Some easy to intermediate rock songs for guitar and or easy to intermediate fingerpicking?

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2026-02-05 09:25

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The two songs I know that have the fewest chords are "Unknown Legend" by Neil Young and "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac -- two chords each. Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like a Hole" has only two chords, but there are some movements within each chord that are necessary or the song would sound a little flat.

T.Rex's "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" is quite rudimentary. PJ Harvey's "Rid of Me" has only three chords, and those same three chords are also the chords for Bob Dylan's "All along the Watchtower". The Elvis Presley classic "Hound Dog" is three chords.

Many of U2's songs are very easy to play because their chords don't change; their dynamics are supplied by arrangements and intensity, not by changing chords. "Pride (In the Name of Love)" and "With or without You", for example, are both formed by four chords, in the same order, repeated throughout the song. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Desire", "All I Want Is You" and "Numb" have three chords each.

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