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The Devil All the Time Director on Channelling Donald Ray Pollock’s Book and Casting Robert Pattinson

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Since the first sinister trailer for Antonio Campos’ adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock’s novel The Devil All the Time arrived, the film has caused quite a buzz. This is the latest Netflix original to land, a pitch black drama set in the Ohio town of Knockemstiff where the corrupt and the lost intertwine in a mix of horror and tragedy. One of the standouts from the trailer is the incredible A-list cast brought together for this ensemble piece. Robert Pattinson plays a predator preacher, Bill Skarsgard a damaged war veteran, Sebastian Stan a dirty cop and Jason Clarke and Riley Keough husband and wife serial killers.

“I wasn’t like Nick Fury showing up,” laughs Campos when he chats to us about building his cast. “It’s a very long drawn out process.” Though he has two actual Avengers in his line up, this is a portrait of villains rather heroes and those trying to negotiate the world between two wars.

Campos chats to us via Zoom from his home in Chile about casting, building the world of Knockemstiff and the Godless fanatics that populate his film.

When did you first come across the book and what made you hunger to turn that into a movie?

I read the book because Randy Poster, who’s known as a music supervisor, gave me the book and he said, “I think you’d really like this and that if you like it, then we could do it together” and he would produce. And I really loved it. I thought, well this something I’d love to do with my brother, who’s not a screenwriter, but has written short stories and prose. So that’s how it all started. And then from there, it was many years of just working on the script and getting this cast together.

What did you love about the material? Because, there’s not much redemption for anyone other than possibly Arvin.

I don’t always go when I read a story “Okay, well, this character needs to be redeemed”. It’s more “do I enjoy the journey that I go on with the character? And do I experience something that I haven’t experienced before? Can I get into their head and mindset?” A lot of characters were from the universe of Southern Gothic and noir and hard-boiled fiction, which are two of my favorite genres, but they felt different. They felt a little more complicated. And the way that Don [Ray Pollock] was weaving from one story to the other was really exciting. At the end of the day, it was this main thread with Willard and Arvin that held it all together.

This father-son story set between two wars and the trauma that the father passes on to the son. That was the thing that tied it all together. That generational story I found really compelling. I’ve been drawn to generational stories recently, in the last few years, the last four or five years, it’s been the kind of story that I’ve been most excited to try to tell. Then dramatically the exploration of faith in the book, and the fact that the book is about all these people that are such devout fanatic believers, but there isn’t really the presence of God, but still there’s some sort of grand design that reveals itself by the end. That aspect of it I thought was really compelling to do.

You mentioned obviously your incredible cast, can you tell me a little bit about how you went about assembling such a massive group of A-listers on this?

That’s the question I get the most. I wasn’t like Nick Fury showing up and going there. It’s a very organic process where I was lucky to have come across some of these actors along the way. Like Rob, we had some mutual friends and we started to become friendly and I showed him the script and he immediately sort of gravitated towards Teagardin. I actually said “you’re basically the first person to have read this, tell me who you’d love to play?” And he said Teagardin.

Tom had been cast as Spider-Man, but I hadn’t seen him as Spider-Man. He was just this really interesting young actor. I really was drawn to his personality and his energy. I had seen The Impossible so I knew that he had chops. And I knew that he also had this interesting background in theater. I just saw this young scrappy guy who could portray someone like Arvin. That was good fortune that I had met him when I met him. Just little by little, it’s a very long drawn out process.

Lots of your cast are British but they all absolutely nail the accent, can you tell me about that?

The accents were really specific. We got really specific to regions and we had an amazing dialect coach named Rick Lipton and Don Pollock had recorded a lot of the dialogue himself. So the actors could listen to it to get the Southern Ohio of it. Don had found a female friend of his to record some of the dialogue for Haley and for Riley to hear. Then Don had found some friends in West Virginia, and then there’s this really great documentary from the 60’s called Holy Ghost People and that was a big reference point for the West Virginia accent. It’s a documentary about these kinds of Backwoods churches.

Don Ray Pollock is your narrator, which is incredible. How did that come about and how did that affect you in terms of any changes from the book?

We always had Don’s voice in our head for a narrator and there was nobody else that could play it. We were lucky that he said yes. It was a lot of pressure on my brother and I, because we loved the book and we respected the hell out of Don. We really wanted him to be happy with the script and with the movie. He read drafts along the way, he gave his thoughts, his notes, he’d riff on the voiceover and, as we were editing, I would send him, “Oh, like, record this line, record that line”. And he’d record it right away, do a few takes. It was a very collaborative process. It was just like working with another actor. But an actor that knew this world inside and out.

