Howdy,
As this site is new, I want to fill it with easy songs people actually want to learn.
I’m going to stick to popular guitar songs that are easy to learn. And I’m going to add a few extra lessons about guitar chords and strumming.
So any songs you are interested in learning, please let me know below by leaving a comment or suggestion below.
And if there’s anything else you want to know about learning guitar, please feel free to ask.
June 8, 2011 at 3:51 am
Hi, I just started learning how to play the guitar, and I really would like some easy new songs that i can play with my level. Any ideas???
Thankss
May 28, 2011 at 7:41 am
What i would recommend is justin bieber songs. many may frown at this but i can assure you that his songs are very easy to play on guitar. why? because he makes acoustic versions of his songs himself and it happens that he is a self-taught guitarist so he picks up the easiest chords and strums available. moreover his songs are far better these oldies and i think people will want to learn more modern songs. i hope you give this a thought. you can do one time, one less lonely girl, baby, down to earth, overboard, u smile, never let you go, common denominator, love me, kiss n tell, etc which are relatively easier to learn. i also need help with these songs. other artists with some easy songs include taylor swift, jessie j, etc. thanks.
November 30, 2010 at 10:35 am
love the patterns you showed to linking pents together. been playing 6 mo. just learned all pent positions and all minor positions. I can link a bit. But your patterns may help asimilate it into my mind. Thanks for everything. Love any beautiful melody. Hotel California, Metallica- the unforgiven. Chili peppers-Californication. Malaguena. Like the other gent above mentioned. Adding fills between chords. Chord embellishments,mixing fingerpicking with chords. I understand (the concept)how to put chords to melodies. But how do you know which note should be emphasized to receive the chord. Note I figured out how to find every note on the keyboard. It goes along with your patterns. Think 253 1/6 42. Ie. Start at C Fr1 Str 2. Next C is @ String 5. Then Str 3. etc. All have one fret between except 3..1/6 and 4..2. You could clarify this. you have more space.
November 25, 2010 at 1:56 am
Hello JB, tnx for this site..,.wanna learn how to strum properly on those basic chords….,.i like classical, soft and sweet musics…,.
November 13, 2010 at 3:44 am
how to learn scale and how to use them for playing any song and and and how we can know that in which scale a song is?
November 13, 2010 at 1:54 am
Its nice keep it up and thanks for the free lessons
November 11, 2010 at 4:40 am
Keep the lessons coming this is great thank you.
November 10, 2010 at 11:20 am
Progression, chord and scale.
November 8, 2010 at 1:20 am
Keeping the lessons coming …….this is great, thank you
November 7, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Hi JB, you have been great with your passion in helping to groom the novice on guitar secrets. Thanks. I have passion for country music like Don Williams e.t.c. Am still new but picking up from your previous tutorials materials.
November 4, 2010 at 4:38 am
I was always stumped by Atlanta rhythm section, Spooky Guitar Rhythm & also Jason Mraz, I’m Yours.
November 3, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Yes help me too how to improve on strumming as well as mastering scales on a guitar
Wellington, from Malawi
October 31, 2010 at 11:40 am
Hi, thanks for the chance to influence your research for the web content.
As a novice learner limited to a few fairly basic routines and struggling to break out – any content to help fellow novices acquire basic skills to buid competence with having an eye on ongoing development to more complex and fluent playing would be very welcome.
October 31, 2010 at 10:26 am
wow this is great! and thanks a lot. I’d some Bob Marley and Tab Benoit. Am just learning the guitar, but am very good at picking cords … Wes Mongomery style.
October 30, 2010 at 6:58 pm
My biggest trouble comes with offbeat strumming. What I mean by that is if the strum is 1&a2&a3&a4&a but you play but you skip some beats and come in with an up or down stroke on the “a” beat. Those I have great trouble with. Does your course help with this?
October 30, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Hi David, I will be putting up some basic strumming tip videos and patterns. They should indeed help.
But you basically have 2 choices there. You can strum d-u-d d-u-d d-u-d or du-d u-d-u d-u-d
Just depends on feel and how nice and relaxed your strumming is. And when you’re comfortable you can skip any strums you like as and when you like. Keep at it… it will become 2nd nature after a while.
