3 Easy Songs for Electric Guitar

Being able to play your favorite songs is one of the most rewarding things for any guitar player. You can also score some cool points if you can play requests at parties. I have put together a short list of popular songs for electric guitar that you can rock out with your friends or to impress that special someone.

Songs for Electric Guitar #1

Freebird: by Lynyrd Skynrd. This song is a rock and roll classic that any one who hasn't been living in a cave for the last 50 years should know; and if they don't why are you hanging around them?

The guitar chords for Freebird are simple but for some reason everybody thinks it's such a difficult song to play. The main verse is G, D/F#, Em, F, C, D and the chorus is F, C, and D. You may want to play along to get the changes and repeats down. Finally the outro is just G5, A#5, and C5 over and over and over and over... You'll see what I mean. Get someone to play with you and learn the lead parts from any of the free tabs found online.

Songs for Electric Guitar #2

Dirty Deeds: by AC/DC Another rock classic that everyone should now and is fun to sing and play. The intro is: [E] [G5] [E] [A5] [E] [D5/A] [E] Verse: [D] [E] Chorus: [A5] [G5] [A5], [E] [D] [E] Break: [B] [E] Once again listen to the song for the structure.

Songs for Electric Guitar #3

Smells Like Teen Spirit: by Nirvana A timeless classic in it's own right. I can't believe the amount of radio play this song still receives. Nevertheless it is a good one to have in your repertoire. The main riff and chorus use the following chord progression. [F] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb] These are played as bar chords. This is the only real chord progression in the entire song. The verse is simply two single melody notes. To play them bar your finger over the first frets of the first and second strings and pick them one after another letting them ring. To get the same sound as Kurt Cobain you will need a flanger effect.

There are many great songs for electric guitar that you can learn to increase your repertoire and improve your playing. Try the above three for starters and then after you have mastered them start picking out your favorite songs to learn or ask other people what they would like to hear. You can buy tab books for almost any artist, but first try to figure out as much of any song as you can by just listening to it. This will develop your ear and greatly increase your ability to learn things you hear for the first time.

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