Top 10 fun, "easy" guitar songs you should know! with TABS

[@PaulDavids]

Don't feel bad if you think some of these song are still pretty hard! The label 'easy' covers a wide range of difficulties because it's a very subjective word! It al depends on for how long, and how intensely you've been playing. This a list for beginner, and some maybe even intermediate, level. If you play guitar for the first time, you can try Rumble and Intro, those are really easy. The other songs will hopefully help you to get the next level of playing as soon as possible! Never feel bad about what you can not play, feel good about what you can.

[@noreaction1]

Paul Davids when editing your video, compress your voiceover and match the gain to the rest of the audio please. Use RMS metering to gain match please. I can barely hear your voice compared to the guitar. (I usually edit my videos to put the voiceover around 2-3 dB louder RMS than the rest)

[@xXSteve1021Xx]

Paul Davids how did you get what's my age again to sound just like the record

[@Satzuii]

Paul Davids is that orange guitar a Fender Stratoscaster

[@gewoonick]

Hee maat, Allereerst wil ik even zeggen dat ik echt heb genoten van je video. ik ben zelf net begonnen met gitaarspelen en dit helpt me echt door de eerste moeilijke fase van helemaal niks bereiken qua nummer dat ik kan spelen. super tof dat je deze video hebt gemaakt. mag ik 1 kleine tip geven over de video. articuleer wat beter. Verder super video! keep up the good work!

[@Je-uJ]

Paul Davids ok then.. i'll keep learn.

[@michaelnewton1754]

Just learned the Smoke On The Water baseline... I think I'm ready for John Mayer's Neon

[@balintesti9862]

Isn't that hard tho

[@danielhernandez8228]

Bálint Esti r/woosh

[@firecub5873]

Bálint Esti 😂😂😂

[@brettbush7491]

Go right for stairways solo u got it dude

[@ML-u6d]

Dj Baker stairway to heaven

[@Krankitopia]

I clicked this video to see if all the cliche beginner songs were present. I was pleasantly surprised to see you had chosen some songs on the easier side, but aren't played to death by all beginners. Definite subscribe from me, and I have been playing for decades.

[@elehatz7764]

Kenny Tarver Yea this was a refreshing compilation. I believe some of them were more on the intermediate side. It is just great seeing something else than simple chord progressions and licks.

[@Black_Jesus3005]

Like seven nation army? Lol

[@jongbong1912]

You watched for a pretty odd reason

[@AndrooD2]

Your "shameless self promotion" was effective. I have been looking for a drum track database and this definitely fills the need. I just downloaded Loopz and I love it.

[@PaulDavids]

Awesome! Have fun with it :)

[@chrispinelli]

Andrew Walsh yeah definitely I just downloaded it, so glad it was free

[@chrispinelli]

Andrew Walsh and that finally a music app for Android and funny enough not for iPhone lol

[@AndrooD2]

Chris Spinelli I love my Android. I have a tablet just for music related apps. Almost all the apps I use were free too 😀

[@JBrewfromthepew82]

Would love to have it for iphone though

[@TI2OY]

anyway here's wonderwall

[@BollocksUtwat]

[Starts playing _D'you know what I mean?_ ]

[@JaysonT1]

@@BollocksUtwat What do you mean?

[@alexandersideras5099]

😂 all good fun

[@sharko3211]

As a guitarist, I will kill for the day I get to pull this

[@HaigyTV]

P*Funk hahaha

[@jeanbousson7282]

I love how you included the " fuuuck" in time of your life haha , stickign to the original !

[@caleblofquist6066]

I was just gonna comment that 🤣

[@ihate_5x108]

Whenever I play it I always do that lmao

[@martinamarty1859]

@@ihate_5x108 yeah me too

[@aaronwebb1548]

It was the only lyric from a song he actually said in the video if I'm not wrong.

[@BlaiseTheodore]

1/ Link Wray - Rumble 2/ The Meters - Cissy Strut 3/ The XX - Intro 4/ Romanza - Spanish Ballad 5/ Herman Brood - Saturday Night 6/ Blink 182 - What's my age again 7/ Lilly Wood - Prayer in C 8/ Johny Cash - Hurt 9/ Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue 10/ Green Day - Time of your life

[@mk8530]

THANK YOU!

