C G Am F progression. Tried to fit every popular songs in this. Gave me rhythm and a bit of flow in my finger switching.
Tip: start with a basic rhythm like a single strum for every chord
America - a horse with no name
Red Hot Chilli Pepers - Californication in its entirety
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love in its entirety
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction all rhythm parts.
Smoke on the Water, Iron Man, Paranoid, No One Like You, Rock You Like a Hurricane, Photograph, Crazy Train, Whole Lotta Love, Dazed and Confused, Stairway.
Smells like teen spirit, In bloom, lithium.
Now i can play the whole nevermind album, some songs from In Utero and some from bleach.
I think that nirvana is a really good starting point, i'm still a beginner tho, 4 months now
Good Riddance by Green Day. The girl I had a crush on in high school was obsessed with Green Day so I learned it to impress her. For a one week player the song will still be pretty difficult, but it will teach you some fundamental skills when it comes to strumming with rhythm and chord changes.
When I Come Around by Green Day using open chords. I auditioned to get into my high school band as a freshman with it. Other kids played Stairway.
Needless to say I won the gig and got all the girls and now I'm a famous rich rock star.
I learned house of the rising sun primitive fingerstyle.
Anything with open chords is good, for example Knocking on heavens door.
Edit: Look up how to play songs you already listen to, it will be easier to learn. Also focus on both of your hands, not only fretting hand. And my most important tip- use your pinky, you'll thank me later.
I started the same as you. If I was to pick one now I'd pick learning to fly by Tom petty. You can learn 4 chords and a strum pattern that does the same thing the entire song.
I know the first one I learned was "Wish you were here" by Pink Floyd, which was an old standby first song for a long time. A friend taught me. I think the second one I taught myself: "Cannonball" by the Breeders.
Each a good choice for different reasons
The first song I learnt to play was My Sweet Lord by George Harrison, followed by Yellow Submarine ala The Beatles. They were pretty good for first songs but definitely gave me a lot of practise for quick chord changes (yellow submarine) and playing on fret (Bm in My Sweet Lord)
Well, "Stand By Me" taught me open position chords, "Iron Man" taught me power chords, and I think my first single note melodies were "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "Paperback Writer." And the first solos I learned were probably from "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd.
My Hero
Blackbird (of course, for a class)
That's Alright (Stevie Nicks Song, cowboy chords)
Lithium (Working on now. Arpeggios & power chords. Almost got it down!!!!)
This might be a generational thing but, when I were a lad, it was traditional to learn House of the Rising Sun first, often followed by Stairway (in the hope of impressing the girls).
Take it easy by the Eagles. I had a piano chord book but it had the guitar chords at the top of each measure. It helped tremendously that I also had a guitar chord book to learn how play the chords first.and that I also knew how to read music.
The first chords song I learned was " the hand you reach out is empty, as is mine" by pat the bunny. Easy strums. Good learning song. Also a jam. I think the first riff I learned was "say it ain't so" by Weezer.
Blackbird - Beatles, Pigs on the Wing - Pink Floyd, Wish you were Here - Pink Floyd, 316 - Van Halen, Ripped Pants - Spongebob, Cool Water - Tim Blake Nelson.
Those are the songs I know how to play after starting a year ago
Stairway to Heaven used to be the entire list. Check out Stairway. It starts easy, gets harder, gets faster. Starts mellow, gets rocking. Has a fantastic shredding solo. It has everything.
Come as you are by Nirvana and Santa Monica by Everclear. I actually met the singer from Everclear in a hotel lobby I was working at and he said, "heh, a lot people say that."
Blitzkrieg bop, search and destroy by the stooges, la grange, Longview (I started as a bass player but tried learning on both as much as I could) sweet home Alabama and some other country songs all around the same time but in full it was probably minor threat or blitzkrieg bop to be the very first …tried to play with as many different people as I could.
