Top 100+ Easy Guitar Songs - BEST List For Beginners and Intermediate Players

As a musician, learning songs for whichever instrument you are playing is one of the best exercises. Not only do you get to practice your chops but you also get to learn exactly how a particular song is played. As a beginner/intermediate guitar player, learning songs is all about knowing where to put your fingers on the fretboard, listening to the strumming patterns used, and taking note of any special techniques or chord combinations. Being aware of these things as you learn songs will help you become a better guitar player and composer.

However, as a new/intermediate guitar player, you may be looking for a list of easy songs to learn. That’s why I’ve compiled a list of the 100+ best easy guitar chord and tab songs. As you’ll notice below, I’ve broken up these lists of guitar songs into two sections. The first section is comprised of chord songs and the second section is for tab song. For each section, I’ve included the:

Song/Artist
Ultimate Guitar Chords/Tabs
Guitar Pro Tabs and links to HD video quality lessons from Guitar Tricks

I’d highly recommend using a piece of software such as Tux Guitar (free) or Guitar Pro (paid, however much more comprehensive) to open the Guitar Pro tab files below. Be aware that some GP tabs are for version 6 of Guitar Pro which won’t open in Tux Guitar.

Have fun and happy guitar playing!

Easy Chord Songs

For this first section of easy guitar songs, the primary guitar portion of the tune consists of chords. They usually don’t have too much else in terms of riffs or picking – they are mainly strumming-based songs.

Song / Artist	Ultimate Guitar Chords	Guitar Pro Tabs / Videos
1. T.N.T – AC/DC	Chords	GP Tabs
2. Bad Moon Rising – CCR	Chords	GP Tabs
3. Free Fallin – Tom Petty	Chords	GP Tabs
4. Stuck In The Middle With You – Stealers Wheel	Chords	GP Tabs
5. Have You Ever Seen The Rain? – CCR	Chords	GP Tabs
6. Love Me Do – The Beatles	Chords	GP Tabs
7. Time Of Your Life – Green Day	Chords	GP Tabs
8. Ring Of Fire – Johnny Cash	Chords	GP Tabs
9. Ho Hey – The Lumineers	Chords	N/A
10. Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams	Chords	GP Tabs
11. Hey, Soul Sister – Train	Chords	N/A
12. Let it be – The Beatles	Chords	GP Tabs
13. Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen	Chords	GP Tabs
14. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz	Chords	GP Tabs
15. Little Talks – Of Monsters And Men	Chords	N/A
16. Born In The U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen	Chords	GP Tabs
17. Walk Of Life – Dire Straits	Chords	GP Tabs
18. Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel	Chords	N/A
19. Yellow – Coldplay	Chords	GP Tabs
20. No Rain – Blind Melon	Chords	GP Tabs
21. Closing Time – Semisonic	Chords	GP Tabs
22. All Right Now – Free	Chords	GP Tabs
23. Times Like These – Foo Fighters	Chords	GP Tabs
24. 3AM – Matchbox Twenty	Chords	GP Tabs
25. Run-Around – Blues Traveler	Chords	N/A
26. Mr. Jones – Counting Crows	Chords	GP Tabs
27. She Moves In Her Own Way – The Kooks	Chords	GP Tabs
28. Rolling in the Deep – Adele	Chords	GP Tabs
29. Sitting, Waiting, Wishing – Jack Johnson	Chords	GP Tabs
30. Three Little Birds – Bob Marley	Chords	N/A
31. 500 miles – The Proclaimers	Chords	N/A
32. Walking On Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves	Chords	N/A
33. Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash	Chords	GP Tabs
34. Pumped up Kicks – Foster The People	Chords	GP Tabs
35. Otherside – Red Hot Chili Peppers	Chords	GP Tabs
36. Creep – Radiohead	Chords	GP Tabs
37. A Horse with No Name – America	Chords	GP Tabs
38. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond	Chords	GP Tabs
39. Band On The Run – Wings	Chords	GP Tabs
40. Simple Song – The Shins	Chords	N/A
41. Take It Easy – The Eagles	Chords	GP Tabs
42. Let It Go – James Bay	Chords	N/A
43. Hey Ya! – OutKast	Chords	GP Tabs
44. Jumper – Third Eye Blind	Chords	GP Tabs
45. Beds Are Burning – Midnight Oil	Chords	GP Tabs
46. Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show	Chords	N/A
47. Stay With Me – Sam Smith	Chords	N/A
48. The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars	Chords	N/A
49. Rockin’ In The Free World – Neil Young	Chords	GP Tabs
50. Wonderwall – Oasis	Chords	GP Tabs
51. Lick It Up – Kiss	Chords	GP Tabs
52. I’m a Believer – The Monkees	Chords	GP Tabs
53. Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd	Chords	GP Tabs
54. Drive – Incubus	Chords	GP Tabs
55. Mother – Pink Floyd	Chords	GP Tabs

Easy Tab Songs

In this second section, I’ve included a list of tab-based guitar songs. These songs primarily consist of tunes that either have important riffs/licks within them or use power chord / regular chord variations that need to be tabbed out.