October 29, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Dear John,
In response to your call for ideas about this new website,i am sending you this e-mail. I am more than happy to see such a site, because i want strumming to be a major part of my everyday guitar playing schedule, besides lead. I believe that the best way to become really interested in that, is through learning songs, but not any songs. Songs that you grew up with, timeless pieces,that will not only cheer you up, but also excite the people that you ‘ll share them with.
That’s the idea and the point here. Now, you pick whatever you think that might interest us. As a guitar teacher, i’m sure you know! As to my preferences: rock ballads!
Thank you for reading this. Thodoris
October 29, 2010 at 5:32 pm
I like the sound of love songs (like the Jonas brothers kind), some simple and calm that trigger those emotions intensely. Songs like behind blue eyes (limpbizkit), also spanish guitar, like my all (mariah carey), tony braxton-spanish guitar), as well as hillsong-sing with the angels.
Thank you
October 29, 2010 at 11:43 am
The problem I have is that the rhythms that accompany the cords often sound wrong or are very difficult to fathom. Many sites place there interpretation on the songs rather than play songs as recorded – the sound familiar to people tryin g to play it. Slash patterns accompanying the information would help considerably. It is also very useful to be clear whether the strum is on the up or down stroke. I know this sound simple but I have yet to find a book which puts it all together.
Also many songs are badly explained often to quickly to follow when you are trying to cope with the chords the changes and the rhythm all together.
Finally I would love to find the rhythm for Cat Stevens – Bitterblue the video is on You Tube.
October 30, 2010 at 2:57 pm
I agree with you totally, its only the rhythm that matters, some get naturally, but for the unfortunate we have to learn every upstroke or downstroke, the change of chords. Its sometimes frustrating but don’t you we’ll get it eventually.
October 28, 2010 at 7:20 pm
thank you.
I just want to learn the simple techniques of strumming and changing variety ofchords and I would like to strumm and sing songs like
winds of change
summer of 69 etc.
October 28, 2010 at 6:27 pm
esey blues, david bowie
tanks
October 28, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Any popular Van Morrison songs
acoustic songs by Mr. Big
October 28, 2010 at 2:40 pm
More of acoustic/alternative song like drive, losing my religion, runaway train, etc…
October 28, 2010 at 11:57 am
She Talks to Angels, Black Crowes
(I know there’s some harmonics that are played in this song, but those can be ommitted or can be played differently if some don’t want to play that part. I’d be willing to give it a try. It would make great practice!)
Southern Cross, CSN
Night Moves, Bob Seager
October 28, 2010 at 11:56 am
JB,
any music from the 60′s 70′s 80′s 90′s are good to listen too . I appreciate you doing this for everyone to enjoy music. more power to you
October 28, 2010 at 10:27 am
Hey JB,
I’d really like to learn Kenny Chesney’s “When The Sun Goes Down”, Jimmy Buffett’s “Son of A Son of A Sailor”, The Rolling Stone’s “Angie” or Van Morrison’s “Wild Night”.
October 28, 2010 at 8:40 am
Red Dirt Road would be great. Also Tequilla Makes Her Clothes Fall Off.
October 28, 2010 at 7:22 am
I just love rock and roll music. I also enjoy blues music.
I have been playing guitar on and off for about twentyfive years and would like to learn to play better. I’m currently stationed in Iraq and when I’m off duty I enjoy playing my guitar. Thank you for all your help online.
October 28, 2010 at 6:26 am
I would like to learn sissy’s song by Alan Jackson, Bad Company by bad company, and some bluegrass songs
October 28, 2010 at 6:18 am
I’d like to play Jimmy buffet’s version of Margaritaville,
Buddy Holly’s “it doesn’t matter anymore, Peggy Sue etc
also Lonnie donnegan’s “Does your chewing gum lose it’s flavour on the bedpost overnight.
Looking forward to it.
Thanks
Dave
October 28, 2010 at 6:00 am
The Who!
