Do you want to be able to play the guitar, but have no idea where to even start?
I'm with you.
The chords G, C, D are basic beginner chords that you'll probably know already. You might be surprised to find out that you can already make music, play real songs, just with these chords.
Learning to play guitar songs is very beneficial as you learn guitar, because you can apply the techniques you learn and practice in a fun way. This will help make your practice sessions more enjoyable and effective.
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What You'll Need to Play These G - C - D Songs
There are a few prerequisites to being able to play these songs.
Know the chords
The G, C, D chords are some of the most basic chords in guitar playing. You can use these chords to play a wide variety of songs.
Here are lessons on how to play each chord:
Strumming
You'll also need to be able to strum the guitar. Strumming is simply moving your hand up and down the strings of the guitar.
When you strum, make sure that you hit all of the strings at the same time.
Capo
If you're not familiar with capos, they are devices that clamp onto the neck of a guitar to hold down the strings so you can play chords in a higher key without having to change the fingering. This is a great tool for beginner and intermediate players who want to expand their range beyond the basic chords they know.
The kaiser guitar capo is one of the best on the market because it's easy to use and it doesn't damage your guitar's neck. It's also adjustable, so you can use it on any size guitar neck. Plus, it's affordable and comes with a lifetime warranty.
If you're looking for an easy way to learn new chords, or expand your playing range, get a capo.
Easy songs the use the G - C - D chords
Let's have a look at the list of songs that use these 3 basic chords.
Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cirus (capo 3)
[Intro]
C G C G C G
[Verse]
C
You can tell the world, you never was my girl
G
you can burn my clothes up when Im gone
you can tell your friends just what a fool Ive been
C
and laugh and joke about me on the phone
[Verse]
C
You can tell my arms go back to the farm
G
you can tell may feet to hit the floor
or you can tell my lips to tell my fingertips
C
they wont be reaching out for you no more
[Chorus]
C
But don't tell my heart
my achy breaky heart
G
I just dont think hed understand
and if you tell my heart
my achy breaky heart
C
he might blow up and kill this man
[Verse]
C
You can tell your ma, I moved to Arkansas
G
you can tell your dog to bite my leg
or tell your brother Cliff whose fist can tell my lip
C
he never really liked my anyway
[Verse]
C
Or tell your aunt Louise, tell anything you please
G
myself already knows Im not OK
or you can tell my eyes to watch out for my mind
C
it might be walking out on me today
[Chorus] 2x
C
But don't tell my heart
my achy breaky heart
G
I just dont think hed understand
and if you tell my heart
my achy breaky heart
C
he might blow up and kill this manJust Like Tom Thumbs Blues - Bob Dylan (no capo)
[Intro]
D C G 2x
[Verse]
G C
When you're lost in the rain in Juarez,
G
and it's Easter time too
And your gravity fails,
C G
and negativity don't pull you through
C
Don't put on any airs,
G
when you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue
D
They got some hungry women there,
C G
and they really make a mess outa you.
[Verse]
Now if you see Saint Annie,
C G
please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move,
C G
my fingers are all in a knot
C
I don't have the strength,
G
to get up and take another shot
D
And my best friend, my doctor,
C G
won't even say what it is I've got.
[Verse]
Sweet Melinda,
C G
the peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English,
C G
and she invites you up into her room
C
And you're so kind,
G
and careful not to go to her too soon
D
And she takes your voice,
C G
and leaves you howling at the moon.
[Verse]
Up on Housing Project Hill,
C G
it's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other,
C G
though neither of them are to be what they claim
C
If you're lookin' to get silly,
G
you better go back to from where you came
D
Because the cops don't need you,
C G
and man they expect the same.
[Verse]
Now all the authorities,
C G
they just stand around and boast
C
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms,
G
into leaving his post
C
And picking up Angel who,
G
just arrived here from the coast
D
Who looked so fine at first,
C G
but left looking just like a ghost.
[Interlude]
G C 3x
G D C G
[Verse]
I started out on burgundy,
C G
but soon hit the harder stuff
C
Everybody said they'd stand behind me,
G
when the game got rough
C
But the joke was on me,
G
there was nobody even there to bluff
D
I'm going back to New York City,
C G
I do believe I've had enough.