[@williamwinn948]

its so important to learn songs when your starting out just to feel like your moving along and getting better

[@ianssight2785]

Thanks Paul, A great video. Sometimes the fun is lost because the musical value of an exercise is not apparent. The songs you chose give a nice spread of techniques and tempos. For those who follow: 0:34 Link Ray - Rumble 1:30 The Meters - Cissy Strut 3:20 The XX - Intro 4:18 Spanish Ballad - Romanza 5:05 Herman Brood - Saturday Night 5:50 Blink 82 - Whats my age again 6:56 Lily Wood - Prayer in C 7:25 Johnny Cash - Hurt 8:42 John Frusciante - Scar Tissue 9:50 Green Day - Time of your life

[@rileymocabee9510]

What I really like about this video is that most of these are typically songs that you don't see in every other video with "easy" guitar songs. Has a good genre variety, not too simple, and learning those songs would actually impress people! Great video.

[@bronzewolf6464]

"I will follow" by U2 is a good example of this. Literally two notes in the main riff, but it feels so epic and bad ass playing it. Great video!

[@mgmcgregorross69]

you honestly are part of the reason i picked up the guitar. without your channel i would have just stuck to my violin and never stepped out of my comfort zone. so thank you in advance

[@amog849]

I really appreciate your voice. It's nice. Your voice is nice.

[@isiahjones9290]

Maximus Crusade it's your boy asmongold

[@sadippers6168]

10:00 he did it. Respect.

[@matthewwells1035]

Tom Dippnall I was hoping someone else would notice

[@lethalweapon8614]

What did he do?

[@matthewwells1035]

Lethal Weapon I subtly swore after messing up the strumming

[@joaopaco9825]

Matthew Wells lmao that’s how the song begins

[@Millie-um2bi]

Loopz is amazing! I can't believe you made it. I recommend it to all my students :)

[@fearitselfpinball8912]

Cissy Strut... what a song! Pure groove at the intersection of blues/rock and funk. So minimal and so perfect! I’m loving it.

[@Julia-qp2hh]

"May the guitar be with you" This guy is awesome :)

[@09numbers09]

Your guitar tone is amazeballs

[@DwaitBhatt]

Whaaat! You made Loopz? Strange that one of my most watched youtubers is also the developer of one of my most used apps and I didn't even know about it!

[@raphaelsordo8824]

Dwait Bhatt the doooo?

[@Dmitry___S.]

++

[@robmoerman6998]

Dwait Bh

[@mansinius3531]

Same holy crap

[@HikmetYolcusu]

7:09 My favorite. Thanks

[@Kriscor01]

the "fuck" before time of my life made me realise we are all human:)

[@Marekki2202]

the Greenday recording has it too ;-)

[@Kriscor01]

Kleptomarek so hes not human after all!

[@Marekki2202]

He's a synth!

[@AidanMillward]

If you listen to the original green day recording he fucks the intro twice before getting it right the third time.

[@TruthAndReconciliation]

Kristian it was a reference to the actual recording

[@smurrffy22]

Not only does he have wonderful guitars skills, his videography skills have been exponential over the years…very impressed

[@TheSniperMAJOR]

4:32 This sounds so much like the theme of The Last Of Us. I love it!

[@Claude_Terrier]

If you are studying guitar in France, this one is kind of mandatory song, well-known as Jeux Interdits (cf. sound track of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Games )

[@wildthingmb3705]

Well I have to admit man you almost singlehandedly brought me back to playing guitar,I started playing aroung 10 years ago and quit after a couple of years and pretty much thought I was an ok player with a decent technique... I realized how much of a basic beginner I actually was when I tryed playing Good Riddance. Right now I'm practising with a metronome for the first time ever! Thanks for all the free lessons and instructions you're awesome man!

[@adamforshaw973]

Thanks so much for all your videos, am having a great time going through them all and has reinvigorated my love for guitar again. So thanks to you Paul for your generosity and great choice of songs

[@navillusM]

You nailed the feeling of Romanza, one of my go to pieces. So simple and yet the base line and lead seem to confuse so many. It obvious you have been trained in some classical guitar filling your finger patterns. It's awesome to see your standard blues and rock as well. Keep up the good work!

