Totally obsessed Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Hitchin a ride, Minority, When I come Around, American Idiot , Good Riddance are all fairly easy - but with practice I'm sure you can play any Green Day song Here's a great website for guitar tabGood luck with your practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extraordinary-gal Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 brain stew hitchin a ride and good riddance i think are the easiest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I'm wondering, do you guys play chords or that other stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfelix2429 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 id say warning is the easiest. it just uses 3 chords and its good for beginners cuz most people who just start out try and learn some hard song and give up. plus it practices A, D, and G which are very common chords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longview timer Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Definitely Brain stew would come at number one, its funny when you hear it before knowing how to even hold a guitar you think ' that shit is hard', maybe hard core but most of these songs have a complicated simplicity to them, like a lot of songs on their first two albums- they are edgy and creative, yet simple to 'technique', by the mere onlooker. I love playing When I come around and Hitchin A Ride, the guitars on there are like Angeline likes to say, Bitchin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beat the sYstem Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 green day songs are just easy in general. "simple but effective" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdp Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 poprocks and coke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penutt Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 oh and Whatsername. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
to my own beat Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Good Riddance was the first song I learned on guitar. Very easy.same here.its the first song i start to play every time i pick up my guitar.people say its really annoying how i do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRAGE_2010 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Wicked suggestion guys...I think I might try Going To Pasalacqua...I love that song...how long did you guys as beginners, take to master a song?Took me about an hour or so when i first started. I have been playing almost a year and can learn pretty much any Green Day song in 10 minutes. The easiest would be Brain Stew or walking contradiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greencarrot Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 The easiest song ever to play is "All By Myself". But I've found WMUWSE pretty easy to me, practice makes it much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenanigans041 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Brainstew on bass This is it if you can read tab:G---------------------------------------------D---------------------------------------------A---------------------------------------------E---5-5-3-3--2-2--1-1-0-0-----------------Over and overagain.But I add in extra stuff to give it an extra zingI'm still kind of new at bass,Almost 2 years I've been playing,New Enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSlayer978 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I'm interested in learning to play guitar, and as Green Day is my favorite band, I think something that would keep me interested is learning to play their songs. What is a simple song of theirs (preferably one of their popular) ones that I could learn to play first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J'net Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I'm interested in learning to play guitar, and as Green Day is my favorite band, I think something that would keep me interested is learning to play their songs. What is a simple song of theirs (preferably one of their popular) ones that I could learn to play first?Start by reading this thread. It has a lot of good suggestions in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtTheLibrary19 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Most songs before and around Dookie era are pretty easy, and usually only require 3 or 4 chords. And not even real chords, power chords. Although, the solos back then were completely insane and awesome, so be careful of some songs 1039 and Kerplunk that have ridiculous solos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalhead#87 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Once you can switch to any power chord without having to stop (any chord on the neck) and know the major and minor bar forms, you can play almost any green day song. So just practice that and they will come to you. All you'll have to do is look up the chords and youll be able to play it in 2 or 3 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrid. Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 ^Your sig is insane Try 21 Guns. It's easy and you can see the strumming pattern on youtube. The real deal. Billie's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39smoooth Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Every Green Day song is easy once you practise a lil bitbut as someone already said,the solos on 39/smooth are crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inuyasha Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I found that east jesus nowhere was pretty easy! Same goes for waiting and warning, as well as Know your enemy... i've been playing for about a year or so and i learned them most of there in under five minutes each so you should be fine! Just remember don't overload yourself with a billion songs or really hard ones. Start slow and work from there, that means don't give up after a week because something seems to hard or unmanageable. I'm sure you'll do fantastic! Oh, and good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldwing7500 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Hitchin' A Ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1039SmoothGreenDayFan Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 the ones i have learnt and were easy arewarninghitchin a ridewhen i come aroundbrain stewamerican idiotjesus of suburbia (part one)holidayboulevard of broken dreams21st century breakdownknow your enemyeast jesus nowhereenjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod-41 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 If I can play a song, it must be easy, and I can play:Going To Pasalaqcua2,000 Light Years AwayChristie RoadOne Of My LiesWho Wrote Holden Caulfield?BurnoutLongviewWelcome To ParadiseBasket CaseSheWhen I Come AroundFODArmitage ShanksBratStuck With MeBrain StewWalking ContradictionRedundantGood Riddance (Time Of Your Life)Church On SundayDeadbeat HolidayWaitingDesensitizedHa Ha You're DeadAmerican IdiotJesus Of SuburbiaHolidayAre We The WatingSt. JimmyGive Me NovacaineExtraordinary GirlLetterbomb21st Century BreakdowniViva La Gloria!Before The LobotomyLast Night On EarthEast Jesus NowhereMurder CityHorseshoes & HandgrenadesThe Static Age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatsername the rebel*star Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'd say Good Riddance is one of the easiest GD songs to play with the guitar....It's the 1st song I've ever learned to play! xDMaybe it'll take u some time to learn the exact rythm of the song!Basket case is also quite easy to play. The only difficulty could be the speed, cause there are a few chords which are go around throughout the whole song but they're played quite fast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saffy Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 the first thing i learned on my guitar was holiday's guitar solo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitary One Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 The first thing I learned on guitar was Brain Stew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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