The First Ten Songs You Will Unavoidably Try To Learn On Your Guitar

The keyword here is "Try."

1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

You probably heard your dad playing this one in the garage back in the day, trying to relive some of his glory days as an 80's punk rocker. Your mom's ears bled, but seeing how cool your dad was, you decided you wanted to be just like him.

2. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

Either you heard this one on Glee, Rock of Ages, or any other number of TV shows and movies these days. Journey is still as relevant as ever; I'm still waiting for their official reunion tour. All you have to learn to play this song is a small riff that they repeat over and over in the song. Even if you suck, everyone will be singing along so loudly that nobody will hear.

3. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

I still love his cameo in the "Visit California" commercials. Obviously, we all sit around campfires with our guitars and sing this song.

4. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

I remember the first time I heard this song, when Lindsay Lohan was playing an innocent pair of twins in the Parent Trap. The intro riff set up the mood for the rest of the song. And if you can remember where you were when you heard a song for the first time, you know it will stick with you through the rest of your life.

5. Hey There Delilah - The Plain White T's

So you can play it while Skyping your long-distance significant other, of course.

6. All For You - Sister Hazel

A perfect example of the 90's, which was a great time for pop songs with non-distorted guitars as the main instrument. Third Eye Blind, Vertical Horizon anyone?

7. Good Riddance - Green Day

Speaking of the 90's...I can't be the only one who put this song on my "Graduation" playlist. Or tried playing this the very first day I got my guitar.

8. Santeria - Sublime

You'll grab a few friends for this one to sound legit, but ska punk is all about comradery anyways.

9. Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer

I watched this TV show once (No, not the Dawson's Creek episodes that featured this song) where the girl had gotten kissed by this guy and she went up to her room and played this song and danced around like she was 3. And I really liked how the guitar sounded in it.

10. Any Song By Taylor Swift

Hear me out; most of her songs use the same three or four chords. If you learn one, you can basically sing all of her songs. To demonstrate, here is Hannah with twenty of Taylor's songs in five minutes.