[@iamcoffchris]

0:54 Rumble (Link wray) 2:26 Cissy strut (The meters) 3:37 Intro (The XX) 4:32 "Romanza" (Spanish ballad) 5:23 Saturday night (Herman Brood) 6:06 What's my age again (Blink 182) 7:07 Prayer in C (Lilly Wood) 7:38 Hurt (Jhonny cash) 9:20 Scar tissue (RHCP) 10:02 Time of your life (green day)

[@Hneji171]

You just made me dust off my old guitar after 3 years apart without passion to play! Thank you very much!

[@Curseofsuperbowl49]

If these are easy I am going to throw myself out the window...

[@tam2071]

roy ashman Moat of them are pretty easy just with some practice and you will be all good

[@pavle988]

Practice is the key :)

[@dayanido]

Practice, as the 2 above said. Yeah, it might not be easy at first, but give it all you've got and in about a couple of hours you'll surely be able to play these

[@mynamefrank6567]

My first month of playing guitar I only played simple riffs that required 1 finger

[@mynamefrank6567]

@demon1c guy Sting - Shape of my heart, Stairway to heaven, Nothing else matters, one, and obviously a bunch more I forgot about because I didnt play them more often and right now Im learning more electric guitar songs because Im getting one for my birthday hehe, oh and I have been roughly over 3 months playing

[@markbrown7103]

I find Paul Divids to be a great guitarist like the blues lessons that he on KZbin He is one of the Best teachers on KZbin i love the way he fingerstile guitar 🎸 his instrumental pieces are almost as good as chat Atkins I must say he’s quite a finger style guitar‘s been playing about 45 years myself started when I was 22 67 now I was a very close friend of Johnny Fortune he taught me a lot after taking lessons from him for five years he was so close friend for 30 years of my life I just want to say thank you Paul you do a great job 👍👍🎸🎸😀😃

[@yaribins5754]

I just downloaded your app since I'm a bassist and your app looks like the prefect rythm app which is more advanced then a metronome

[@AidanXavier1]

If you have an iPhone Silver Dial is the best metronome app I've ever used. Now if only it would come to Android Dx

[@dylandao9162]

I love that I love all of these songs the hardest part of beginning guitar is finding a good song that you're able to play

[@KnowYourGamesOfficial]

dundundundundun- dundundundundun- fuck. keeping to the original I see...

[@bradcrosson9641]

Cissy strut was one of those songs I learned early on that sounds way better now after years of guitar playing and practice. You just learn techniques and playstyles overtime that really amplify your playing and enhance your ability to portray what you are trying to get across more accurately for people's ears. Love your videos my man. I know this one is old, but maybe you will see this and can feel my love brother. Cheers! Happy 2020

[@PiPArtemis]

Aside from tempo, Dont Fear the Reaper is a great beginner song to learn quick & smooth chord transitions. Playing it at full tempo along to the song is pretty tricky early on though

[@JeanClaude-ih9bu]

Perfect! Not the traditional "beginner" selection of music, I've played for 3 years and never learnt most of these! Loopz is ace for improvising aswell thanks 👌

[@MangoMeoww]

Supermassive Black Hole and Psycho with Muse are great.

[@stoffiere]

Just recently discovered your videos, and I love them! I am only a novice, but I appreciate the nuances to songs that you discuss. They really do make a difference in the overall sound. I also just purchased your drum backing app, and it is fantastic!!! Thank you so much, and keep up the great work!

[@agatone.9768]

Fun story: two weeks ago me and the rest of the persons in a local folk music band started to play Cissy Strut. That would be around 10 on violin, 4 on cello, 1 percussion, 1 nordic mandolin, 1 bass, 5 guitars. Pretty darn cool :)

[@honkhonk5000]

If the app comes to iOS I'll almost definitely get it. It seems very intuitive and the sound quality is good as well as having a worthwhile variety. I dig it.

[@vovalyashenko4890]

"hurt" actually NIN song, Cash just make a real nice cover good job with Loopz, only thing I miss is post punk bits, just like Joy Division

[@arseniobaca1831]

Владимир Каменев searched for forever to find someone who would also come out and say this.

