Guitar/Guitar Chords Song Library

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The following is a list of notable easy to learn guitar songs from the 1950s to the present. It also contains links to external websites containing different informal chords to songs which represent many different authors' own interpretations of the original songs. Most of the chords on the list are relatively easy to learn, and would be a great start for novice guitar players who are interested in improving their playing abilities.

The technical difficulty and skill level required to play each of the songs is defined with a star rating system:

• - Easy Song
• - Intermediate Song
• - Difficult Song

2010s	2000s	1990s
Main article: Chords cheat sheet of 2010s songs Adele - Someone Like You Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than the Sun Coldplay - Paradise Ed Sheeran - The A Team Foster the People - Pumped up Kicks fun. - Some Nights fun. - We Are Young Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know Keane - Silenced by the Night Katy Perry - The One That Got Away Michel Teló - Ai Se Eu Te Pego Katy Perry - Wide Awake Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory Lady Gaga - Yoü and I Lana del Rey - Summertime Sadness The Lumineers - Ho Hey Michael Jackson - Hold My Hand Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks Onerepublic - Good Life Paramore - The Only Exception Pink - Try Ray LaMontagne - New York City's Killing Me Selena Gomez - Love You Like A Love Song The Script - Hall of Fame	Main article: Chords cheat sheet of 2000s songs 3 Doors Down - Here Without You Anouk - Michel The Axis Of Awesome - 4 Chords The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is the Love? Bob Sinclar - Love Generation Coldplay - Clocks Coldplay - Don’t panic Coldplay - Fix You Coldplay - Life in Technicolor II Coldplay - The Scientist Coldplay - Viva La Vida Coldplay - Yellow The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You Daniel Powter - Bad Day Dido - Here With Me Dido - Life For Rent Enya - Only Time Evanescence - My Immortal The Fray - Never Say Never (Don't Let Me Go) Gnarls Barkley - Crazy Gorillaz - 19-2000 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. Green Day - 21 Guns Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams Incubus - Drive James Blunt - You're Beautiful Jason Mraz - I'm Yours Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway The Killers - Human Linkin Park - In the End M.I.A. Paper Planes Michelle Branch - Everywhere Michelle Branch - Goodbye to You Myslovitz - Sound Of Solitude Norah Jones - Don't Know Why Oasis - Little by Little Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out OneRepublic - Secrets Owl City - Fireflies Ozzy Osbourne - Dreamer Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks Plain White T's - 1, 2, 3, 4 Reamonn - Supergirl Ray LaMontagne - Trouble Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing Robbie Williams - Feel Sister Hazel - Change Your Mind Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars Staind - It's Been Awhile Travis - Sing U2 - Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of U2 - Walk On Weezer - Island in the Sun Westlife - My Love Wheatus - A Little Respect Yael Naim - New Soul	Main article: Chords cheat sheet of 1990s songs 4 Non Blondes - What's Up Ace of Base - Beautiful Life Adam Ant - Wonderful Alanis Morissette - Ironic Anouk - Nobody's Wife Barenaked Ladies - If I Had A Million Dollars Blind Melon - No Rain Blues Traveler - Hook Bryan Adams & Mel C – When You're Gone Carter USM - The Impossible Dream (The Quest) Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's Duran Duran - Ordinary world Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight East 17 - Stay Another Day Extreme - More Than Words Foo Fighters - Next Year Five - Keep On Movin' Goo Goo Dolls - Iris Goo Goo Dolls - Slide Green Day - Basket Case Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine A Light Lighthouse Family - High Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Mazzy Star - Fade into You Metallica - Nothing Else Matters Metallica - The Unforgiven Metallica - The Unforgiven II Monaco - What Do You Want from Me? Mr. Big - To Be With You Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Nirvava - Come as you are No Doubt - Don't Speak Oasis - Wonderwall Pearl Jam - Alive Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter R.E.M - Everybody Hurts R.E.M - Losing My Religion R.E.M - Man On The Moon R.E.M - Shiny Happy People Radiohead - Creep Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road Trippin' Rednex - Wish You Were Here Robbie Williams - Angels Robert Palmer & UB40 - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Roxette - The Big L. Sarah Mclachlan - I Will Remember You Seal - Crazy Semisonic - Closing Time Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares To You Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me Skunk Anansie - You'll Follow Me Down Soul Asylum - Runaway Train Spice Girls - Viva Forever Spin Doctors - Two princes Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite The Connells - '74-'75 The Corrs - Radio The Cranberries - Animal Instinct The Cranberries - Just My Imagination The Cranberries - Linger The Cranberries - Zombie The Cure - Friday I'm in Love The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life Tom Petty - Learning to Fly U2 - One Weezer - Buddy Holly
1980s	1970s	1960s
