Easy learning PJ song for a rookie?

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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,116
    bootlegger10 said:

    jeff2040 said:

    I'm pretty terrible with the guitar but I picked up the first few parts of Man of the Hour pretty quickly. I've never tried to get through the whole song but that might be one to try as well.

    Nothing like a good somg about death to liven up a campfire with friends and booze :)
    Lol

    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • ponytd
    ponytd Nashville Posts: 671
    Satan's bed is easy to learn. Nothingman isn't too bad. SOLAT is easy too
  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    Not sure if someone mentioned this one or not, but Last Kiss is a very easy song as well.

    also ... Not sure if its the kind of song to do around a camp fire with a bunch of dudes or not. But its very simple. :-/
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Thin Air, and Stone's little bridge riff is not hard either.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Pearl James
    Pearl James Pittsburgh/Chicago Posts: 438
    Small Town is probably youre easiest bet to be honest. Only have to move two fingers the entire song really.

    As for a Neil song, Walk With Me would be incredibly easy as well, only two fingers required. Plus he played it with PJ so thats always a plus.
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,853
    edited July 2014
    A fun song to play for a beginner which is very easy and recognizable by most is Zombie by The Cranberries.


    Songster is also a great app!
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Some of the easiest songs I play either solo or in my acoustic duo:

    Nirvana - Lounge Act
    PJ - Thin Air, Black, Porch, Indifference
    Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You (just modify it to use basic major chords), Dollar Bill
    Pink Floyd - Free Four, Wish You Were Here
    Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees, Creep
    Phish - AC/DC Bag, Suzy Greenberg, Heavy Things
    Rolling Stones - Loving Cup
    Trey Anastasio - Drifting
    Neil Young - Act Of Love
    Social Distortion - Ball And Chain (3 chords for the whole song)
    Ben Harper - Steal My Kisses
    Jack Johnson - Bubbletoes
    Sublime - What I Got
    U2 - Running To Stand Still
    The Temptations - My Girl
    Paul Simon - Late In The Evening
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • ponytd
    ponytd Nashville Posts: 671
    Smells like Teen Spirit and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap are really easy.

    also, the very beginning of Nothing Else Matters lol
  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,197
    If you really want to push yourself, give John Cage's 4'33" a try. Nailed it my first time!
  • Whywhyzed
    Whywhyzed Posts: 270
    Vitalogensia said:

    I'll have to give Drifting a try. Agree about the tricky-ness of Elderly Woman...just can't get the timing down no matter how many times I watch "how to" videos or listen to the song (as if the past 20 years wasn't enough).

    Yeah I would not have gotten Small Town if my teacher hadn't showed me. But once he did it really was pretty easy. It's in 6 / 8 time, so theres 6 8th notes per measure, with emphasis on the 1st and 4th ones.
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    jeff2040 said:

    I'm pretty terrible with the guitar but I picked up the first few parts of Man of the Hour pretty quickly. I've never tried to get through the whole song but that might be one to try as well.

    ...
    Try playing just the chords for 'Man Of The Hour'.
    C-G-C-G
    C-G-Am-G
    Am-G

    You can fake the bridge something like this (I don't have a guitar with me right now):
    E
    And the road
    __________F
    The old man paved
    ______C
    The broken seams
    ________D
    Along the way
    ______F
    Rusted signs
    __________E
    Left just for me
    ______Am
    He was guiding me
    C_______D
    Love, his own way
    F
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • leach7
    leach7 Posts: 403
    I am mine. Money!
  • happyhourhero
    happyhourhero Posts: 204
    I always thought wishlist was pretty easy to play and smile.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,116
    leach7 said:

    I am mine. Money!

    Way to hard for a beginner. Maybe the chorus but that's about it

    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    Good call on SOLAT and Last Kiss. Both very easy.

    OP: if u get good at Long Road try SOLAT. Fun and easy to play
  • RB247657
    RB247657 Posts: 34
    Man. What a wealth of knowledge on here. Tomorrow night is the start night. Momma and son off to see the in-laws. Free evening to myself. My starter song is gonna be Long road. If that goes well, then Man of the hour. I'm really dreaming here, but if all that goes, then SOLAT. You know, as a good wake up call.

    Thanks all
  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    Takes some practice, but I really like to play Insignificance.
    Immortality is pretty simple as long as you skip the solo.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,116
    Basically any song ed plays guitar on is pretty easy. It s the songs like half full and red mosquito that kill me. Corduroy and in my tree are two more easy ones.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • bazzer
    bazzer Posts: 3,126
    Whywhyzed said:

    Vitalogensia said:

    I'll have to give Drifting a try. Agree about the tricky-ness of Elderly Woman...just can't get the timing down no matter how many times I watch "how to" videos or listen to the song (as if the past 20 years wasn't enough).

    Yeah I would not have gotten Small Town if my teacher hadn't showed me. But once he did it really was pretty easy. It's in 6 / 8 time, so theres 6 8th notes per measure, with emphasis on the 1st and 4th ones.
    1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3...
  • sparky_fry
    sparky_fry Posts: 760
    if your just going for chords:

    Jeremy is just A-G, Chorus F-G-A
    Black chords are also pretty easy
    release chords are just D-G-C
    indifference
    Elderly woman
    Immortality
    not for you
    Down

    Its best to learn a few songs with just chords until your comfortable with timing and chord-transition. Then you can slowly add in some tabs: corduroy, off he goes, betterman, wishlist, evolution etc

    Good luck, and don't give up

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