If you are learning to play the electric guitar, you probably want to learn a few songs as soon as possible. It can be very exciting to play the electric guitar, and there are several easy electric guitar songs, but you first need to know how to read tabs and chords.
Chord progressions are simply the listed letters of the chords or list all the chords in a song in the order that they are played. That is how the chords are presented below.
If you are using tablatures, also known as tabs, you will actually see a graphical representation of the neck of a guitar. These pictures will indicate where to place your fingers when playing specific chords or where you will be playing on the strings in order to play a song.
Without further ado, here are two great songs to play on the electric guitar:
Deep Purple – “Smoke on the Water”
One simple song that any beginner should be able to play is the Deep Purple classic, “Smoke on the Water”. This song is basically four chords that you probably know: G5, F5, C5 and Ab5. In order to play the song, you will play G5, F5 and G5 for the verses and the chorus is C5, Ab5 and G5.
Troggs -”Wild Thing”
Most everyone knows the Troggs song “Wild Thing”. In order to play it, you just need to know the simple chords A, D, E, G.
To play the verse of “Wild Thing”, repeat the chords A, D, E and D. When you play the chorus, it is G, A, G, A.
One Final Tip!
One final tip before you become a master guitar player is to play songs you know. If you know how a song should sound, it will make them easier to play.
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