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!
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1. Anonymous – London Bridge
Tuning: E standard
2. Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know
Tuning: E Standard
3. Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
Tuning: E Standard
4. Blink 182 – All The Small Things
Tuning: E Standard
5. Bruno Mars – Marry You
Tuning: E Standard
6. Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
Tuning: E Standard
7. Cranberries – Zombie
Tuning: E standard
8. Deep Purple – Smoke on The Water
Tuning: E Standard
9. Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends
Tuning: E standard
10. Hans Zimmer – Pirates Of The Caribbean
Tuning: E standard
11. James Pierpont – Jingle Bells
Tuning: E Standard
12. Jane Taylor – Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Tuning: E standard
13. Johnny Cash – Hurt
Tuning: E Standard
14. Judas Priest – Breaking The Law
Tuning: E Standard
15. Linkin Park – What I’ve Done
Tuning: Drop D
16. Muse – Mercy
Tuning: E standard
17. Nirvana – Come As You Are
Tuning: D Standard
18. Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah
Tuning: E Standard
19. Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
Tuning: E standard
20. Richard Schuckberg – Yankee Doodle
Tuning: E standard
21. Sarah Josepha Hales – Mary Had a Little Lamb
Tuning: E standard
22. Stone Sour – Through Glass
Tuning: Eb Standard
23. The Animals – House of The Rising Sun
Tuning: E standard
24. The Kingsmen – Louie Louie
Tuning: E standard
25. Three Days Grace – Animal I Have Become
Tuning: Drop C
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