Top 100 Easy Guitar Rock Songs for Beginners

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Are you tuned up and ready to roll with the best easy guitar rock songs for beginners?

As soon as you know the right way to fret a guitar, there’s no better way to start gaining skills than by jumping straight into learning songs.

And for gigging guitarists, these rock n roll hits are an easy way to garner more attention from the kind of rowdy crowd that demands drunken sing-alongs.

You’ll learn the basic chord structures and introductory scales along with how to apply them in a real-music setting. Your finger strength and dexterity will increase when you learn these simple fundamental riffs and licks, and in no time you’ll be moving on to intermediate songs and solos.

If you’re an experienced player just looking to add some covers to your catalog, you’ll find plenty of well-known classic rock songs, as well as some modern rock to keep you relevant in a range of jam situations.

There’s nothing too technical on this list, so if you’re already playing at an intermediate level and searching for songs to enhance your skills, you won’t find much of a challenge on this list. However, you can always challenge yourself to practice a song to perfection, and the tunes on this list are perfect for dialing in your timing and phrasing.

And don’t think you need a shred-worthy electric ax to start learning easy guitar rock songs – many of these were written on and for acoustic guitar, featuring essential open chords in timeless progressions. Take, for instance, “The Day the Music Died” by Don McLean, an acoustic rocker in the key of G that will teach you major and minor chords, as well as a couple seventh chords and some iconic riffs for the ambitious beginner.

Related: the “forbidden riff” you cannot play in guitar stores.

Learning these easy guitar rock songs for beginners is a great way to kickstart your musical hobby, gain core rock n roll knowledge and skills, and add jams to your setlist that are fun to play and sing. Take a look, pick a tune, and start rocking out with these easy guitar rock hits!

Top 100 Easy Rock Songs For Starters

  1. Wishing Well – Free – Tab
  2. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne – Tab
  3. Rock You Like A Hurricane – Scorpions – Tab
  4. Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap) – AC/DC – Tab
  5. A Horse With No Name – America – Tab
  6. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix – Tab
  7. Losing My Religion – REM – Tab
  8. Not Fade Away – Buddy Holly – Tab
  9. Beat On The Brat – The Ramones – Tab
  10. Anarchy In the UK – Sex Pistols – Tab
  11. I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles – Tab
  12. Light My Fire – The Doors – Tab
  13. The Joker – The Steve Miller Band – Tab
  14. I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Tab
  15. Zombie – The Cranberries – Tab
  16. Runnin’ With The Devil – Van Halen – Tab
  17. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult – Tab
  18. Selling The Drama – Live – Tab
  19. I Love Rock N Roll – Joan Jett – Tab
  20. Shooting Star – Bad Company – Tab
  21. Right Through You – Alanis Morissette – Tab
  22. Wild Thing – The Troggs – Tab
  23. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones – Tab
  24. Alright For Now – Tom Petty – Tab
  25. Sunshine of Your Love – Cream – Tab
  26. Lonely Day – System of a Down – Tab
  27. Riders On The Storm – The Doors – Tab
  28. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple – Tab
  29. Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones – Tab
  30. 20th Century Boy – T.Rex – Tab
  31. Don’t Let Me Down – The Beatles – Tab
  32. Blood and Roses – The Smithereens – Tab
  33. American Girl – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Tab
  34. Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones – Tab
  35. All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix – Tab
  36. The One I Love – REM – Tab
  37. Should I Stay Or Should I Go – The Clash – Tab
  38. Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones – Tab
  39. I Will Follow – U2 – Tab
  40. Lightning Crashes – Live – Tab
  41. Black – Pearl Jam – Tab
  42. Song 2 – Blur – Tab
  43. When I Come Around – Green Day – Tab
  44. Take it Easy – The Eagles – Tab
  45. Steady As She Goes – The Raconteurs – Tab
  46. Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes – Tab
  47. This Means War – Avenged Sevenfold – Tab
  48. Rockin’ in the Free World – Neil Young – Tab
  49. Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles – Tab
  50. Creep – Radiohead – Tab
  51. You Really Got Me – The Kinks – Tab
  52. Knocking On Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan – Tab
  53. Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top – Tab
  54. Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin – Tab
  55. The House of the Rising Sun – The Animals – Tab
  56. Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones – Tab
  57. Bang A Gong (Get It On) – T.Rex – Tab
  58. Lonely People – America – Tab
  59. La Grange – ZZ Top – Tab
  60. Eye Of The Tiger – Survivor – Tab
  61. Master Of Puppets – Metallica – Tab
  62. Tush – ZZ Top – Tab
  63. Last Nite – The Strokes – Tab
  64. Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf – Tab
  65. Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Tab
  66. Rumble – Link Wray – Tab
  67. The Last Time – The Rolling Stones – Tab
  68. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin – Tab
  69. California – Delta Spirit – Tab
  70. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon – Tab
  71. Feel Like Making Love – Bad Company – Tab
  72. TNT – AC/DC – Tab
  73. Low – Cracker – Tab
  74. Simple Man – Shinedown – Tab
  75. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tab
  76. Waiting On The World To Change – John Mayer – Tab
  77. I Got A Name – Jim Croce – Tab
  78. Mr. Brightside – The Killers – Tab
  79. You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ – Judas Priest – Tab
  80. I Fought The Law – The Bobby Fuller Four – Tab
  81. Guns of Brixton – The Clash – Tab
  82. Cherub Rock – The Smashing Pumpkins – Tab
  83. You Might Think – The Cars – Tab
  84. Hello, I Love You – The Doors – Tab
  85. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd – Tab
  86. Lola – The Kinks – Tab
  87. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce – Tab
  88. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses – Tab
  89. Iron Man – Black Sabbath – Tab
  90. Closing Time – Semisonic – Tab
  91. Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf – Tab
  92. Get Back – The Beatles – Tab
  93. London Calling – The Clash – Tab
  94. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers – Tab
  95. For Your Love – The Yardbirds – Tab
  96. Pootermobile – Five Iron Frenzy – Tab
  97. Good Riddance – Green Day – Tab
  98. Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love – Van Halen – Tab
  99. Johnny B. Good – Chuck Berry – Tab
  100. Come As You Are – Nirvana – Tab

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This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. Alan Jackman

    I know man! This one should probably not be on the list 😀

  2. Scott

    Sweet Child of Mine??? I’ve been playing for 20 years amd I still have trouble with the intro.

  3. selena

    exactly. master of puppets, you really got me and sweet child o mine? good luck

  4. John

    You guys do know what a beginner is right? Johnny B. Good? All along the watchtower? Are you insane?

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