Sort by Song Difficulty

Easier Songs

These "easier" songs are suggested for the beginner on guitar.  Many of these songs are simple chord combinations that even a beginner can learn quickly. You may be surprised to actually find some of your favorite songs included in this list!

#27                                         
#36                
A Whiter Shade of Pale         All Along the Watchtower
 American Baby     
American Baby Intro        Anyone Seen the Bridge    
Bartender                     
Blackjack                          
Blue Water                    
Cortez the Killer
Crazy-Easy                          Deed is Done

Digging a Ditch                            
Dive In
Dodo                                        
Don't Drink the Water            
Down by the River                     
Dream I Killed God                  
Eh Hee                                   
Exodus                                     
For the Beauty of Wynona          
Funny How Time Slips Away   
Funny the Way It Is                                    

Good Good Time 
Hunger for the Great Light 
Like a Hurricane
Melissa
Proudest Monkey
Spotlight
Sweet
The Song That Jane Likes
The Space Between
Typical Situation
Water Into Wine                      

For those who are learning to play the guitar, this should be a useful tool to help you get started playing. For those who are more experienced, challenge yourself to see if you can master the tougher Dave songs. 

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Note that song difficulty can generally be a matter of personal guitar skills and ability. You may find a song in a more difficult category that's actually easier for you to play than a song in an easier category and vice versa, but this should be helpful overall!

Tougher Songs

"Hard" songs are songs that are considered to be more difficult by Dave Matthews guitar standards, which typically involves tough-long stretches and riffs. Note some may think of difficult songs on the guitar to involve shredding, etc. but Dave is essentially a rhythm player. Out of all the songs on this site, these are the songs that are going to require the most advanced skills. Can you master them all? 

#34
Captain 
Crash Into Me 
Cry Freedom

Dreams of Our Fathers

Drunken Soldier

Fool To Think

Jimi Thing

JTR  
One Sweet World                 
Rapunzel                               

Raven

Recently

Rhyme & Reason

Rooftop

Satellite

Snow Outside                   
So Much To Say               
Some Devil                        
The Best of What's Around       
The Stone                       
Tripping Billies                
Up and Away                   
Warehouse                      
What Would You Say