Playing guitar is just about one of the most enjoyable things you can do. Ask any guitar player and they will tell you that. The trouble is, when you are first starting out, the learning curve can be pretty steep, which makes it pretty tough to reach the enjoyment stage. It’s hard to enjoy something when your fingers are sore and you don’t really know how to play anything! For this reason, you’ll find a few easy guitar songs below. Enjoy!
Please bear in mind that there isn’t the space or the scope to give you an in depth explanation of rhythms and strumming here, so the best thing to do is to play along with the record until you have at least a basic idea of how it should sound.
Song 1- House Of The Rising Sun, by the Animals
A great song, tremendously well known and very popular. You?ll find that simply knowing this song will cause some people to give you great acclaim as a guitar player, which can be pretty odd when you are just starting out!
Chords: Am, C, D, F, Am, E, Am
Song 2- Freebird by Lynrd Skynrd
This tune is an all time great, and guaranteed to cause legions of beer drinking men all over the world to...