After scouring the internet for many a month for simple(ish) Power Chord Rock songs that will keep you ticking over in learning guitar as well as being fun to play… I’ve pulled together this list of songs that, in my eyes, are not only are great tracks but also should get you going on the guitar with just some basic theory on guitar playing…. (I’m sure you can dig out the Tab on ultimate-guitar.com yourselves). If you’ve got any other songs that you think fall in to this bracket then get them added to the comments section below!
Presidents of the USA – Lump
Papa Roach – Infest
Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away
Ozzy – Iron Man
Puddle Of Mudd – She Hates Me
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Skid Row – Youth Gone Wild
Alice Cooper – Poison
Foo Fighters – monkey Wrench
Bryan Adams Run to You
Steppengwolf – Born to be Wild
Nickleback – Fight for All the Wrong Reasons
Skid Row – I Remember You
Kiss – I was made for Lovin’ You
Offspring – Self Esteem
Blink 182 – Dammit
Metallica – Enter Sandman
Lenny Kravitz – American Woman
Blink 182 – All the Small Things
Nirvana – In Bloom
Green Day – Longview
Ugly Kid Joe – Everything About You
Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea
Foo Fighters – Everlong
Metallica – Sad But True
Hope you liked shredding away to these! Now get your suggestions in!
Teenage Kicks – Undertones
You Realy Got me – Kinks
My Sharona – The Knack
Anarchy in the UK – Sex Pistols
God Save the Queen – Sex Pistols
Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols
Song 2 – Blur
Wild Thing – Trogs (substitute Power Chords in place of open chords)
I Love Rock n Roll – Joan Jet
Rock you like a Hurricane – Scorpions
Seven Nation Army – White Stripes
My Generation – The Who
Great suggestions there Martin! 🙂
Should I stay or should I go – The Clash
Keep on Rocking in the Free World – Neil Young
Buddy Holly – Weezer
Mountain Song – Jane’s Addiction
Do Ya – The Move
Ballroom Blitz – The Sweet
Missisipi Queen – Mountain
Blitzkriek Bop – The Ramones (and most of their other tracks ! )
Caroline – Status Quo (12 bar blues progression)
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
A little tip for playing power chords with quick changes.
Tune your A string down one whole tone to B (equivalent of 2 frets). Then you can play the power chords just by barring the strings at the same fret. You can even use a slide.
Ooops – error in my last post – that should down to G (not B) sorry.