If you know G, C and D you are ready to make music, some of the top songwriters of the last 40 years have built their entire careers around transitioning between those three chords.

Bob Dylan and Chuck Berry are among the performers who only used a few chords but still produced a string of chart topping hits. Even the Beatles started out with simple three chord arrangements; ever heard of Love, love me do? Learn the 7^th chords of A, E and B and you can play it. Don't believe it? Click here

There is nothing like learning a song to build a young guitarists confidence. New students are often given the chord progressions to “A Horse with No Name” because many consider it to be the single easiest song to play on guitar.

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The song consists of two simple chords an E minor and a unique variation on a D. It is played in 4/4 time which means there are four beats per measure with a chord change after each measure.

The two chords involve holding down two strings inside the second fret, the Em has your fingers on the fourth and fifth strings while the D derivative has the fingers on the sixth and third strings. Strum the strings down on each beat and change chord every fourth beat and you have mastered the song that was a big hit for the group America.

There are a number of very well known songs that are composed of simple chords just like A Horse with No Name. Bob Dylan's Lay Lady Lay can be picked up in a short period of time. Pink Floyds Comfortably Numb is also a tune listed in most easy play guitar books; it is composed of five simple chords.

Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes is another song that can be learned on the guitar in a short period of time. If you know your root chords (CAGED) you are home free. Another popular song that you can learn with ease is Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's; a few simple chord progressions and you are home free.

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