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05-06-2006, 11:37 AM | #1 |
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Learning the guitar - Easy 3 or 4 chord song suggestions?
Hey, I'm learning to play the guitar (again), and the nicest thing is being able to play REAL songs, so i'd like to know suggestions for easy-to-play songs involving up to 4 chords - so far i can positively play 'the magic four', A, G, D & E (major).
My list so far (3 chords): Roxette - The look ( ) Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 (excl. the bridge) there has GOT to be better songs than that to rehearse!
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05-06-2006, 01:32 PM | #2 |
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Willy Mason - So long, has 4 chords in it, and is still a fantastically amazing song
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/...o_long_crd.htm Devendra Banhart - At the Hop (4 chords) http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/...he_hop_crd.htm You don't have to play the picking, it sounds fine strummed Tanita Tikaram - Twist in my sobriety has 3 chords in it, Verse: Am Dm Emaj Am, Am Dm Emaj Am, Emaj Am, chorus: Emaj, Am, Emaj, Am, Dm, Am Emaj Am, Emaj Am, You might have to put a capo somewhere for that ^. They're all brilliant songs, which is always good.
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05-06-2006, 01:51 PM | #3 |
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whoa, minor chords!!! i'm gonna have to save those tabs for later, but thanks!
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05-06-2006, 02:06 PM | #4 |
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don't be a scaredy face, give em a go! Am is just like Emaj, moved down a string - easy. Dm is just the same as Dmaj but the last string is held down on the first fret instead of the seccond. And Em is just Emajor with the 4th string open instead of held down at the 1st fret.
cille! you're soooo doing it the wrong way round. It's soo boring learning chords and then having to search for songs which use them. PenguinBoy reccomends you just find simple songs, and then learn the chords in order to try and play the songs. Music before theory say I.
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05-06-2006, 02:24 PM | #5 |
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First song I ever learned was Leaving on a jet plane:
|A D A D| |A D E | repeat! easy as pie! Though not all that exciting. And I agree with penguin boy. Find easy song with maybe one or 2 extra new chords and learn that way. Oh, and "Smelly Cat" is |E A | |D A E |
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05-06-2006, 02:32 PM | #6 |
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Alot of Damien RIces songs are 3-4 chords!! Delicate, I Remember ( I Think), Volcano! A few jeff buckley songs are too!
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05-06-2006, 03:40 PM | #8 |
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Breakfast At Tiffany's
Verses: |D G A| Chorus |D A G|
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05-06-2006, 03:48 PM | #9 |
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Knockin' on heaven's door:
|G D Am| Don't be scared of the AM. As Penguinboy says, it's the same shape as E just move all the fingers down one string. (These are also the chords for Gabrielle's "Rise" but you didn't hear that from me!!)
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nice ones kat!
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