easiest songs you've ever learned on guitar

[MSIndulgence]

obvious one: smoke on the water


but the first i ever touched a guitar i learned most of when september ends by green day and hash pipe by weezer [except the solo. took an extra few minutes for that]

what about everyone else?

[omgrawr]

smoke on the water is all i can do haha

[TheOtherAndrew]

Insert Blink-182, Green Day song.

[MSIndulgence]

Insert Blink-182, Green Day song.

this. took me 10 minutes to learn the rock show today

[kianacarly]

I can't play the guitar, but when I was taking lessons for a while I did manage to learn About A Girl by Nirvana. It didn't sound that great seeing as I can't play, but I can only imagine someone who can play would find it effortless.

[MSIndulgence]

I can't play the guitar, but when I was taking lessons for a while I did manage to learn About A Girl by Nirvana. It didn't sound that great seeing as I can't play, but I can only imagine someone who can play would find it effortless.
haha, i'll have to try that out. for obvious reasons, whenever someone mentions that song TAI's song of the same name comes to mind. i've only been doing it for a few months, and i tought my girlfriend who's never touched a guitar in her life how to play the chorus for hash pipe by weezer. real easy

[kianacarly]

haha, i'll have to try that out. for obvious reasons, whenever someone mentions that song TAI's song of the same name comes to mind. i've only been doing it for a few months, and i tought my girlfriend who's never touched a guitar in her life how to play the chorus for hash pipe by weezer. real easy

Yeah, I didn't take lessons for too long, unfortunately. With almost no experience I learned nearly the entire song within the lesson though. I can't for the life of me remember how to do it anymore though, haha.

[Sarcasm]

Good Riddance is pretty easy too

[reesa]

i only learnt 'what's my age again' last week in one day. i was proud X)

i use to think it was impossible for me to play anything coz in high school i didn't practice as much as i do now. also i use to envy all the boys of how they played all the cool songs while i sat there singing to them lol.

[Ismael182]

Um..Brain Stew.

[The Summer Ends]

"Your Call" by Secondhand Serenade

Back when I was like 15 and really wanted to impress the girl I was going out with in hopes of getting some, I learned to play it.

[reesa]

"Your Call" by Secondhand Serenade

Back when I was like 15 and really wanted to impress the girl I was going out with in hopes of getting some, I learned to play it.
lol nawww. did it work? ha :P

[The Summer Ends]

lol nawww. did it work? ha :P
I got a handjob out of it. Worth the 15 minutes of practice it took.

[TeamAllison]

"Isis" by the Goo Goo Dolls, "Good Riddance" by Green Day, "Swing Life Away" Rise Against

All of those songs use more or less the same chords.

Taking Back Sunday - Cute Without The E. It was the first song I ever learned, and it's really easy to tweak around and make it all slowish and acousticish and I'm-trying-to-impress-this-girl-I-like-ish.

Dashboard Confessional - The Ghost Of A Good Thing. More power chords to learn how to be a grade-A lazy guitarist.

[reesa]

I got a handjob out of it. Worth the 15 minutes of practice it took.
:ok:

[Pudge Halter]

"All These Things That I've Done" by the Killers.
3 chords for the whole song.
I shit you not.

[Broden Terry]

Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69'

The rhythem just came really easily. The changes weren't a problem.

[spriltsc]

most blink songs were relatively easy for me to learn

[jake13]

insert pop punk song here

[timb89]

dance dance

[joeag1985]

Wonderwall. How cliche.

[kazuma_ootaro28]

The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop". Obviously.

[thefaceless]

most say anything songs are really easy. i want to know your plans is really easy to pick up.

[nickthehick2]

I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab on Bass

[amplifire]

Otherside or Californication by RHCP were the first few songs I learned

[whataclush]

3 Libras - A Perfect Circle

[Daigle lol]

Insert Blink-182, Green Day song.

Hahaha, basket case, learned in about five to ten minutes. I hadnt played it for four years and then I picked it up again without even trying xD

Any three chord punk song is the easiest to learn

[optimusrob]

Smoke on the water

[Neo Cassady]

Every song in this video:

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[tyjvox]

That Axis of Awesome video is spot on. But seriously Dammit has nothing else to it. Easiest. Hands down.

[SteveLikesMusic]

Alkaline Trio - Emma

Copeland - Testing The Strong Ones

[Yellowcard2006]

Set Phasers To Stun- TBS

[SophGod]

smells like teen spirit was the first song i ever learned back when i was like 10

[Wait_For_It]

Good Riddance was one of the first songs I learned. It's super easy to learn.

