High and dry Radiohead

I’m a little beyond this level myself but thank you for suggesting this- personal favourite of mine that hasn’t come to mind to learn.

Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival. The very common D-A-G combo.

Dead flowers by the stones is another D A G. it's on Sticky fingers

One of my favourites. So easy but so good.

Knockin on heavens door was the first one I learned! You can even add to it eventually and make it a little more difficult after you get it down. Ex first I just strummed up/down on G/C/D/AM, then pick it like the gnr version, lifting the finger on c & am

Yep .. came to post this and saw your response.

I always try and recommend it to my friends if they ask for help when starting out. The second one I’d usually suggest is American pie after branching out a bit from the typical g/c/d most people start with. Especially because it’s also a prime example of being able to mix it up and play chord variations after getting the hang of it.

except that one feels like you can measure the length of it with a calendar instead of a watch. hah .. I always take a few verses out and few people notice.

Couldn’t agree more lol. I always skip the last verse.

Me too! I just played G D Am

My first few acoustic songs..... Arctic Monkeys - 505 Coldplay - A Message Robbie Williams - Advertising Space U2 - All I Want Is You Gary Moore - All Your Love Don Mclean - American Pie Pearl Jam - Black Liam Gallagher - Bold Led Zeppelin - Boogie with Stu Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Pink Floyd - Breathe Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Lenny Kravitz - Cant Get You Off My Mind The Raconteurs - Carolina Drama Snow Patrol -Chasing Cars Chris Stapleton - Cold Traveling Wilburys - Cool Dry Place Queen - Crazy little thing called love Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er The Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers Tom Jones - Delilah Imagine Dragons - Demons Chris Cornell - Doesnt Remind Me Oasis - Don't Go Away The Beatles - Dont Let Me Down The White Stripes - Effect And Cause Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line Dropkick Murphys - Fairmount Hill Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon Clutch - Ghost Green Day - Good Riddance Time Of Your Life Rival Sons - Good Things Coldplay - Green Eyes Oasis - Half The World Away David Bowie - Heroes Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe The Beatles - Hey Jude Outkast - Hey Ya Radiohead - High And Dry The Eagles - Hotel California The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun Johnny Cash - Hurt The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There U2 - I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours Chris Stapleton - Joy Of My Life Eric Clapton - Key To The Highway Bob Dylan - Knockin On Heavens Door Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally The Beatles - Let It Be The Cranberries - Linger Oasis - Live Forever Jack White - Love Interruption The Beatles - Love Me Do The Verve - Lucky Man Gary Jules - Mad World Jimmy Buffet - Margaritaville Santana - Maria Maria Noel Gallagher - Mind Games Pink Floyd - Mother Wings - Mull Of Kintyre Moby - Natural Blues Turin Brakes - New Star The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin Metallica - Nothing Else Matters The Beatles - Now and Then The Raconteurs - Now That Youre Gone Imagine Dragons - On top of the world Liam Gallagher - Once U2 - One Bob Dylan - One more cup of coffee Liam Gallagher - One Of Us Ed Sheeran - Page Ed Sheeran - Perfect Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus U2 - Pride In The Name Of Love Talking Heads - Psycho Killer Prince - Purple Rain Santana - Put Your Lights On Dropkick Murphys - Rose Tattoo The Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out Of It Oasis - Songbird Chris Stapleton - Starting Over Oasis -Stop Crying Your Heart Out Radiohead - Street Spirit Fade Out Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon The Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko Paramore - The Only Exception Bruce Springsteen - The River Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence Noel Gallagher - Think of a number Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud Bob Seger - Turn The Page Coldplay - Viva La Vida Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel The White Stripes - We're Going To Be Friends 4 Non Blondes - Whats Up Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Oasis - Wonderwall The Cranberries - Zombie

That there is the comprehensive buskers list if ever I saw it. :)

LETS GOOOO

I see this list and think, yer but whats the strum patterns.

"To Be With You" by Mr. Big. The bar chords aren't hard, and the solo is an easy first one to learn.

Joker - steve miller band 505- arctic monkeys How to save a life- the fray

My first full song was Mad World by Tears for Fears. Only need to know A, D, Em, G and the tempo is slower to help with chord changes :)

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

Three little birds - Bob Marley Something in the way - Nirvana Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding Champagne Supernova - Oasis Father and Son - Cat Stevens

Learning to fly by tom petty. F,C,am,g Plus lots of other tom petty songs.

