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pj kidpj kid Posts: 26
edited December 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
do you guys have any easy songs
that are still cool for a NOOB guitarist like me
thanks

"Love cannot save you from your
fate."

<Jim Morrison>

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  • solsurfrsolsurfr Posts: 207
    Originally posted by pj kid
    do you guys have any easy songs
    that are still cool for a NOOB guitarist like me
    thanks

    Small Town
    Betterman
    Rockin in the free world
    Wishlist
    Indifference
    nothingman

    tons more... but that should keep you busy.
  • After The EndAfter The End Posts: 11
    Oceans
    Hi, my name is Denis and I endorse this post.
  • 1/2 Full1/2 Full Posts: 16
    Not For You
    Immortality
    Satans Bed
    Hail Hail
    Off He goes
    Smile
    Thin Air
    Parting Ways
    I Am Mine
    Green Disease
    MFC
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    God's Dice
    Mankind
    Not For You
    Lukin - does it get any easier???
  • soapyrowssoapyrows Posts: 235
    not for you
    corduroy
    betterman
    EVENFLOW MEMBER #009 and i'm LOVIN the new PJ!!!! avacado all the way!!

    i know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
    i HOPE you'll be a star,
    in somebody elses sky, but why, why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine?!
  • pj kidpj kid Posts: 26
    thanks
    guys but you know
    that it doesn't need to be
    pearl jam songs

    "Love cannot save you from your
    fate."

    <Jim Morrison>

  • solsurfrsolsurfr Posts: 207
    Originally posted by pj kid
    thanks
    guys but you know
    that it doesn't need to be
    pearl jam songs

    Haha... Should've said so! :-) What kind of music you into besides PJ? There are tons of easy songs to learn and get a camp fire going with some friends...
  • pj kidpj kid Posts: 26
    Originally posted by DissidentBand
    Haha... Should've said so! :-) What kind of music you into besides PJ? There are tons of easy songs to learn and get a camp fire going with some friends... [/QU

    i am tring to expand my horizon

    "Love cannot save you from your
    fate."

    <Jim Morrison>

  • pj kidpj kid Posts: 26
    any thing that is rock
    classic
    grunde
    whatever

    "Love cannot save you from your
    fate."

    <Jim Morrison>

  • U-RU-R Posts: 223
    i think you'll find that vitalogy on the whole is a great album to learn from. the whole album is simple and fun to play
    if you love somebody, set them free. if somebody loves you, don't fuck up
  • djyman15djyman15 Posts: 181
    disarm-smashing pumpkins
    glycerine-bush
    This Love-Maroon 5 (the melody, the rhythm is kinda tricky)
    "Even if your heart would listen, I doubt I could explain"-Jimmy Eat World
  • ShwnShwn Posts: 37
    Angry Chair- Alice In Chains
    Hey, Hey, My, My,- Neil Young
    "One day we will all be in the soil with no gods to slave to, and no heroes to kill for"
    -Between the Buried and Me
  • WhiteMaleRatWhiteMaleRat Posts: 301
    I have been learning for 2 months or so now and have printed out dozens of tabs and found the 2 easiest songs to learn from start to finish are "here comes the sun" and "ruby tuesday" - both are mostly notes with a few simple chords.

    A lot of songs that people generally mention have a lot of chords that take a while to learn - IMO a beginner shouldn't jump into too many chords, it can get frustrating.

    Once you get a little experience, U2's "One" is another good one.
    "This guy back here is giving me the ole one more....one more back to you buddy."

    - Mr. Edward Vedder 7/11/03


  • dylandylan Posts: 4
    rocking in the free world is easy its the first song i ever learnt
  • dreadheaddreadhead Posts: 64
    Lukin4 wrote:
    God's Dice
    Mankind
    Not For You
    Lukin - does it get any easier???

    totally agree w/ u on the lukin comment VERY easy yet sounds pretty kool u can even go in2 not for you ith ease ala touring band :)
    "I wish I was Australian at home under the sun" Eddie- Perth 03
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Anyone saying Betterman is good for newbies: wrong. That's not just strumming a few easy open or barre chords, it's picking and sliding. It's easy to those of us who have been playing for a few years, but it's hardly a newbie song.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    The first song i learned how to play when i was learning how to play guitar was About a Girl by Nirvanna. I found most Nirvanna songs to be simple if you are in to them.

    I have not played guitar in 4 years now though :( i should string it up and play again.
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
    Ohana Festival 24 x2
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Standard newb songs in the tradition of grunge, punk, and classic rock:

    Smashing Pumpkins -- Cherub Rocks

    Nirvana -- pretty much anything. Do you know what a BAR CHORD is? lol.

    Pearl Jam -- Alive (hell, give the solo a try even) Jeremy, Porch (not the solo), RELEASE (mmm D chord), ALL of vitalogy (minus foxy mop, that one is a bitch), Hail Hail, Who You Are, Given To Fly (maybe? it's not that hard, really), the song YOU, Hard To Imagine for some really simple picking, hell even Yellow BedWetter isn't too bad.

    Led Zeppelin -- Your Time Is Gonna Come (good picking), Whole Lotta Love, Hey Hey What Can I Do. (can't think of much else. don't know that much zeppelin myself, though Stairway isn't even that complicated, of course again minus the solo)

    Alice In Chains -- Whale & Whasp (great picking, i fukin' love this song too) actually all of Jar Of Flies is rather simple, just multiple parts. Nutshell is a good one for some more odd chord shapes, and Don't Follow is a really easy D\G\A chord pick kinda thing.

    Guns N Roses -- you know i had to bring this up. Mmm. GNR.
    *Mr. Brownstone is not too terribly difficult. The intro is some fun pull off work in 1st positition. The verse is just power chorded and so is the chorus.
    *Used To Love Her -- easy as pie. D A G. Check out the Stone's song "Dead Flowers" (which the Gunners also coverd) for an identical riff.
    *One In A Million -- A to B7 hammer on to C Cadd4 G F- oh hell look it up
    *Out Ta Get Me
    *Sweet Child O Mine -- learn how to piss off guitar center employees.

    Van Halen
    *Dance The Night Away. Far and away the easiest VH song, i believe

    AC\DC
    *pretty much anything. Simple chord changes utilized to bombastic effect.

    The Pixies
    *several easy songs. Although many pixies songs rely so heavily on bass with just a few guitar fills and drones that it becomes hard to replicate with out backup instruments. Try "Gigantic" for starters.

    The Ramones
    ANYTHING -- how bout "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" or either of the songs that PJ currently covers are easy as mud.

    Ok, this is good for now?
    I gotta get back to work at any rate.

    HAVE FUN WITH IT!
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • eCioeCio Posts: 23
    i think you can't go wrong with anything of neil young...
    how can you go wrong with:

    Rockin' In The Free World - try this one first
    Hey Hey My My - advance to this
    The Needle And The Damage Done - a the picking can be a little tricky at first, but it is a lot of fun playing, start without hammer-ons and pull-oof at first, add them latter
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