If you've been playing guitar for a while but feel like you never actually play enough songs, this lesson is for you. Today we're breaking down "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival in a super simplified way. We're not going for note-for-note accuracy from the record — we're making it easy and fun so you can strum along and enjoy playing.

This version uses just three open chords: D, A, and G. The entire song revolves around two simple chord progressions (verse and chorus). Let's dive in!

The Three Chords You Need

• D chord (standard open position)
• A chord (standard open position)
• G chord (standard open position)

That's it — piece of cake!

Strumming Patterns (3 Options for Any Level)

1. Beginner-Friendly: The Boom-chuck Pick the lowest 1–2 strings of the chord (the "boom"), then strum the rest of the chord (the "chuck").

• On D: Pick strings 4 & 3
• On A: Pick strings 5 & 4
• On G: Pick strings 6 & 5

Play boom-chuck on beats 1-2 and again on 3-4. This keeps th...

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Happy Star Wars Day 2023! Today's beginner guitar lesson is a bonus lesson on how to play the Star Wars Main Theme on guitar with tabs! Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another guitar lesson for beginners. I am a huge Star Wars fan. Always have been. So today, I put together this video to show you how to simply play the melody for the main theme. It's a lot of fun and now you can play this for all your friends and show off! May the force be with you!

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When it comes to learning guitar, one of the first thing most of us do is start learning famous riffs from our favorite songs. And while I am a big fan of learning entire songs...sometimes you just need to play some riffs. Learning how to play easy riffs is a great way to get yourself motivated & inspired & out of a rut of just practicing exercises & drills. This will help you make sure that you have actual music that you're working on instead of getting hung up on the academics of playing guitar. Hope this helps you out!

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I get it, this time of year is really busy for everybody so you've probably procrastinated learning any Christmas songs this year. But fear not! I'm here to help save your bacon with TEN songs that you can learn really quickly! Most of these songs only use 3 simple chords & only a few of them have 4 or 5 chords (which are also simple).

Here are the songs we're going to learn:

1) I Saw Three Ships
2) Joy to the World
3) Silent Night
4) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5) Angels We Have Heard On High
6) The First Noel
7) Jingle Bells
8) Deck the Halls
9) Silver Bells
10) Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.

Hope it helps you out!

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Hey guys! Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you going over how to play All Apologies by Nirvana! This is one of the best songs of the 90s and one that pretty much everybody likes. It's also not hard to play. In today's All Apologies tutorial I'm going to show you everything you need to start playing All Apologies including how to tune to the correct tuning, how to play the main riff, and what chords to play for the chorus part. Hope this helps you out!

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How to play Something in the Way by Nirvana from The Batman movie (2022) with Robert Pattinson is what we're covering in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you about how to play one of the simplest songs that still sounds awesome. This song, which closes out Nirvana's Nevermind album, is a really moving song using only two chords for the entire songs. In this lesson we're going to over the chords used for Something in the Way & the strum patterns & put it all together for you so you can play the whole song right away.

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How to play My Hero by Foo Fighters is what we're going over in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson where I'm going to show you one of my favorite Foo Fighters songs. My Hero by Foo Fighters only has a few guitar chords for the rhythm part & we're going to break down the lead guitar part, too, so you can play either one.

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How to play Everlong by Foo Fighters is the topic of today's guitar lesson for beginners. ✅ Pick up the tab for this song for free by going to http://simpleguitar.com/everlong.

Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you on how to play one of Foo Fighters best songs ever. Everlong is actually really simple to play on electric guitar or acoustic guitar. You only need to learn three different parts. The verse, the pre chorus, and the chorus. So in today's guitar tutorial I'm going to break down all three of those parts for you & show you how to put it all together so you can play the Foo Fighters classic.

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In today's guitar lesson for beginners we're going over how to play Joy to the World on guitar which is the EASIEST Christmas song for you to learn this season! Get the tab for Joy to the World by going to http://simpleguitar.com/joytotheworld!

Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you. Today I'm giving you the easiest way to play Joy to the World on guitar so that you can be ready for every Christmas party you go to. I'm going to show you two different ways to play this. First we're going to cover how to play the melody. Second, I'm going to give you the chords for Joy to the World so that you can sing along or have others sing along with you. So grab your guitar for this guitar tutorial for beginners on Joy to the World and let's dive right in!

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How to play Hitchin' a Ride by Green Day is what we're going over in today's guitar lessons for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another beginner guitar lesson for you on one of my favorite Green Day songs to get students playing as soon as they know power chords. In this Green Day Hitchin' a Ride guitar lesson I'm going to show you how to play all 3 parts of the song as well as go through the entire song for you to see how it looks to play the whole song & so that you can practice along with me. I hope this helps you out & that it's a ton of fun for you!

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