[Outro]
D C G 4xKnocking on Heavens Door - Bob Dylan (no capo)
This song throws in an extra Am chord, but you can substitute it with the regular C major if you don't know it yet.
[Verse]
G D Am
Mama take this badge off of me,
G D C
I can't use it anymore
G D Am
It's getting dark, too dark to see
G D C
I feel I'm knocking on heaven's door
[Chorus]
G D Am
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
G D C
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
G D Am
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
G D C
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
[Verse]
G D Am
Mama, put my guns in the ground
G D C
I can't shoot them anymore.
G D Am
That long black cloud is comin' down
G D C
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
[Chorus]
G D Am
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
G D C
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
G D Am
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
G D C
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
[Chorus]
G D Am
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
G D C
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
G D Am
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
G D C
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's doorLively Up Yourself - Bob Marley (no capo)
[Intro]
D G D 2x
[Chorus]
D G
You're gonna lively up yourself and
D
Don't be no drag
D G
You lively up yourself, oh
D
Reggae is another bag
D G
You lively up yourself and
D
Don't say no
D G
You're gonna lively up yourself
D
'Cause I said so
[Verse]
(Hear what you gonna do)
D G
You rock so you rock so
D
Like you never did before
D G
You dip so, you dip so
D
Dip thru my door
D G
You come so, you come so,
D
Oh yeah!
D G
You skank so, you skank so,
D
Be alive today.
[Chorus]
D G
You're gonna lively up yourself and
D
Don't say no
D G
You lively up yourself
D
Big daddy says so
D G
You lively up yourself and
G
Don't be no drag
D G
You lively up yourself
D
'Cause reggae is another bag
[Bridge]
D G D
What you got that I don't know?
D G D
I'm a-trying to wonder why you act so
D G D
yeah
D G D
Hey, do you hear what the man seh?
D G D
Lively up your woman in the morning time, you'all
D
Keep a lively up your woman in the
Morning time, you'all
G
Keep a lively up your woman when
D
The evening come and take her, take ya
[Solo]
D G D 8x
D G D
You lively up yourself
D G D
You lively up yourself
D G D
You rock so, you rock so
D G D 4x
[Outro]
D G D
You rock so you rock so
D G D
You dip so, you dip so
D G
You skank so, you skank so,
D
And don't be no drag
D G
You come so, you come so,
D
For reggae is another bag
Get what you got in that bag
D G D
What have you got in the other bag
D G D
What have you got in the other bag
You got hanging there?
D G D
What you say you got?
D G D
I don't believe you!Three Little Birds - Bob Marley (capo 2)
[Intro]
G
[Chorus]
G
Don't worry, about a thing
C G
Cause' every little thing, gonna be alright
(G)
Singin' don't worry, about a thing
C G
Cause' every little thing, gonna be alright
[Verse]
(G)
Rise up this mornin'
D
Smile with the rising sun
C G
three little birds pirch by my doorstep
(G)
Singin' sweet songs
D
of melodys pure and true
C G
sayin', this my message to you
[Chorus]
(G)
Singin' don't worry, about a thing
C G
Cause' every little thing, is gonna be alright
(G)
Singin' don't worry, (don't worry) about a thing
C G
Cause' every little thing, gonna be alright
[Verse]
(G)
Rise up this mornin'
D
Smile with the rising sun
C G
three little birds pirch by my doorstep
(G)
Singin' sweet songs
D
of melodys pure and true
C G
sayin', this my message to you
[Chorus]
(G)
Singin' don't worry, about a thing
C G
Cause' every little thing, gonna be alright
(G)
Singin' don't worry, about a thing
C G
Cause' every little thing, gonna be alright
[Chorus]
(G)
Singin' don't worry, about a thing
C G
Cause' every little thing, gonna be alright
(G)
Singin' don't worry, about a thing
C G
Cause' every little thing, gonna be alrightBorn in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (capo 4)
[Intro]
G C
[Verse]
G
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
C
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up
[Chorus]
G
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
C
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
[Verse]
G
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
C
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
[Chorus]
G
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
C
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
[Verse]
G
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"
C
Went down to see my V.A. man
G C
