What was the first song you learned on guitar?

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by Black Beauty

"I got my first real six string..."

"Bought it at the five and dime...". I remember learning that one too, but 4-5 years after it was a hit.

[Opa John]

Originally Posted by Eric S.

Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio

Yep......same for me......I think. If it wasn't Tom Dooley, it was probably something like JC's "Folsom Prison Blues".........back in the mid '50s.

[dchristo]

Originally Posted by Sasquatch51

Wildwood Flower.

wildwood flower for me too, and everybody that I grew up with

[BoneDigger]

Horse with no Name

Todd

[guitargabor]

"Swanee river" using one finger chords.Singing while playing this primitive style came naturally to me.

My Dad soon tired of all the repetitions ......"enuff already!"

[james84]

Wildwood flower, wow that's quite impressive for a first song!

Mine was the riff for come as you are by Nirvana.

[Philx]

My friend told me you need to learn c, dm, em, f, g and am to play a lot of songs; learn them and I will get you started. I did and he taught me You ain't going nowhere, Four Strong Winds and All Along the Watchtower. What a revelation.

[Wade Hampton]

The first song I learned to play on the guitar was "The Kansas City Blues," which was appropriate because I was living in Kansas City at the time.


whm

[tstrahle]

The first song I really learned and performed was - Funny Little Man - by Seals and Crofts.

[Pitar]

Helplessly Hoping, S. Stills

[Bluside]

"Last Time" by the Stones was an early one.

[Franklin'sTower]

So I guess no one else started with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?

[Belmont]

I Hung My Head - Johnny Cash

Excellent song, but it was a little hard to keep up with in the very beginning. My guitar teacher brought it in and helped me learn it.

[SpiderTrap]

Cowgirl in the sand " is that place at your command ? "

[corlay]

"Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"

Yamaha School of Music, group guitar class recital, circa 1979-1980