Easy Guitar Songs with 2, 3 and 4 Chords
Real songs, open chords only. Each one has its chord diagrams, the strumming, and a play-along that lights up every bar as you go. Pick one, and you're playing music today. 🎸
Two chords1 song
The best place to start. Learn one change, and you can play a whole song.
Three chords1 song
Three chords cover a huge share of folk, country and pop.
Four chords5 songs
Four chords, and you've got most of the radio covered.
Learn the chords on their own
Before the song, the shapes. Tap a chord on the song page to see every way to play it, and practise each one until it rings clean.
Then just the changes
Switch between two chords, slowly, without strumming. Every song is mostly the same few changes, so this is where the real progress happens.
Play along, slowly
Press Play along and drop the tempo. The bar you’re on lights up, and the next chord is always shown. Speed it up a little each day.
Then play it with the record
Back at full speed, play along with the real recording. That’s the moment it stops being practice and starts being music. 🎶
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Frequently asked questions
What is the easiest song to play on guitar?
A two-chord song, like Tom Dooley. You only need one chord change, D to A, and you can play the whole thing. Once that feels easy, move up to three and four chords.
Which guitar chords should I learn first?
G, C, D, Em and Am. With those five open chords, plus F later on, you can play most of the songs on this page and thousands more.
What does the capo do on these songs?
A capo moves the whole song up the neck, so you can use easy open shapes and still sound in the original key. The songs marked with a capo show you where to put it.