Song / Artist	Ultimate Guitar Tabs	Guitar Pro Tabs / Videos
1. Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet	Tabs	GP Tabs
2. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd	Tabs	GP Tabs
3. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison	Tabs	GP Tabs
4. Cocaine – Eric Clapton	Tabs	GP Tabs
5. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash	Tabs	GP Tabs
6. Waiting On the World to Change – John Mayer	Tabs	GP Tabs
7. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana	Tabs	GP Tabs
8. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd	Tabs	GP Tabs
9. Start Me Up – The Rolling Stones	Tabs	GP Tabs
10. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran	Tabs	GP Tabs
11. Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple	Tabs	GP Tabs
12. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin	Tabs	GP Tabs
13. House of the Rising Sun – Animals	Tabs	GP Tabs
14. Walk This Way – Aerosmith	Tabs	GP Tabs
15. You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC	Tabs	GP Tabs
16. Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes	Tabs	GP Tabs
17. Do I Wanna Know? – Arctic Monkeys	Tabs	GP Tabs
18. Taking Care of Business – BTO	Tabs	GP Tabs
19. Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream	Tabs	GP Tabs
20. Where Are You Going – Dave Matthews Band	Tabs	GP Tabs
21. Hair of the Dog – Nazareth	Tabs	GP Tabs
22. Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top	Tabs	GP Tabs
23. Slow Ride – Foghat	Tabs	N/A
24. You Could Have Been A Lady – April Wine	Tabs	N/A
25. Here It Goes Again – OK Go	Tabs	GP Tabs
26. Island In The Sun – Weezer	Tabs	GP Tabs
27. Harder To Breathe – Maroon 5	Tabs	GP Tabs
28. Heartbreaker – Led Zeppelin	Tabs	GP Tabs
29. You Really Got Me – The Kinks	Tabs	GP Tabs
30. My Sharona – The Knack	Tabs	GP Tabs
31. Runnin’ Down A Dream – Tom Petty	Tabs	GP Tabs
32. Day Tripper – The Beatles	Tabs	GP Tabs
33. Just What I Needed – The Cars	Tabs	GP Tabs
34. The Joker – Steve Miller Band	Tabs	GP Tabs
35. Sixteen Saltines – Jack White	Tabs	GP Tabs
36. Mama, I’m Coming Home – Ozzy Osbourne	Tabs	GP Tabs
37. My Generation – The Who	Tabs	GP Tabs
38. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses	Tabs	GP Tabs
39. We’re Not Gonna Take It – Twisted Sister	Tabs	GP Tabs
40. Rock You Like A Hurricane – Scorpions	Tabs	GP Tabs
41. Beat It – Michael Jackson	Tabs	GP Tabs
42. Iron Man – Black Sabbath	Tabs	GP Tabs
43. Wild Thing – The Troggs	Tabs	N/A
44. 20th Century Boy – T.Rex	Tabs	GP Tabs
45. Communication Breakdown – Led Zeppelin	Tabs	GP Tabs
46. Back In Black – AC/DC	Tabs	GP Tabs
47. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne	Tabs	GP Tabs
48. Pretty Woman– Roy Orbison	Tabs	GP Tabs
49. Paranoid – Black Sabbath	Tabs	GP Tabs
50. Joker and the Thief – Wolfmother	Tabs	GP Tabs
51. Enter Sandman – Metallica	Tabs	GP Tabs

Easy Guitar Songs – In Summary

Hopefully, this list of easy guitar songs has given you some ideas as to where to start in learning some of the best guitar-based songs I know of. Remember to try giving the Guitar Pro tab a shot if you need to get a better idea of how the actual tab should be played. Both Guitar Pro and Tux Guitar also have other important capabilities such as slowing down the tempo of the song, soloing/muting certain tracks, a ready to use chord chart available, etc.

Additionally, if you’re a beginner just starting to learn how to play guitar I’d highly recommend checking out the essential guides in the “Additional Resources” section as you learn through your first couple of songs. Not only will they help you in being able to play songs with greater ease, they will also contribute to helping you become an overall better guitar player.

If you have any questions or comments about any of the songs listed above or have any songs you think would fit in well, don’t forget to leave a comment below.

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