[amour faux]

New Found Glory - Hit or Miss was a pretty easy one for me when i first started.

[socoxshelby]

"hot cross buns"... The guitar and I never really got along

[Jumpoff]

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Easiest chord progression ever.

I only have an acoustic, no electric, so I generally don't learn three-chord pop punk songs... but I don't think they'd be easier than ITAOTS.

[Poop315]

Against Me!- Sink, Flordia, Sink and Cliche Gurvana

[mick2late]

Time to Dance by Panic! At The Disco...Easiest song I ever learned to play...and the only one that I could probably still play today.

[TakeLotsWithAlcohol]

The Blood Brothers- Love Rhymes With...
Modest Mouse- Doing the Cockroach, Lives, Spitting Venom
Alkaline Trio- Radio

[billyboatkid]

Probably The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot.

One of my favorite songs ever too.

[Javs]

Emily by from first to last haha.

oh god

[IWasHerHorse]

Play Crack the Sky is ridiculously easy to play on guitar.

[ReignofFiction]

Shards of pornography
enter the sandman

[AussieBoy]

one note song by Tenacious D

[ApricotChick]

Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches

Edit: AKA, the song at the end of Juno.

[gabegr]

blink 182 - all the small things
taking back sunday - youre so last summer
fall out boy - sugar were goin down (the dumbed down version though, not the tabe book version)

[bowl of oranges]

Iron & Wine's "Such Great Heights" cover is really simple.

[deFobbed14yrs]

yellow submarine

[deFobbed14yrs]

oh and inspector gadget

[summer skin]

Tenacious D - The One Note Song

[cuzimlefthanded]

All The Small Things. By Blink182. Consisting almost entirely of the three same chords,the other variation in the song is the transition from palm muting to open strumming.

it's even easier than their other songs (which generally consist of 4 to 5 different chords).

[Gat$by]

Play Crack the Sky - Brand New, No Rain - Blind Melon, Mixed Tape - Jacks Mannequin

[pleasedontask]

Free fallin' - Tom Petty.

I like this thread.

[Gat$by]

Probably The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot.

One of my favorite songs ever too.

Yea thats a super easy one I learned too

[AussieBoy]

theme from Jaws

[pleasedontask]

oh Jesus Christ by brand new is really easy too.

[Gat$by]

oh Jesus Christ by brand new is really easy too.

haha thats another one. I just didn't wanna sound like all I learned were Brand New songs :-p

[S7ranburgLar]

haha thats another one. I just didn't wanna sound like all I learned were Brand New songs :-p

this. i learned like 6-7 Brand New song's haha ( Okay I Believe You..., Soco Armaretto Lime, Jesus Christ, The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot, Me Vs. Maradona Vs. Elvis, Car, Play Crack the Sky, etc. :-P)

But in response to this thread, any song i can learn is easy ahha. but the easiest, uh. Brainstew, Good Riddance have been mentioned, i'm surprised that Adam's Song hasn't been mentioned, that song was super easy. lol

[Srsly]

Um..Brain Stew.
This

Also I play bass too, so pretty much everything for that.

[Jumpoff]

This

Also I play bass too, so pretty much everything for that.

Are you trying to say everything is easy on bass? :-|

[simensays]

Glycerine by Bush

[Srsly]

Are you trying to say everything is easy on bass? :-|
Don't lie, most of it is pretty basic.

[Jumpoff]

Don't lie, most of it is pretty basic.

Most guitar songs are pretty basic too so I don't get your point here. Guitar is easier to learn at first but bass is far harder to master.

[Srsly]

Most guitar songs are pretty basic too so I don't get your point here. Guitar is easier to learn at first but bass is far harder to master.
Iunno, I just disagree.

[Ismael182]

Tenacious D - The One Note Song

I dunno man, those bends are kind of hard to master.

[Ismael182]

Hard to master, hardtomaster, hardamaster, HARDAMASTERsdklasdlkasdlka.

Sigh, unoriginality unintended.

[woala]

Haha, Smoke in the water is probably the first song I ever played on guitar.
Pieces - Sum 41 is really easy, and Hear You me - Jimmy Eat World.

[murrich]

I Wanna Be Your Dog

[Jali]

God Save The Queen by the sex pistols

[Jali]

I Wanna Be Your Dog
Oh, and that

EDIT: and just to show you how bad i am at the old g-tarr here's a video of me playing that very song, 2 minutes after learning it so i forgot how the chorus went:
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[xPUNK.ASS.KiDx]

easiest had to be... horse with no name. my teacher made us learn that.
think it was only 4 chords.

