Easy guitar songs
Easy songs for guitar that avoid barre chords entirely. Most use three or four open chords, so they are perfect once you can switch between G, C, D, Em and Am.
- Frère JacquesCBeginner
- Down in the ValleyGD7Beginner
- La CucarachaCG7Beginner
- London Bridge Is Falling DownCG7Beginner
- Mary Had a Little LambCG7Beginner
- Ode to JoyDABeginner
- Oh My Darling, ClementineCG7Beginner
- Row, Row, Row Your BoatCG7Beginner
- Skip to My LouCG7Beginner
- Tom DooleyGD7Beginner
- Amazing GraceGCDBeginner
- Angels We Have Heard on HighGDCBeginner
- Auld Lang SyneGDCBeginner
- Away in a MangerGCDBeginner
- Baa, Baa, Black SheepCFG7Easy
- BingoCFG7Easy
- Blessed AssuranceDGABeginner
- Cielito LindoCG7FEasy
- Come, Thou Fount of Every BlessingDGABeginner
- Cripple CreekADEBeginner
- Deck the HallsGD7CBeginner
- Down to the River to PrayDGABeginner
- Drunken SailorDmCABeginner
- Go Tell It on the MountainGCD7Beginner
- Good King WenceslasGDCBeginner
- Happy Birthday to YouGD7CBeginner
- In the PinesGCD7Beginner
- Itsy Bitsy SpiderCG7FEasy
- Jesus Loves MeCFG7Easy
- Jingle BellsGCDBeginner
- John HenryGCDBeginner
- Joy to the WorldDGABeginner
- KumbayaCFGEasy
- Man of Constant SorrowGCDBeginner
- Midnight SpecialCGD7Beginner
- My Country, 'Tis of TheeGD7CBeginner
- Nearer, My God, to TheeGCD7Beginner
- O Christmas TreeCG7FEasy
- O Come, All Ye FaithfulGDCBeginner
- Oh! SusannaCG7FEasy
- Old MacDonald Had a FarmGCD7Beginner
- Red River ValleyCG7FEasy
- Rock of AgesGD7CBeginner
- Silent NightCG7FEasy
- Swing Low, Sweet ChariotDGABeginner
- The First NoelDAGBeginner
- The Wild RoverGCDBeginner
- This Old ManCFG7Easy
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarCFGEasy
- Up on the HousetopCFG7Easy
- Wabash CannonballGCD7Beginner
- Waltzing MatildaCGFEasy
- When the Saints Go Marching InCG7FEasy
- Wildwood FlowerCG7FEasy
- Will the Circle Be UnbrokenGCDBeginner
- Yankee DoodleGD7CBeginner
- America the BeautifulCGD7FEasy
- Doxology (Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow)GDEmCEasy
- In the GardenGCD7A7Easy
- Leaning on the Everlasting ArmsGCA7D7Easy
- Loch LomondGCDEmEasy
- Molly MaloneCAmDmG7Easy
- Scarborough FairAmGCDEasy
- What a Friend We Have in JesusGCDA7Easy
- Whiskey in the JarGEmCDEasy
- GreensleevesAmGFEEasy
- Battle Hymn of the RepublicGCA7D7EmEasy
- Hark! The Herald Angels SingGDA7CAmEasy
- Home on the RangeGCA7D7EmEasy
- It Is Well with My SoulCFAmD7G7Easy
- O Come, O Come, EmmanuelEmAmDGB7Easy
- Take Me Out to the Ball GameCG7A7DmD7Easy
- The Old Rugged CrossGG7CA7D7Easy
- Wayfaring StrangerEmAmB7CGEasy
- What Child Is This?AmCGEmEEasy
- House of the Rising SunAmCDFEEasy
- Michael, Row the Boat AshoreCFEmDmG7Easy
- O Little Town of BethlehemCG7FAmEmEasy
- God Rest Ye Merry, GentlemenEmCDB7AmGEasy
- We Three KingsEmB7DGAmCEasy
- We Wish You a Merry ChristmasGCA7DB7EmEasy
- O Holy NightCFGEmB7G7AmDmEasy
Questions
What chords do I need for these songs?
The most common chords in this list are C, G, D, G7, F. Learn those and you can play most of the songs.
Which are the easiest?
Start with Frère Jacques, Down in the Valley, La Cucaracha. They use the fewest and simplest chords.