He said "Son, don't you understand"
[Verse]
G
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
C
They're still there, he's all gone
G
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
C
I got a picture of him in her arms now
[Verse]
G
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
C
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
[Chorus]
G
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
C G
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now
[Chorus]
Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
C
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now
[Outro]
G CHound Dog - Elvis Presley (capo 5)
[Verse]
G
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
C
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
G
Cryin' all the time
D
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
C G
And you ain't no friend of mine
[Verse]
G
When they said you was high classed
Well, that was just a lie
C
When they said you was high classed,
G
Well, that was just a lie
D
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
C G
And you ain't no friend of mine
[Verse]
G
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
C
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
G
Cryin' all the time
D
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
C G
And you ain't no friend of mine
[Interlude]
G G C G D C G
[Verse]
G
When they said you was high classed
Well, that was just a lie
C
When they said you was high classed,
G
Well, that was just a lie
D
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
C G
And you ain't no friend of mine
[Interlude]
G G C G D C G
[Verse]
G
When they said you was high classed
Well, that was just a lie
C
When they said you was high classed,
G
Well, that was just a lie
D
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
C G
And you ain't no friend of mine
[Verse]
G
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
C
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
G
Cryin' all the time
D
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
C G
And you ain't no friend of mineFeeling Alright - Joe Cocker (capo 5)
[Intro]
G C 2x
[Verse]
G C
Seems I got to have a change of scene
G C
Cause every night I have the strangest dreams
G C
Imprisoned by the way it could've been
G C
Left here on my own or so it seems
G C
I got to leave before I start to scream
G C
But someone's locked the door and took the key
[Chorus]
G C
Feelin' alright
G C
Not feelin' too good myself
G C
Feelin' alright
G C
Not feelin' too good myself
[Verse]
G C
Boy you sure took me for one big ride
G C
Even now I sit and wonder why
G C
And when I think of you I start to cry
G C
I just can't waste the time I must keep dry
G C
Got to stop believin' in all your lies
G C
Cause I got to much to do before I die
[Chorus]
G C
Feelin' alright
G C
Not feelin' too good myself
G C
Feelin' alright
G C
Not feelin' too good myself
[Interlude]
G C 6x
[Verse]
G C
Don't get too lost in all I say
G C
If half the time I really felt that way
G C
That was then and now you know it's today
G C
I can't escape I guess I'm here to stay
G C
Till someone comes along and takes my place, yeah
G C
With a different name and yes a different face
[Chorus] 3x
G C
Feelin' alright
G C
Not feelin' too good myself
G C
Feelin' alright
G C
Not feelin' too good myselfLeaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver (no capo)
[Intro]
G C 2x
[Verse]
G C
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go
G C
I’m standing here, outside the door
G C D
I hate to wake you up and say goodbye
G C
But the dawn is breaking, its early morn
G C
The taxi’s waiting, it’s blowing its horn
G C D
Already I’m so lonesome I could die
[Chorus]
G C
So kiss me and smile for me
G C
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
G C D
Hold me like you never let me go
G C
Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
G C G
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
C D
Oh babe I hate to go
[Verse]
G C
There so many times I’ve let you down
G C
So many times I’ve played around
G C D
I tell you now, they don’t mean a thing.
G C
Every place I go I think of you
G C
Every song I sing I sing for you
G C D
When I’ll come back I’ll buy you wedding ring
[Chorus]
G C
So kiss me and smile for me
G C
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
G C D
Hold me like you never let me go
G C
Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
G C G
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
C D D
Oh babe I hate to go
[Verse]
G C
Well now the time has come to leave you
G C
One more time please let me kiss you
G C D
Then close your eyes and I’ll be on my way.