[@PaulDavids]

A lot of artists didn't write their own songs, Elvis for example. I know it's orignally a NIN song, but that's not the version I'm playing :). Thank for the comment on Loopz, we are still working on the app, so your remark is noted!

[@lafeeshmeister]

Still, it would be nice to see at least a credit to Trent Reznor... given that his acoustic version is actually not that different from what Cash played. Perhaps original artists aren't always important to point out, but for some reason I feel that this song should be an exception. (Perhaps because of the amity between Cash and Reznor.)

[@ACoustaDC]

I for one thank you for the correction. I know why he said Cash, but I like artist to get credit for their work.

[@feerd.inandgenzz392]

Владимир Каменев But the NIN song uses mostly the piano and not the guitar, so it's logical for the Cash version to be in the video.

[@camjohnson3708]

You play so clean I decided to start learning from your channel.

[@Je-uJ]

"easy" he said.. :(

[@bufferkiller]

Yeah, while some of them are fairly easy, at least in parts, to label them as easy songs leads me to believe they're perfect for people just learning.

[@Kralixus]

Nahh people who are just learning should start with learning chords and stuff to get your hands going on guitar. If you're past that then these songs should be easy to learn if you practice enough!

[@alldud13]

kliuchevskoi these are easy lol

[@Je-uJ]

alldud13 i need more practice. lol

[@katanaswordfish]

Keep it up! Don't be discouraged! I'd say these songs are only relatively easy for players who have already developed decent dexterity. When you've been playing guitar for many years you tend to forget just how hard it is at the beginning when you have a hard time just switching chord shapes correctly and strumming in time. Just remember that when you're a beginner almost everything seems hard, and for awesome and experienced players almost everything seems easy. It's all relative, so don't worry too much about what other people consider to be easy or hard. Just keep trying to find some stuff that you think is slightly challenging for your skill level, practice, and have fun. =]

[@santiguitar1607]

4:32 was literally the first song I learned on the guitar, so cool to see it here 🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@dralion1940]

That was spectacular man, im learning a lot of with all your videos , greetings from Spain!!!

[@kane6529]

Intro XX is amazing i've never heard this simple yet powerful song!

[@BuddhaDust]

"dont be afraid to play songs you cant learn in a day or a week" :D going on 1 month trying to learn gravity

[@wyatt8624]

Ralf Hulsker I’m still trying nothing els matters by Metallica even after a month

[@preetadhikari3366]

@@wyatt8624 been trying for 6 months mate 😂

[@rastapatchmail2357]

@@preetadhikari3366 The next song will be twice as easy. The next one easier still. After learning Nothing Else Matters, literally hundreds of songs will be within your reach. Don't give up.

[@IzukuIXLilly]

Just got the app, I love it. It's like Playing with the Drums from your favorite song without the worries about having to restart if you mess up.

[@1994savvas]

Great video! If you could split it into three parts for electric/acoustic/classical it would be great, so that we could have 10 songs on each guitar style.

[@imfpredicts]

I've used loopz for years and I can't speak too highly of it. I didn't realise who made it but I can't be surprised.

[@napsiuslebelche5846]

Romanza was my exam in June(1st year learning) xD A very simplified version but yeah, very fun to play ! /!\ Sorry if my english is very bad, it's not my mother language :/

[@thepickofdestinyfan]

You're the motivation for so many people to keep on playing. Thanks to you and some other big channels I've reignited my spark. And this video was exactly what I needed

[@DavidRFIT]

You even replicated the "fuck" on time of your life. Beyond "note for note".

[@VincenzoMangiapanello]

Thank so much Paul for this amazing video. I'm a "free time" guitar player and It's been a long time I don't play guitar daily. And this video is very usefull to find again the will to enjoy playing a famous song.

[@IanHarsh]

I would love that app!! I hope it comes out for Apple!!

[@GogiRegion]

Pretty much all the Apple ones are just for profit with a TON of in-app purchases.

