Easy songs to learn with a simple Strumming pattern

[the_doors_girl]

HI all

I am so messed up:confused:. I want to learn a sound or a scale with some easy strumming pattern to it. Also it would be nice to find a song with some simple chords aswell. I know I am asking alot but if anyone knows some were I can find this info it would be of a great help. :D

Thanks alot all

[cyberfret]

The easy song question is so common that I was going to put up a page with a list of easy songs links to the tab for the song. The only problem was that every version of those easy songs I found on the Internet was dead wrong. So I am going to list a few of the strumming songs from my list, but be aware that 90% of all tabs you find on the Internet are very wrong. Sometimes just wrong chords, sometimes just making an easy song way more difficult than it really is.

But here is a list to at least give you some ideas for some easier strumming type songs.

Alice In Chains - Brother

America - Horse With No Name

America - Lonely People

Beatles - Hey Jude

Beatles - Let it Be

Beatles - Twist and Shout

Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Blind Melon - No Rain

Bowie, David - Space Oddity

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

Buffett, Jimmy - Changes in Latitudes/Attitudes

Buffett, Jimmy - Margarittaville

Bush - Glycerin

Clapton, Eric - Wonderful Tonight

Clash - Should I Stay, Or Should I go

Counting Crows -Mr. Jones

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hey Tonight

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop the Rain

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Almost Cut My Hair

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Helpless

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Southern Cross

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Teach Your Children

Dave Mathews Band - Ants Marching

Doors - Love Here Madly

Dylan, Bob - Blowin' In the Wind

Dylan, Bob - Like a Rolling Stone

Dylan, Bob - The Times They Are A-Changin'

Eagles - Already Gone

Eagles - Lyin Eyes

Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling

Eagles - Take it Easy

Eagles - Tequila Sunrise

Everlast - Ends

Foo Fighters - Big Me

Green Day - Brainstew

Green Day - Hitching a Ride

Green Day - Time of Your Life

Hendrix. Jimi - Wild Thing

Jewel Who will Save your Soul

Jewel - You Were Meant for Me

Joplin, Janis - Me and Bobby McGee

King, Ben E. - Stand By Me

Kingmen - Louie Louie

Kinks - Lola

Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole

Led Zeppelin Hey Hey What Can I Do

Live - Dolphins Cry

Live - Lightning Crashes

Live - Selling the Drama

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

McLean, Don - American Pie

Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin

Nirvana - About a Girl

Nirvana Man - Who Sold The World

Nirvana - Penny Royal Tea

Nirvana - Polly

Oasis - Champaine Supernova

Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter

Pearl Jam - Last Kiss

Petty, Tom Free Falling

Petty, Tom Swingin

Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side

Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

Santana - Put Your Lights On

Santana - Smooth

Seger, Bob - Against the Wind

Seger, Bob - Hollywood Nights

Seger, Bob - Night Moves

Seger, Bob - Still the Same

Semisonic - Closing Time

Smashing Pumpkins - disarm

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

Staind - Outside

Stewart, Rod - Maggie May

Stone Temple Pilots - Creep

Sublime - What I Got

Sugar Ray - Every Morning

Third Eye Blind - How's it Gonna Be

Thorogood, George Bad To The Bone

Yardbirds - For Your Love

Young, Neil - Heart of Gold

Young, Neil - Helpless

Young, Neil - Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Young, Neil - Sugar Mountain



--Shawn

[the_doors_girl]

hi shawn thanks for your help you have giving me alot to choose from thanks again :)

[blackbird]

:cool: Love that list Shawn, you RULE!!!! :cool:

[Xar666]

I agree with most of your list. However, I don't know how you play Ants Marching by DMB, but in my experience that is a difficult song for beginners. If played with the correct mutings Dave uses and speed it is not that easy.

-Xar

[nuglet]

one song witha really simple intro is POD - Southtwon. the first 30 seconds or so are extremely simple and if you get stuck on all your other songs, at least it will be a confidence booster.

[surge]

Hide your love away - Beatles, my first song, not complicated at all

[rageninfernos]

yea well the first song im learning how to play is aerials by system of a down and its so ez

[just me]

maybe I'm steppin' over the line here...but if you're looking for easy songs just to practice strumming and singing, whip out a church hymn book full of old traditional songs. They're mostly three-chord progresions and pretty simple.

[skabaka]

There are many little songs in the here!

Just try to look around.

http://www.cyberfret.com/reading/fourth-string/standard/page3.php


Chris "skabaka"

[svenkabob]

This has got to be the second most posted question on these boards, only slightly behind "Why can't I do barre chords after two days?"

[skabaka]

Where do you find these songs at?

Skabaka

[dreadhead]

tom dooley

[Jools]

maybe it should be stickied?

[Weile]

surge - hide your love away was my first song also .. nice one to start with, that song.

Oh, actually, an easy ... really easy song ... try Eleanor Rigby. (beatles again) it's mostly C and Em, plus a few other simple switches.

[bridge]

should i stay or good i go was a great easy one!! do you know any other easy clash songs or oasis songs?

[silvrtoy]

Has anyone got the cords for Eleanor Rigby or any other easy Beatles song. I haven't gotten to tabs yet. Thanks

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by bridge
should i stay or good i go was a great easy one!! do you know any other easy clash songs or oasis songs?

oasis rules!!

-

[OperationIvy]

Originally posted by silvrtoy
Has anyone got the cords for Eleanor Rigby or any other easy Beatles song. I haven't gotten to tabs yet. Thanks

thats weird but i thought tabs would be easier as they tell you the finger positions. In any case, goto www.guitartabs.cc they write whether songs are tabs and which are chords and usually have both for reasonably famous songs.

And yeah, they have the chords for Eleanor Rigby, i just checked.

[bridge]

any clash or oasis songs that are easy?

[queequeg]

How are you guys strumming Hide Your Love Away?

It's 3/3 time, right? I was just strumming down, down up, down up.


My problem is that with the so-called "easy" songs to learn, I just can't figure out the strumming pattern, which is frustrating me to no end.

[toast]

Originally posted by just me
maybe I'm steppin' over the line here...but if you're looking for easy songs just to practice strumming and singing, whip out a church hymn book full of old traditional songs. They're mostly three-chord progresions and pretty simple.

[CrimsonHate]

jesus f-ing christ no one has mentioned the greatest learning song!?....ok kid go get the chords for Ironman....Its by black sabbath and its easy to play and learn...it was the first song i learned and its still one of my favs...ok umm...listen to the song and....since your a beginner forget the solo...and play your little heart out!!!...happy shredding!:D

[greenwood991]

My problem is that with the so-called "easy" songs to learn, I just can't figure out the strumming pattern, which is frustrating me to no end.

Play along with the song several times. You will get it. In reality for most songs you don't need to play the strumming exactly how it is on the song. What is more important is that you get the feel of the song.