Goodnight Irene
This Leadbelly song was the last tune of every jam I went to when I started playing in bluegrass and old time jams.
Grab the sheet here and follow along with the lesson!
Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
This bar room classic will either win you shouts of join or moans from your crowd. Whether you love to hear it, or you’re tired of it being played, it’s a great beginner guitar song to practice with its memorable chorus (sha-la-la-la) simple chords, and fun intro.
Wildwood Flower
This traditional folk tune is great practice for picking melodies. Download the guitar TAB for Wildwood Flower here.
Free Fallin by Tom Petty
Free Fallin is a riff-drivin tune that makes us want to pick up the guitar. It’s easy to transition between a few different chords to get the iconic syncopated riff that is signature to Free Fallin. Check out our guitar lesson on Free Fallin by Tom Petty here.
Horse with No Name by America
What I really loved about Horse With No Name is it’s musical simplicity.
I mean, who doesn’t love a two chord song with a very simple melody that an be sung and played at the same time? Check out our lesson on how to play Horse With No Name here.