[@scottthompson292]

You've just summed up everything apple does in 3 words... "just for profit"

[@SuperBlaze117]

You're rendition of Intro is the best I've heard cause you play it with a little style. The reverb really helps it

[@ashwinirabidas9080]

I just downloaded loopz, thank you it's amazing

[@jeremiahbrown2837]

One of my favorite music channels on the Tube. I can watch this man all day. Definitely has helped my playing as well

[@shawn3232]

what is one of the hardest song you have learned

[@PaulDavids]

Smoke on the water, what else?

[@UpsideDownCanoe]

Because of your skill level when you learned it?

[@stipser1]

because irony

[@MrS3B4STi4N]

Seven nation army

[@MrJoacoMs]

Neon - John mayer (Live Where the light is) is extremly hard

[@stephenbriggs9153]

I never knew that I wanted to learn to play Cissy Strut, until today. I downloaded the app, learned it in minutes, and suddenly my kids thought I was as cool as a cucumber. Thanks for the inspiration! And btw, love the app! 😊

[@TheFablekid]

There was something oddly satisfying watching you play Scar Tissue.

[@ceez3841]

Oh god you actually have a skyrim tat and show it off. Dear lord bless this mess.

[@finparkour]

Wow! Subscribed to you, seen now few of your vids, but this felt like real important. I've realised that the more I learn about playing and the better I become, the stuff I always thought was easy, actually has alot more depth where as the "Hard" songs actually aren't as hard once you get the hang of it. Great lesson!

[@TheSooperGrover]

That Cissy Groove drum track sounded very Toto-esque

[@danr5105]

Thanks Paul. I am working on "Good Riddance" Now (it is a pick your strings then strum song) This ability to always pick the right string,to always know where the right string is,is challenging. I am 66 but it still works.

[@vincentian9158]

If I'm not mistaken, that first song was featured in "It Might Get Loud". Jimmy Page listened to that song in that documentary movie. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong lol

[@colin6543]

Crassus Vincentius you're right

[@Rynaylorguitar]

You're right. I always see Jimmy Page when I hear that song.

[@rayross997]

That was the best scene in "It might get loud". It may have been the first record with a overdrive or distorted guitar.

[@youbetyourlifejeffwalker7826]

pulp fiction too

[@audunburns6270]

Crassus Vincentius yeah my favourite part of it might get loud was the song they all played together in the credits The Weight, by The Band

[@nickjonas9222]

the most helpful app for guitar improv practising I've ever found...hats off mate!

[@wviampero]

lol, nick jonas

[@xXSteve1021Xx]

When he played the intro by xx project x flashbacks came to my head lol my whole grade pretty much went to see that movie haha

[@fadeskywards1245]

Loopz is a really good app. I'd recommend it to all who need backing tracks

[@danielchaplick4775]

Love how he included the fuck when he played greenday lol

[@RichardHoogstad]

Just noticed that your presentation has become way better now. More the authentic Dutch accent, more you. Great video

[@LexBastos]

Hi Paul! Love your videos! Just a heads up, the "Romanza" tab has a feel errors on the last part - just the tab, not the way you play! =P Love from Brazil! :)

[@flurfliz7881]

You sir... are the best KZbinr that I have ever seen. Hope you keep it up. Greetings from Colombia.

[@fulldeathbeat7527]

dude, you're a dutchie XD the accent gives away, dutchie here

[@Tom-qj9oi]

@@antlereddruid8359 nah they're not lmao

[@kusikaivo671]

Your videos are easy to watch and you maintain my attention right from the beginning. It makes me wanna practice my playing. Keep up the good work!

[@WeyounVI]

Hey Paul, Great video. I'm wondering if maybe in the future you can do a series on how to switch over to lead guitar from Rythm. I've been playing rythm for years, and most beginner lead guitar lessons feel like they are for the ultra beginner, but im in a unique spot because I don't really know any scales or how to play lead, but I know basically every note on the fretboard. thanks

[@Julia-qp2hh]

I am in the same situation, that would be so helpful!

[@isaacligtenberg4895]

I realise I’m ten months late but try jumping onto google and memorising a minor pentatonic pattern. They’re a safe scale to jam over any song so long as you know the relative minor of the key of whatever song you’re soloing over (if it’s a major, if the key is already minor just play that pentatonic) It’s a really basic 1st step into lead playing and a safe one too but not a bad place to start

[@JasonGabler]

Thank you so much for teaching Cissy Strut. Never even dawned on me to learn how to play it, but so glad I can now.

