What better place to begin learning country guitar than with two chord songs using easy chord shapes; the problem is finding songs with easy chord shapes.

Often the best approach is to select a song and use a capo to convert difficult chord shapes into guitar friendly chords.

Regardless of how difficult the chords may look in the sheet music it’s comparatively easy to change then into chord shapes you like to play.

Here we go:

Easy two chord country songs with simple chord shapes

Achy Breaky Heart

A /// | A /// | A /// | E /// |

E /// | E /// | E /// | A /// ||

A chord

—0—-

—2—-

—2—-

—2—-

—0—-

—x—-

E chord

—0—-

—0—-

—1—-

—2—-

—2—-

—0—-

Let’s say you find the “A” shape chord awkward to play no matter how hard you exercise your fingers don’t seem to fit behind the second fret on the second, third and fourth strings; a simple solution would be to use a “G” shape chord with the capo placed behind the second fret.

With a capo placed behind the second fret you could use easy chord shapes like “G” & “D” and now Achy Breaky Heart would look like this:

Achy Breaky Heart (capo 2nd fret)

G /// | G /// | G /// | D /// |

D /// | D /// | D /// | G /// ||

G chord

—3—-

—0—-

—0—-

—0—-

—X—-

—x—-

D chord

—2—-

—3—-

—2—-

—0—-

—x—-

—x—-

This version of Achy Breaky Heart would most likely suit galore guitarist as the “G” shape chord is often times posing no difficulty to play than the “A” exceptionally if you have huge fingers.

By using the capo in this way you as still playing the song in the same key as the recorded version only using requiring little effort chord shapes.

Here’s another song to try, do you observe anything familiar? Deep In The Heart Of Texas has precisely the same chord progression as Achy Breaky Heart!

Notice how I manufacture chord progression templates with four bar to a line, it’s easy to spot chord progress correspondings when you set out your songs this way, it likewise makes it easy to do not forget them.

Deep In The Heart Of Texas

A /// | A /// | A /// | E /// |

E /// | E /// | E /// | A /// ||

Another two chord country favored is Jambalya:

Jambalya

E /// | E /// | B7/// | B7/// |

B7/// | B7/// | E /// | E /// |

E /// | E /// | B7/// | B7/// |

B7/// | B7/// | E /// | E /// ||

B7 chord

—2—-

—0—-

—2—-

—1—-

—2—-

—x—-

I’ve staged Jambalya in the key of E which would be rather difficult to play for the beginner guitarist, this would be another instance when using a capo would be the commend way to go.

Solution: Place the capo behind the second fret and use the following chord progression.

Jambalya (capo 2nd fret)

D /// | D /// | A7/// | A7/// |

A7/// | A7/// | D /// | D /// |

D /// | D /// | A7/// | A7/// |

A7/// | A7/// | D /// | D /// ||

A7 chord

—0—-

—2—-

—0—-

—2—-

—0—-

—x—-

Did you detect that altho “Jambalya” seems to be a more perplexed chord progression, in reality it’s just the basi eight bars repeated again!

The templates for each of these songs are not simplified versions of the songs they are precisely the same progressions used on the recordings and as you may see when songs are staged this way it’s very easy to do not forget the chord progression and play them on the guitar.

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