Piss Easy Acoustic Guitar Songs

ayatollah · 09-04-2010 1:15am #1

Said i'd throw this up see how it flew?!?!?

figured we'd all add fairly easy / straightforward guitar songs that do exactly what it says on the tin.

sure to start off i'll go for

FANS - KINGS OF LEON

i'm not entirely sure its 100% accurate but you can make a decent fist at it with a sliding E chord

with an 8 beat on the 1st fret to a 4 beat on the 7th and then a 4 on the 9th then repeat.

so

E (8) E(on 7th fret for 4) then E (on the 9th for 4) REPEAT.

anyways just an idea i had as i was messing about with the guitar here while at the comp.

Leftyflip · 10-04-2010 1:37am

Something In The Way by Nirvana
Drop D

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I think...

Malice · 10-04-2010 8:53am

Leftyflip wrote: »

Something In The Way by Nirvana
Drop D

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I think...

That was exactly what I was going to post

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demanufactured · 10-04-2010 9:00am

Nirvana - Territorial Pissings

ayatollah · 11-04-2010 2:58pm

Tom Petty - I won't back down

Em (2) D(2) G(4) }x2
Em (2) D(2) C(2)
Em (2) D(2) G(4) }x2

thats pretty much the intro and verse repeated throughout the song and the chorus is

C(4) D(4) } X3

Simples!!!

NoQuarter · 11-04-2010 5:34pm

Aint no sunshine...

Am Em G Am

With or without you...

D A Bm G

Charlie3dan · 19-04-2010 4:59pm

Keep these coming!

Knocking on heaven's door:

G D Am7
G D C

damonjewel · 20-04-2010 9:07pm

Iggy Pops the passenger

Am F C E

strobe · 21-04-2010 12:58am

Wild Thing - The Troggs

Intro:
A,D,E x2

Verses:
A,D,E,D x3
A,D,E

Chorus:
x0000x,A,x0000x,A x4
D

and repeat.

new fang · 01-05-2010 6:02pm

damonjewel wrote: »

Iggy Pops the passenger

Am F C E

It's

Am F C E
Am F C G

new fang · 01-05-2010 6:08pm

buy you a drank by t-pain

capo 1st
Am F C G for the verse
Am C F G for the chorus

hon pa · 07-05-2010 6:51pm

Let It Be by The Beatles

C,G,Am,F,C,G
then pick 1st fret on high E,open E,3rd on B,1st on B:D

damonjewel · 10-05-2010 9:10am

new fang wrote: »

It's

Am F C E
Am F C G

silly me to forget line 2, I'll get my coat

Guitareaxe · 15-05-2010 2:15pm

Learn 12 bar blues, or standard rock and roll (ala Johnny b goode) and you can play pretty much every cheesey rocknroll song ever written with slight variations to the timing.

windsurfer99ie · 15-05-2010 10:47pm

Three Little Birds (Bob Marley) can be played with A, D and E
Blowin In The Wind (Bob Dylan) can be played with D, G and A or G, C and D
The Scientist (Coldplay) can be played with very easy chords (Youtube lesson)
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz) can be played with G, C, D and Em
Sweet Home Alabama sounds ok in three chords (G, C and D)
Check out three chord guitar on youtube for more ...

I object to the title of this thread - I imagine that this is aimed at beginners and most of us find learning to play the guitar to be difficult initially.

ayatollah · 16-05-2010 7:45pm

i take your point i didn't mean it in an offensive way.

in that i've not been playing guitar that long myself.

i just meant to illustrate songs that are like easier than you would think i guess.

anyways here's another.

Neil Young - Rockin' in the free world

Verse:
Em (4) D (2) C (2)

Chorus:
G (4) D(4) C(6) Em(2)

and then
A5(16)

and repeat throughout.

Mackleton · 15-07-2010 12:01pm

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

GCGD Repeat

SP: DDUUD

Could we maybe include strumming patterns if we know them please? That's what I'm finding the hardest.

ttoppcat · 15-07-2010 7:39pm

^^Good point. I'm currently trying to learn Sylvias mother (for the aul singalongs dontcha know

) and while the chords are easy I just cannot get a strumming pattern going..its driving me mad!!

