Easiest Guitar Songs to Learn

The guitar is a musical instrument that is popular with musicians all over the world, thanks to its simplicity, size and versatility. And anybody who plays the guitar or has listened to the sounds of its melodious musical notes knows, how it can arouse deep emotions in you, be it joy or sadness, hope or despair. A great number of artists have used the guitar to different effects and have created unique styles and methods of playing the guitar. There are wide range of guitars nowadays, with a lot of innovation and experimentation being done on them. The three basic types of guitars used in popular music nowadays are acoustic, electric and bass guitars. The guitar has indeed come a long way and continues to evolve and inspire a great number of enthusiasts everywhere.

Every good guitarist must begin his journey on the rock and roll highway by learning the easiest song to play on a guitar; the one that he likes, singing it out with friends and to himself, perfecting his art and refining his skill everyday until he is a master at what he does. There are loads of songs that you could learn, but given below are the easiest guitar songs to learn with some easy guitar tabs for beginners.

Guitar Tabs for a Beginner
Guitar tabs are nothing but step by step diagrams to help you understand how a certain song should be played. It contains the chords or notes that you should use along with the order in which you should play it. You could call it a simplified form of musical notation, except that tabs don't give you the tempo or timing of the notes and you have to figure that out yourself. Nevertheless, it is an easy way to learn simple riffs and when you are used to reading it, you could even learn some songs using tabs. In guitar tabs, the strings are given and the numbers, are nothing but the fret that you are supposed to press that string on. If the notes are vertically one above the other, then you have to hold them together. Tabs are read from left to right. These are simple, but really popular riffs that you should learn to play.

From rock to punk to heavy metal and even pop, here is a list of easy guitar songs, so you can pick the easiest one to play on a guitar.

Smoke on the Water: A classic guitar riff by Deep Purple which is fairly simple to play and has an amazing amount of power to it. It uses fifth chords or power chords to get that driving sound and feel.
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G--------3----5--------------3-----6--5------------3---5--------3------------
D--5----3----5--------5-----3-----6--5-------5---3----5-------3------5----
A--5-------------------5-----------------------5-------------------------5------
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Iron Man: Black Sabbath came out with this catchy riff, that was an excellent intro to their song. It is easy to play and can be used on a bass guitar as well.
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A-----5---5h7---7---10\9--10\9--10\9---5---5h7---7--
E-7------------------------------------------------------------

Come as You Are: It's a popular song from the grunge gods, Nirvana. The intro in this song, is a hauntingly melodic riff, that immediately caught everybody's attention, when it was released. You might need to listen to the song, a couple of times to get this absolutely right.
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E-0---0---1---2-----2-----2---2---1---0-----0---0----

Some Easy Guitar Songs
Now that we know a few guitar riffs, let's move on to some easy guitar songs to play. The songs given below require you to know just a few chords and are mostly strummed. These are the easiest guitar songs ever. Chords and chord theory are better understood, if you begin to use them in songs and also know how they are melodically related.

• Teardrops on my Guitar: This is a song by Taylor Swift which is pretty easy to play. It also has the word guitar in it, what else do you want?
• Free Falling: This song by Tom Petty was a hit in the nineties and is a great song to play. The chorus has a nice hook, which makes you wanna sing it again and again.
• Knocking on Heaven's Door: This classic has been redone a number of times by all kinds of artists and can be played with just the major relatives of each chord. Though it does use Am7 in some parts, it can be safely substituted with the C chord. It has a very simple beat and a catchy chorus that will have everyone singing along.
• 'Hero' by Enrique Iglesias: To play this song, you just need to know the basic chord relatives of G and one minor (Em), one of its minor chord relatives. The beat is pretty easy to follow and can be played by almost anybody. It's a slow romantic song to start with and has pretty easy lyrics to go with it too.
• Country Roads: A classic country tune by John Denver that could be the easiest song to play on guitar. It's a real golden oldie, and is always a hit with the old folks. You can also try 'Annie's song' and 'This Old Guitar', few other John Denver classics.

So, go ahead and have fun learning these songs, and do try to challenge yourself by trying harder songs everyday. Make sure you understand scales and chord intervals. Keep practicing and never stop playing your guitar.