What Was The First Song You Ever Learned How To Play On Guitar ?

trying to remember, I was probably 13. It was either In the Mood, or Wolvertan Mountain!

 

Learned the Clash's "Garageland" for my guitar class final test in highschool. Waay back in '81.

 

Eleanor Rigby, c.1978. Pretty much a 2 chord banger.

 

“Running to Stand Still” by U2. Not a big U2 fan anymore (like some songs, love a few, yawn at most), but RTSS is a great song for beginners.

 

Gloria. To the best of my recollection. I actually can't remember that far back!

 

House of the rising sun, Animals version.

 

My first tab book was Black Sabbath, so the first song was probably Black Sabbath.

 

On bass, New Rose by the Damned

 

Same here, I can still remember sitting in my buddy's garage and we were both playing that.

 

Man, I was sure it was going to be Smoke on the Water all the way down this list.

Mine was

 

On guitar, the first song all the way through was 'Moon Over Marin'
Bass?, who knows. That was a long time ago. I think I mugged along with root notes to 'Ziggy Stardust'

 

wait...you can play songs on these things?

 

"Into The Great Wide Open" by Tom Petty

 

I don't remember the first song I learned to play.

I do remember the first song I learned to play and sing.

Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind A Counter In A Small Town.

Hey, it was the early 90s and I was in school.

And actually a pretty song.

 

"I Walk The Line" by Johnny Cash. I was eight years old.

 

Streets of Laredo lol. I was about 8 and my grandfather had a friend who was a guitar teacher. I didn’t stick with it.

 

Dust in the Wind, performed for the 5th grade XMas talent show (I backed up the choir on Feliz Navidad as well ). Didn't get DitW picking right until considerably later (age 47).

 

Already Gone - Eagles.

 

The whole song? Start to finish? That was Under the Double Eagle...the arrangement from the book Bluegrass Guitar by Happy Traum.