YAG(uitar)T: Any easy cool strumming songs to learn how to play?

[Ns1]

in my boredom i learned how to play outkast - hey ya (even though i hate that song)

any others?

 

[Buttzilla]

i would never think about playing that song! hehehe

play jason mraz's songs. its not that bad and he only uses like 3 chords.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

311 - use of time

so easy

 

[gistech1978]

tom petty
hes another 3 chord kind of guy

 

[KingNothing]

Try Collective Soul, World I Know.

 

[Platypus]

Check out some 3 chord blues progressions and then solo off them. This is the most fun way.

 

[thomsbrain]

if you like green day, i'd recommend learning some of their songs. they are mostly pretty easy to play and straightforward.

 

[Ns1]

bumpity

re: green day songs
this powerchord thing is f'n me up =(

 

[Platypus]

power chords are simple, if you want some help drop me a PM or AIM or something

 

[RagingBITCH]

Ahh come on, power chords are easy Even easier so than normal chords for the most part.

 

[rayray2]

iron man

 

[Triumph]

smoke on the water! it's stupid, but so easy.

 

[crumpet19]

I just down my guitar. The last thing I was playing was Tonic 'If You Could Only See.'


-good song to impress the ladies

 

[GasX]

John Mellencamp - Pink Houses
The Beatles - Let It Be
U2 - One

God bless the cowboy chords!

 

[Ns1]

hm

i can do the first verse/intro to green day - time of your life

i just can't do the strumming =(

 

[Mr N8]

Beatles - Elenor Rigby

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Alice in Chains - Right Turn. Great song and it's super easy.

 

[Crappopotamus]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
hm

i can do the first verse/intro to green day - time of your life

i just can't do the strumming =(

you suck more than me!

here are some songs i can play (poorly)
smashing pumpkins - thirty three
oasis - dont look back in anger, live forever
third eye blind - jumper
coldplay - the scientist

yeah. i started self teaching myself a ways back, but i got hurt/lazy etc.

 

[Chu]

The easiest strumming song ever has to be "Name" by goo goo dolls. The trick to the song was they used some really weird tuning so all the chords use the fingering 0-0-0-0-0-0 or 0-2-2-2-2-2 (I believe, been forever since I've played it, but it's very similar to this) and just change the strings they strum.

-Chu

EDIT : Bullet with Butterfly Wings by the smashing pumpkins is also really easy to play but sounds really hard. Everything based around 0-2-2-0-4-x and 0-0-0-0-4-x with another weird tuning, and it sounds much harder to play then it is. If you want to try a very easy non strumming song that sounds hard, try "Heaven Beside You" by Alice in Chains.

 

[KokomoGST]

Anything punk or punkish. Green Day, Offspring, Ramones... heck, a lot of grunge stuff like Nirvana is like 4 chords.

 

[Ticks]

White Stripes - 7 Nation Army

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Heheh, a song I looked up the other night might work but it might be a little tough for you, The Kinks - Lola Most of it is only playing a few chords. Power chords are simple, most of the popular stuff since the early 90's are mostly power chords so get used to them if you want to play that kinda stuff

If you haven't yet, get the powertab software and get the tabs from here. Great software that makes learning songs a lot easier