G C
Dream about the days to come
G C
When I won’t have to leave you alone
G C D
About the times I won’t have to say
[Chorus]
G C
Kiss me and smile for me
G C
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
G C D
Hold me like you never let me go
G C
Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
G C G
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
C D
Oh babe I hate to go
G C
I’m leaving on a jet plane
G C G
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
C D
Oh babe I hate to goYou Are My Sunshine - Johnny Cash (capo 2)
[Intro]
G C G C G D G
[Verse]
G
The other night dear as I lay sleeping
C G
I dreamed I held you in my arms
C G
When I awoke dear I was mistaken
D G
And I hung my head and I cried
[Chorus]
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
C G
You make me happy when skies are gray
C G
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
D G
Please don't take my sunshine away
[Interlude]
G C G C G D G
[Verse]
I'll always love you and make you happy
C G
If you will only say the same
C G
But if you leave me to love another
D G
You will regret it all some day
[Chorus]
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
C G
You make me happy when skies are gray
C G
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
D G
Please don't take my sunshine away
[Interlude]
G C G C G D G
[Verse]
You told me once dear, you really loved me
C G
and no one else could come between
C G
but now you've left me and love another
D G
you have shattered all my dreams
[Chorus]
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
C G
You make me happy when skies are gray
C G
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
D G
Please don't take my sunshine awayAll Summer Long - Kid Rock (no capo)
[Intro]
D C G G 4x
[Verse]
D C G
It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long
D C G
Caught somewhere between a boy and man
D C G
She was 17 and she was far from in between
D C G
It was summertime in Northern Michigan
[Interlude]
D C G G 2x
Ahh, ahh
[Verse]
D C G
Splashin' thru the sandbar, talkin' by the campfire
D C G
It's the simple things in life like when and where
D C G
We didn't have no internet, but man I never will forget
D C G
The way the moonlight shined upon her hair
[Chorus]
D C
And we were tryin' different things
G
and we were smokin' funny things
D C G
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
D C G
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
D C G D C G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
D C G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
[Verse]
D C G
Catchin' walleye from the dock watchin' waves roll off the rocks
D C G
She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul
D C G
We'd blister in the sun we couldn't wait for night to come
D C G
To hit that sandy place of rock 'n roll
[Chorus]
D C
And we were tryin' different things
G
and we were smokin' funny things
D C G
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
D C G
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
D C G D C G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
D C G G G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
[Solo]
D C G G 4x
D C G G 4x
Ahh, ahh
D C G G 2x
[Verse]
D C G
Now nothin' seems as strange as when the leaves began to change
D C G
Oh how we thought those days would never end
D C G
Sometimes I hear that song and I'll start to sing along
D C G G G
And think man I'd like to see that girl again
[Chorus]
D C
And we were tryin' different things
G
and we were smokin' funny things
D C G
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
D C G
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
D C G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
[Chorus]
D C
And we were tryin' different things
G
and we were smokin' funny things
D C G
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
D C G
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
D C G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
[Outro]
D C G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
D C G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
D C G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
D C G
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
D C G G 3x
D C G~Born This Way - Lady Gaga (capo 4)
[Intro]
It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital h-i-m
Just put your paws up
'Cause you were born this way, baby
D C G D
[Verse]
D C
My mama told me when I was young
G D
We are all born superstars
D C
She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on
G D
In the glass of her boudoir
D C
"There's nothin wrong with lovin who you are"
G D
She said, "'cause he made you perfect, babe"
D C
"So hold your head up girl and you'll go far,
G D~
Listen to me when I say"
[Chorus]
D
I'm beautiful in my way
C
'Cause god makes no mistakes
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way
D
Don't hide yourself in regret
C
Just love yourself and you're set
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way
D
Ooo there ain't no other way
C
Baby I was born this way
G D
Baby I was born this way
D
Ooo there ain't no other way
C
Baby I was born this way
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way
D
Don't be a drag -just be a queen
C
Don't be a drag -just be a queen
G
Don't be a drag -just be a queen
D
Don't be!
[Verse]
D
Give yourself prudence
C
And love your friends
G D
Subway kid, rejoice your truth
D C
In the religion of the insecure
G D
I must be myself, respect my youth
D C
A different lover is not a sin
G D
Believe capital h-i-m (hey hey hey)
D C
I love my life I love this record and
G \ (D)
Mi amore vole fe yah (love needs faith)
[Chorus]
D
I'm beautiful in my way
C
'Cause god makes no mistakes
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way
D
Don't hide yourself in regret
C
Just love yourself and you're set
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way
D
Ooo there ain't no other way
C
Baby I was born this way
G D
Baby I was born this way
D
Ooo there ain't no other way
C
Baby I was born this way
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way
[Interlude]
D C G D
[Bridge]
D
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
C
Whether you're broke or evergreen
G
You're black, white, beige, chola descent
D
You're lebanese, you're orient
D
Whether life's disabilities
C
Left you outcast, bullied, or teased
G
Rejoice and love yourself today
D~
'Cause baby you were born this way
D
No matter gay, straight, or bi,
C
Lesbian, transgendered life
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born to survive
D
No matter black, white or beige
C
Chola or orient made
G
I'm on the right track baby
D~
I was born to be brave
[Chorus]
D
I'm beautiful in my way
C
'Cause god makes no mistakes
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way
D
Don't hide yourself in regret
C
Just love yourself and you're set
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way
D
Ooo there ain't no other way
C
Baby I was born this way
G D
Baby I was born this way
D
Ooo there ain't no other way
C
Baby I was born this way
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way
[Outro]
D
I was born this way hey!
