The Top Acoustic Guitar Songs You Should Learn
Songs to play on acoustic guitar
Picture yourself resting with your friends and family by the fire at the seashore late in the evening. The waves are rolling in and as it gets dark you pick up your acoustic guitar and begin to play one of your favourite songs. Someone produces a harmonica and joins you. Within a matter of minutes you’re all singing and playing the night away.
Don’t you think it’s a fabulous picture? Just close the eyes and think of it. Imagine being
able to go for just about any song and simply play it. But I have a dilemma there. I constantly must bring a binder with me, because it doesn’t matter how hard I try, I can not remember all those durned lyrics…
My other problem I have if I forget about the binder is definitely my imagination. I can’t bring to mind any songs to play! So should you be like me, collect your own songs in a binder, write in the chords in all the right spots and always have it at hand when it is party time.
The Songs
To help you a little with hints on what songs to try out, I have created a list of songs that I personally enjoy playing. Quite a few is reasonably easy to play and several are perfect to sing along with your buddies.
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Blowing in the Wind – Bob Dylan
Boat On The River – Styx
Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Greenday
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers (Most of you know it from Simon&Garfunkel)
Country Roads – John Denver
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – Bob Dylan
Father And Son – Cat Stevens
Give a Little Bit – Supertramp
Good Riddance – Greenday
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s
Hotel California – Eagles
I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You – Elvis Presley
Imagine – John Lennon
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
Knocking On Heavens door – Bob Dylan
Lady In Red – Chris De Burgh
Let It Be – Beatles
Losing My Religion – REM
Love Of My Life (acoustic version) – Bryan May’s version is awesome!
More Than Words – Extreme
Mr Tambourine Man – Robert Zimmerman (Of course it’s Dylan!)
Norwegian Wood – Beatles
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
Sound Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
Stand By Me – Ben E King
Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd (Go for All Summer Long (Kid Rock) while you’re at it.)
The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
The River – Bruce Springsteen
While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Working Class Hero – John Lennon
These songs are among my personal favourites. Needless to say we all have different preferences, and like different stuff, but there has to be at least a few diamonds for you to enjoy from this list.
Happy playing!
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