Intermediate Guitar Song Series
Welcome to the Intermediate guitar song series. If you’ve went through beginner guitar song series or you don’t class yourself as a beginner this section is for you. Here you’ll learn songs that are a lot more challenging on the guitar. From learning barre chords to powers chords and everything else in between. The more you watch these videos the better you’ll get, repetition is the key to success on the guitar.
Intermediate Guitar Songs Level 1
In intermediate guitar songs level 1 you’ll be introduced to power chords and your very first barred chord, and I encourage you if you don’t enjoy playing any type of barre chords then it’s even more important that you learn these songs. Take each song slowly and learn 1 song at a time.
This list will be constantly updated, as we build our song library.
Level 1 – How To Play Wonderwall By Oasis
How To Play Wonderwall On Guitar By Oasis
In this guitar lesson your going to learn the classic britpop song from the 90′s…Wonderwall by Oasis. This is definitely one of those songs that you must learn of the acoustic guitar… As far as chords is concerned its quite easy, but as you go deeper into the song the strumming becomes really complicated…As James will teach you here..the song just uses 6 chords and at first glance sounds easy until you actually learn it.
Level 1 – How To Play Run To You By Bryan Adams
How To Play Run To You By Bryan Adams
In this Guitar lessons your going to learn how to play Run To You By Bryan Adams…This is one Bryan’s must popular songs and comes from the album “Reckless” way back in 1984. Run to you will really improve your guitar playing techniques and is the next level up from the previous songs so far we’ve covered…The song involves open chord arpeggio’s, fast strumming/chord changes and lead guitar.
Level 1 – How To Play Highway To Hell By AC/DC
How To Play Highway To Hell By AC/DC
In this guitar lesson your going to learn how to play highway to hell by AC/DC. This is a great introduction to rock music, and a great lesson on how to make simple open chords sound interesting. Highway to hell also works on your strumming hand especially on the chorus…But first is the classic intro which uses just 3 simple chords,helps your chord changes as well as improve your all round rhythm playing.
Level 1 – How To Play Ho Hey By The Lumineers
How To Play Ho Hey On Guitar By The Lumineers
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play Ho Hey on guitar by The Lumineers… The chords are pretty straight forward once you get used to the chord changes. Ho Hey involves F/C inversion. C Major, A Minor and G Major, The song uses the same strumming pattern and chords throughout. This is a great song for improving open chords as well as basic country strumming…
Level 1 – How To Play Counting Stars By OneRepublic
How To Play Counting Stars By OneRepublic
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play Counting Stars By OneRepublic… The chords and strumming is pretty straight forward in this song, once you get used to the chord changes within in the song.
Counting stars involves the chords A Minor, C Major, G Major and F Major 7. C Major, A Minor and G Major. This is a great song for improving your basic open chords and basic rhythm.
Level 1 – How To Play Like I Can By Sam Smith
How To Play Like I Can By Sam Smith
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play a Sam Smith song “like I Can”. Nothing really difficult going here, just basic open chords with one exception, the B Minor chord. But just like normal pop songs the good news is that the chords are quite repetitive. So once you know the chords and the strumming pattern, the structure is relatively straight forward.
Level 1 – How To Play Blank Space By Taylor Swift
How To Blank Space On Guitar By Taylor Swift
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play blank space by Taylor Swift. Nothing really difficult going here, just basic open chords with one exception, the B Minor chord. But just like normal pop songs the good news is that the chords are quite repetitive. So once you know the chords and the strumming pattern, the structure is relatively straight forward.

Intermediate Guitar Songs Level 2
In Intermediate guitar songs level 2 this is where you’ll introduced to more barre chords. These songs will help you to play open chords and barre chords together while strumming.
You’ll hear me say this time and time again, repetition is the key to success. This list will be constantly updated, as we build our song library.