Pete Townshend is R&R’s greatest rhythm player. It would be great to be able to do solo guitar arrangements of some of his songs: Pinball wizard, I Can’t Explain, Substitute, My Generation etc…
October 28, 2010 at 5:12 am
Hi, I would like to learn how to strum the following songs:
Baby Be Mine – Parlotones
Sailing – (Rod Stewart)
October 28, 2010 at 5:08 am
I like the blues and western swing. I am to old to be a lead anything, but I would like to learn to strum. Chord progressions! From Blues to Swing to 60′s and 70′s Rock and Roll and don’t forget Rock-a-billy. Hope this is what you were looking for.
October 28, 2010 at 5:00 am
i like Heard it in a love song, lay lady lay, the night they drove Dixie Down, Jackson Browns Pretender song. I think we like Rock, Rockabilly, Country, Stones, Beatles, Bee Gees, Sting, its all good mate.. Next time im at a party i dont want to be caught with my nickers down, Thanks Stan
October 28, 2010 at 4:56 am
Strumming lessons much appeciated. How about some Alan Jackson- Remember When, Chattahoochi,Margariteville and Five o’clock somewhere.
October 28, 2010 at 4:45 am
Knocking on Heavens Door
Stand by Me
Patience
Desperado
Just the way you are–(by Bruno Mars)
I don’t know if any of these will be easy strumming songs. I would appreciate any songs that are fairly easy to strum just so that I can play a few songs that sound right. Thank you very much for everything you do to help us out.
October 28, 2010 at 4:39 am
LEAD INS WOULD BE GREAT. WALK DOWNS OR UPS HOW TO FILL WITH A NOTE OR TWO WHEN CHANGING CHORDS.
WOULD LOVE TO LEARN TO PLAY STAY ON THESE ROADS BY ESPEN LIND AND KURT NIELSEN IT WOULD NEED TO BE IN A SIMPLE ARPEGGIO LESSON.
EAGLES-LYING EYES, NEW KID IN TOWN, ‘OL 55, LOVE WILL KEEP US ALIVE
BEE GEES-WORDS,HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE, HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART
EXTREME-MORE THAN WORDS
JAMES TAYLOR-HANDY MAN, FIRE AND RAIN
NEIL DIAMOND-SWEET CAROLINE
KENNY ROGERS-LADY, SHE BELIEVES IN ME,
ROY ORBISON-CRYING, IN DREAMS
BEATLES-IMAGINE, IN MY LIFE, IF I FELL, YESTERDAY
AIR SUPPLY-LOST IN LOVE, HERE I AM
ELVIS-DON’T CRY DADDY, IN THE GHETTO, CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
BREAD-I WANT TO MAKE IT WITH YOU
AMERICA-VENTURA HIGHWAY
JOHN DENVER-ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH, SUNSHINE
JIM CROCE-I GOT A NAME, TIME IN A BOTTLE, LEROY BROWN
PRETTY GOOD AT DRINKING BEER
October 28, 2010 at 4:33 am
Im a sado, Streets of London and the 60′s.
October 28, 2010 at 4:15 am
I would like to be able to strum some contemporary gospel songs. Thank you………James
October 28, 2010 at 4:11 am
like Donnie Williams..Phil Collins
October 28, 2010 at 3:56 am
Johnny Cash songs like ‘Man Comes Around’
October 28, 2010 at 3:47 am
Hi there!
Nice that somebody’s paying attention to people like us who look forward more to good times singing and strumming that becoming guitar pro’s. Thank you John.
Here’s a small list.
Everybody hurts by REM
Losing my religion by REM
Fast car by Tracy Chapman
Telling Stories by Tracy Chapman
Jamaica farewell by Harry Belafonte
White flag by Dido
Pretty maid all in a row by Eagles
Last Resort by Eagles
Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
Hey Jude by The Beatles
American Pie by Don McLean
Somebody’s crying by Chris Isaak
Rake & Ramblin man by Don Williams
The big rock candy mountains by Harry Mc. Clintock
Some songs by Pete Seeger and other folk songs
The Whole wide world around
The Pill
Down in the valley
Blue tail fly
The water is wide
Kisses sweeter than wine
We shall not be moved
Guantanamera
I hope that was not too big a list. Will add some more as I come across songs that I cannot play!