[@matthewcantu4647]

Do a video of you playing with that loopz app

[@RamboNr5]

My father used to play the spanish romanza every time at the campfire. Makes me very nostalgic.

[@johndpg2559]

Could you do a more in depth video on how to play Johnny Cash's cover of hurt.

[@damiansaucedo9951]

John Geraghty just look up other channels and vids for that.

[@CodyStone282]

I love your videos man! The music, the editing, everything, they always come out so nice. Keep up the great work!

[@dylaveria1218b]

Great video Paul. Is it my mistake though or is there an error in the Romanza tab toward the end? Also, do you have a link to the notation that you're using? That would be swell!

[@godmademefunky95]

Having finished the video I said aloud "I do love this guy, his videos are always fucking great." Felt you deserved to know

[@robertomartin6975]

I need that app for iOS, have been looking for something like that for ages

[@makivarakz]

Roberto Martin try garageband. It has many loops

[@Clairvoyant81]

Just downloaded Loopz. Works fine, thanks for that. Good tool to get something a bit more entertaining than a click for practice.

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Romanza's not that easy imo

[@bingobongo1615]

Anthony Sclafani It’s absolutely not easy. Especially in an appropriate speed

[@mickeogh]

I had no idea you made Loopz, its been my pick of drum machine for months now! awesome!

[@leomartin5617]

So you made that app Loopz?? I’ve been using it for almost a year. Tks for that and for the songs! Greetings fm Argentina!

[@krabster9784]

I have been playing guitar for a year now but still i got to learn a lot of things from this video..thanks

[@tails8806]

I kept wanting to scroll the page up to see your face lol

[@izanrobles129]

That Spanish Balada is AMAZING

[@markhepperlen3648]

When I saw blink-182 I thought I was lucid dreaming

[@tigertran01]

Paul with the F Bomb!!! Totally worth listening to the entire video.

[@kalty]

Wait... Romanza?? I always knew this song under the following french title : Jeux Interdits

[@kevingil1817]

Whenever I was new to the guitar, I was really into punk rock, because it was all I could play. That's what I think when I hear easy.

[@Lectoo]

een muziek talent waar Nederland weer trots op kan zijn, klinkt heerlijk allemaal. Ik ben bijna klaar met mijn havo eindexamen en ik zou misschien iets met muziek hierna gaan willen doen maar ik heb geen idee hoe ik me daarop moet oriënteren dus heb je misschien nog tips en tricks waar ik naar moet kijken bij het bezoeken van muziekscholen ?!

[@lawofphysx1506]

Hugo van Haagen Ik weet dat het deltion college muziek geeft. Maar dat is voor mbo 3/4. Ik weet wel dat er een van hbo is. Hoe die school heet kan ik zo niet meer opkomen

[@chalitandunu681]

speel je ook gitaar?

[@Lectoo]

Chalita Ndunu jaa ik speel denk ik nu 8 jaar

[@chalitandunu681]

Hugo van Haagen gaaf man! Kan ik je misschien ergens bereiken? Ik heb een aantal vraagjes! Uhm ouderwets e-mail? Mn mail is [e-mail]

[@Lectoo]

Chalita Ndunu ja denk dat het het handigst is als jij mij meteen een mailtje stuurt met de vragen , [e-mail]

[@LaKeRsOvErCeLtIcS]

Just found your videos but I have been using loopz for months now. Its a great app i wish i had been practice to drum tracks along time ago. Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome app!!

[@gergoretvari6373]

Me: *watches this video because of entertainment and tries to sing the lyrics to some of the songs mentioned above* Paul: *Plays the riffs, but leaves some of the beats out* Me: *Am i a joke to you?*

[@ramiromata2948]

10:03 “fuck” absolutely killed me. right on! best channel ever

[@UnNamedCloud]

Olofmiester?

[@shaolin1994]

Hi Paul, this video was really helpful for more. These songs are very fun to play, but I just didn't had them on my radar. I now learned 3 of these in a relatively short time, but still learned a couple of new tricks by the way. Thanks a lot, I would really appreciate another video in this category!