But because it was Don and because we were so close, I felt a lot of pressure and a big obligation to be faithful to the spirit of the book because we really loved it so much.

The world building of Knockemstiff is so detailed, how did you manage to create that and was Don a help to you in making that world feel so very tangible?

I would go to Ohio and visit Don. Don would take me to different locations and he’d be like “this is what inspired the prayer log” and sometimes those things lined up, but for instance I never saw a house that was Willard’s house. He never took me and said, “This was Willard’s house”. We shot the film in Northern Alabama and I randomly saw this house in the middle of nowhere. And I was like, “Let’s find out who owns that house and get that house”. And we managed to get it. Don showed up on set and he walked up and he was like, “Man, that’s the house, that’s the house”.

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He’d never told us or drawn a picture or anything. He’d just described it so beautifully in the book and I had a feeling for what he was looking for. It was this house on a Hill. I spent enough time in Knockemstiff and Chillicothe, Ohio, which was the basis for me to get a sense of the world Don was creating. Also the book is a work of fiction, so it’s genre and it’s elevated, it’s heightened. Finding locations is like casting. You’re patient, you spend the time just finding exactly the right place to shoot something. You know within a second, you’re like, “that’s it”. It presents itself.

The Devil All the Time is available to stream now on Netflix.

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Movies watched in 2018

February

Anything Goes (1956) x

At First Sight (1999) x

Atonement (2008)

Avengers: Assemble (2012)

Avengers: The Age of Ultron (2015)

Back to School (1986) x

Barefoot (2014) x

Breakout (2013) x

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Chances Are (1989)

The Covenant (2006) x

Deadpool (2016) x

Enchantment (1948)

The Facts of Life (1960) x

Fantastic Four (2005) x

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) x

George of the Jungle (1997)

Gilda (1946)

The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)

The Glass Bottomed Boat (1966) x

Goodbye Charlie (1964)

The Hurt Locker (2008) x

In & Out (1997) x

Iron Man 2 (2010)

It Came From the Sky (1999) x

Logan Lucky (2017) x

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2009) x

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

The Martian (2015) x

Mermaids (1990) x

Moonstruck (1987) x

My Girl (1993)

The Perfect Score (2004) x

Push (2009) x

Restoration (1995)

Spread (2009) x

Still Breathing (1997)

Sweet Home Alabama (2003)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017) x

The Ticket (2017) x

Very, Very Valentine (2018) x

What’s Your Number? (2011) x

When Harry Met Sally (1989)

Wuthering Heights (1939)

Young At Heart (1954)

Zodiac (2007)

#i watched 48 movies this month plus one's that were on my list from last month so i didn't count them #movies watched in 2018 #fuzzysebastianstan

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These all sound amazing!

Utopia Falls

It's not every day that we get a sci-fi drama series about young people in the future discovering hip hop and using it as a tool for freedom, but in 2020 that's exactly the kind of out-the-box programming coming to CBC Gem. Utopia Falls is the brainchild of R.T. Thorne, the award-winning filmmaker behind a ton of your favourite music videos (and episodes of Degrassi). With Boi-1da serving as executive music producer and choreography by the iconic Tanisha Scott, this is an Avengers-level assembly of Canadian talent, and I for one am super excited to see their collective vision manifest. It begins streaming on CBC Gem Friday, Feb. 14.

The Negroes Are Congregating

First of all: amazing title. Second of all: if you're in Toronto in March, you should make time to see this play. Written by Natasha Adiyana Morris and celebrating its world premiere at Theatre Passe Muraille in March, The Negroes Are Congregating is a poetic yet scathing deep dive into racism in Canada and around the world. I had a chance to see a workshop production and I'm telling you, this play asks certain questions that will stick with you long after the curtains close.

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi's debut novel Homegoing took the literary world by storm. Transcendent Kingdom is the follow-up to that bestseller, and it tells the tale of a Ghanaian family living in Alabama as they cope with depression, addiction and grief. The protagonist, Gifty, is studying neuroscience at Stanford University, trying to understand the source of her family's troubles. But when science can't provide the answers, she turns to faith. I'm excited to snuggle under my covers and read this one.