[SophGod]

Smells Like Teen Spirit was the first song I ever learned

[Chia-Like]

I Want to Know Your Plans - Say Anything. I felt so accomplished when i learned this. but it's a very easy to pick up.

[FueledByRock]

I Want to Know Your Plans - Say Anything. I felt so accomplished when i learned this. but it's a very easy to pick up.
Weird, listening to that right now. Easiest for me was probably Dammit. First song I ever learned and it took five minutes.

[Charles777]

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

[Halt]

Come as you are - Nirvana

[Jali]

Come as you are - Nirvana
hmm... odd, i always found that a difficult one to play whilst singing. i can do it to an extent but it took a lot of practise.

[Halt]

hmm... odd, i always found that a difficult one to play whilst singing. i can do it to an extent but it took a lot of practise.

Kurt Cobain never really made a lot of complex songs. The only problem I had was switching from the chords, which I overcame in couple days. I thought it was pretty simple.

[cshadows2887]

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Then you, sir, must not play it correctly. Just getting it into Rzeznik's tuning takes longer than learning most of the songs in this thread.

[CheckeredFloors]

I Miss you - Blink 182....again

[SolitaryBlue]

anything by Blink182.

[wuduprod]

the sweater song.

[Chia-Like]

Weird, listening to that right now. Easiest for me was probably Dammit. First song I ever learned and it took five minutes.
Once i got the rhythm of it, i could learn every song they ever wrote.

[FueledByRock]

Once i got the rhythm of it, i could learn every song they ever wrote.
Yeah, the whole Dude Ranch album is basically the same in terms of rhythm. Just have to remember the different chords.

[Chesser19]

If bass counts then the easiest is Last Night on Earth by Green Day.
If bass doesn't count then Smoke on the Water.

[Charles777]

Then you, sir, must not play it correctly. Just getting it into Rzeznik's tuning takes longer than learning most of the songs in this thread.
I'm 99.9% sure that I don't. It sounds awful haha

[pleasedontask]

Maybe I just suck but I don't see how I Want To Know Your Plans is one of the easiest songs to play.

[danielineffigy]

I can't play guitar (I play drums) but my friend taught me the opening riff to "Silhouette" and we play that shit all the time haha.

[Under The Knife]

Unholy Confessions

[Chia-Like]

Yeah, the whole Dude Ranch album is basically the same in terms of rhythm. Just have to remember the different chords.
i was talking about that say anything song haha but yeah, blink 182 is extremely easy to pick up too.

[FueledByRock]

i was talking about that say anything song haha but yeah, blink 182 is extremely easy to pick up too.
Oh, ha. I've noticed the same thing about IARB.

[FueledByRock]

Just learned Ahhh... Men. It was pretty easy, but my pinky is killing me.

[Spewk]

Any song without a solo?

[SLoT]

Anything by Andy McKee is pretty easy grapes for me. I don't know why, but it is.

[Chia-Like]

Just learned Ahhh... Men. It was pretty easy, but my pinky is killing me.

playsa.net if you didn't know about it already. has almost every tab out there. most accurate too.

[Deadbolt23]

Any song without a solo?

lol.

[sibby]

Lightning Crashes by Live, Time of your Life, anything by blink182,

[cshadows2887]

Anything by Andy McKee is pretty easy grapes for me. I don't know why, but it is.

Fuck you, dude. Not okay.

[blinkoffspring8]

most blink songs are really easy to learn. I learned dammit the first day I started playing guitar.

[SLoT]

Fuck you, dude. Not okay.
haha, I was kidding man. I just noticed that no one was really saying anything was actually anything but power chords really, so I figured I'd spice it up a bit. My brother on the other hand, can indeed play the McKee, Vai, and Satriani without fail. He's fucking ridiculous.

[cshadows2887]

haha, I was kidding man. I just noticed that no one was really saying anything was actually anything but power chords really, so I figured I'd spice it up a bit. My brother on the other hand, can indeed play the McKee, Vai, and Satriani without fail. He's fucking ridiculous.

I'd give my left foot to play like Andy McKee. Pure sex comes out of that guitar.

[Ataraxia_269]

Mabey Memories by the used is probably the easiest song i've ever learned.

