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Easy Classic Rock Guitar Songs
On The Acoustic

Welcome to this section on easy classic rock guitar songs page. Check out the other links below for more great songs for the acoustic.

Artists on this page:
Climax Blues Band - Coldplay
Daft Punk - Doves
Faces - Free - INXS
Iron Maiden - Jesus Jones
Judas Priest - Loverboy
Marillion - Men At Work
Mental As Anything - Modern English
Modern Talking - OMD - Our Lady Peace
Rockpile - Split Enz
Status Quo - Sting
Ten Years After - The Police
The Scorpions - THEM - T-Rex
Thunderclap Newman - Triumph
Vanity Fair - Yes

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Easy Classic Rock Guitar Songs
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1. 1916 - Motorhead

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2. Affairs Of The Heart - Emerson Lake & Palmer

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3. All Right Now - Free

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All Right Now was released twice. First in 1970 from the bands album "Fire And Water" where it reached #2 in the UK and #4 in the US.

The later in 1973 the song was re-released and went on the become a top 10 in several countries.

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: No
  • Rhythm: downstrokes with a bit of shuffle rhythm
  • Picking: Yes
  • Chords: A, D, G
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4. Are You Sad - Our Lady Peace

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5. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil

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6. Brother Louie - Modern Talking

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7. Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band

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Couldn't Get It Right released this song in 1976 as a single from their album "Gold Plated".

The song came out of nowher according to bassist Derek Holt and the song went to #10 in the UK, #8 in Canada and #3 in the US.

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: No
  • Rhythm: a quick shuffle and then and down down up down down up and repeat
  • Picking: Yes
  • Chords: Bm, A, G, Esus, E, D
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8. Dancing With The Moonlight - The Scorpions

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9. Dirty Water - Status Quo

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10. Don't Change - INXS

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11. Englishman In New York - Sting

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12. Enola Gay - OMD

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13. Every Breath You Take - The Police

The Police released this song from the 1983 album "Synchronicity" and was a number one hit in both the United States and Canada.

  • Drop D Tuning = No
  • Capo = original key = 1st fret
  • Rhythm = you can play all downstrokes but with the riff, you'll be playing a bit of arpeggio along with downstroke rhythm
  • Picking = No
  • Chords = G, Em, C, D, A, D#, F, A#
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14. From The Beginning - Emerson Lake & Palmer

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15. Get It On Bang A Gone - T-Rex

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16. Get Lucky - Daft Punk

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Get Lucky comes from the bands 4th and final album "Random Access Memories" from 2013. American singer Pharrell Williams is on this track. The song took 18 months to complete but it paid off.

The song was a #1 in many European countries as well as the US and #2 in Canada.

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: 2nd fret
  • Rhythm: a steady up and down shuffle pattern
  • Picking: No
  • Chords: Am, C, Em, D
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17. Here Comes The Night - THEM

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18. Hitchin A Ride - Vanity Fair

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19. Hold On - Triumph

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20. I Got You - Split Enz

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21. I Melt With You - Modern English

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22. I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After

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23. Kayleigh - Marillion

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24. Kingdom Of Rust - Doves

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Kingdom Of Rust is from The Doves fourth studio album of the same name from 2009 and was one of two singles released.

This song charted at #28 in the UK singles chart for the band while their other release never charted.

The band started recording this album in 2006 but never actually finished it until 2009. Then after the album released, they toured a bit to promote it in 2009, and then took a break for over 10 years before they did a follow up album in 2020.

Ya gotta have some pretty loyal fans if they stay with you after all that time for sure.

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25. Land Down Under - Men At Work

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26. Live It Up - Mental As Anything

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27. Lovin' Every Minute Of It - Loverboy

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28. Lucky Man - Emerson Lake & Palmer

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29. More Than This - Roxy Music

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30. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS

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31. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes

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32. Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Status Quo

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33. Play That Fast Thing One More Time - Rockpile

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34. Right Here Right Now - Jesus Jones

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35. Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman

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36. Stay With Me - Faces

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Stay With Me was this bands only major hit when it was released as a single back in 1971. Faces of course was a band in which both Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood were both members.

The song if from their 3rd album "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink". The song reached #4 in Canada, #6 in the UK and #17 in the US.

  • Drop D Tuning: No
  • Capo: 2nd fret
  • Rhythm: down up down up shuffle then use a down down down up down up and repeat
  • Picking: a few riffs
  • Chords: D, C, G, A
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37. The Trooper - Iron Maiden

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38. Whatever You Want - Status Quo

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39. When I Ruled The World - Coldplay

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40. You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest

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