Flags of Unsung Countries

The Art Gallery of Southern Manitoba recently made a commitment to prioritizing the work of Black Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) women artists in the Prairies, and they have an exciting lineup on the way. It begins with an exhibit by the brilliant Liz Ikiriko, a Saskatchewan artist now living in Toronto. Flags of Unsung Countries originated at the Dunlop Art Gallery in Regina but will make its Manitoba debut January 16.

Initiated as an attempt to understand the journey of her father — a Nigerian immigrant living with mental illness in the Prairies — this photographic installation explores questions of migration, ceremony and the concept of home. Ikiriko's work as an artist and curator is constantly inviting viewers to question the relationships and systems that we so often take for granted and this exhibit promises to do much of the same.

Zola

In 2015, the internet was introduced to one of the greatest Twitter storytellers to ever grace the platform: Aziah "Zola" Wells. In a string of 148 tweets, she told the epic tale of a road trip to Florida that includes sugar daddies and pimps, stripping and prostitution, murder and a suicide attempt. Super serious topics, I know, but as told by Wells, it was an edge-of-your-seat social-media thriller that boasted famous fans like Ava DuVernay, Solange Knowles and Missy Elliott. The film version is coming to Sundance later this month. Directed by Janicza Bravo (who's also directed some of your fave episodes of Atlanta and Dear White People) and written by Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris (the man who shook up Broadway with 2018's Slave Play), this movie promises to be a hell of a ride.

Lovecraft Country

Produced by Jordan Peele, you say? That name is all it takes to spark my interest, but this new television series also has a number of other factors in its favour. It stars Jonathan Majors (one of my new favourite actors) alongside Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aunjanue Ellis and Michael K. Williams, and is a drama-horror that takes place in the 1950s Jim Crow American South (definitely a period ripe with material for horror). Misha Green is the showrunner, and if you ever watched Underground (which was tragically cancelled after just two brilliant seasons) you'll know why this is a very, very good thing. It comes to HBO later this year.

Controlled Damage

Viola Desmond's story deserves all the treatments: novel, major motion picture, rap songs, poems and, of course, the stage. Andrea Scott's play Controlled Damage has its world premiere at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax this February. What better way to celebrate Black History Month than by reliving a Canadian Civil Rights hero's courageous act of bravery?

Love is the Message the Message is Death

Condensing 400 years of history into a seven-minute looped video scored by Kanye West's "Ultralight Beam" sounds like an impossible task. But under the purposeful eye of Arthur Jafa, one finds a collage of images that showcases the nuance, pain, joy, sexuality, spirituality, mess, love and grief of Black life in the United States of America.

Hearing Kanye sing, "This is a God dream, this is a God dream, this is everything," while watching Jafa's meticulously edited array of images is an experience you don't want to miss. The installation is on now at the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal to March 3.

Untitled Fred Hampton Project (formerly known as Jesus Was My Homeboy)

If you don't know the story of Fred Hampton — the young, charismatic Black Panther activist who was identified as a threat by the FBI and assassinated in his home by the police — please do some research before this film drops. His story is one that is both inspiring and tragic, enraging and mobilizing. It needs to be told and seen on the big screen.

Directed by Shaka King (a member of the dream team behind Random Acts of Flyness), produced by Ryan Coogler (oh, you know, just the genius who gave us Black Panther, Creed and Fruitvale Station, no big deal) and starring LaKeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya, I am counting down the days until this film arrives. (It's scheduled for August, but since it still doesn't have a name...who knows!)

Soul

Seriously, Disney: can we get an animated movie with Black characters who get to stay human beings for the entirety of the film?

As skeptical as I am, I'm going to give this new one a chance, only because it boasts a cast filled with so many of my faves, including Jamie Foxx, Questlove and Phylicia Rashad. The start of the trailer also hints at some great jazzy numbers and a storyline about following one's artistic passion (I'm always a sucker for narratives like that). It comes to theatres in June.

