What's the first song you ever learned to play on guitar?

**Steve206** · December 14th, 2008, 03:23 PM

Jamaican Farewell, as sung by Harry Belafonte on one of my mother's records. She showed me the chords but it was not the beatles or the stones, so I saw no need to continue.

And yeah, the Peter Gunn and those Ventures tunes were briefly around.

Steve

**Tibernius** · December 14th, 2008, 03:29 PM

"Buck Rogers" by Feeder, closely followed by "Brain Stew" by Green Day.

pes_laul · December 14th, 2008, 06:15 PM

sweet madame blue by styx. either that lonely day by system of a down

peachhead*** · December 14th, 2008, 09:32 PM

Melissa.

**guitrkill3r** · January 3rd, 2009, 01:59 AM

actually was the simpson's theme song

**rugbynyc** · January 4th, 2009, 04:33 PM

Every Rose Has it's Thorn...god thats embarassing...

but considering how many drunken nights in college I played that song to some girl utlimately very useful

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**Geraint Jones** · January 4th, 2009, 05:00 PM

I think at about the age of ten i picked up my Dad`s cheap spanish guitar that every house had in the seventies and played a one string version of the Deer Hunter , did`nt pick up another guitar for 8 years and never quite got round to learning it properly.

**Rocket** · January 4th, 2009, 06:04 PM

I'm not positive but I think the first song I learned for myself was Troggs-Love Is All Around (D, Em, G, A)... although I had been playing C&W progressions, (with little interest,) with my mom and her friends long before that.

I am sure the first song set I performed was CCR-Long As I Can See The Light followed by Neil Young-Helpless.

**ted s** · January 4th, 2009, 06:07 PM

I think my first real song after Mel Bay-itis as a kid was Hotel California.

**Dreadman** · January 5th, 2009, 12:18 AM

Iron Man! Followed shortly by Paranoid.

**Dreadman** · January 5th, 2009, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by Rocket

I am sure the first song set I performed was CCR-Long As I Can See The Light followed by Neil Young-Helpless.

Two great tunes! How old were you then? Is that what you were into?

**Suhnton** · January 5th, 2009, 01:27 AM

Maybe Knockin' On Heaven's Door (The Clapton version).

**Rocket** · January 5th, 2009, 01:38 AM

Originally Posted by Dreadman

Two great tunes! How old were you then? Is that what you were into?

14-15-ish.
I really wasn't set on any genre, (except NOT C&W)... just played what I could and what my friends played. Shortly after that point I hooked up with my first band and played rock-O-the-day.

**Kazz** · January 14th, 2009, 05:28 AM

Mainly riffs from songs, but the first full length song that I could play along to was Pink Floyd's Wish You Were H

**Squireman131** · January 17th, 2009, 10:18 PM

the first song i remember playing is smoke on the water on bass, and i took the initiative to learn a really long song called in keeping secrets of silent earth 3 on guitar for my first song. still have IKSOSE3 in my usual playing cycle.

**SweetSong** · January 18th, 2009, 07:00 AM

Here Without You by 3 doors Down. That's the first one that sounded ok anyway.

**diffra** · January 18th, 2009, 01:24 PM

I don't remember the first 'song' but the first lick was the intro to 'ode' by creed. Man, i thought that was badass at the time.

**Disraeli** · January 18th, 2009, 03:41 PM

It was either House of the rising sun or Sunshine of your love, can't quite remember.

**Fardeen** · January 21st, 2009, 06:33 PM

Hmm... my first ever song (or part of it, at least) would be the intro from Fear Of The Dark. I learnt it off a Guitar Pro tab and was ecstatic afterwards at being able to play one of the most well-known tunes of our time. Do I sound like a seasoned veteran? Hehe, I only picked up the guitar 10 months ago!

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