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Guitar/Guitar chords cheat sheet of popular songs from the 1990s

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The following is a list of notable easy to learn guitar songs from the 1990s. These are informal chords to songs which represent many different authors' own interpretations of the original songs. Most of the chords on the list are relatively easy to learn, and would be a great start for novice guitar players who are interested in improving their playing abilities.

The technical difficulty and skill level required to play each of the songs is defined with a star rating system:

  • - Easy Song
  • - Intermediate Song
  • - Difficult Song



4 Non Blondes - What's Up
A, Bm, D, A


Ace of Base - Beautiful Life


Adam Ant - Wonderful
D, G, D
D, F#m, C, Em


Alanis Morissette - Ironic
G, C, G, Am
{G, C, G, Am}*4 , Bb, F, G


Anouk - Nobody's Wife


Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies - If I Had A Million Dollars


Blind Melon - No Rain


Blues Traveler - Hook


Bryan Adams & Mel C – When You're Gone


Carter USM - The Impossible Dream (The Quest)


Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm


Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
No capo
{G*2, C, D}*6
{G*2, D, C}*4


Duran Duran - Ordinary world
{Am*2, C, D, Am, C, D*2)*2, Am*2, Em*2, D*2 {G, Am, C, D}*2


Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight


East 17 - Stay Another Day


Extreme - More Than Words
G, C, Am, D, G, C, Am, D, Em, Am, D, G, Em, Am, D, G7, C, Cm, G, Em, Am, D, G, Em, Bm, C, Am, D, G


Foo Fighters - Next Year


Five - Keep On Movin'


Goo Goo Dolls - Slide



Green Day - Basket Case


Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life


Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry


Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta


Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine A Light


Lighthouse Family - High
Capo on 3rd Fret

G, D, Em, C
{Dm, Cm}*3 Dm, C, D


Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This


Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
{{Em*2, D*.5, D4*.5, C}*3, G, B7, Em*2}*2, C, A, D
{D4*.5, D*.5, D6*.5, D*.5, C, A, D}*2, Em


Metallica - The Unforgiven


Metallica - The Unforgiven II


Monaco - What Do You Want from Me?
Dm, F, C, G


Mr. Big - To Be With You


Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
{{F, C, Dm, Bb}*2, Dm, C, Dm, Bb}*2
{F, C, Dm, Bb}*4


Nirvana

Nirvava - Come as you are


No Doubt - Don't Speak


Oasis

Oasis - Wonderwall
{F#m, A, B, D}*8, {F#m, A, D*2}*3, B*4
{F#m, A, B, D}*4


Pearl Jam - Alive


Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter


R.E.M - Everybody Hurts
No capo
(D, G, D, G)*2 6(3), 6(2), 6(0)
Em, A, Em, A


R.E.M - Losing My Religion


R.E.M - Man On The Moon


R.E.M - Shiny Happy People


Radiohead - Creep
{G, B, C, CM}*100


Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication


Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside


Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the bridge


Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road Trippin'


Rednex - Wish You Were Here


Robbie Williams - Angels


Robert Palmer & UB40 - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight


Roxette - The Big L.


Sarah Mclachlan - I Will Remember You


Seal - Crazy


Semisonic - Closing Time


Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares To You


Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me


Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
C, Em, F, G


Spice Girls - Viva Forever


Spin Doctors - Two princes
{D, Bm, A, G}*8
G, D, G, A*2


Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite


The Connells - '74-'75
{5(0), 4(2), 4(0), 5(3), 5(0), 5(3)6(3), 5(0)*2}*2\
Am, C, G, F, Am, C, G*2


The Corrs - Radio


The Cranberries

The Cranberries - Animal Instinct


The Cranberries - Just My Imagination


The Cranberries - Linger
D, A, C, G


The Cranberries - Zombie
Em, C, G ,D


The Cure - Friday I'm in Love


The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
No capo
C, Am, Em, F, G, C


Tom Petty - Learning to Fly


U2 - One


Weezer - Buddy Holly

See also

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