Beginner guitar songs
The easiest songs on the site: three chords or fewer, all of them open shapes with no barre and no stretch. If you have just learned your first chords, start here.
- Frère JacquesCBeginner
- Down in the ValleyGD7Beginner
- La CucarachaCG7Beginner
- London Bridge Is Falling DownCG7Beginner
- Mary Had a Little LambCG7Beginner
- Ode to JoyDABeginner
- Oh My Darling, ClementineCG7Beginner
- Row, Row, Row Your BoatCG7Beginner
- Skip to My LouCG7Beginner
- Tom DooleyGD7Beginner
- Amazing GraceGCDBeginner
- Angels We Have Heard on HighGDCBeginner
- Auld Lang SyneGDCBeginner
- Away in a MangerGCDBeginner
- Blessed AssuranceDGABeginner
- Come, Thou Fount of Every BlessingDGABeginner
- Cripple CreekADEBeginner
- Deck the HallsGD7CBeginner
- Down to the River to PrayDGABeginner
- Drunken SailorDmCABeginner
- Go Tell It on the MountainGCD7Beginner
- Good King WenceslasGDCBeginner
- Happy Birthday to YouGD7CBeginner
- In the PinesGCD7Beginner
- Jingle BellsGCDBeginner
- John HenryGCDBeginner
- Joy to the WorldDGABeginner
- Man of Constant SorrowGCDBeginner
- Midnight SpecialCGD7Beginner
- My Country, 'Tis of TheeGD7CBeginner
- Nearer, My God, to TheeGCD7Beginner
- O Come, All Ye FaithfulGDCBeginner
- Old MacDonald Had a FarmGCD7Beginner
- Rock of AgesGD7CBeginner
- Swing Low, Sweet ChariotDGABeginner
- The First NoelDAGBeginner
- The Wild RoverGCDBeginner
- Wabash CannonballGCD7Beginner
- Will the Circle Be UnbrokenGCDBeginner
- Yankee DoodleGD7CBeginner
Questions
What chords do I need for these songs?
The most common chords in this list are C, G, D, D7, A. Learn those and you can play most of the songs.
Which are the easiest?
Start with Frère Jacques, Down in the Valley, La Cucaracha. They use the fewest and simplest chords.