Songs That Use D A G (Easy Beginner Guitar Songs)

Once you know a couple of chords on guitar, adding D, A, and G opens the door to a huge number of beginner-friendly songs.

This chord combination is especially popular because:

• All three are open chords (no barre chords)
• They’re easy to strum and sing along with
• They appear in folk, rock, country, kids’ songs, and classics

If you’re looking for easy guitar songs you can play all the way through, this is one of the most useful chord sets to learn.

The D – A – G Chord Progression

The D, A, and G chords work incredibly well together and are often one of the first 3-chord combinations beginners learn.

Once you can switch comfortably between these shapes, you’ll be able to play:

• Traditional folk songs
• Simple rock and pop tunes
• Campfire and sing-along songs
• Early Beatles classics

Easy Songs That Use D, A, and G

Below is a list of beginner guitar songs that primarily use the D, A, and G chords.
Each link goes to a lesson where I show an easy, beginner-friendly way to play the song.

Rock / Pop Classics

• Twist And Shout – The Beatles
• Get Back – The Beatles
• The Middle – Jimmy Eat World
• Bad Moon Rising – CCR

Country / Americana

• The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
• Free Fallin’ Easy – Tom Petty

Acoustic / Singer-Songwriter

• Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
• Mr. Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan

Traditional / Kids / Folk Songs
(these are huge for beginners)

• Midnight Special – Traditional
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Traditional
• This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie
• I’ll Fly Away – Albert E. Brumley
• Old Macdonald Had A Farm – Traditional
• I’m A Little Tea Pot – Traditional
• Humpty Dumpty – Traditional
• Baa Baa Black Sheep – Traditional

💡 Beginner tip:
Many of these songs use the same strumming patterns.
Once you learn one or two solid patterns, you can reuse them across dozens of songs.

What to Learn After D, A, and G

If these songs are starting to feel comfortable, your next steps might be:

• Learning another popular 3-chord progression – G, C and D.
• Learning a common beginner strumming pattern
• Moving on to a 4-chord progression used in hundreds of hits