Top 100 Easy Guitar Rock Songs for Beginners

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