The World's Easiest Guitar Method
(if starting on A major)
- Click the first chord for 1-chord songs with A.
- Click the second diagram for 2-chord tunes with A & D.
- Etc.
1-Chord Songs with A Major
Click any song below to play along with the video.
- Drifter's Escape - Bob Dylan - 1967 - (Playable with A - but sounds better with A and D major.)
- There Is a Mountain - Donovan - 1967 - (Has a F#m that appears at 1:18 in the song.)
- Helen Wheels - Paul McCartney & Wings - 1973
- Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant - 1983
- Locker - 35007 - 1996
- Joy - Lucinda Williams - 1998
- Stupidly Happy - XTC - 2000
- Pretty Polly - Traditional - NA
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat - Traditional - NA
- The Farmer in the Dell - Traditional - NA
- Make New Friends - Traditional - NA
- Frère Jacques - Traditional - NA
To see chord diagrams for guitar, ukulele, mandolin, or banjo, click here.
2-Chord Songs with A & D
Click any title to see the chords and notation.
Click any artist for a video.
- Pay Me My Money Down - The Weavers - 1955
- Willie Seton - Tom Paxton - 1962
- Season of the Witch - Donovan - 1966
- The Bottle Let Me Down - Merle Haggard - 1966
- TB Sheets - Van Morrison - 1967 - I don't have music notation yet.
- Drifter's Escape - Bob Dylan - 1967
- Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard - 1969 - This song modulates.
- Mendocino - The Sir Douglas Quintet - 1969
- Roadrunner - The Modern Lovers - 1972
- Crazy - Barenaked Ladies - 1991
- Countdown - The Black Keys - 2002 - I don't have music notation yet.
- Blowin' Smoke - Kasey Musgrave - 2013
- Boys 'Round Here - Blake Shelton - 2013
There are also lots of folk tunes & nursery rhymes with these 2 chords.
To see chord diagrams for guitar, ukulele, mandolin, or banjo, click here.
How to Create Your Own Guitar Journey
- Use the Search Engine below to find songs online - using whatever chords you already know.
- You can use Genre and Decade filters to refine your search (e.g. 1990s | Country | G,C,D,Em).
- Then use the Next Best Chord or Wildcard tools to see what new chord to add to your practice.
Thanks for Reading
I hope you found this chord guide helpful. If you did, please share it with other beginner guitarists.
Thank you so much for reading. And happy strumming.
-Austin