Main article: Chords cheat sheet of 1980s songs 38 Special - Hold On Loosely A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song a-ha - Take on Me Air Supply - All Out Of Love Alphaville - Big in Japan Alphaville - Forever Young Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Black Sabbath - Crazy Train Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive Bryan Adams - Heaven Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits - Walk of Life Don Henley - The Boys of Summer Europe - The Final Countdown George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone Gheorghe Zamfir - The Lonely Shepherd Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine INXS - New Sensation INXS - Never Tear Us Apart Journey - Any Way You Want It Journey - Faithfully Keith Whitley - When You Say Nothing At All Koreana - Hand in Hand The Korgis - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah Men at Work - Down Under Modern Talking - Brother Louie Opus - Live Is Life The Outfield - Your Love Pat Benatar - We Belong Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open the Door The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) R.E.M - The One I Love REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run Roxette - It Must Have Been Love Roxette - Listen to Your Heart (2005 D.H.T. cover) Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (There's a Band Playing On the Radio) Scorpions - Wind of Change Smiths - Panic Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels The Romantics - What I Like About You The The - This Is The Day Tom Petty - Free Fallin' Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout a Revolution Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line U2 - All I Want Is You U2 - With or Without You UB40 - I Got You Babe	Main article: Chords cheat sheet of 1970s songs 10cc - I'm Not in Love America - A Horse With No Name America - Sister Golden Hair Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Black Sabbath - Paranoid Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry Bob Dylan - Knocking on Heaven’s Door Bob Seger - We've Got Tonight Boney M - Sunny Boney M - Rasputin Boston - Peace of Mind Boston - Rock and Roll Band The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star Cat Stevens - Father And Son Cat Stevens - Wild World CCR - I Heard It Through the Grapevine Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me Don Mclean - American Pie Don Mclean - Vincent Elton John - Your Song Eric Carmen - All by Myself Eric Clapton - Layla Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way Heart - Barracuda Iggy Pop - The Passenger King Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street John Lennon - Imagine Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls Rare Bird - Sympathy Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song Scorpions - Always Somewhere Smokie - Living Next Door to Alice Sniff ‘N’ The Tears - Driver's Seat Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love Steve Miller Band - Rock'n Me Supertramp - Breakfast in America Talking Heads - Psycho Killer The Undertones - Teenage Kicks The Doors - Riders on the storm The Eagles - Hotel California The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle The Who - Baba O'Riley The Who - Behind Blue Eyes The Who - The Seeker The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again Van Halen - You Really Got Me	Main article: Chords cheat sheet of 1960s songs The Association - Windy Ben E. King - Stand By Me Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) Bob Dylan - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again The Chiffons - One Fine Day David Bowie - Space Oddity The Doors - Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from My Friends Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man Little Eva - The Locomotion Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World The Mamas & the Papas - California Dreamin' The Monkees - Daydream Believer The Monkees - I'm A Believer Marmalade - Reflections of my Life Peter, Paul and Mary - I Dig Rock and Roll Music Petula Clark - Downtown Ralph McTell - Streets Of London Sam Cooke - Wonderful World Scott McKenzie - San Francisco Shocking Blue - Venus Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence Skeeter Davis - End of the World Sonny & Cher - The Beat Goes On Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations The Beach Boys - I Get Around The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA The Beatles - All You Need Is Love The Beatles - Eight Days A Week The Beatles - Help! The Beatles - Here Come the Sun The Beatles - Let it Be The Beatles - Love Me Do The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1990 J.H.B cover) The Beatles - Yellow Submarine The Beatles - Yesterday The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody The Rolling Stones - Angie The Rolling Stones – Everybody Needs Somebody to Love The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want The Shadows - Apache The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love The Surfaris - Wipe Out The Temptations - My Girl The Troggs - Love is all Around The Turtles - You Showed Me The Wallace Collection - Daydream Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
1950s and earlier
Main article: Chords cheat sheet of songs preceding the 1960s Bill Haley & His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley & His Comets - Shake, Rattle and Roll Bobby Darin - Dream Lover Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode Domenico Modugno - Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) Édith Piaf - La Vie en rose Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley - Hound Dog Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill Guy Mitchell - Singing the Blues Harry Belafonte - Day-O Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra - Dream a Little Dream of Me Perry Como - Magic Moments Phil Phillips - Sea of Love Ray Charles - What'd I Say Ricky Nelson - Lonesome Town The Chordettes - Lollipop The Chordettes - Mr Sandman The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream The Isley Brothers - Shout The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) The Rock-A-Teens - Woo Hoo

Additional Chords by Special Themes

Holiday songs

Children's songs

Movie songs

TV Theme songs

Dance/Electronic songs

External Links

• List of The Beatles Free Content Resourses In The Content Directory of Creative Commons
• Betty Lou's site for guitar underdogs
• Guitarmusicchordsandlyrics.com
• Heartwood Guitar Instruction
• Chordie
• Ultimate-Guitar.com (Site's updates section)
• tabrobot.com