Four-Chord Songs

Four-chord songs — one more shape than the beginner classics, and a much bigger repertoire opens up. Every song here is public-domain or traditional and keeps to four chords from start to finish. Open any card for its full chart: chords over the lyrics, a diagram of every shape, the key, the tempo and the source.

Add a fourth chord to G, C, and D — often Em or A7 — and more tunes come within reach. The chart opens on guitar, and the chord names read the same on any chording instrument.