C
I was born this way hey!
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way hey!
D
I was born this way hey!
C
I was born this way hey!
G
I'm on the right track baby
D
I was born this way hey!Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (capo 2)
[Intro]
C D 2x
[Verse]
C D C D
You need coolin, baby, I'm not foolin'.
C D C D C D
I'm gonna say it, yeah, go back to schoolin'.
C
Way down inside,
D C D
honey, you need it,
C D
I'm gonna give you my love,
C E
I'm gonna give you my love.
[Chorus]
C D C D
Wanna whole lotta love, wanna whole lotta love,
C D C D~
wanna whole lotta love, wanna whole lotta love.
[Verse]
C D C D
You've been learnin', baby, I've been burning.
C D C D C D
All them good times, baby, I've been yearnin'.
C D
Way down inside,
C D
honey, you need it,
C D
I'm gonna give you my love,
I'm gonna give you my love.
[Interlude]
C D x 6
[Verse]
C D C D
You've been coolin', baby, I've been droolin'.
C D C D C D
And them good times, I've been misusing.
C D
Way, down inside,
C D
I'm gonna give you my love,
C D
I'm gonna give you my love,
C D
I'm gonna give you my love,
C D
Yeah
All right
[Chorus]
C D C D
Wanna whole lotta love, wanna whole lotta love,
C D C D~
wanna whole lotta love, wanna whole lotta love.
D G~
Way down inside woman, you need
Love
[Outro]
C D 22xSweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd (no capo)
[Intro]
D C G G
[Verse]
D C G
Big wheels keep on turning
D C G
Carry me home to see my kin
D C G
Singing songs about the south land
D C G
I miss Alabamy Once Again and i think its a sin.
[Verse]
D C G
Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her
D C G
Well I heard old Neil put her down
D C G
Well I hope Neil Young will remember
D C G
A southern man don’t need him around, anyhow.
[Chorus]
D C G D C G
Sweet home Alabama, where the skies are so blue
D C G D C G
Sweet home Alabama, lord I’m coming home to you.
[Interlude]
D C G G
[Verse]
D C G
In Birmingham they loved the governor, (ooh ooh ooh)
D C G
Now we all did what we could do
D C G
Now watergate doesn't bother me
D C G
Does you conscience bother you, (now tell the truth!)
[Chorus]
D C G D C G
Sweet home Alabama, where the skies are so blue
D C G D C G
Sweet home Alabama, lord I’m coming home to you.
Here I come Alabama
[Solo]
D C G G 8x
[Verse]
D C G
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swappers
D C G
And they've been known to pick a song or two
D C G
Lord they get me off so much
D C G
They pick me up when I'm feeling blue
Now how about you?
[Chorus]
D C G D C G
Sweet home Alabama, Where the skies are so blue
D C G D C G
Sweet Home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you
[Outro]
D C G
Sweet home Alabama
(Oh sweet home baby)
D C G
Where the skies are so blue
(And the governor's true)
D C G
Sweet Home Alabama
Lordy
D C G
Lord, I'm coming home to you
D C G G 6xTonight's The Night - Neil Young (capo 4)
[Chorus]
G C G C
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
G C G C
tonight's the night, tonight's the night.
[Verse]
G
Bruce Berry was a workin' man
He used to load that Econoline Van.
A sparkle was in his eyes,
but his life was in his hand.
Well late at night when the people were gone
he used to pick up my guitar
and sing a song in a shaky voice
that was real as the day was long.
[Chorus]
G C G C
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
G C G C
tonight's the night, tonight's the night.
[Verse]
G
Early in the mornin' at the break of day
he used to sleep until the afternoon.
If you never heard him sing,
I guess you won't too soon.
'Cause people let me tell you,
it sent a chill up and down my spine
when I picked up the telephone
and heard that he died out on the mainline.
