6 Easy and Fun Songs to Play on the Guitar for Beginners

We have been telling ourselves that we'd learn to play the guitar for years. After all, we're constantly impressed by anyone who can whip out their instrument with ease—and we'd like to do the same.

If you, like us, have had a guitar collecting dust in your room, take a leap of faith and start strumming. Below, we have six simple songs that are fun and easy to play for beginners.

'Chasing Cars' – Snow Patrol

With a capo, "Chasing Cars" becomes of the easiest songs for beginner guitar players to attempt. Place it on the second fret, and the only chords you must know from there are G, D and C. From there, it has an even less advanced strumming pattern—just alternate between up and down.

 

'Fearless' – Taylor Swift

We all know Taylor Swift has written her own music since the beginning of her career. Because of it, many of her older songs aren't too challenging to learn. For example, "Fearless" switches from D to A to E-major and G. Thankfully, these chords are some of easiest to master.

 

'I Feel It Coming' – The Weeknd

"I Feel It Coming" feels like a song we wouldn't expect to be easy for beginners, but it is. It features four different chords—but they're basic. You're probably noticing repeats by now: E-major, A-major, F and C. The real secret to mastering this song is letting your singing take the wheel!

 

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'As It Was' – Harry Styles

Like The Weeknd's "I Feel It Coming," we'd never expect "As It Was" to be as straightforward it is. It also is driven by its vocal melodies rather than the production. Once you move your capo to the second fret, just alternate between A-major, D, G and C.

 

'Hotline Bling' – Drake

The beauty about Drake's 2015 hit "Hotline Bling" is how simple it is. His melody throughout the song is very balanced, while the song's production doesn't switch up too often. Unsurprisingly, that makes it a great track for beginners, only containing C, A-major and E-major chords.

 

'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' – Jane Taylor

Nursery rhymes are great for children because there isn't much to it. They are literally the building blocks to learn music. It contains three basic chords: C, F and G7 with no capo. In case you'd like to practice more advanced techniques, it also has an easy finger-plucking pattern.

 

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