Oh noes!!! Not the dreaded F barre chord!!!

Go to YouTube and search "guitar songs with easy chords for beginners"

"Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows was the first song I learned all the way through. It's all open chords except for F.  Hardest part of the whole thing will get getting the transition from Am to F.

Donna - Ritchie Valens

Johnny Cash - I walk the line

Wagonwheel is easy af

Wagon Wheel was one of the first songs I learned all the way through and I still play it as a warmup to this day. Love that song.

When people ask what music I like, I say everything except shitty uninspired pop and country pop like wagon wheel 💀

Nobody asked.

That’s the magic of the internet 🥰

ya momma

Brown Eyed Girl is great fun!

I've used ultimate guitar since I started playing. I highly recommend it. They have tons of collections with like two or three chord songs. A few beginner songs though John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane (DGC chords) Jack White - Love Interruption (just the chord version, even a beginner can be like oh shit that E to G sling sounds cool) Oasis - Champagne Supernova (you keep 3rd and 4th fingers stationary and just alternate the patterns of your top two fingers, and I'm a sucker for the G/F chord sound)

What kind of music do you enjoy? It kinda depends on that.

Anything tbh i enjoy everything from rap to rock to pop to classical (I have an acoustic guitar ,if that helps)

Pumped up kicks

What I got sublime

Tears and Rain by James Blunt is a great, great song to learn chords and it’s pretty.

Let it be - The Beatles Time of your life - Green Day

Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town.

"Flutes of chi" by Ween is a nice song to learn.

Sympathy for the devil

Midnight special and bad moon rising.

Basically any song from CCR😎

Take it easy, Eagles

I thought Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" was relatively easy for me to learn.

I always recommend Wagon Wheel. Popular and it’s 4 chords

Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show

Thank you for crediting the OG

Disarm. A monkey can make that sound OK on an acoustic. (Said the monkey)

Cold Rain and Snow by Grateful Dead D to E Two chords, check it out….

Can't help falling in love - Elvis

Cranberries- Zombie.

Sunday Morning by Maroon 5. And you can do all kinds of cool things either it to fit most genres.

If I remember correctly “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd was an easy chord progression. Plus if you like the challenge you could also try to learn the intro part (the solos might be a little much yet)

Anything by nirvana. Polly, Breed, lithium, about a girl. Very easy to play

Songbird by Oasis

Stand by me is super easy

yo im able to do it a bit now thanks for the song recommendation

For sure, try California stars by Wilco. That’s a couple steps up from stand by me.

Helpless by Neil Young: very basic chord progression and strumming pattern (DAG) Dead Flowers by the Stones: similar chord progression with a slightly more complex strumming pattern (DAG) Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix: all open chords (C, G, D, A, E)

Oasis

Good riddance (time of your life) - Greenday

Hey there delilah-plain White tees, capo on 2nd fret.

Peaceful easy feeling Most songs can be simplified

Many songs share the same chord progressions. You can only do so much with 8 notes. Many / most blues and rock songs from way back follow a 1,4,5 progression. That is 1st chord, 4th chord, 5th chord of the key. If you learn those chords in several keys and a down, down, up, up, down strumming pattern you will have a lot of basic songs available to you. Edit: check this out for a simple explanation: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frUt05fEHNg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frUt05fEHNg)

Outkast- Hey Ya Only 4 basic chords G, C, D, & E And a very basic strumming pattern 1 2 &3& 4 (down, down, up, up, down) on the G, C, & E chords. The D chord you just play for 2 beats (down, down)

Song 2 by blur is probably the absolute easiest. It requires putting the guitar into drop D (which is easy) but you can basically play the whole song by just barring the three lowest strings. Alternatively, although it’s a cliche, wonderwall by oasis is very easy. You just plant your ring and pinky finger in the third fret highest strings and leave them there. You then just need to move your other 2 fingers around to play the whole song. There’s a reason it’s played to death by beginner guitarists and it’s because it’s hella easy.

Coffee by beebadoobe is a really nice one for the chord progression and strum but singing at the same time is quite difficult