The easiest English songs to play on guitar
Same ranking method as the Nepali list: these are the 10 gentlest of the 21 English songs in the catalog, scored on chord count, shape difficulty and change speed.
| Song | Chords | Capo | Tempo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Little Birds Bob Marley & The Wailers | A D E | none | Moderate |
| Knockin' On Heaven's Door Bob Dylan | G D Am C | none | Slow |
| Stand By Me Ben E. King | G Em C D | fret 2 | Moderate |
| Riptide Vance Joy | Am G C Fmaj7 | fret 1 | Moderate |
| Perfect Ed Sheeran | G Em C D D/F# | fret 1 | Slow |
| Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd | Em7 G A7sus4 C D/F# Am | none | Slow |
| Wonderwall Oasis | Em7 G Dsus4 A7sus4 Cadd9 G/F# | fret 2 | Moderate |
| I'm Yours Jason Mraz | G D Em C A7 Dsus4 D/F# | fret 4 | Moderate |
| Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver | G Em D C D/F# D7 Fmaj7 G/D | fret 2 | Moderate |
| Photograph Ed Sheeran | D Bm A G | fret 2 | Slow |
A note on famous beginner songs
Some songs are famous for being easy and genuinely are. Others are famous for being easy and secretly contain an F barre chord that flattens beginners. The scores above catch that: a song with a barre chord in it lands in a harder band no matter how simple its strumming is. When a capo can route around the barre, the song page shows the exact detour.
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