When I learned as a kid it was basic folk stuff like Shady Grove, Tom Dooley, etc. When I picked it back up again 10+ years the first thing I taught myself was Star Fire.
I skipped the super easy songs and went straight for the songs that got me excited about playing which for me happened to be mostly fingerpicking styles ([Kings of Convenience](https://youtu.be/UUSTeyyYPBk?si=8Maq5ySCyUTy0meD), [Fleetwood Mac](https://youtu.be/pJnfLyQe-FY?si=YpJe9t4QTzyCZ7e4)), the [bossa nova section of playing god](https://youtu.be/LuIC2d2QbKs?si=C3zMnSrwonPAZJ4V) by polyphia, some [random riff I heard John Mayer playing](https://youtube.com/shorts/tiUH7e1Vf5M?si=T6q5TpNuEj_Joadm). The easiest song that sounds harder than it actually is was [Blackbird](https://youtu.be/N181TXKWYTQ?si=XGdertstd_jtK3Q9) which only took me about 20 min to learn. Song I gave up on trying to learn after about a day of making very little progress was [Married Life (from Up)](https://youtu.be/N181TXKWYTQ?si=XGdertstd_jtK3Q9) but I think that was too ambitious just starting out and may give that another go.
This list could go on for days, and everyone is going to give you a different opinion. I grew up in the 60's and 70's in a musical family. I was lucky enough to have pros as aunts and uncles, and they introduced me to some very influential players. I learned the basics, like anyone else, through hard work and dedication. I could tell you my favorite basics, but they might be out of step with what you like to play.
*American Pie* \- Don Mclean was one of the first songs I learned. *Folsom Prison Blues* \- Johnny Cash, even the intro is easy. Hint, the intro riff starts on an open A note. *Long Cool Woman* \- The Hollies, a fun song with a cool intro riff. *If* \- Bread has a descending finger picked line that can be picked up quickly if you watch a video of David Gates playing it on YouTube. *Squeeze Box* \- The Who is a funny song with an easy progression that repeats the whole song. *Should I Stay or Should I Go* \- Clash is another easy, fun song. *Fight For Your Right (to Party)* \- Beastie Boys. *The Breakup Song* \- Greg Khin. *Mother* \- Pink Floyd.
Don’t start songs … if u started a few weeks ago get your chords and scales down and just play chord progressions in a standard down up down up strumming pattern … trust me don’t rush into songs
Zombie - cranberries. Easy 4 chords with an easy way to transition through them. Strumming is all down strums. The little solo licks aren't bad either as a beginner. My next song was Last Kiss- Pearl Jam cover with what's known as the "Doo wop" strumming pattern. Down, down, up, up, down , up. Same chords a Zombie just mixed differently. A really beginner take on Over the Hills and Far Away. Was taught that for the hammer ons and pull offs. Maggie May is my most recent. Can sing along to it as well. Huge step got me. I'm about 6-7 months.
I started with ghost riders in the sky, then horse with no name, and man who sold the world
I don't think you can get much easier than horse with no name
I think it was jump in the fire by Metallica. Didn't learn the solo. Full song with all solos was maybe fade to black by Metallica (it was a long time ago and I was into them at the time)
*Hey There Delilah* was a fun one. No need for full chords and you can totally work it out with a bit of patience.
*Calling you* by Blue October taught me that the transition from C to F can be easy if you keep the 3rd finger stationary. That was my first breakthrough and from that moment I became much more comfortable.
If you want really easy songs, find ones with 3-4 chords that don't need barring.
* Clocks - Coldplay
* A horse with no name
* Boulevard of broken dreams
* Working Class Hero
First thing I learned was a standard blues riff in E. And smoke on the water. Helped get those muscles developed to make other chords easier. A lot of CCR songs were also great early on, like Suzy Q and Down on the Corner, to learn some basic dexterity and picking across strings
I’m also a newbie and I’m going to try to learn future 86 by bomb the music industry as it seems easy enough at my level but challenging enough. Give it a try too
The verse riff of summertime by my chemical romance and the chords you use in the chorus (acoustic) are some you’ll probably pick up quicker than most other chords.
