Acoustic Guitar Songs

If you just happened to mention that you've learned how to play the guitar, and your friend invites you over for a party and suddenly asks you to strum a few songs for the guests, what do you do? You pick out famous and good acoustic guitar songs of course! You don't even need acoustic guitar lessons for most of these songs - you'll get by just fine even if you're an amateur. You can also learn how to play an acoustic guitar yourself.

Easy Acoustic Guitar Songs

Knockin' on Heaven's Door: The original song was sung by Bob Dylan after which Guns N Roses did a cover version of this famous song. It's an all-time classic song which is fun to play and really simple as well, as only four acoustic guitar strings are used in this song. A simple progression is repeated in the entire song. Other easy acoustic guitar songs of Bob Dylan that can be played include 'Times they are changing', 'Blowing in the wind' and 'Things have changed'.

For What It's Worth: This song was sung by Buffalo Springfield and is said to be one of the easiest songs to play. It's a lot of fun to sing in groups and involves only two chords, making it one of the easiest acoustic guitar songs of all time.

Time of Your Life: Sung by the famous band Green Day, it is an easy acoustic guitar song to play and is quite famous too. Although Green Day normally uses electric guitar, a lot of their songs can be played on the acoustic guitar, including their huge hit 'Boulevard of broken dreams'.

Wonderwall: This song by the famous British band Oasis is a great beginner acoustic guitar song. It was a rage in the 90s music circuit and was synonymous with acoustic guitar sounds back then, making it to the top 100 songs of the year 1995. It requires learning only five easy chords and then strumming along to them. While playing this easy acoustic guitar song, you'll also develop your strumming skills and chord library.

Yesterday: The Beatles are an evergreen band, and their songs are, and will always be played at any and every occasion. Whether it's their hit song 'Yesterday', 'Yellow submarine', 'Hey Jude', 'Black Bird', 'Imagine', 'Let it be' or 'Twist and Shout', all these are easy acoustic guitar songs and will ensure that you're an instant hit in any party! 'Yesterday' is one of the most covered songs in history.

Sympathy for the Devil: How can any list of acoustic guitar songs be complete without songs by the Gods of rock themselves - The Rolling Stones. This is a song that sounds just as good on the electric guitar and the acoustic guitar. Easy to strum to and famous, what more could you possibly look for in an acoustic guitar song?

Wanted Dead or Alive: This famous song by Bon Jovi, who is synonymous with rock music is another instantly recognizable song which is often played. Another famous song that is played is the acoustic guitar song version of 'Have a nice day', among many other songs of Bon Jovi.

Californication: Besides the brilliant video and creative lyrics, this song of Red Hot Chilli Peppers is one of the top acoustic guitar songs, which made it to the billboard charts of the U.S. and U.K. It's a great acoustic guitar song to strum to as well.

Everything I do: This is one of the most romantic songs of all-time and Bryan Adams himself often performs it only using an acoustic guitar during his live shows. So if you want to tell the girl of your dreams how much she really means to you, then this is the ideal song to learn and strum to.

Achy Breaky Heart: If you're in the mood for country music, or are at a theme party surrounded by people in cowboy hats, then this famous song by Billy Ray Cyrus is an easy acoustic guitar song that is bound to set the tone for the party.

Other great acoustic guitar songs include

• Crazy little thing called love - Queen
• American pie - Don McLean
• Hotel California - Eagles
• Color blind - Darius Danesh
• What a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong
• Riders of the storm - The Doors
• Unchained melody -The Righteous brothers
• Iris - Goo goo dolls

The list of acoustic guitar songs that can be played anytime and anywhere is endless, but here were a few songs that can be played easily, and which are sure to make you strum your way into people's hearts! So keep strumming!