[Chorus]
G C G C
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
G C G C
tonight's the night, tonight's the night.
[Verse]
G
Bruce Berry was a workin' man;
He used to load that Econoline Van.
But early in the mornin', just about the break of day
he used to sleep until the afternoon.
[Chorus 3x]
G C G C
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
G C G C
tonight's the night, tonight's the night.Molly's Lips - Nirvana (no capo)
[Intro]
G C 8x
[Verse]
G C G C
She said she'd take me anywhere
G C G C
She'd take me anywhere as long as she stays with me
G C G C
She said she'd take me anywhere
G C G C
She'd take me anywhere as long as I stayed clean
[Chorus]
G C G C
Kiss,kiss molly's lips
G C G C
Kiss,kiss molly's lips
G C G C
Kiss,kiss molly's lips
G C G C
Ah kiss,kiss molly's lips
[Verse]
G C G C
She said she'd take me anywhere
G C G C
She'd take me anywhere as long as she stays with me
G C G C
She said she'd take me anywhere
G C G C
She'd take me anywhere as long as I stayed clean
[Chorus]
G C G C
Kiss,kiss molly's lips
G C G C
Kiss,kiss molly's lips
G C G C
Kiss,kiss molly's lips
G C G C
Ah kiss,kiss molly's lips
[Interlude]
G C 8x
[Verse]
G C G C
She said she'd take me anywhere
G C G C
She'd take me anywhere as long as she stays with me
G C G C
She said she'd take me anywhere
G C G C
She'd take me anywhere as long as I stayed clean
[Chorus] 2x
G C G C
Kiss,kiss molly's lips
G C G C
Kiss,kiss molly's lips
G C G C
Kiss,kiss molly's lips
G C G C
Ah kiss,kiss molly's lipsAngel - Shaggy (no capo)
[Intro]
G C D C 4x
[Chorus]
G C D C G
Girl you’re my angel, you’re my darling angel
C D C G
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
C D C G
Shorty you’re my angel, you’re my darling angel
C D C
Girl you are my friend when I’m in need, lady
[Verse]
G C D
Life a one big party when you’re still young
C G
But who’s gonna have your back when it all done
C
It’s all good when you live to have pure fun
D
Can’t be a fool son
C
What about the long run
[Verse]
G C D
Looking back shorty always a mention
C G
Say me not giving her much attention
C
She was there through my incarceration
D
Wanna show the nation
C
My appreciation
[Chorus]
G C D C G
Girl you’re my angel, you’re my darling angel
C D C G
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
C D C G
Shorty you’re my angel, you’re my darling angel
C D C
Girl you are my friend when I’m in need, lady
[Verse]
G C D
You’re a queen and that’s how you should be treated
C G
Though you never get the loving that you needed
C
Coulda left but I called and you heeded
D
Begged and I pleaded
C
Mission completed
[Verse]
G C D
A no she that I and I a dis the program
C G
Not the type to mess around with your emotions
C
But the feeling that I have for you are so strong
D
Been together so long
C
This could never be wrong.
[Chorus]
G C D C G
Girl you’re my angel, you’re my darling angel
C D C G
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
C D C G
Shorty you’re my angel, you’re my darling angel
C D C
Girl you are my friend when I’m in need, lady
[Bridge]
G C D
Girl in-spite of my behavior, you’re my savior
C G
You must be sent from up above
C D
And you appear to me so tender, so girl I surrender
C G
Thanks for giving me your love
C D
Girl in-spite of my behavior, you’re my savior
C G
You must be sent from up above
C D \
And you appear to me so tender, well girl I surrender
(C)
So thanks for giving me your love
[Verse]
G C D
Life a one big party when you’re still young
C G
But who’s gonna have your back when it all done
C
It’s all good when you live to have pure fun
D
Can’t be a fool son
C
What about the long run
[Verse]
G C D
Looking back shorty always a mention
C G
Say me not giving her much attention
C
She was there through my incarceration
D
Wanna show the nation
C
My appreciation
[Chorus]
G C D C G
Girl you’re my angel, you’re my darling angel
C D C G
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
C D C G
Shorty you’re my angel, you’re my darling angel
C D C
Girl you are my friend when I’m in need, lady
[Chorus]
G C D C G
Girl you’re my angel, you’re my darling angel
C D C G
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
C D C G
Shorty you’re my angel, you’re my darling angel
C D C
Girl you are my friend when I’m in need, lady
[Outro]
G C D C GChasing Cars - Snow Patrol (capo 2)
[Verse]
G D C G
We'll do it all, everything, on our own.