Corrections

An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Boi-1da ccomposed the score for Utopia Falls. The composer is Nikhil Seetharam.Jan 13, 2020 11:55 AM ET

#blackhistorymonth #black history month #black history #black history in canada #CBC #cbcarts #blackmedia #blackhistoryevents #blackshows #blackcommunity #fortheculture #mustsee #utopiafalls #blackhistory365 #blackpride #bhm #Canadian

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100+ Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners | Chord Charts & Tabs Included (2019)

Whether you are just starting to learn the guitar or you're more advanced, learning your favourite songs on the guitar is an extremely fun experience that will motivate you to keep learning, and grow your repertoire. By learning to master your favourite songs on the guitar your love for music can only continue to grow. Best of all the next time a guitar comes out at a party or an event, you will be ready to impress your friends and family. The list of easy guitar songs we've assembled below was put together primarily with the beginner guitarist in mind and it includes both acoustic guitar songs as well as electric, with and without the capo.

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Some are as easy as two-chord songs which utilize open chords and are a great starting point for beginner guitar players, others use barre chords, and some have fairly challenging chord progressions and require more advanced technique. The list includes a variety of styles stemming from easy rock guitar songs, country songs, pop songs, Christmas songs and many more (see below for a full list of included styles and genres). Furthermore, it includes links to easy guitar chords, tabs, and strum patterns, although, as previously mentioned, there are several advanced guitar songs that have also been included in our ultimate list of easy songs to learn to play on guitar for beginners.

Easy Guitar Songs

You will probably recognize nearly every single one of these songs and wonder, how in the world are these songs easy to play? You might be surprised at how simple these hit songs are to play on the guitar. Try out our top 20 easy songs to learn on guitar today.

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

T.N.T - AC/DC

Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams

Times Like These - Foo Fighters

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

Walk Of Life - Dire Straits

Perfect - Ed Sheeran

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash

Let It Be - The Beatles

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

That's All Right Mama - Elvis Presley

How Bizarre - OMC

Dance The Night Away - The Mavericks

Englishman In New York - Sting

Breezin' - George Benson

Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

Guns Of Brixton - The Clash

I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley

Miss You - The Rolling Stones

Featured Easy Guitar Song: Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

Beginner Guitar Songs

Brand new to learning the guitar? Learning how to play the guitar is a wild journey that can be as easy or as difficult as you want it to be. Beginner guitar players should start with the basics and work their way up in song difficulty over time as you become more and more proficient. Learn the fundamentals of the guitar with these easy guitar songs for beginners.

Stay With Me - Sam Smith

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

Creep - Radiohead

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix

Knocking On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan

Stand By Me - Ben E. King

Mockingbird - James Taylor

I Can’t Explain - The Who

Die Young - Kesha

Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

Dynamite - Taio Cruz

Heart Of Gold - Neil Young

Time Of Your Life - Green Day

Imagine - John Lennon

Free Fallin' - Tom Petty

Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Wonderwall - Oasis

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

Featured Beginner Guitar Song: Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

Easy Acoustic Guitar Songs

The acoustic guitar is a versatile instrument that you can take with you nearly everywhere. Next time you are at a party, on vacation, sitting around a campfire, have the skills and repertoire to impress your friends with these 20 easy songs to play on acoustic guitar.

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day

Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

Patience - Guns N' Roses

Free Fallin' - Tom Petty

More Than Words - Extreme

Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Layla - Eric Clapton

She Talks to Angels - The Black Crowes

Everlong - Foo Fighters

Let Her Go - Passenger

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

Silent Lucidity - Queensrÿche

Every Rose Has its Thorn - Poison

Featured Acoustic Guitar Song: Free Fallin' - Tom Petty

Electric Guitar Songs

The electric guitar can produce incredible sounds you will recognize anywhere. Learning the electric guitar doesn't need to be an overwhelming feat, below you will find 20 of the most hard hitting electric guitar songs you need to add to your repertoire so you can lay down some heavy riffs.

Iron Man - Black Sabbath

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

“Master of Puppets” – Metallica

This Means War” – Avenged Sevenfold

Sin City - ACDC

Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins

I Can't Quit You Baby - Willie Dixon

It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James

Smoking Gun - Robert Cray

Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple

Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones

Wild Thing - The Troggs

Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore

Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave

Born Free - Kid Rock

Rockstar - Nickelback

Fire Flies - Owl City

Featured Easy Electric Guitar Song: Iron Man - Black Sabbath

Classical Guitar Songs

Classical songs when played on the guitar have the unique ability to captivate and inspire the audience like no other instrument. Unfortunately few guitarists choose to learn classical guitar songs due to a lack of mainstream popularity. Stand out from the crowd of guitarists and showcase your skills with by learning how to play some of the worlds most famous pieces of classical music on the guitar. These classical songs on the guitar have a special place in our heart, check out our top 20 classical songs to play on the guitar.

