8 Easy Beginner Guitar Songs

Are you looking to learn easy beginner guitar songs? Then look no further. You’re in the right place!

In this free guitar lesson you will learn:

• 8 quick and easy beginner guitar songs that people will adore!
• The secret to mastering guitar chords.
• 5 essential strumming patterns that will make you sound amazing.
• How to learn guitar songs FAST!

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We often see beginner students struggling to find songs to learn on guitar, usually a song is too hard and is out of reach.

In this guitar lesson, we’re going to walk you through 8 easy beginner guitar songs.

Easy beginner guitar songs #1 ‘Stand By Me’ by Ben E. King

Here’s an oldie but a goodie, from 1960s songsmith, Ben E. King.

This song is awesome for beginner guitar players because:

• It’s a feel good tune, everybody loves it.
• It’s SUPER easy to play.
• You only need to use two fingers to play each chord.
• The strumming pattern is dead simple.

Have a listen to this great song:

What chords do you need to know?

The chords in this song are G, E minor, C and D!

If you’re a complete beginner those chords may be a bit of a stretch for you. But don’t worry! We have a solution.

We’re going to play some SUPER easy beginner guitar chords.

These are ‘stepping stone’ chords, a stepping stone chord is an easier version of a standard open chord.

Let’s run through a few of these.

The ‘G’ Chord

Our new, easier G chord looks like this :

G6

To play a G6 Chord you :

• Place your 2nd finger on the 3rd fret of the low E string.
• Place your 1st finger on the 2nd fret of the A string.
• Strum all the strings!

If you’d like to know how to play even easier versions of this chord, go here: 4 Easy Ways To Play The G Chord On Guitar

E Minor

Luckily for us, the standard E minor voicing is easy anyway! So we don’t have to change this one.

To play this chord you :

• Place your 1st finger on the 2nd fret of the A string.
• Place your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the D string.
• Strum all the strings!