D C G
We don't need anything, or anyone.
[Chorus]
G D
If I lay here, if I just lay here
C G
Would you lie with me, and just forget the world.
[Verse]
G D C G
I don't quite know how to say how I feel
D C G
Those three words, I said too much, but not enough.
[Chorus]
G D
If I lay here, if I just lay here
C G
Would you lie with me, and just forget the world.
[Bridge]
G D
Forget what we're told, before we get too old
C G
Show me a garden that's bursting into life.
D C (G)\
Let's waste time, chasing cars, around our heads.
[Chorus]
G D
If I lay here, if I just lay here
C G
Would you lie with me, and just forget the world.
[Verse]
G D
All that I am, all that I ever was
C G
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
G D
I don't know where, confused about how as well
C
just know that these things
G
will never change for us at all.
[Chorus]
G D
If I lay here, if I just lay here
C G
Would you lie with me, and just forget the world.What I got - Sublime (no capo)
[Intro]
D G 2x
[Verse]
D G
Early in the morning
D G
Rise up to the street
D G
Light me up that cigarette
D G
and I'll strap shoes on my feet
D G
Got to find a reason
D G
Reason thing went wrong
D G
Got to find a reason
D G
why my money's all gone
D G
I got a dalmation
D G
I can still get high
D G
I can play the guitar
D G
Like a motherfuckin' riot
[Interlude]
D G 4x
[Verse]
D
Life is too short
G
So love the one you got
D
Cause you might get run over
G
or you might get shot
D
Never start static
G
I just get it off my chest
D
Never had to battle with my
G
bulletproof vest
D
Take a small example
G
Take a tip from me
D
Take all of your money
G
Give it up to charity
D
Love is what I got
G
Is with in my reach
D
the sub rock styles
G
dealt straight from Long Beach
D
It come back to you
G
You're gonna get what you deserve
D
Try'n test that
G
Your bound to get served
D
Love's what I got
G
Don't start a riot
D
You'll feel it when
G
the dance get's hot
[Chorus]
D G
Love is
D
What I got
G
I said remember that
D G
Love is
D
What I got
G
Now remember that
D G
Love is
D
What i got
G
I said remember that
D G
Love is
D
What I got
G
Now remember that
[Verse]
D
I don't cry
G D
When my dog runs away
Don't get angry
G
Bout the bills I have to pay
D
I don't get angry
G
when my mom smokes pot
D
Hits the bottle
G
and goes right to the rock
D
Fuck it fight it
G
It's all the same
D
Livin with Louey Dog's
G
The only way to stay sane
D
Let the lovin'
G D G
Let the lovin come back to me
[Interlude]
D G 6x
[Chorus]
D G
Love is
D
What I got
G
I said remember that
D G
Love is
D
What I got
G
Now remember that
D G
Love is
D
What I got
G
I said remember that
D G
Love is
D G
What I got
[Outro]
D G 4xPaperback Writer - The Beatles (no capo)
[Intro]
G
Paperback writer, writer writer,
[Verse]
Dear Sir or Madam
will you read my book?
It took me years to write
will you take a look?
It's based on a novel
by a man named Lear
and I need a job so
C
I want to be a paperback writer
G
Paperback writer.
[Verse]
It's the dirty story of a dirty man
and his clinging wife
doesn't understand. His son is
working for the daily Mail
C
It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer
G
Paperback writer.
[Chorus]
G
Paperback writer, writer writer,
[Verse]
It's a thousand pages give
or take a few, I'll be writing more
in a week or two. I can make
longer if you like the style,
C
I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer
G
Paperback writer.
[Verse]
If you really like it
you can have the rights,
it could make a million
for you overnight.
If you must return
it you can send it here,
C
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer
G
Paperback writer.
