Guitar - play more than 50 rock hits with 3 easy chords

So you have a guitar? Might as well learn how to use it? Below follows over 50 songs that you can play with only three cords – CDG. Now C and G is not the easiest first chords but they are still not bar chords and you need to learn them anyway.

First the easiest Chord – D This is how it looks like in real life and drawn.

Then we have C

And Finally - G

Here is a list of songs you can play with these three easy chords:

• Alberta – Eric Clapton  
• All apologies – Nirvana  
• All Shook Up – Elvis Presley  
• All Together Now – The Beatles  
• The Ballad of John and Yoko – The Beatles  
• Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys  
• Be-Bop-A-Lula – Gene Vincent  
• Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers  
• Can’t You See – Marshall Tucker Band  
• Chantilly Lace – Big Bopper  
• Do Wah Diddy Diddy – Manfred Mann  
• Donna – Ritchie Valens  
• 409 – The Beach Boys  
• Get Back – The Beatles  
• Give Me One Reason – Tracy Chapman  
• Gloria – Shadows of Night  
• Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis  
• Hang on Sloopy – The McCoys  
• Hanky Panky – Tommy James and The Shondells  
• Hound Dog – Elvis Presley  
• I Fought The Law – Bobby Fuller Four  
• Kansas City – Wilbert Harrison  
• La Bamba – Richie Valens  
• Lay Down Sally – Eric Clapton  
• Lively Up Yourself – Bob Marley  
• Long Tall Sally – Little Richard  
• Love Me Do – Donovan  
• Mony, Mony – Tommy James & The Schondells  
• Mellow Yellow – Donovan  
• Move it on Over – George Thoroughgood  
• Not Fade Away – The Rolling Stones  
• Rain – The Beatles  
• Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley & His Comets  
• Rock This Town – Stray Cats  
• Rockin’ Robin – Bobby Day  
• Save the Last Dance for Me – The Drifters  
• See See Rider – Elvis Presley  
• See You Later Alligator – Bill Haley & His Comets  
• Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley & His Comets  
• Stir It Up – Bob Marley  
• Stuck On You – Elvis Presley  
• Surfin’ U.S.A – The Beach Boys  
• Sweet Home Chicago – The Blues Brothers  
• Tutti Frutti – Little Richard  
• The Twist – Chubby Checker  
• Twist and Shout – The Beatles  
• Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon  
• When Will I Be Loved – The Everly Brothers  
• Wooly Bully – Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs  
• Yakety Yak – The Coasters 

I though I would also write out a couple examples to make this fool proof: