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prodacakeprodacake Posts: 319
edited August 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
Any know any easy songs (pj or not) that sound great being played on an acoustic
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  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    "Heart of Gold" Neil Young
    "Good Riddance" Green Day
    turn Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" into an acoustic song and it does good
    "Tears in Heaven" Clapton
    the acoustic parts of Metallica's "Unforgiven" and "Fade to Black"
    "Life by the Drop" SRV
    "Don't Follow" and "Brother" by Alice in Chains
    "Rockin in the Free World" or "Hey Hey My My" by Neil Young

    all those songs are pretty easy

    I can't really think of any PJ acoustic songs that I like, but there are plenty of their songs that translate well from electric to acoustic
  • terminal velocityterminal velocity Posts: 73
    modest mouse - styrofoam boots (2 chords)
    collective soul - december (good practice for arpeggios)
    pearl jam - elderly woman (first song i could ever sing along to)
    pearl jam - driftin' (it's tuned down a half step on every string though)
    weezer - island in the sun
    blind melon - mouthful of cavities (it only SOUNDS intimidating)
    neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea (G, Em, C, D)
    nirvana - polly
    wind howls through our new haircuts
    the water rushes 'round
    heaven knows there's not one thing left to say
  • hailhail82hailhail82 Posts: 330
    Helpless- Neil Young (three easy chords)
    Pearl Jam- (some of these might not be so easy at first but none of them aren't worth working through. Some are electric on the record but sound great solo acoustic)
    Off He Goes
    Of The Girl
    Parting Ways
    Lowlight
    Long Road
    Thumbing My Way
    Using the word "methinks" in your message board posts doesn't make you look smart.
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Pearl Jam-Elderly Woman but Indifference is the EASIEST!!!!
    Nirvana-Come As You Are and Something in the Way
    Green Day-Good Riddence(I spelled that wrong)
    Incubus-Drive
    Wayne Chochran-Last Kiss
    Neil Young-Rockin' in the Free World
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Wonderwall - Oasis
    Layla Unplugged - Clapton
    About A Girl - Nirvana
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Don't forget

    Crazy Mary
    One More Cup of Coffee
    Needle and the Damage Done'
    anything by JAmes TAylor
    Over the HIlls and Far Away
    Bron-yr Aur Stomp
    Time of My Life
    Wake Me Up When September Ends
    Music is not a competetion.
  • SteveMurraySteveMurray Posts: 66
    i like to throw these into a set every now and again. Good fun to play slowed down on acoustic

    Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
    I bet you look good on the dancefloor - arctic monkeys
  • CornishManCornishMan Posts: 447
    Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
    London #1 2000, Reading 2006, London 2007, London 2009, London 2010, Manchester #1 2012, Manchester #2 2012, Manchester 2012 (EV), Milton Keynes 2014, London #2 2017 (EV), London #1 2018, London #2 2018, London #1 2022, London #2 2022, Manchester 2024.
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Mama Said - Metallica
    Music is not a competetion.
  • Beck..Beck.. Posts: 535
    Come back-pearl jam F Bm Amaj
  • Maggot BrainMaggot Brain Posts: 22
    lucylespian wrote:
    Don't forget

    Crazy Mary
    One More Cup of Coffee
    Needle and the Damage Done'
    anything by JAmes TAylor
    Over the HIlls and Far Away
    Bron-yr Aur Stomp
    Time of My Life
    Wake Me Up When September Ends

    The intro picking to Bron - yr - Aur Stomp is actually pretty technical and in an open tuning... All those slides and hybrid picking... I suppose the verse chords are easy, just barred, but still not quite an easy tune if you ask me! (if you want to get it right that is!) lol
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Maggot Brain wrote:
    The intro picking to Bron - yr - Aur Stomp is actually pretty technical and in an open tuning... All those slides and hybrid picking... I suppose the verse chords are easy, just barred, but still not quite an easy tune if you ask me! (if you want to get it right that is!) lol


    Ooooooooops, silly me, I was on a mission to think of good acoustic songs and missed the "easy" part. You are right, it's not easy.
    I need to have a crack at that some time.
    It's taking the time to do the damn open tuning that slows me down. I have the tab box set for the first 5 albums, so there is no excuse about not having the right music.
    Music is not a competetion.
  • Maggot BrainMaggot Brain Posts: 22
    Tangerine is a pretty easy and nice Zeppelin acoustic song which is in standard tuning...

    I remember the first song i learnt on acoustic guitar was Blackbird by The Beatles... such a beautiful song and so easy to play... Improves your picking technique as a beginner too!
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