25 Easy guitar songs for kids to learn in 2016

Start young and the possibilities of where the guitar can take you are endless!

Most of our friends and featured guitarists here on All Axess got their start playing guitar before the age of 14. 

So we know starting young gives you a massive leg up on where you go with your guitar playing skills.

Listed below we have picked out the best 25 guitar songs for kids to learn.

This is a great list of songs for beginners of all levels. 

Pro Tip:  Use the Table of Contents below to jump to particular song you want to learn to play!


They have many of these songs on their website as lessons.

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1. Anonymous – London Bridge

Tuning:  E standard

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2. Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know

Tuning: E Standard

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3. Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine

Tuning: E Standard

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4. Blink 182 – All The Small Things

Tuning: E Standard

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5. Bruno Mars – Marry You

Tuning: E Standard

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6. Chris Isaak – Wicked Game

Tuning: E Standard

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7. Cranberries – Zombie

Tuning: E standard

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8. Deep Purple – Smoke on The Water

Tuning: E Standard

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9. Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends

Tuning: E standard

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10. Hans Zimmer – Pirates Of The Caribbean

Tuning: E standard

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11. James Pierpont – Jingle Bells

Tuning: E Standard

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12. Jane Taylor – Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Tuning: E standard

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13. Johnny Cash – Hurt

Tuning: E Standard

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14. Judas Priest – Breaking The Law

Tuning: E Standard

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15. Linkin Park – What I’ve Done

Tuning: Drop D

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16. Muse – Mercy

Tuning: E standard

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17. Nirvana – Come As You Are

Tuning: D Standard

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18. Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah

Tuning: E Standard

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19. Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack

Tuning: E standard

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20. Richard Schuckberg – Yankee Doodle

Tuning: E standard

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21. Sarah Josepha Hales – Mary Had a Little Lamb

Tuning: E standard

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22. Stone Sour – Through Glass

Tuning: Eb Standard

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23. The Animals – House of The Rising Sun

Tuning: E standard

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24. The Kingsmen – Louie Louie

Tuning: E standard

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25. Three Days Grace – Animal I Have Become

Tuning: Drop C

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