minor’. Which uniquely was both written and produced herself. She came out with a big bang, charting in numerous countries and winning a whopping three Grammy Awards in 2002. Needless to say, this is the quintessential song to learn if you are interested in Alicia’s music.
You’ll need a capo on the second fret of the guitar, but don’t worry if you don’t have one to hand, both the tab and video lesson offer alternatives to play this without one. Outside of that it’s just played using a light strumming pattern and is essentially all easy open chords and shouldn’t pose much challenge regardless of your skill level.
A wonderfully melodic song that sees Tom recollect his time driving along Ventura Boulevard and all the crazy things he saw. It’s an absolute classic and one of his most famous tracks. Its popularity allowed him to perform the track live on the MTV Music Awards with Guns ‘n’ Roses singer Axl Rose. It’s also been used on a plethora of movies and TV shows including The Sopranos due to the versatility of it’s almost upbeat melody matched with melancholic lyrics.
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Although at first glance it might seem like the song, like most songs on this list of easy acoustic guitar songs for beginners, will be using fairly easy to play chords in comfortable positions, this song does have some quite fast chordal movement that requires you to lift your hand and change chords quickly.
A great one to learn if you’re looking for something a bit more on the sad side. This song was written about the lonely feelings John would experience when he would frequently have to travel away from his loved ones for extended periods. Needless to say, the song resonated with people massively and he re-recorded the song for release on his album ‘Rhymes & Reasons’.
The song starts off with some easy arpeggiated chords, which are chords that are played 1 note at a time instead of strummed. Then it moves onto a strumming section which requires you to target specific strings, although loosely, as you strum. Take a look at the tab and you’ll see the G and B strings are targeted on the downstrokes.
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Of course, pretty much every Beatles song is appropriate for a list of guitar songs for beginners, but Love Me Do in particular is the perfect example of a simple tune you can learn in just a few minutes. It hit the number 1 spot in the US, going platinum with over 1 million copies sold. Rather hilariously the song was written by Paul McCartney when he was only 16, during a day when he skipped school and stayed home. Over the years it’s been covered in just about every genre and every instrument, even ukulele!
This song is perfect for beginners, even as your very first song. It uses only 3 chords which are D, A, and E that are played in a simple strumming pattern. So if you only have a little time to practice, this is the one to learn!
Rather unlike their usual style, and much more of a balladesque effort from their 1990 album ‘Pornograffitti’. The song describes a person who wants their partner to do more than simply say ‘I love you’ to prove they love them, as the term is often so overused it becomes meaningless.
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For this song you’ll need to tune your guitar down by 1 semitone on every string, this is easily doable and won’t cause any problems with string tension. This is a great workout and beginner rhythmic exercise as the strumming pattern requires you to deaden some notes with different intensities.
Featuring the wonderful Christina Aguilera as a guest vocalist and is part of Maroon 5’s fourth album titled ‘Hands All Over’. It’s one of the best selling singles of all time shifting over 7 million copies and was even certified Diamond. Despite the critical reception being mixed, the general public decided unanimously that it was a great song.
So how does this work out on guitar? Well, fortunately, if you’re a beginner who’s never tried your hand at some funk-style playing before this is your chance! It’s originally played on an electric guitar but is very frequently played acoustically by the band and works great!
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A classic tune you’ve no doubt heard dozens of times already. The song was a huge commercial success and ended up being one of his best selling songs. The writing credits originally went to June Carter and Merle Kilgore, but Vivian Cash (Johnny’s wife) has revealed that he wrote it for June as she needed the money.
This easy guitar song can be played a few different ways, as detailed in the tab, it can be played with just open strummed chords which are perhaps easier for the beginner. But the video lesson also details a version that outlines the song’s primary melody a little clearer, they are both super easy to play so pick which one you like!
A great song to learn if you’re looking for that quintessential Bob Marley style reggae sound. The song’s meaning is a little disputed, but it’s known that Bob used to refer to his three backup singers as his ‘Three Little Birds’ so it seems likely that’s where it came from. This was a popular song for Bob, making its way into the top 20 on the UK charts.
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While the single chord progression is what makes this one of the more popular guitar songs for beginners it has a little bit of an unusual rhythm that may be a challenge for you if you’re a beginner who hasn’t been exposed to reggae before. But essentially you can pretend to do a downstroke on the rests, but don’t actually strike the notes, and then play the chord with an upstroke on the offbeat. This can make handling the rhythm much easier.
4 Non Blondes only released a single studio album, but it did incredibly well, selling over 1.5million copies in the 2 years following its release. ‘What’s Up’ is the second single from this album which garnered them a fair
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