[Chorus]
G
Paperback writer, writer writer,
[Outro]
Paperback writer. 4xOne World (Not Three) - The Police (capo 5)
[Intro]
D C 4x
[Chorus]
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
[Verse]
D C
It's a subject we rarely mention
D C
But when we do we have this little invention
D C
By pretending they're a different world from me
D C
I show my responsibility
[Chorus]
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
[Verse]
D C
The third world breathes our air tomorrow
D C
We live on the time we borrow
D C
In our world there’s no time for sorrow
D C
In their world there is no tomorrow
[Chorus]
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
[Interlude]
D C 8x
[Verse]
D C
Lines are drawn upon the world
D C
Before we get our flags unfurled
D C
Whichever one we pick
D C
It’s just a self deluding trick
[Chorus]
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
[Verse]
D C
I don’t want to bring a sour note
D C
Remember this before you vote
D C
We can all sink or we all float
D C
’cos we’re all in the same big boat
[Chorus]
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
D C D C
One world is enough, for all of us
[Interlude]
D C 1x6
[Bridge]
D C
It may seem a million miles away
D C
But it gets a little closer everyday
D C
It may seem a million miles away
D C
But it gets a little closer everyday
D C
It may seem a million miles away
D C
But it gets a little closer everyday
[Interlude]
D C 4x
[Outro]
D C 8x
One worldThe Last Time - The Rolling Stones (capo 2)
[Intro]
D D C G 4x
[Verse]
D C G D C G
Well I told you once and I told you twice
D C G D C G
But ya never listen to my advice
D C G D C G
You don’t try very hard to please me
D C G D C G
With what you know it should be easy
[Chorus]
G C G
Well this could be the last time
G C G
This could be the last time
C
Maybe the last time
G D C G
I don’t know. oh no.
D C G
oh no
[Verse]
D C G D C G
Well, I’m sorry girl but I can’t stay
D C G D C G
Feeling like I do today
D C G D C G
It’s too much pain and too much sorrow
D C G D C G
Guess I’ll feel the same tomorrow
[Chorus]
G C G
Well this could be the last time
G C G
This could be the last time
C
Maybe the last time
G D C G
I don’t know. oh no.
D C G
oh no
[Solo]
D C G 6x
[Chorus]
G C G
Well this could be the last time
G C G
This could be the last time
C
Maybe the last time
G D C G
I don’t know. oh no.
D C G
oh no
[Verse]
D C G D C G
Well I told you once and I told you twice
D C G D C G
That someone will have to pay the price
D C G D C G
But here’s a chance to change your mind
D C G D C G
cuz I’ll be gone a long, long time
[Chorus]
G C G
Well this could be the last time
G C G
This could be the last time
C
Maybe the last time
G~
I don’t know.
[Outro]
D C G
oh no.
D C G
oh no
D C G 12xWhen Love Comes To Town - U2 (capo 2)
[Intro]
D G D
[Verse]
D G D
I was a sailor, I was lost in sea
D G D
I was under the waves, before love resqued me
D G D
I was a fighter, I could turn on the threat
D~
Now I stand accused of things I've said
[Chorus]
G
Love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
D
When love comes to town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
\
But I did what I did before love came to town
[Interlude]
D G D
[Verse]
D G D
Used to make love under the red sunset
D G D
I was making promises that I were soon to forget
D G D
She was pale as the lace of her wedding gown
D~
But I left her standing before love came to town.
[Verse]
D G D
Ran into a juke joint when I heard a guitar scream
D G D
The notes were turning blue as days are a dream
D G D
As the music played I saw my life turn around
D~
That was the day before love came to town
[Chorus]
G
Love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
D
When love comes to town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
\
But I did what I did before love came to town
[Interlude]
D G D 4x
[Chorus]
G
Love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
D
When love comes to town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
\
But I did what I did before love came to town
[Solo]
D G D
[Verse]
D G D
I was there when they crusified my lord
D G D
I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword
D G D
I threw the dice as they pierced his side
D~
But I've seen love conquer the great divide
[Chorus]
G
Love comes to town,
I'm gonna jump that train
D
When love comes to town
I'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down
\
But I did what I did before love came to town
[Outro]
D G DYou will notice that with this list of songs that use the G, C, D guitar chords is that they are all very different types of songs. They're all varied in their styles and can be a very good example to follow when making music with your friends.
You can also find many more beginner guitar songs with chords here, or here as well. Google is your friend.
I hope you found some songs that you'll enjoy playing along to, have fun!