Cavatina - Stanley Myers

Lonely Shepherd - Gheorghe Zamfir

Canarios - Gaspar Sanz

Guitar concerto in D – Vivaldi

Libertango – Piazzolla

La Catedral - Augustin Barrios Mangoré

Capricho Arabe - Francisco Tarrega

Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Francisco Tarrega

Gran Vals by Francisco Tárrega

Fantasia No. 10 by Alonso Mudarra

Ave Maria – Schubert

Malaguena by Michael Lucarelli

Fur Elise - Beethoven

Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven

Prelude in D - Caracassi

Ode To Joy - Beethoven

Air On The G String - Bach

Theme From Water Music - Handel

Lullaby - Brahms

Bourree Op. 17, No. 5 - Le Couppey

Featured Easy Classical Guitar Song: Fur Elise - Beethoven

Country Guitar Songs

Country music is a blast to play and the guitar is the country artists instrument of choice. Country songs are some of the easiest to learn how to play on the guitar and with a little bit of practice, you can be picking right alongside your favorite guitarists. Learn how to play some of our favorite country hits from Willie Nelson to Carrie Underwood with our beginner's list of the top 20 country songs to play on the guitar.

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver

Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton

Guitars, Cadillacs - Dwight Yoakam

Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker

Bottoms Up - Brantley Gilbert

On the Road Again - Willie Nelson

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Broken Halos - Chris Stapleton

Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson

Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash

Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley

Les Nuits avec mon ennemi: Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Fast as You - Dwight Yoakam

Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton

A Satisfied Mind - Porter Wagoner

Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood

Good Directions - Billy Currington

Featured Easy Country Guitar Song: Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Christmas Guitar Songs

Christmas time is nearly upon us once again and it is time to break out the guitar and start to string our favorite Christmas songs. Gather your friends and family near the Christmas tree and have them sing along to the best Christmas songs on the guitar. The classical Christmas carols we all know and love are actually incredibly easy to learn how to play on the guitar. Here are 20 of the best Christmas songs you should learn how to play on the guitar.

Jingle Bells

Drummer Boy

White Christmas

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

The Christmas Song

O Come All Ye Faithful

A Merry Little Christmas

Joy to the World

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Winter Wonderland

Last Christmas

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

All I Want for Christmas Is You

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Blue Christmas

Wonderful Christmas

Sleigh Ride

Santa Baby

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Featured Easy Christmas Guitar Song: Jingle Bells

Easy Guitar Chord Songs

Learning chords on the guitar? If you are a beginner guitar player or just want some easy songs on guitar, you've come to the right place. These 20 songs with easy guitar chords are perfect for practicing and getting the fundamentals down before moving on to more advanced pieces. Be sure to practice and the chords and switching between chords for each song as it will speed up your learning process tremendously!

Fire – Bruce Springsteen

The one I love – REM

Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles

Three little birds – Bob Marley

Zombie – The Cranberries

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

Otherside – Red hot Chili Peppers

Brown eyed girl – Van Morrison

Tush - ZZ Top

I Can’t Quit You Baby - Willie Dixon

My Best Friend’s Girl - The Cars

What I Got - Sublime

Low - Cracker

Cherub Rock - The Smashing Pumpkins

Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly

I Need My Girl - The National

Skinny Love - Bon Iver

Rock Me Baby - B. B. King

He Didn't Have To Be - Brad Paisley

(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult

Featured Easy Guitar Chord Song: Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

Easy Rock Guitar Songs

There’s nothing as thrilling as your fingers blazin' across the strings while strumming a good rock song. As a beginner guitarist you obviously want beginner songs, but they should also be a ton of fun to learn how to play. Our list of the top 20 rock songs on guitar not only covers that, but it also gives you a set of awesome rock songs to add to your repertoire.

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Layla - Derek and the Dominos

Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

All Along the Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

Walk This Way - Aerosmith

Eruption - Van Halen

The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

Beat It - Michael Jackson

Wild Thing - The Troggs

Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

Featured Guitar Rock Song: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Guitar Love Songs

Is there anything more romantic than to serenade the love of your life with a beautiful guitar love song? We're willing to bet she will get goose bumps along her arms and tears in her eyes but that she’ll also never forget that time when you played her a love song on your guitar. We've put together 20 guitar love songs that you can learn with ease. Pull out your guitar and start strumming along to these beautiful love songs and watch your sweetie's heart melt.

Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley

Like I'm Gonna Lose You - Meghan Trainor

Love Story - Taylor Swift

Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

I’m Yours - Jason Mraz

More Than Words - Extreme

Just the Way Your Are - Bruno Mars

She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5

Your Body Is a Wonderland," John Mayer

Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

You’re Beautiful – James Blunt

Crash Into Me – Dave Matthews Band

Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

Marry Me – Train

Heaven – Bryan Adams

Wanted – Hunter Hayes

I’ll Be – Edwin McCain

Stay With Me – Sam Smith

Something – The Beatles

Everything – Michael Bublé

Featured Easy Guitar Love Song: Love Story - Taylor Swift

Easy Guitar Tab Songs

Guitar tabs for beginner guitarists should be easy and fun. Guitar tabs are a simplified form of musical notation that is easy to share. This list of songs with easy guitar tabs is comprised of popular hits that are easy for a beginner student to quickly pick up on, and learn how to play the guitar.

Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet

Cocaine – Eric Clapton

Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana

Walk This Way – Aerosmith

Taking Care of Business – BTO

Harder To Breathe – Maroon 5

The Joker – Steve Miller Band

My Generation – The Who

Iron Man – Black Sabbath

Pretty Woman– Roy Orbison

Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Stairway to Heaven -Led Zeppelin

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

Blackbird - The Beatles

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

Come as You Are - Nirvana

Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

Featured Guitar Tab Song: Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple

Christian Guitar Songs

Are you looking for ways to incorporate your love of the guitar with your love of God? You have your choice of popular Christian songs, but many new guitar players struggle finding songs they want to play at their appropriate skill level and become discouraged. These 20 easy Christian guitar songs are easy to play for a beginner guitarist but are also very popular, members of your church will be sure to be singing along with you.

Above All - Michael W. Smith

I Surrender - Hillsong Worship

Holy Is the Lord - Chris Tomlin

Good Good Father - Chris Tomlin

Lord, I Need You - Matt Maher

O Come to the Altar - Elevation Worship

Hosanna - Hillsong United

God of Wonders - Third Day

At the Cross (Love Ran Red) - Chris Tomlin

Come as You Are - Crowder

Your Grace Is Enough - Chris Tomlin

This Is Amazing Grace - Phil Wickham

Came to My Rescue - Hillsong United

Forever - Chris Tomlin

Nothing Is Impossible - Planetshakers

So Will I (100 Billion X) - Hillsong United

Everlasting God - Chris Tomlin

Reckless Love - Cory Asbury

Do It Again - Elevation Worship

Build Your Kingdom Here - Rend Collective

Featured Easy Christian Guitar Song: Good Good Father - Chris Tomlin

Kids Guitar Songs

Teaching kids to learn and love playing the guitar doesn't need to be hard. Kids want to play songs they know and love but can become discouraged if their initial learning process is filled with boredom and difficulty. Teaching kids the basic guitar fundamentals with simple, familiar guitar songs can be an excellent learning experience that will grow their interest and confidence in learning the guitar. Check out these 20 guitar songs for kids that only use a few chords, these songs will give them to confidence and motivation to continue learning.

The Ants Go Marching

Yankee Doodle

Three Blind Mice

The Muffin Man

Ring Around the Rosies

Little Red Ridinghood

London Bridge Is Falling Down

Hot Cross Buns

Gingerbread Man

Happy Birthday

Cinderella

B-I-N-G-O

The Bear Went Over the Mountain

Hokey Pokey

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Row, row, row your boat

Old Macdonald

Head Shoulders Knees And Toes

Im A Little Teapot

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Easy Pop Songs On Guitar

Many guitarists picked up their first guitar because they thought it would be awesome to learn how to play their favourite pop songs on the guitar, and they weren't wrong. A big stumbling block for people looking to get their start learning the guitar can be picking the appropriate song for their skill level. Slow and steady is the motto for long term success and it definitely applies to learning the guitar. You can still learn how to play your favourite pop songs on the guitar you just need a little help finding the right ones. We've compiled a list of easy pop songs for the guitar that you can begin to pickup in only a few minutes, check out our list below.

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Blackbird - The Beatles

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

Dust in the Wind - Kansas

Every Breath You Take - The Police

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Love Yourself - Justin Bieber

Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

Yellow - Coldplay