Guitar Songs That are PERFECT for Beginner Players

You’ve finally taken your first guitar lesson and it is SO exciting to play and strum your first songs!

But where to go now?

We all want to play songs that we love to listen to, but to be honest… most of those songs are a little bit difficult for us to play right now.

That’s why I’ve curated a list of songs that include video lessons and TAB so that you can take the guess work out of what songs you should work on and accelerate the learning process for guitar.

These songs will give you a great foundation so that you can go forward confidently and play anything that you like.

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Back in Black by ACDC Intro

This iconic song and riff by ACDC is a fun way to kick off your rock guitar journey, and get some experience playing the E Minor Pentatonic scale in “real life”.

Check out the Back in Black guitar lesson here.


Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison

This bar room classic will either win you shouts of join or moans from your crowd. Whether you love to hear it, or you’re tired of it being played, it’s a great beginner guitar song to practice with its memorable chorus (sha-la-la-la) simple chords, and fun intro.

Check out the guitar lesson on Brown Eyed Girl here.


Wildwood Flower

This traditional folk tune is great practice for picking melodies. Download the guitar TAB for Wildwood Flower here.


Free Fallin by Tom Petty

Free Fallin is a riff-drivin tune that makes us want to pick up the guitar. It’s easy to transition between a few different chords to get the iconic syncopated riff that is signature to Free Fallin. Check out our guitar lesson on Free Fallin by Tom Petty here.


Horse with No Name by America

What I really loved about Horse With No Name is it’s musical simplicity.

I mean, who doesn’t love a two chord song with a very simple melody that an be sung and played at the same time?
Check out our lesson on how to play Horse With No Name here.

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