| Guitar tabs are an easy solution for you if you have | | | | Dreamin\'" which has the same chords. If you do not |
| no idea of how to read sheet music but are | | | | like the idea of beginning your guitar playing with |
| constantly bugged by the notion that you want to | | | | these songs, do an internet search in the country |
| be a guitarist. Guitar tabs are easy to learn and allow | | | | music and blues genres. Actually a working knowledge |
| you to begin playing songs right away, even if you | | | | of twelve bar blues is very useful for a guitar player |
| are not familiar with them. Once you have bought | | | | just starting out. |
| your first guitar, it is time to begin looking for easy | | | | Now for a short list of songs that are both easy to |
| guitar tab versions of some songs to find out what it | | | | play and have proven to be popular with audiences |
| feels like to be a guitar player. Which songs you need | | | | of all ages. You can find tab arrangements for these |
| tabs for depends on how you see yourself as a | | | | songs by typing the titles into a search engine. |
| musician. Do you want to play your favorite songs | | | | "Angie" by The Rolling Stones |
| chiefly for your own amusement or do you want to | | | | "Blowin\' In The Wind" by Bob Dylan |
| aim your repertoire at a potential audience? Let us | | | | "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison |
| look at your audience for a minute. The most popular | | | | "A Day In The Life", "Here, There And Everywhere" |
| songs in the world are all from years gone by. If you | | | | and "Hey Jude" by The Beatles |
| sit a bunch of people aged between ten and fifty | | | | "I Walk The Line" by Johnny Cash |
| down and play songs at them you will find some | | | | "Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton |
| universal favorites, and they will all be old songs. If | | | | "Gloria" by Van Morrison |
| you want to please a random audience, your ultimate | | | | "Hotel California" by The Eagles |
| goal should be to have about one hundred popular | | | | "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who |
| songs ranging from the 1940\'s to the present, but | | | | "Scarborough Fair" by any number of performers, |
| you could probably narrow the range to just include | | | | and |
| songs going back to the sixties. | | | | "White Room" by Cream |
| So what are the easiest songs to learn from tabs? | | | | Once you have some guitar songs under your belt, |
| What can a beginner guitarist learn quickly without | | | | you could learn more popular favorites that do not fit |
| too much trouble? Well, I did a little searching on the | | | | into the "Easy Guitar Tabs" category. Wilson |
| internet concerning that question, and I found that | | | | Pickett\'s "Dock Of The Bay" and "American Pie" by |
| "Horse With No Name" contains only two chords, and | | | | Don Mclean come to mind. But do not let the tastes |
| dead simple ones at that! You could be playing that | | | | of the masses be your only guide. If, for example, |
| song in a convincing fashion today! "Knockin\' On | | | | you decide you would like to do a folk guitar |
| Heaven\'s Door" makes use of the chords G D C and | | | | arrangement of Black Sabbath\'s "Iron Man" then you |
| Am - all easy chords. Building on chords you have | | | | could use tabs for the original electric guitar version |
| acquired learning these songs, you can go onto | | | | as a basis for your new work. With a bunch of easy |
| "House Of The Rising Sun" which uses Am C D F E | | | | guitar tabs at your disposal, the only limits to your |
| and E7. Once you have learnt that, it\'s only natural | | | | musical achievements are your imagination and your |
| to go onto another beautiful song, "California | | | | audience\'s supply of tomatoes. |