Once you have learned your basic system of chords and strums it wont be long before youll be wondering which beginner guitar songs are best to start with.

Well there are lots of them available. Assuming you have completed the necessary ground work youll be spoilt for choice and quickly building a list of easy guitar songs you can play.

It could be that you are already well versed in the standard beginner guitar songs such as Please Mr. Postman, Knockin on Heavens Door or Stand by Me however many more exist. Each era of music has dished up its own collection of simple guitar songs to choose from.

Firstly youre going to need a Capo. This useful contraption is a gift from heaven for beginners as it allows you to play in many different keys without needing to learn Barre chords.

A quick look through beginner guitar songs will show you that they are almost always built from open chords and not the harder Barre chords. Having said this, by using a capo even harder songs can be converted into open chords and made suitable for beginners to play!

Converting songs this way will greatly increase how many beginner guitar songs are available to you to choose from. Aside from this it will also mean that you can escape the traditional ones everyone else can play and enjoy more freedom and scope.

Please put time into learning your basic chords and strumming patterns before attempting to play songs. I know its easy to want to rush into playing songs and these beginner guitar songs look very tempting! But honestly its a mistake to attempt them too soon and before you are ready.

I would advise that daily practice of the chords and strums youll need for around 4 weeks should be adequate preparation before starting to learn beginner guitar songs.

A technique well worth considering is to identify and separate each element of the song you are trying to learn. Isolate the strum required and practice it without chords, isolate the progressions involved and cycle them with single strums. Do this rather than attempting everything at once.

When you follow this process youll give yourself the best possible chance of mastering beginner guitar songs quickly and easily. Good luck!