Regards
Mayukh
October 28, 2010 at 3:00 am
Dear John, Thank you in the first place for your reply.
I do not know the term “strumming”, but if it means finding the chords when one knows the melody than it is what I am looking for. I love easy listening jazzy music form singers like Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Sarah vaugh, Billy Holiday etc. I know many of their songs by heart and want to play them on the guitar. Unfortunately I do not know how to find the right chords . If your new site could show a solution for it, I am very interested . I found the chords for many songs at the website “guitarguy”, but sometimes a song is not listed,as for instance “I walk a little faster” performed so very good by Blossom Dearie. I am eagerly looking forward to your news.
With kind regards , Wim Tax
October 28, 2010 at 2:49 am
Freedom- George Micheal, Say – John Mayer (any of his) Beatles
October 28, 2010 at 2:18 am
Gillian Welch: “I Wanna Sing That Rock and Roll”
Uncle Tupelo: “Grindstone”
Cracker: “Someday”
Thanks
Paul
October 28, 2010 at 2:12 am
Hello,
I am trying to learn how to play Wish you Were Here(Pink Floyd), All the King’s Horses (Robert Plant) and You got Me Drinking (Collective Soul, but I really need help with the strumming. it doesn’t sound the same without the proper strumming.
Thanks
Brig
October 28, 2010 at 1:58 am
Hi JB:
I would like some Rockabilly:
Mystery Train – Presley
Good Rockin Tonight
That’s Alright Mama
Matchbox – Carl Perkins
Blue Suede Shoes
Gone, Gone, Gone
It’s up to you – Ricky Nelson
The Fool – Sanford Clark
Endless Sea – Jody Reynolds
October 28, 2010 at 1:57 am
Shenandoah – trad
Danny Boy – trad
Woodstock – C,S,N & Y
Neil Young – Heart of Gold
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
October 28, 2010 at 1:48 am
Black Betty
October 28, 2010 at 9:32 am
Black Betty is a cool song, but hardly an easy strumming song, though.
I think we’ll save that for later on when we get to more advanced songs. 
October 28, 2010 at 1:46 am
I just saw Nick Lowe and his band in NYC- I’d like to learn his version of “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love & Understanding.”
October 28, 2010 at 1:45 am
Hello & Hi..
Please provide,
1. Bertie Higgin – Casablanca
2. Eagles – Love keep us alive
Thanks
October 28, 2010 at 1:19 am
Suggested songs:
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Time of your Life – Green Day
Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
October 28, 2010 at 1:16 am
i would really like to learn to strum pink floyd tunes (wish you were here, welcome to the machine etc)
October 28, 2010 at 1:15 am
Good stuff coming in. Remember, name some songs!
I’m off to bed now. Will check and approve comments in the morning.
Night. zzzz
October 28, 2010 at 1:11 am
The needle and the damage one – Neil Young
My heroes have always been cowboys – Willie Nelson
Anything by Steve Earle or Townes Vam Zandt!
I’ll think of more.
October 28, 2010 at 1:10 am
Hi,
I would like to know the strumming patterns and arpeggios of some songs like
1. Whiskey Lullaby – Brad Paisley
2. Good Morning Beautiful – Brad Paisley
3. mark chesnutt – I don’t want to miss a thing
Regards
Roy
October 28, 2010 at 1:08 am
The Eagles, Neil Diamond and Jimmy Buffett, I want to strum along to their songs and learn to keep good rhythm with my right hand. I want to learn chord embellishments and lead ins….. things that will make my guitar playing sound “not so plain”, I want to be a good, good rhythm guitar player and write songs,
Thank you,
GaryBill
October 28, 2010 at 1:00 am
I’d like Country & Western plus some of the good old 1960 numbers
October 28, 2010 at 1:04 am
More specific, please… name some songs.
October 28, 2010 at 4:31 am
“What’s so funny about peace, love & understanding” especially the way Nick plays it now, slowly. There are a bunch of Youtube vids up of him doing it recently.