Whats a good song to learn for a complete beginner. (Page 1 of 2)

Learn an Em as well (real easy one) and then cycle though G - Em - C - D which is the foundation for loads of songs.

One good one to learn is Wonderwall by Oasis. It is a good one for beginners as there is little finger movement to change the chords and two notes stay the same throughout the whole sequence.

Cheers olly

learn any song you enjoy listening to
go here for the chords to nearly every song in any key

http://www.chordie.com/

mmmmmmmmmmmmm might give that one a try.

Thanks will do.

I don't read tab,or music,  but I reckon you'll probably find it on ultimate guitar, or chordie,

if not just give it a go as you see it, nothing wrong with that, we need good new original guitarists.

I've always played this particular song using 4 chords, Em.  D6/9  Em9  Dmaj9,

What 2 chords do you use?

No, I can't make it work with two chords, and I'm a strummer,
post your link for youtube, and I'll give it a look. 

I suggest working on major and minor open chords first.  You'll probably find that some of the harder chords at first include F and B major (though these are generally played as a movable chord). 

It's also very important to learn the 12 bar blues since many songs are based off this.

Here's a basic 12 bar blues progression using the chords you mentioned:
(G-C-D)

Each bar will get 4 beats:
G 4 bars, C 2 bars, G 2 bars, D 1 bar, C 1 bar, G 1 bar, D 1 bar.

Also, check out something such as "Wild Thing"

Easy Riffs include:
-"Smoke on the Water"
-"Satisfaction"
-"Sunshine of Your Love"
-"7 Nation Army"
-"Kashmir"

Have fun!

I think you should make a list of you favorite songs search for the tabs and start working on them.

For example tears in the rain was one of my first songs learned and although it is quite hard for beginners i practiced it until i played it perfectly.

Think on your long term goal when learning a new song.

Hello back, James. Are you really a beginner if you've made 335 posts?
Anyway, re: tunes using just G, C and D
There are lots of folk tunes which only use 2 or 3 chords, but in case you want something a bit more rock-y, here are 3 well-known tunes which don't change chord too rapidly
1)"Love is a stranger" (Eurhythmics) can be done with just D and G
2)Sloop John B (Beach Boys and others) is good in G- it's an easy tune to sing. In G, the tune doesn't go up very high for the average voice.
3)Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry) is also easy to sing in G and is good for getting used to the 12-bar blues format which is used in lots of classic rock tunes
If you have trouble working out where the chords come, let me know.
Advice re. technique-
1) Practice hard changing between 2 chords (any 2, but especially the ones used in the song) till you can do it smoothly and fairly quickly
2)slow down the tempo so you can play big chunks of the chosen song without making big mistakes
Good luck

If I can give any advice, and what I would of liked to of been given to me?

Don't go on YouTube and look for "Easy songs for beginners" I found it had me stuck for days trying to learn a simple song, and not progressing, so I stopped with all the flapping, chose a song I liked, and knew the timing of down to a tee etc etc...

It was Time For Heroes by The Libertines, a band I love and was one of the reasons I picked up the guitar, I just kept at this until I could play it, its a good song with Fm, Bm, G, & A. Once i learnt that, I felt I was really getting somewhere and it spurred me on to learn more, so I just kept doing it a song at a time.

So my advice after all this chit chat, just pick a song you like, know and love, and learn it. The reward is so much more than learning Wonderwall by Oasis.

Oh, and check out justinguitar.com > His videos are great, and helped me loads!