[SLoT]

I'd give my left foot to play like Andy McKee. Pure sex comes out of that guitar.
You said it man! I think it may even be where sex originated. That fuckin' harp guitar is ridiculous.

[cshadows2887]

You said it man! I think it may even be where sex originated. That fuckin' harp guitar is ridiculous.

I'm surprised he can even play in public. "Rylynn" must cause spontaneous swooning, fainting and clothes-shedding.

[SLoT]

I'm surprised he can even play in public. "Rylynn" must cause spontaneous swooning, fainting and clothes-shedding.
haha! I'm sure it does. Someone who looks like McKee does can get those panties off faster than anyone else, with the help of his magic guitar. "Into the Ocean" is probably about how wet he gets folks when he puts his guitar on.

[cshadows2887]

haha! I'm sure it does. Someone who looks like McKee does can get those panties off faster than anyone else, with the help of his magic guitar. "Into the Ocean" is probably about how wet he gets folks when he puts his guitar on.

HAHAHAHA. Beautiful.

[SLoT]

HAHAHAHA. Beautiful.
His new album Joyland is coming out in early April. I'm so stoked. He said he added some instrumentation on this one, which I'm curious to hear.

[cshadows2887]

His new album Joyland is coming out in early April. I'm so stoked. He said he added some instrumentation on this one, which I'm curious to hear.

I wonder if he did the added instrumentation himself. I'd be disappointed if he brought in other musicians.

[xxemo_kittyxx]

Hmm:

Iron and Wine-Upward Over The Mountain
Juno Soundtrack-Anyone Else But You
Brand New-Play Crack The Sky

Anything with simple strumming patterns and basic chords, really.

[ImaWolf]

Brainstew by Green Day and Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana.

POWER CHORDS BABY!

[fanberlinboy]

Sadie Hawkins Dance - Relient K

This has to be the easiest guitar song ever.

[SLoT]

I wonder if he did the added instrumentation himself. I'd be disappointed if he brought in other musicians.
I wouldn't be surprised if what he meant to say was "It's cool because on this record I play the guitar, harpguitar, banjo, accordian, piano, xylophone, drums, bass, upright bass, and tuba all at the same time."

[iSasquatchh]

Obvious statement is obvious.

"Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes
"Iron Man" - Black Sabbath

[cshadows2887]

I wouldn't be surprised if what he meant to say was "It's cool because on this record I play the guitar, harpguitar, banjo, accordian, piano, xylophone, drums, bass, upright bass, and tuba all at the same time."

You forgot kazoo.

[kearn1tm]

Any Fall Out Boy track is perfect for bassists. They're all really easy, comprised of 1 or 2 strings, not much in the way of fret sliding, and when you play it at, say, parties, everyone knows the songs, so at the right party, you're bound to get laid.

[cshadows2887]

Any Fall Out Boy track is perfect for bassists. They're all really easy, comprised of 1 or 2 strings, not much in the way of fret sliding, and when you play it at, say, parties, everyone knows the songs, so at the right party, you're bound to get laid.

I try to stay off the "I hate Pete" bandwagon, but he is a truly awful bassist.

[nograsswillgrow]

Eh, probably Red Sam by Flyleaf [playing the rhythm part] was one of the easiest things for me to learn.

[SLoT]

You forgot kazoo.
Oh right. The kazoo. He also somehow manages to sing two songs at once while writing his next album in the midst of everything else. What a slam dunk in the face of "normal" guitar players.

[kearn1tm]

I try to stay off the "I hate Pete" bandwagon, but he is a truly awful bassist.

I'm not hating on the dude. I love Pete. He's a dreamboat (I say that non-ironically) and the guy got rich off really, really simple shit (admittedly, with them, it was the right aesthetic/fad at just the right time). That's awesome. I think we all know how much I love Fall Out Boy.

[cshadows2887]

I'm not hating on the dude. I love Pete. He's a dreamboat (I say that non-ironically) and the guy got rich off really, really simple shit (admittedly, with them, it was the right aesthetic/fad at just the right time). That's awesome. I think we all know how much I love Fall Out Boy.

Oh I know you weren't hating. But you hit the nail on the head. His stuff is monkey-simple. Which is why it's even sadder that he screws it up routinely live.

[heyzombiehitler]

I'm totally coming back to this thread once i get my guitar back.

[cshadows2887]

I'm totally coming back to this thread once i get my guitar back.

Where did it go?

[heyzombiehitler]

Where did it go?

i moved recently and left a lot of things at the other place. Guitar included. Miss it everyday. Need transportation.