Songs in G Major are great for guitar students to learn melodies with and practice improvising with because the G Major pentatonic scale is a simple pattern in the open position.
Neil Young – “Heart of Gold”
Neil Young – “Down by the River”
The Beatles – “Blackbird”
The Beatles – “Love Me Do”
The Beatles – “A Day in the Life”
The Beatles – “She Loves You”
The Beatles – “All You Need is Love”
The Beatles – “A Hard Day’s Night”
Pink Floyd – “Wish You Were Here”
The Marshall Tucker Band – “Can’t You See”
CCR – “Fortunate Son”
Van Morrison – “Brown Eyed Girl”
Jimi Hendrix – “Little Wing”
The Doors – “People are Strange”
Tom Petty – “Last Dance with Mary Jane”
John Mayer – “Gravity”
John Mayer – “Why Georgia”
John Prine – “Angel from Montgomery”
Franz Ferdinand – “Take Me Out”
Radiohead – “Creep”
Green Day – “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”
Green Day – “Wake Me Up When September Ends”
Johnny Cash – “Ring of Fire”
Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Sweet Home Alabama”
Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”
Journey – “Any Way You Want it”
Neil Young – “Rockin in the Free World”
Bob Dylan – “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”
Bob Dylan – “Tangled Up in Blue”
Billy Joel – “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
Elton John – “Crocodile Rock”
Rolling Stones – “Country Honk”
Weezer – “Island in the Sun”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Can’t Stop”
Incubus – “Drive”
White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
Mumford and Sons – “Babel”
Mumford and Sons – “Whispers in the Dark”
Bob Marly – “Redemption Song”
Grateful Dead – “I Know You Rider”
Passenger – “Let Her Go”
Carly Rae Jepson – “Call Me Maybe”
Taylor Swift – “22”
Taylor Swift – “Mine”
Taylor Swift – “Begin Again”
Taylor Swift – “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
Taylor Swift – “Bad Blood”
Rachel Platten – “Fight Song”
Avril Lavigne – “When You’re Gone”
Alicia Keys – “If I Ain’t Got You”
Alicia Keys – “Fallin”
Macklemore – “Can’t Hold Us”
Justin Timberlake – “My Love”
Michael Jackson – “Man in the Mirror”
Michael Jackson – “Beat It”
Jack Johnson – “Banana Pancakes”
Michael Buble – “Home”
James Taylor – “How Sweet it is”
Melissa Etheridge – “Come to My Window”
Barry Manilow – “Can’t Smile without You”
Eagles – “Lyin Eyes”
Jimi Hendrix – “Hey Joe”
ACDC – “You Shook Me All Night Long”
Nirvana – “Come as You Are”
Guns N Roses – “Sweet Child of Mine”
Outkast – “Hey Ya”
Queen – “Another One Bites the Dust”
Black Sabbath – “Iron Man”
Metallica – “Fade to Black”
Metallica – “Nothing Else Matters”
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