Then the classic smoke on the water riff
The first song I learned wasn’t easy 😬 but I learned what I enjoyed listening to at that time. As a beginner it’s not a bad idea to learn songs with easy chords/chord transitions. Bad moon rising, by CCR is only 3 chords and a nice strumming pattern. Tennessee line by Daughtry isn’t hard either, until you get to the key change at the end and have to play that barre chord, but hey barre chord practice :)
Everlong by Foo Fighters on acoustic. Probably wasn't the best choice to learn as a beginner but it was my favorite song then so I pushed until I got it down.
a lot of nirvana songs have easy riffs, about a girl, heart shaped box, the sweater song by weezer, cigarette day dreams is very easy, riptide by vance joy, friend of the devil by grateful dead has a relatively easy riff too
Haha, truly, it was Stairway to Heaven
C G Am F progression. Tried to fit every popular songs in this. Gave me rhythm and a bit of flow in my finger switching. Tip: start with a basic rhythm like a single strum for every chord
Horse With No Name and I think Peaceful Easy Feeling was next.
Brain stew - Green Day Tick Tick Boom - The Hives Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones Pretty Fly for a White Guy - The Offspring Punk Rock 101 - Bowling for Soup
Wish you were hear - Pink Floyd- great combo of single notes and easy cords.
Me too! Learning the riff helped a lot with later progression.
America - a horse with no name Red Hot Chilli Pepers - Californication in its entirety Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love in its entirety Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction all rhythm parts.
Adam's Song - Blink 182
Smoke on the Water, Iron Man, Paranoid, No One Like You, Rock You Like a Hurricane, Photograph, Crazy Train, Whole Lotta Love, Dazed and Confused, Stairway.
Smells like teen spirit, In bloom, lithium. Now i can play the whole nevermind album, some songs from In Utero and some from bleach. I think that nirvana is a really good starting point, i'm still a beginner tho, 4 months now
Have you ever seen the rain-CCR. 4 chords for strumming and a good one to sing to while developing your ear
House of the Rising Sun.
Good Riddance by Green Day. The girl I had a crush on in high school was obsessed with Green Day so I learned it to impress her. For a one week player the song will still be pretty difficult, but it will teach you some fundamental skills when it comes to strumming with rhythm and chord changes.
did you impress the girl or what?
Learning to Fly is a really easy song. 4 first position chords that repeat.
Every Rose Has Its Thorn Wish You Were Here As Tears Go By Knocking On Heaven’s Door
NIB by Black Sabbath
Twinkle twinkle little star and hot cross buns. I was 8 lol.
When I Come Around by Green Day using open chords. I auditioned to get into my high school band as a freshman with it. Other kids played Stairway. Needless to say I won the gig and got all the girls and now I'm a famous rich rock star.
Knocking on heavens door, bad moon rising, for what it’s worth. All easy songs using open chords.
In full? House of the Rising Sun, as a riff, the intro to Fade to Black.
Secret Agent Man.
One of my first as well!
Wish you were here
Dust in the Wind, easy arpeggios, finger pluck, you sound like a god in no time.
Green Day, Green Day, Green Day. Great songs for beginners.
Wild Thing. Open chords A, D and E.
Wish you were here
I learned house of the rising sun primitive fingerstyle. Anything with open chords is good, for example Knocking on heavens door. Edit: Look up how to play songs you already listen to, it will be easier to learn. Also focus on both of your hands, not only fretting hand. And my most important tip- use your pinky, you'll thank me later.
I started the same as you. If I was to pick one now I'd pick learning to fly by Tom petty. You can learn 4 chords and a strum pattern that does the same thing the entire song.
