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What acoustic guitar song should I learn/play?

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Oli_jgb
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thinking of something I can find on www.ultimate-guitar.com and wanna be able to sing along and play chords, nothing intricate. Let's hear your thoughts.


p.s. I am no pro but if you make a good choice I might record it and post it up here for shits and giggles.
Jul 20 2009 11:46AM
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JstHuckIt
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Tribute- Tenacious D
Jul 20 2009 11:47AM
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Ace3+4
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Kinda of off topic but... i really new to guitar and sorta of teaching myself. I wonder is some one had a suggestion for a really easy song to learn
thx
Jul 20 2009 12:09PM
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Peter.
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wonderwall

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1904510
Jul 20 2009 12:10PM
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Ace3+4
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... easier than wonderwall...
Jul 20 2009 12:19PM
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CheesePuffs
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What I got- Sublime

You just strum D and G all the time
Jul 20 2009 12:29PM
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K2skipunk
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more than words - extreme

chicks love it.
Jul 20 2009 12:30PM
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idontactuallyski
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the solo is easy too
Jul 20 2009 1:00PM
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Pee_and_Ski
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such a good song, or wiseman by slightly stoopid
Jul 20 2009 1:11PM
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prontocuts.com
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just learn scales so you can do some mad acoustic solos
Jul 20 2009 1:13PM
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Relish_man
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just a few:
-Tribute, Tenacious D
-Stairway to Heaven, Led Zep (classic must learn song)
-Wish you were here, Pink Floyd
-Nothing else matters, Metallica
-Love me Two Times, The Doors

those are a few songs that if you practice just a bit are pretty easy and fun to play (Stairway is pretty complicated at first)
Jul 20 2009 1:16PM
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MistaFab
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i figured it out by ear and its pretty easy the way i do it, i know if you look up the tabs there complicated though, if anyone wants i could probably draw up some of my own tabs its super fun to play
Jul 20 2009 1:19PM
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KFRADtheLaxBro
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wiseman - slightly stoopid
Jul 20 2009 1:35PM
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charmander
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old man- neil young
Jul 20 2009 1:53PM
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purplejumpsuit
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A Walts for rebecca, id be impressed if you actually took the time to learn that. its fun to play but kinda difficult... no words tho so probably not what your looking for

Jul 20 2009 2:00PM
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mophead
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RIPPLE - the Dead
Jul 20 2009 2:04PM
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Jamestown
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the general-dispatch
Jul 20 2009 2:05PM
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yourthemannowdog
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yeah, its easy and people are amazed by it. The best ones are Babe im gonna leave you by zep and black mountain side white summer is a lot of fun to play, but it is in drop D remember
Jul 20 2009 2:30PM
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[~_~]
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Find an alternate tuning scheme that sounds good to you, learn the scales, and write your own song. Anybody can play Stairway to Heaven.
Jul 20 2009 4:13PM
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Hannah.
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thank youuuu, learn this
Jul 20 2009 4:34PM
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OhMyBosh
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Agreed for all

Although Tribute is pretty much the same riffs as to Stairway to Heaven.



Dont tell people to learn Wonderwall if they're beginners, its a pretty hard strumming patternto get down, especially if you sing it at the same time.
Jul 20 2009 4:37PM
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PacificRimJob
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House of the Rising Sun - The Animals.

Super fun to play/sing.
Jul 20 2009 4:41PM
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king.tubby
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good call. if you like the dead, "brown eyed women" is really fun too
Jul 20 2009 4:48PM
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.Roockley.
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id recommend some kings of leon

the bucket is really easy cause its basically moving the d chord up and down the frets and then the lead bit is fairly easy too


also im really into this acoustic cover of the postal service at the moment

Jul 20 2009 5:09PM
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TheRadCactus
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Learn so Neutral Milk Hotel songs, like King of Carrot Flowers pt. 1 or In The Aeroplane Over the Sea...they're super weird, but not very complicated
Jul 20 2009 5:19PM
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Arabian.
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Any  Bob Dylan

Redemption Songs - BM

Wish You Were Here - FLoyd

I know It's Over - The SMiths

Working Class Hero - Lennon

Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles

Lola - The Kinks

My Sweet Lord (if you have a  capo) - George Harrison

Tears in Heaven - Clapton

Any Donovan

Jul 20 2009 5:26PM
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erichkuss
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Nevershoutnever!!
Jul 20 2009 5:53PM
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erichkuss
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Nevershoutnever!!
Jul 20 2009 5:54PM
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AMD_5
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Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Jul 20 2009 9:14PM
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KFRADtheLaxBro
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yess
Jul 20 2009 10:52PM
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Moostafa
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jumper- oasis
Jul 20 2009 10:54PM
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jayo.
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T-Pain?
Jul 20 2009 10:54PM
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Moostafa
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its by third eye blind my bad
Jul 20 2009 10:55PM
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ilikeplants
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the general by dispatch and ripple by the dead like the kids above me said. or skinny love by bon iver
Jul 20 2009 10:57PM
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BigJew
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I'm also a guitar noob who learned some easy songs. These songs are pretty easy:

Anyone else but you - The Moldy Peaches

-easiest song I know, 2 power chords, really easy to sing

I will follow you into the dark - Death Cab for Cutie

-just strum it while you're learning and then you can learn the proper picking pattern, a bit more complicated, needs a capo

The Scientist - Coldplay

-4 chords, really easy to play, easy to sing too. needs a capo

What I got - Sublime

-2 chords for most of the song, easy but impressive sounding solo you can learn in 15 minutes. easy to sing.

Wonderwall - Oasis

-retardedly easy to play, I find it harder to sing, needs a capo

You really got me - The Kinks

- if you like power chords this is your song. 4 power chords for the whole song, solo is a bit harder. really easy to sing

Jul 20 2009 11:14PM
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EVAN.F
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just kidding

but seriously.

Jul 20 2009 11:34PM
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Oli_jgb
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Loads of awesome choices. Shall decide in a bit. Am hungover now so sleep then guitar.

I already know stairway to heaven (obviously) it's a pretty standard one to learn and a little bit over done!! ha.

Cool though looking forward to giving them a go x
Jul 21 2009 10:04AM
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mozzy
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I'm a sucker for acoustic guitar, unfortunately I don't play the guitar.

Try:

Mr Tambourine Man, Bob Dylan
Sweet Baby James, James Taylor
New Slang, The Shins
Super Mario Bros music


I don't know how difficult they are, though.
Jul 21 2009 10:18AM
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klcski
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Last kiss- pearl jam

Jul 21 2009 11:42AM
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Wis_Skier_23
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YES YES and more YES......such a classic song right here....
Jul 21 2009 2:49PM
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jblaski
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Good Riddance, Green Day

Popular, yet easy song.
Jul 21 2009 4:53PM
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Pow.yuHdig*
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rock to it by shad he went to my school and hes sick
Jul 21 2009 6:24PM
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Pow.yuHdig*
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Jul 21 2009 6:27PM
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Alex_G
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get a buddy and play closer to the sun and zeplike togehter both by slightly stoopid
Jul 21 2009 7:04PM
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connoroh
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yar.rrrrr
Jul 21 2009 7:06PM
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Malcolm
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classical gas
Jul 21 2009 7:07PM
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Slinger1x1
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ganja babe - michael franti
Jul 21 2009 7:08PM
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Slinger1x1
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the acoustic version, sorry
Jul 21 2009 7:09PM
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BOSSignol
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Deftones-Be quiet and drive
Jul 21 2009 9:34PM
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