Reba – If I Were A Boy

Most people relate If I Were A Boy with Beyonce, and well they should. Her video on YouTube has over 80 million views and growing, but Reba has transposed this song down a full step from D# to C# and it makes it a little easier to sing and play at the same time. The Beyonce version requires you to tune your guitar down a half step, while Reba’s has you put a capo on the second fret. The actual writer of the song BC Jean recorded it in the key of E, but has been playing with the guitar tuned down a half step to match the same key as Beyonce sings it in. Here is a link to the If I Were A Boy history on the Wikipedia.com website.

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Led Zeppelin – Custard Pie

Playing along to one of your favorite bands riffs is a lot of fun once you start to play guitar. You could say Custard Pie by Led Zeppelin may not be the best choice for a beginner guitar song, but for those with an electric guitar and amp, plugging in with a little distortion and volume is what it is all about. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are Icons of the Rock era, as well as John Bonham and John Paul Jones. For some reason Physical Graffiti was not widely praised by the critics when it was released, yet as time has passed songs like Custard Pie, Ten Years Gone, The Wanton Song, Trampled Under Foot, The Rover and Kashmir have been greatly appreciated by musicians and fans alike.

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Amy Winehouse – Back To Black Chords

Modern Pop Music fans know all about Amy Winehouse and her trouble with alchohol and drugs. Losing Amy to her addictions was a major loss for the recording industry, but in her time of songwriting and singing she was able to produce some incredible music and lyrics and Back To Black is one of them. The guitar riff may be simple, but for the beginner guitarist this may take a little time to get the feel of the chord progression.

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Collective Soul – December

December by Collective Soul is a nice mellow song that may sound a little harder to play at first, but once you see the chord structure you realize how simple the pattern is, so this makes a great beginner guitar song.

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