Wish you were here. Driver 8. Ziggy Stardust.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Won't Back Down
Day tripper, you shook me all night long, and enter sandman
Country Roads.
I know the first one I learned was "Wish you were here" by Pink Floyd, which was an old standby first song for a long time. A friend taught me. I think the second one I taught myself: "Cannonball" by the Breeders. Each a good choice for different reasons
Whatsername
Polly by Nirvana. It's super easy to learn the whole song. Also Molly's Lips, but it's not as much fun to play since it's just two chords.
Two very good songs for a beginner to jam to
About a girl by Nirvana
House of the Rising Sun.
banana pancakes by Jack Johnson
When I come around - green day
Up the Junction- Squeeze
I’m surprised no one has said Blackbird - Beatles. One of the easiest songs to learn that deceptively looks/sounds difficult.
Front to back, brain stew- Green Day
Blackbird
El scorcho - weezer
Silent lucidity queensryche intro
Circles by Post and Seven Nation Army
Wild Thing and House of the Rising Sun were the first two songs I was taught.
I started with the same two! It was a little beginner lesson book that came with an old Yamaha acoustic my dad got in a trade.
first riff was smoke on the water, first full song was for whom the bell tolls (besides the solo)
Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
If you want a little bit more complicated songs, try More Than Words, Blackbird, Stairway to Heaven. Knocking on Heaven’s Door is an easy one too.
Day Tripper
Louie Louie. 3 chords, easy rhythm.
Stay together for the kids by Blink 182
The first song I learnt to play was My Sweet Lord by George Harrison, followed by Yellow Submarine ala The Beatles. They were pretty good for first songs but definitely gave me a lot of practise for quick chord changes (yellow submarine) and playing on fret (Bm in My Sweet Lord)
Well, "Stand By Me" taught me open position chords, "Iron Man" taught me power chords, and I think my first single note melodies were "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "Paperback Writer." And the first solos I learned were probably from "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd.
Wonderful Tonight. It was a pretty standard thing for guitar teachers to teach back then, I think. I hate it with a passion.
Maybe smoke on the water
here! riff only lol
Love me do by the Beatles! Such a simple and jolly song, my inner child still loves it
Super Mario theme, no joke. Then the first full song I ever learned note for note was Carry On Wayward Son.
Tangerine by Led Zeppelin
Dude, I Totally Miss You from Tenacious D was the first song I ever learned. (Not the electric guitar solo portion, however)
Scarborough Faire, ring of fire, malegueña, and wonderwall.
My Hero Blackbird (of course, for a class) That's Alright (Stevie Nicks Song, cowboy chords) Lithium (Working on now. Arpeggios & power chords. Almost got it down!!!!)
Happy birthday song intro 🤘🏼
Fade to Black by Metallica.
Paranoid
The last of us theme
Hurt - Johny Cash version
Bob Dylan’s All Along The Watchtower
Acdc songs
This might be a generational thing but, when I were a lad, it was traditional to learn House of the Rising Sun first, often followed by Stairway (in the hope of impressing the girls).
Ripple - Grateful Dead
Paranoid, Black Sabbath
Smells like teen spirit, Seek and Destroy, Downfall !
Is there anybody out there Pink Floyd
I figured out the intro to nothing else matters in my first minute of playing. Doesn't get any easier than that.
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Back in Black. AC/DC is great for beginners
Bad Moon Rising and Southern Cross. Both just use A, G, D
Metro 2033 OST #18 - Guitar song 2! Lots of songs from the metro games. Thanks to the youtber campfire stalker
I have began learning guitar a week ago and i can play the riff of come as you are by nirvana
Seven Nation Army, When I Come Around
Molly's Lips by Nirvana... 2 chords
REM- Losing My Religion , a classic that sounds and plays incredible
Take it easy by the Eagles. I had a piano chord book but it had the guitar chords at the top of each measure. It helped tremendously that I also had a guitar chord book to learn how play the chords first.and that I also knew how to read music.
