Start your guitar journey with First 50 Chords You Should Play on Guitar, an essential sheet music songbook edited by Doug Boduch. Designed for beginners, this collection introduces the most useful and versatile chord shapes used across rock, pop, folk, blues, reggae, and R&B. With clear notation, chord grids, and photos, it provides step-by-step guidance for both acoustic and electric guitar players. * * This educational resource goes beyond basic shapes by teaching real progressions used in famous songs. Players will gain practical skills for rhythm playing, chord transitions, and song accompaniment while building a solid foundation. With its easy-to-follow approach, it is suitable for self-learners as well as students working with an instructor. * * Perfect for practice, lessons, or casual playing, this guitar songbook also makes a thoughtful gift for guitarists or a valuable music teacher resource. Its approachable format ensures that learners can quickly play along with hit songs, making progress both enjoyable and rewarding. * * Songs Included: * Ain’t No Sunshine * American Pie * Back in Black * Bad Moon Rising * Banana Pancakes * Bang a Gong (Get It On) * Behind Blue Eyes * Brown Eyed Girl * Crazy Little Thing Called Love * Give a Little Bit * Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) * Happy Xmas (War Is Over) * Hey, Good Lookin’ * Hold My Hand * A Horse with No Name * Hound Dog * The House Is Rockin’ * I Need You * I Shot the Sheriff * Imagine * Just the Way You Are * Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door * Landslide * Let It Be * Mary Jane’s Last Dance * Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard * Melissa * More Than a Feeling * Mustang Sally * One * 100 Years * Patience * Photographs and Memories * Refugee * Riptide * (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay * Summer of ’69 * Summertime Blues * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Taxman * Three Little Birds * Time * Twist and Shout * Ventura Highway * What’s Up * When I Come Around * Wild World * Wish You Were Here * Won’t Get Fooled Again.
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Publisher : Hal Leonard
Publication date : December 1, 2019
Language : English
Print length : 56 pages
ISBN-10 : 1540062333
ISBN-13 : 978-1540062338
Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
Dimensions : 9 x 0.16 x 12 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #286,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #65 in Electric Bass & Guitar Songbooks #506 in Guitar Songbooks #1,620 in Music Instruction & Study (Books)
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