Few songs are as evocative of the ideal of the American West as “Home on the Range, ” that old ode to frontier life. The original lyrics were penned by Brewster M. Higley, a doctor who moved to Kansas as a homesteader in 1871, and, inspired by his new surroundings, wrote the poem “My Western Home.” Higley’s friend Daniel E. Kelley later added the music that transformed these words into “Home on the Range” as we know it.
The earliest recording of the tune, sung by a saloonkeeper in 1908, was documented by musicologist and folklorist John Lomax, who made his own version two years later. In 1933, the pop vocalist Bing Crosby released what would become the most popular version. (Crosby also rerecorded it in 1938 and 1939.) Singers as varied as Frank Sinatra, Gene Autry, and Tori Amos have made notable interpretations as well.
“Home on the Range” has seen many lyrical variations over the years—Lomax added a verse about the plight of the Native Americans, for instance—and this arrangement captures a typical short set of verses.
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It’s in E major, which works nicely on the guitar. If E is unsuitable to your vocal range, simply use a capo to transpose up to a different key.
In terms of strumming, pretty much any basic pattern in 3/4 time (remember, three quarter notes per measure) should do the trick, but here in the notation I’ve suggested one that should be fun to play: a root note squarely on beat 1, followed by eighth-note strums on beats 2 and 3. Just think low string on 1 and high strings on 2–3, and go for rhythmic verve over precision.
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Easy Guitar Songs For Every Beginner With Videos
When we first start playing guitar it is common to learn just a couple of easy guitar chords and most new players are pretty anxious to get playing their guitar as soon as possible.
In this mega list we are going to provide some great examples of easy guitar songs for beginners , with a limited number of basic guitar chords (click here for a complete chords ebook).
There are so many songs of every genre out there, were should you begin when you start getting the hang of playing the guitar?
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We are going to stick to easy pop songs on guitar, but also rock, and folk examples; of course some folks love heavy metal and punk, but let’s keep to the more popular genres to start.
I created a complete ebook about this concept, check it out: 52 Chord Progressions | Learn How To Connect Chords and Create Great Songs.
Anyway, in this article we are going to use songs with easy chords, starting from simple songs with only 2 and adding one chords or two while we advance in the list.
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In this first section we are going to stick to one of the common keys and in this case the Key of C .
Most new guitar players immediately learn C major and G major chords in open position, so let's find a list of music that can be played with just those two chords.
Remember in the Key of we have the chords C major, D minor, E minor, F major, G major, and A minor...
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In western music the easiest and best sounding interval is the root and the fifth, that's why it is so easy to write simple songs using only the chords C major (root) and G major (fifth) .
Most two chord songs of the root and fifth are going to be in the folk, gospel, and country genre, but we have a few that fit in the modern rock category!
Before jumping to the song list, be sure to download the Free Guitar Chords Ebook , it will show many chord diagrams that you can use to play these songs all along the fretboard.
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It just doesn't get much better than Hank Williams, who wrote Jambalaya back in 1952 (well he most likely co-wrote it based off an old Cajun melody).
This is another simple two chord melody that can be strummed or picked. Sometimes when playing simple two chord songs we want to add a little spice to the strumming since we don't have too much going on musically.
Many folk songs that have two chords will sometimes use the 7th, if you haven't learned G7 yet that is fine as you can still play the song, but you may come across this 7th again with two chord songs so keep an eye out.
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(As a beginner it is usually ok to play just the G major, but hey it doesn't hurt to learn it now !)
This song was written by John during his famous Bed-In with Yoko… ironically like playing this song, peace is really not complicated!
This 50's song had a big comeback after the movie Beetlejuice, it is a traditional Jamaican folk song made popular by Harry Belafonte.
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While this song is simply C major and G major like the rest on this list, the key to playing it is to get the strum right.
Jamaican and reggae type songs often have an emphasis on the 2 and 4 beat, strum with a percussive type effect on these beats as you play the Banana Boat Song.
As mentioned before, most songs that only have these two chords in them of C and G will often be kid's songs or folk songs.
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However, it is always good to know these really simple songs like Mary had a Little Lamb because you never know when you will have a young audience that will want to hear a familiar tune!
I included this great song by The Beatles because it is a good example of how even a two chord song can be a little difficult to play.
You will find much of the verse is in G with a short part in the C major chord, in fact many sites have the chord as G7.
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As you learn to play it, it will seem strange that you are staying in that same G chord for much of the verse.
I find this can be fixed by good strumming and switching between G and G7. It's really all about using your ear. G7 is not that much different than G major and now is a great time to pick it up and start using it.
Sly and the Family Stone has always been one of my favorite bands, and their song Everyday People fits our two chords of C and G perfectly.
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This song sounds great on an acoustic or electric guitar, just remember to add a little bit of soul and funk to it! Another song about peace and equality and all it needs is two chords!
This song dates all the way back to the 1840's, so while it may be a simple children's song we have to give it some respect for such staying power.
It sounds fine with basic strumming, but it sounds much better with a little finger picking, give it a try and see what sounds best to you! (If you have an electric guitar plug it into and amp and give this old folk tune some rockin' amplification!)
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Full bar chords are not easy for beginners. If you're not comfortable yet with bar chords , you can use one of the simplified shapes that you find on the F major chord diagrams page.
Barrè tip :If you find difficult playing the F major chord with full barrè (133211) you can always play it like this: XX3211
Now some beginners may have trouble with barring the F chord , however that’s ok because for this song it sounds ok to play the F as XX3211 , the C as X32010 and the G as 320001 .
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It can be played with fingerpicking or for beginners with a very simple strum and sounds best when you pluck the bass note of the chord and then strum the the rest of the strings.
In the section above we talked about songs with just 2 chords: here is where our songs really start to expand, by adding the A minor to our C major, G major, and F major chords.
In fact, the progression I-V-vi-IV or C-G-Am-F is known as the Axis of Awesome because so many songs have this chord progression.
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It is actually a little crazy how many tunes follow the pattern of C-G-Am-F. Also, there is the Doo Wop progression I-vi-IV-V or C-Am-F-G which is made up of the same chords.
The Penguins released the song Earth Angel in 1954 and it was one of the first songs to crossover from the rhythm and blues charts to the pop charts.
This song by Jason Mraz is a little more recent than the others mentioned so far and a
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