Guitar Lessons For Beginners - Easy Two Chord Country Songs to Play on Guitar

What better place to start learning country guitar than with two chord songs using easy chord shapes; the problem is finding songs with easy chord shapes.

Often the best approach is to select a song and use a capo to convert difficult chord shapes into guitar friendly chords.

Regardless of how difficult the chords may look in the sheet music it's relatively easy to change then into chord shapes you like to play.

Guitar Lessons For Beginners - Easy Two Chord Country Songs to Play on Guitar

Here we go:

Easy two chord country songs with simple chord shapes

Achy Breaky Heart

A /// | A /// | A /// | E /// |

E /// | E /// | E /// | A /// ||

A chord

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E chord

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Let's say you find the "A" shape chord awkward to play no matter how hard you practice your fingers don't seem to fit behind the second fret on the second, third and fourth strings; a simple solution would be to use a "G" shape chord with the capo placed behind the second fret.

With a capo placed behind the second fret you could use easy chord shapes like "G" & "D" and now Achy Breaky Heart would look like this:

Achy Breaky Heart (capo 2nd fret)

G /// | G /// | G /// | D /// |

D /// | D /// | D /// | G /// ||

G chord

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D chord

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This version of Achy Breaky Heart would most likely suit many guitarist as the "G" shape chord is often easier to play than the "A" especially if you have big fingers.

By using the capo in this way you as still playing the song in the same key as the recorded version only using easier chord shapes.

Here's another song to try, do you notice anything familiar? Deep In The Heart Of Texas has exactly the same chord progression as Achy Breaky Heart!

Notice how I create chord progression templates with four bar to a line, it's easy to spot chord progression similarities when you set out your songs this way, it also makes it easy to remember them.

Deep In The Heart Of Texas

A /// | A /// | A /// | E /// |

E /// | E /// | E /// | A /// ||

Another two chord country favorite is Jambalya:

Jambalya

E /// | E /// | B7/// | B7/// |

B7/// | B7/// | E /// | E /// |

E /// | E /// | B7/// | B7/// |

B7/// | B7/// | E /// | E /// ||

B7 chord

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I've presented Jambalya in the key of E which would be quite difficult to play for the beginner guitarist, this would be another instance when using a capo would be the recommend way to go.

Solution: Place the capo behind the second fret and use the following chord progression.

Jambalya (capo 2nd fret)

D /// | D /// | A7/// | A7/// |

A7/// | A7/// | D /// | D /// |

D /// | D /// | A7/// | A7/// |

A7/// | A7/// | D /// | D /// ||

A7 chord

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Did you notice that although "Jambalya" seems to be a more complicated chord progression, in reality it's just the first eight bars repeated again!

The templates for each of these songs are not simplified versions of the songs they are exactly the same progressions used on the recordings and as you can see when songs are presented this way it's very easy to remember the chord progression and play them on the guitar.

Guitar Lessons For Beginners - Easy Two Chord Country Songs to Play on Guitar
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