Your first song! House of the Rising Sun.
The first song I start my new students off with is House of The Rising Sun. The majority of people have heard of it - even the younger ones - and it immediately introduces 5 or 6 of the most common chords.
It's a traditional American folk song and was popularized in the 1960's by The Animals, making it to number one on both sides of the Atlantic in 1964.
For the beginner, the hardest chord here is the F chord. This requires you to bar your index finger across both the first and second strings. F is probably the hardest chord you'll need to learn for quite a while, and it's used a lot so you may as well start working on it now!
Here are the chords:
House of the Rising Sun
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Intro: Am C D F Am E Am E7
Am C D F
There is a house in New Orleans,
Am C E E7
They call the "Rising Sun",
Am C D F
It's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am E Am E7
And God, I know, I'm one.
My mother was a tailor,
She sewed my new blue jeans,
My father was a gambling man,
Down in New Orleans.
Now the only things a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's all a-drunk
Oh, mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done -
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of Rising Sun.
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