Best And Easiest CHORD song

[kurt_hendrix]

What song is the easiest and best sounding song to play on CHORDS!

[gerald guerrero]

Hey Joe. Hendrix

[Bevo]

Check out a book from L&M called Acoustic Rock (Guitar Cord Songbook) by Hal Leonard.

It has 80 songs and some are easy once you have the strum pattern down.
Blue Suede Shoes, 3 cords
Blowin in the wind ,4 cords
Seven bridges road, 3 cords D,C,G/B
My fav..Blind melon, No Rain, 4 cords E,D,A,G5

Check out the songs on You Tube to get the pattern and rythem then go for it.
Bev

[Mr. David Severson]

If you know Em, G,C, D,A and the occasional Bm you can every Green Day song know to mankind. That being said you asked for the best songs ever and I don't know if they are in that categorey.

[zdogma]

Knockin on heaven's door. My favorite jam tune 'cause I can actually remember all the words. G/D/Am. Helpless by neil young is pretty similar D/A or A7/G. The strum pattern is pretty obvious for both.

[Tarl]

Gloria by Them (Van Morrison) E, D ,A

[Baconator]

Since you say CHORD and not chordS I'd have to say anything by George Thoroughgood. :tongue:

[Chito]

America's Horse With No Name :tongue:

[lolligagger]

How about "Cap in Hand" by the Proclaimers? 3 different patterns with 3 chords...a bonus is that chicks dig this one, especially if you can pull off the Scottish accent. :wink:

Verse D G A D G A D G A D G A
Bridge A D G D A D
Chorus G D A D G D A D G D A D G A

[esp_dsp]

id say the easyest is about a girl by nirvana mixes up some open and power chords and its soo easy...(first song my first band ever cover:D)


its pretty much a mix of the Em chord and the open G chord (i think?) just back between those 2 for the verse and the chorus is something like...

Dm Am Fm(i think??) not too sure on my power chords right now:eek: i donno look up the tab im sure there is a million different versons!


oh and the solo for it is

e-------------------------------
b-----------7/9-9-9/12-12-12-12
g-----------7/9-9-9/12-12-12-12 4 times listen to the song you should get it no problem
d-------5-7---------------------
a---5-7-------------------------
e-0-----------------------------

[famouspogs]

tombstone blues, surfin bird and feelin' alright are all 2 chords throughout.

[jimmy peters]

Bo-diddley
F# &e----& D

[Hamm Guitars]

Free Falling by Tom Petty. Great song and you hardly have to move your left hand at all.

It doesn't have to be difficult to be good - My old guitar teacher.

[I_cant_play]

+1 for Knockin' on Heaven's Door. Very easy song.

GDC
GDAm

and quite the crowdpleaser too..

[Starbuck]

Horse with no name....

[Mooh]

Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, House Of The Rising Sun, and 12 bar 3 chord blues, lots of Neil Young...

Peace, Mooh.

[Starbuck]

Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, Peace, Mooh.

Funny you should say that. I was thinking that one, but it's just too darn long.. :zzz:

[Mooh]

Re: Wreck Of The Eddie F, skip some verses after everyone has fallen asleep.

Peace, Mooh.

[Michelle]

Do I dare say....Takin' Care of Business, don't know the chords, but just listen to it in your head
That's the song that a lot of CDN guitarists started with in the 70's

Oh! You're a Hendrix fan! How about:

Can you See Me
Foxy Lady
Belly Button Window
Like a Rollin' Stone

And speakin of Rollin' Stone, try some stones, pretty simple chord songs like:

Sympathy For The Devil
Stray Cat Blues
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Midnight Rambler - YEAH!

[jimmy peters]

Knockin on heaven's door. My favorite jam tune 'cause I can actually remember all the words. G/D/Am. Helpless by neil young is pretty similar D/A or A7/G. The strum pattern is pretty obvious for both.

i think you'l find the progressionis
GDAmiGDC overand over and-------

[Ritchard]

Do I dare say....Takin' Care of Business, don't know the chords, but just listen to it in your head
That's the song that a lot of CDN guitarists started with in the 70's



I'm so busted.

[Petersko]

For simple strumming fun I like "San Francisco Bay Blues" by Clapton.

C, C7, F, G7, A7, E7, D7/F#

[dolphinstreet]

How about
"Helpless" by Neil Young.
"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"

[NB-SK]

I'd start with Horse with no name then move to a Neil Young song (Helpless and then Hey Hey My My).

[bluezombie]

The bard's song - Blind guardian :rockon2:

[Paul]

And speakin of Rollin' Stone, try some stones, pretty simple chord songs like:

Sympathy For The Devil

It was quite a few listens before I realized the only guitar in the track is the solo. The rhythm is all piano, prolly Nicky Hopkins.

[stratovani]

If you want simple stuff then it's pretty hard to beat early Beatles.

[Michelle]

It was quite a few listens before I realized the only guitar in the track is the solo. The rhythm is all piano, prolly Nicky Hopkins.

Think you're right there Paul, I was thinking of the live version. Pretty simple though; E - D - A then to B, (low B for me), for the bridge, I'm a bass player so I wouldn't know if they are majors or minors, whatever. Maybe they're just 5th's.

[LowWatt]

I'm gonna have to go with Heroin by The Velvet Underground. One and a half chords. That's it.

D and the top half of a G chord.

[zontar]

"T-Bone" by Neil Young/Crazy Horse-
Three simple chords--and a nice simple but fun rhythm.

[laristotle]

Lime in the Coconut - Harry Nilsson
C7 picked

[dodgechargerfan]

"Something on My Mind" by Teenage Head
C Am G F

Fun to strum..

[sgiven]

Wild Thing by the Troggs

A, D, E, and then theres one part that you alternate between A and the open strings

I don't know if that's the right way but it's pretty passable.