Oh and the chords for it are: A, E, A, D, A, E, A, E (if you need more elaboration just ask and i'll put them to the lines of the song

)

Another easy one is Neil Young Heart of Gold:
Em (plus baby finger on the b string of the 3rd fret) D, Em.
Em, C, D, G
Em, G, C G

Gaspode · 19-07-2010 9:28pm

Horse with no name, the ultimate piss-easy song! 2 chords and both very easy to get.

Guitareaxe · 23-07-2010 3:49am

Gaspode wrote: »

Horse with no name, the ultimate piss-easy song! 2 chords and both very easy to get.

Yeah also Zombie by cranberries, which is the same chords as Disarm by smashing pumpkins, if you can play one you can play the other, just disarm has more complex strumming.

learn Greenday-when I come around, its also the chord progression for Journey-midnight train (the verse's), and many many many other songs.

This chord progression you will find in hundreds of songs.
the 12 bar blues chord progression as I mentioned before - example: G,C,G,D,G, you will find in thousands of songs! from elvis to status quo, Irish Trad to BB King.
Play in barre chords and you can move the whole progression up or down the fretboard to find a comfortable key to sing along with, the positions all move together.

CountingCrows · 27-08-2010 10:34am

Ben E. King - Stand by me

G G Em Em C D G G (bar each, repeat till end)

Strumming Pattern - D DU UDU

Joey the lips · 27-08-2010 10:40am

Van diemans land..... Brilliant slow and quite easy. One of my fav. Another is one by U2 and All i want is you and desire.

U2 VAN DIEMANS LAND (from the album "Rattle and Hum")

Hold me now, oh hold me now
G C G C G
Till this hour has gone around
Em C D
And I'm gone on the rising tide
Bm Em CF
or to face Van Diemen's land
G D G C G

It's a bitter pill I swallow here
To be rent from one so dear
We fought for justice and not for gain
But the magistrate sent me away
Now kings will rule and the poor will toil
And tear their hands as they tear the soil
But a day will come in the dawning age
When an honest man sees an honest wage
Hold me now, hold me now
Till this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's land
Still the gunman rules and widows pay
A scarlet coat now a black beret
They thought that blood and sacrifice
Could out of death bring forth a life

CHORD FORMATIONS:CHORD FORMATIONS:All chords areplayed in arpeggio (first from low frequency to high frequency and thenback). E A D G B EG : 3 2 0 0 x xC : x 3 2 0 1 xEm: x x 2 0 0 0D : x x 0 2 3 2Bm: x 2 4 4 3 x

minotour · 27-08-2010 10:47am

Waron Zevon - Werewolves in london - D,C,G

Leonard Cohen - Heroin - D,Dm

Are we in danger of being shutdown by IRMA?

echoindia756 · 18-09-2010 7:24pm

Hey ya! - OutKast

G for 4 beats, C for 8 beats, D for 2 beats and E for 4 beats, strumming pattern is down down up up down for each chord except D where you just do two down strums

Boogienights · 03-10-2010 7:09pm

Nice thread Kudos

thewizzzzzzard · 20-07-2011 8:52pm

great thread ive started learning guitar a week ago i can play brown eyed girl, somethings in the way, hey ya and horse with no name...........thanks guys keep them coming

Scuid Mhór · 22-07-2011 4:38pm

in the aeroplane over the sea by neutral milk hotel is pretty easy i find.

G - Em - C - D

strumming is the toughest part (and even then it's grand to get it down after a few tries): up, down, up, down, down and repeat, repeat, repeat.

just listen to it on youtube and figure out when he changes chords but for the record it goes something like this:

G......................Em
what a beautiful face
.................................C
I have found in this place
........................................D
that is circling all round the sun
G...........................Em
what a beautiful dream
................................C
that could flash on the screen
.......................D............................G
in the blink of an eye and be gone from me
.......Em
soft and sweet
.........C.......................D...................G Em, C, D
let me hold it close and keep it here with me

and repeat etc.

then for the fourth verse, you switch the chords around and it's Em, C, G and D and you play them at the end of every line, then it's back to normal for the final bit.

haha, it took ages to format that.

Jethropool · 26-07-2011 3:50pm

Baker St
Verse & Chorus
A Em G D A

Bridge ("Used to say that it was so easy"
Dm7 Am7
Dm7 Am7 C G D (x2)

Hum the chorus on a kazoo

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Piss Easy Acoustic Guitar Songs

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