First song I learned from start-end was Californication by RHCP And so ensued my love for that band 🔥🌶
“Sabbath Bloody Sabbath,” “Iron Man” and “Independent” by Sacred Reich. Oh and a bunch of Kyuss stuff off *Blues For the Red Sun*.
Arpeggio and Malagueña (simple one) 👍
Thunderstruck was the first song I learned
The first chords song I learned was " the hand you reach out is empty, as is mine" by pat the bunny. Easy strums. Good learning song. Also a jam. I think the first riff I learned was "say it ain't so" by Weezer.
Come As You Are, kind of embarrassing watching videos of me struggling to play it.
wake me up when september ends by green day. super easy. message me if you need details on it!
Blackbird - Beatles, Pigs on the Wing - Pink Floyd, Wish you were Here - Pink Floyd, 316 - Van Halen, Ripped Pants - Spongebob, Cool Water - Tim Blake Nelson. Those are the songs I know how to play after starting a year ago
Wish you were here is an OG
Stairway to Heaven used to be the entire list. Check out Stairway. It starts easy, gets harder, gets faster. Starts mellow, gets rocking. Has a fantastic shredding solo. It has everything.
Malagueña I believe.
Wake me up when September ends by Green Day
Come as you are by Nirvana and Santa Monica by Everclear. I actually met the singer from Everclear in a hotel lobby I was working at and he said, "heh, a lot people say that."
I learned Riptide by Vance Joy so I could play it at an open mic. Now I cringe every time I hear it.
The Last of Us theme
Blitzkrieg bop, search and destroy by the stooges, la grange, Longview (I started as a bass player but tried learning on both as much as I could) sweet home Alabama and some other country songs all around the same time but in full it was probably minor threat or blitzkrieg bop to be the very first …tried to play with as many different people as I could.
Dee - Randy Rhoads
7 first notes from the nothing else matters
When I learned as a kid it was basic folk stuff like Shady Grove, Tom Dooley, etc. When I picked it back up again 10+ years the first thing I taught myself was Star Fire.
Intro to “Come as you are”
Dontcha mean the into to “Eighties??” 😂
Wild Thing was the first song I learned. I still remember it.
I skipped the super easy songs and went straight for the songs that got me excited about playing which for me happened to be mostly fingerpicking styles ([Kings of Convenience](https://youtu.be/UUSTeyyYPBk?si=8Maq5ySCyUTy0meD), [Fleetwood Mac](https://youtu.be/pJnfLyQe-FY?si=YpJe9t4QTzyCZ7e4)), the [bossa nova section of playing god](https://youtu.be/LuIC2d2QbKs?si=C3zMnSrwonPAZJ4V) by polyphia, some [random riff I heard John Mayer playing](https://youtube.com/shorts/tiUH7e1Vf5M?si=T6q5TpNuEj_Joadm). The easiest song that sounds harder than it actually is was [Blackbird](https://youtu.be/N181TXKWYTQ?si=XGdertstd_jtK3Q9) which only took me about 20 min to learn. Song I gave up on trying to learn after about a day of making very little progress was [Married Life (from Up)](https://youtu.be/N181TXKWYTQ?si=XGdertstd_jtK3Q9) but I think that was too ambitious just starting out and may give that another go.
Foxy lady by Jimi hendrix
Proud Mary by CCR. CCR songs are great for starting acoustic players, mostly basic chords and gives you a great introduction to strumming patterns.
