One warning: there’s a lot of chord changes in this song. Hey Jude If you capo the third fret, you can play this song with D, A ,G, and Emin. There is actually no G chord in this song, but you do have to play B7. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer This Beatles song has a really simple ¼ note rhythm and is actually played on the piano. Get Back There’s a simple blues riff in song that can be ignored and strummed instead, but it’s definitely within reach of students in their first few months of playing. The whole song is just D, G, and A and is very repetitive. Twist and Shout This song has guitar riff between the A and D chord that you can ignore. The strumming pattern is just down-up four times for each measure – in other words, four pairs of down-ups or four pairs of eighth notes. Just ignore the electric guitar country riffs in between the vocal lines. The Ballad of John and Yoko This song is just E, E7, A, and B7 and is played with a very simple 8 th note strumming pattern – no syncopation. Easy Beatles Songs using G, E, A, D, but not C This is by no means a thorough list – I know Love Me Do would probably fall in the C chord category – but these are the songs I usually show to my students.
I went through my list of easy Beatles songs that I show students, and looked through my Beatles song books and added a few that I had forgotten about and compiled this list of songs. One post on a chat room recommended Yesterday and I Feel Fine, and another one listed Here Comes the Sun as one of their easier songs. The other day I did a search on Google for “Easy Beatles Songs” to see what would come up the top 5 entries that I looked at had pretty bad information about this subject. Looking for easy Beatles songs to play on the guitar?