Easy to learn acoustic guitar tunes

[THECATINTHEHAT]

Where's a good place to start?

Wonderwall
Polly
??????

 

[mindseye888]

Nirvana-about a girl
Something in the way
Probs two of the easiest songs ever

 

[Bardeaux]

I started on Nirvana myself. The first song I ever learned was Smells Like Teen Spirit. There are some essential black sabbath riffs (Iron Man, NIB, Sweet Leaf) that will help you get started as well. Then I really recommend learning a few chords. I put that part off for a while and ended up wishing I had learned them sooner.

There are tablature databases that show you how to play the songs. www.ultimate-guitar.com, www.guitaretab.com, http://www.azchords.com/ etc

 

[ChickenScratch]

i think everyone in the entire world can play smoke on the water.

 

[THECATINTHEHAT]

Yeah I should probably add that I can play power chords and am looking to actually learn some real stuff now I've taken it back up again. Will get on the sabbath riffs with my current skills though.

 

[ChickenScratch]

blackbird by the beatles

 

[Tryptamino]

Basically any song from American Beauty by the Grateful Dead. I teach guitar for a living atm, and i always teach songs from that album to clients who want to learn basic acoustic play-along type stuff.

 

[Droppersneck]

Dont learn any of this flatizza BS people are suggesting. The first song I learned was Im only sleeping by the beatles. Runs though a bunch of open position minor chords that are good to know. Operator from American Beauty is an amazing song to learn too.

 

[Bella Figura]

Nirvana songs seconded.

 

[Shadowsblaze]

I started with lots of Beatle tunes, easy to play and pleasing to the masses.

 

[Chatative]

blackbird by the beatles

+1

Also Hey There Delilah (Plain Whites Ts) & Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton).

 

[Christ]

Andrew Jackson Jihad

 

[alasdairm]

"i'm waiting for my man" and "heroin" by the velvet underground.

alasdair

 

[Jerry Atrick]

Yeah I should probably add that I can play power chords and am looking to actually learn some real stuff now I've taken it back up again. Will get on the sabbath riffs with my current skills though.

Eh, I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer but if you want to play acoustic guitar then gently place the power chords in your toolbox for a while and you can return to them after you learn the essentials of acoustic guitar playing.

I thought it was common knowledge that all self-taught acoustic players first learn the major chords G, C, and D. Master those three chords and become comfortable moving between them......they comprise something like 80% of all modern rock songs. Eventually you will learn that G--C,D make up the I--IV,V intervals of a basic blues progression. But don't worry about that stuff yet.

You can go to those links that Bardeaux posted above and find TAB to most of the songs that have been mentioned in this thread. Look for some of the easier ones that have your three new chords. It can help if you have the CD or mp3 of the song so you can hear the strumming pattern and practice playing along with the music.

 

[Jerry Atrick]

BTW my first song was the rhythm part to Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here."

Has a couple of minor chords but once you learn the first three, the minor chords are cake.

 

[Droppersneck]

I personally started by playing E and then learning the E open penatonic scale. I find that by learning it that way kept me interested as I was able to figure out ways to spice up that one chord