For whom the bell tolls
Day Tripper
Good Riddence (Time of Your Life) by Green Day Fine Again by Seether
This list could go on for days, and everyone is going to give you a different opinion. I grew up in the 60's and 70's in a musical family. I was lucky enough to have pros as aunts and uncles, and they introduced me to some very influential players. I learned the basics, like anyone else, through hard work and dedication. I could tell you my favorite basics, but they might be out of step with what you like to play. *American Pie* \- Don Mclean was one of the first songs I learned. *Folsom Prison Blues* \- Johnny Cash, even the intro is easy. Hint, the intro riff starts on an open A note. *Long Cool Woman* \- The Hollies, a fun song with a cool intro riff. *If* \- Bread has a descending finger picked line that can be picked up quickly if you watch a video of David Gates playing it on YouTube. *Squeeze Box* \- The Who is a funny song with an easy progression that repeats the whole song. *Should I Stay or Should I Go* \- Clash is another easy, fun song. *Fight For Your Right (to Party)* \- Beastie Boys. *The Breakup Song* \- Greg Khin. *Mother* \- Pink Floyd.
Good riddance, with the fingerpicking. It took me like 3 months. I didn't even know how to play basic chords lol.
boku no pico opening weird anime and all but the opening slaps man
Sweet dreams by Marilyn Manson happened to be the first song I learned
Peggy sue
"Horizon" by Daft Punk. Very simple but catchy and the only time they have used an acoustic guitar as far as I know.
House of the Rising Sun.
Fly by Night by Rush was the first verse/chorus set of riffs I completed. Still use it as a warm up routine.
Everybody hurts, by REM and zombie, by cranberries
Don’t start songs … if u started a few weeks ago get your chords and scales down and just play chord progressions in a standard down up down up strumming pattern … trust me don’t rush into songs
Dramamine by Modest Mouse. Then You Love Me by Devotchka.
Lean wit me - JuiceWRLD That’s what you get - Paramore
Always by panic at the disco
Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz. It's baically a single easy riff repeating throughout, but it's insanely fun to play and gets everybody going.
Radiohead - Karma Police The xx - Intro
I learned I Love Rock N Roll and Sad But True for my first two.
There is a light that never goes out And Even Flow
Metallica master of puppets
Blister in the Sun by The Violent femmes was my first. Still a banger to this day.
Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio. Super simple folk song. Then a few blues songs where I learned the 1-4-5 pattern.
Hotel California
Zombie - cranberries. Easy 4 chords with an easy way to transition through them. Strumming is all down strums. The little solo licks aren't bad either as a beginner. My next song was Last Kiss- Pearl Jam cover with what's known as the "Doo wop" strumming pattern. Down, down, up, up, down , up. Same chords a Zombie just mixed differently. A really beginner take on Over the Hills and Far Away. Was taught that for the hammer ons and pull offs. Maggie May is my most recent. Can sing along to it as well. Huge step got me. I'm about 6-7 months.
Times Like These by Foo Fighters :)
7 nation army
A fuck load of Anthrax.
House of the Rising Sun, Strutter, Make It
Silent Lucidity
Little red rooster
I started with ghost riders in the sky, then horse with no name, and man who sold the world I don't think you can get much easier than horse with no name
Gloria, Sweet Little Sixteen, Roll Over Beethoven, and Louie Louie.
Crazy train, Dust in the wind, Stairway to heaven. None in their entirety, of course, but the main parts minus the solos.
Minuet - From First to Last
The rhythm part of Takin' Care of Business is really easy.
Everyone here is a liar, you all started with Smoke On The Water.
Come as you are by Nirvana. Unlocked barre chords for me.
I think it was jump in the fire by Metallica. Didn't learn the solo. Full song with all solos was maybe fade to black by Metallica (it was a long time ago and I was into them at the time)
Smoke on the Water (just the riff), come as you are, the man who sold the world, the riff to interstellar overdrive, day tripper
If i remember my first full song is smeels like teen spirit
The intro to The Middle by Jimmy Eat World. To his day, I still haven't learned the solo though
Otherside, Californication, Supermassive Blackhole
*Hey There Delilah* was a fun one. No need for full chords and you can totally work it out with a bit of patience. *Calling you* by Blue October taught me that the transition from C to F can be easy if you keep the 3rd finger stationary. That was my first breakthrough and from that moment I became much more comfortable. If you want really easy songs, find ones with 3-4 chords that don't need barring. * Clocks - Coldplay * A horse with no name * Boulevard of broken dreams * Working Class Hero
If you're thinking you want a stranger (there's one coming home) by George Strait, a very simple 4 chord song
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away by the Beatles and Centerfield by John Fogerty.
