Easy 3-Chord Songs

Here's a list of easy guitar songs with just 3-chords!

Any of these would be a good choice for a beginner.

We will soon have video lessons on the basic strumming patterns for these songs here on The-Joy-of-Guitar.com, so keep checking back!

1. A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan (A, B, E)
2. Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band (Am, Dm, E7)
3. All Along The Watchtower (Am, G, F)
4. All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (A, D, E)
5. Amazing Grace - Daniel Thomas (A7, D, G)
6. Angel - Fleetwood Mac (D, C, G)
7. Authority Song - John Mellencamp (A, D, E)
8. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival (A, D, G)
9. Blowin in the Wind - Bob Dylan (C, D, G) (super simple version)
10. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something (A, D, G)
11. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol (A, E, F#m7)
12. Donna - Richie Valens (Bb, C, F)
13. Doo Wah Ditty - Manfred Man (C, D7, G)
14. Down on the Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival (C, F, G)
15. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (A7, B7, E)
16. Houndog - Elvis Presley (C, F, G)
17. I Got a Woman - Elvis Presley (E, B, A)
18. I'll Try - Alan Jackson (G, D, C)
19. I'm Moving On - Johnny Cash (A, D, E)
20. I'm On My Way - Proclaimers (C, D, G)
21. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry and the Beatles (A, D, E)
22. King of the Road - Roger Miller (C, F, G)
23. La Bamba - Los Lobos (C, F, G)
24. Little Bitty - Alan Jackson (A, B, E)
25. Leaving On a Jet Plane - John Denver (C, F, G)
26. Love is a Rose - Neil Young (C, F, G)
27. Lumber Jack Song - Monty Python (A, B, E)
28. Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett (C, F, G)
29. Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival (C, F, G)
30. Mony, Mony - Billy Idol (F, A#, C)
31. Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da - Beatles (C, D7, G)
32. Red Red Wine - Bob Marley (C, D, G)
33. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley (A, D, E)
34. Save the Last Dance for Me - Drifters (A, D, E)
35. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind (C, D, G)
36. Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard (A, D, E)
37. Stir It Up - Bob Marley (A, D, E)
38. The Wild Rover - Dubliners (C, D7, G)
39. Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Pete Seeger (C, F, G)
40. Wild Thing - The Troggs (A, D, E)

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