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Beginner songs

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Beginner songs use only open chord shapes (no barres), move at moderate tempos, and stay in the most guitar-friendly keys. If this is your first month with the instrument, start here. Pick one song, spend a week with it, and don't move on until the chord changes feel automatic.

Shenandoah

Traditional (American) · key of C · 68 BPM

Oh Susanna

Stephen Foster · key of G · 120 BPM