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by scallycat 3380 days ago
Knocking On Heaven's Door was the first 'real' song I could make sound halfway decent.
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criddell 3380 days ago
Bob Dylan's version?

Any other suggestions?

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scallycat 3380 days ago
Yes, Dylan's version, you can do it with only about four chords.

Others I have enjoyed learning are REM's Country Feedback (not the slide bit, the chords) and Bowie's cover of Jacques Brel's Amsterdam - this has an F but you can get away with Fmaj7, which is much easier.

I'm very much a beginner too - coming towards the end of the Justin Guitar beginner's course. The song book that goes along with it has some good tunes.

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mattmanser 3380 days ago
That reminds me, Blowing in the wind's an incredibly easy to learn song too, four chords, easy progressions, only one quick change to an easy Em (I believe).

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/bob_dylan/blowin_in_the_w...

You can also do it without the Em, but it doesn't sound as good.

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/bob_dylan/blowin_in_the_w...

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