Acoustic Rock Songs On Guitar

1916 is a track from the 1991 album of the same name released by Motorhead. The song was written by bassist Lemmy about the loss of British men during WWI. He said he'd written the lyrics before the music.

Although the song was the name of the album, it was never released as a single.

Affairs Of The Heart was a single from the bands 1992 album Black Moon, but it failed to chart anywhere. Their other single Black Moon, also failed to chart.

Are You Sad is a track from Our Lady Peace and their 2000 album entitled Spiritual Machines.

There were three singles released from this album but this song was not one of them.

Beds Are Burning was a hit 1987 song by Midnight Oil, from their album Diesel and Dust. It topped charts in New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada, and ranked high in several other countries.

It's recognized as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, and was listed on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s and Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time in 2009.

Brother Louie is a song from the German duo Modern Talking from their 1996 album Ready For Romance.

The song was a #1 hit in several countries and a top 10 in others including #4 in the UK. The song did not chart in the US.

From The Beginning hails from the 1972 Trilogy album and made it to #39 in the US, which was the bands highest charting single.

This one has a 1-2- up down down up down up pattern going on in standard tuning. The chords you'll need are Am7, D7, C, G6, Am, F and an Fmaj7-5 with some variations on these as explained in the full tutorial. No lead in this one.

It's 7 o'clock is a track from The Quireboys debut album back in 1989 entitled A Bit Of What You Fancy. The song was one of two singles from the album and charted at #41 in Canada and #36 in the UK. A music video was also produced for the song.

For rhythm here you can play a down down up down down up down up and repeat with some down strokes also. A bit of picking required here with the chords G, A#, C, Em, A7 and an F while in standard tuning.

Lucky Man is a song by the band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, from their first album released in 1970. It was written by Greg Lake when he was only 12 years old. The song features one of the earliest Moog synthesizer solos in rock music.

Released as a single in 1970, it made it to the top 20 in the Netherlands and also charted in the United States and Canada. The single was released again in 1973 and charted once more in the U.S. and Canada.

I use a down down up down up rhythm pattern that repeats with drop D tuning. Play the chords D, G, Am, Em and I include a picking break within the rhythm.