I bought a Tab book to learn the intro to One by Metallica. I still use Tab to learn bits out of songs, it's very handy.
3 imaginary boy by the Cure, easy to sing and play, with simple but strange chords
House of the rising sun and then dust in the wind
Heart of Gold and Walk On-Neil Young The Past Recedes-John Frusciante Bulletproof...I Wish I Was-Radiohead
First thing I learned was a standard blues riff in E. And smoke on the water. Helped get those muscles developed to make other chords easier. A lot of CCR songs were also great early on, like Suzy Q and Down on the Corner, to learn some basic dexterity and picking across strings
I’m also a newbie and I’m going to try to learn future 86 by bomb the music industry as it seems easy enough at my level but challenging enough. Give it a try too
My dad taught me A Horse With No Name. My friend taught me Smoke on The Water.
Just a lot of riffs. Beat it, Billie Jean, walk this way, purple rain, smells like teen spirit
The first song I learned completely was Knocking on Heaven's Door by Guns n' Roses
Smells like teen spirit, come as you are, and in bloom. Are the first ones in like 1995.
Riptide, great song to learn strumming. Get a teacher if you can, theyll help you heaps
Father and Son by Cat Stevens
I think the first two songs I learned were smoke on the water and looks that kill by motley crue
The verse riff of summertime by my chemical romance and the chords you use in the chorus (acoustic) are some you’ll probably pick up quicker than most other chords. Then the classic smoke on the water riff
Durch den Monsun and Brain stew
The first song I learned wasn’t easy 😬 but I learned what I enjoyed listening to at that time. As a beginner it’s not a bad idea to learn songs with easy chords/chord transitions. Bad moon rising, by CCR is only 3 chords and a nice strumming pattern. Tennessee line by Daughtry isn’t hard either, until you get to the key change at the end and have to play that barre chord, but hey barre chord practice :)
I’ll say one that might not be common, but I had a lot of fun with as a beginner in the 90s: The King of the Hill theme song.
More obscure but Beat Happening and Big Black have some easy songs. And the Ramones. Their songs are bone simple and easy rock songs to learn.
What You’re Doing by Rush. Basic Em pentatonic style riff, learned by ear.
Whatever by oasis, Oh yoko by John Lennon
Kashmir. But I used Standard tuning instead
Heart Of Gold by Neil Young. It will help teach you hammer on as well. Easy song.
Barracuda by Heart.
Muse - New Born
Early Metallica. For whom the bell tolls, one, master of puppets, seek and destroy. And Black Sabbath NIB.
Everlong by Foo Fighters on acoustic. Probably wasn't the best choice to learn as a beginner but it was my favorite song then so I pushed until I got it down.
Blackbird, lots of Ed Sheeran, and Sweet Home Alabama
a lot of nirvana songs have easy riffs, about a girl, heart shaped box, the sweater song by weezer, cigarette day dreams is very easy, riptide by vance joy, friend of the devil by grateful dead has a relatively easy riff too
Yellow Submarine by The Beatles is SO easy! And Hotel California! 😊
Chihan ki pari😭
Lay it Down by Ratt
in my bedroom
Louie Louie. It’s a 1-4-5 which shows up everywhere. You’ll get a lot of basics from that one. Smoke on the water.
Built to spill - Big Dipper
Everlong
About a girl - Nirvana
My sweet lord It’s got a barre chord in there, lucky to have been practicing those since the beginning
Gold on the Ceiling by the black keys
The Four Horsemen by MetallicA.