Level 2 – How To Play Save Tonight By Eagle Eye Cherry
How To Play Save Tonight By Eagle Eye Cherry
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play Save Tonight on guitar…Apart from the second chord of the song, which contains a barre chord, the majority of Save Toinght is extremely straight forward. The songs uses the same strumming pattern and chords throughout. This is a great song for improving chords from open to your first barre chord, as well as improving speed on strumming patterns
Level 2 – How To Play Wake Me Up By Avicii
How To Play Wake Me Up By Avicii
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play Wake Me Up By Avicii on guitar. This song is one of the biggest songs of the last couple of years, and the great thing about it, to play it on guitar is relatively easy. Just like most beginner songs on the guitar, this is another song that is great for improving your chord changes and strumming technique.
Level 2 – How To Play Riptide By Vance Joy
How To Play Riptide By Vance Joy
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play Riptide on guitar…Apart from bridge of the song, which contains a barre chord, the majority of Riptide is extremely straight forward. The songs uses the same strumming pattern and chords throughout. This is a great song for improving chords from G Major to C Major and from C Major to A minor. As well as to improve learning your barre chords.
Level 2 – How To Play No Woman No Cry By Bob Marley
How To Play No Woman No Cry By Bob Marley
In this guitar lesson James is going to teach no woman no cry by Bob Marley. This is also a great introduction to lead guitar, with the opening notes taken from the G major scale..
There is also the F major chord to learn again to mix up the open chords you already know.
Level 2 – How To Play Proud Mary On Guitar By CCR/Tina Turner
How To Play Proud Mary By CCR/Tina Turner
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play Proud Mary by CCR/Tina Turner…Written in the 1960’s and still popular today as ever.
Proud Mary involves 7 chords in total using both open chords and barre chords and is a great song for improving both set of chords plus your strumming technique, as there is some advanced strumming in the intro sections of the song.
Level 2 – How To Play Hurt By Johnny Cash
How To Play Hurt By Johnny Cash
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play Johnny Cash’s fantastic cover of a Nine Inch Nail song called Hurt. Recorded just before his death, this classic cover is more or less quite easy apart from a couple of sections. As you will learn the most difficult part of this song is actually learning the F Major chord, which is quite demanding if you don’t know the chord.
Level 2 – How To Play Blame It On Me George Ezra
How To Play Blame It On Me By George Ezra
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play blame it one me on guitar. This is a guitar lesson for everyone to learn. Difficult enough for the more experienced guitarist and basic enough for beginners to improve strumming to chords, chord changes and strumming patterns. This is a great song for improving basic chords as well get to grips the most important chord on guitar, due to the difficulty…How to play F Major on guitar.

Intermediate Guitar Songs Level 3
In intermediate guitar songs level 3 this is where you’ll learn all the basic barre chords, both E shape barre chords and A shape barre chords.
These songs can be quite demanding, and the guitar chords can be quite difficult.
This list will be constantly updated, as well build our song library.
Level 3 – How To Play The Nights By Avicii
How To Play The Nights By Avicii
In this Guitar lesson your going to learn how to play Avicci’s new song “The Nights”… If your just new to the guitar you’ll find this song very difficult because this songs uses barre chord shapes and quite fast strumming patterns…But the good news is that the chords are quite repetitive. So once you know the chords and strumming, the structure is relatively straight forward. The barre chords your going to learn here is C# Minor Barre chord, B Major and well as using basic open chords…
Level 3 – How To Play Hold Back The River By James Bay
How To Play Hold Back The River By James Bay
In this guitar lesson your going to learn how to play hold back the river by James Bay. This is a great introduction to the basics to lead guitar, but if you cant play lead we have chords diagrams so you can strum along. The song is based around 4 difficult barre chords, which may take some time to practice. Really take care when playing theses chords, they can be quite demanding on your fingers and wrists.
Level 3 – How To Play Sugar By Maroon 5
How To Play Sugar On Guitar By Maroon 5
In this guitar lesson your going to learn how to play sugar by Maroon 5. This is a great introduction to more power chords and extended barre chords.
There is 8 chords in total and the chords changes is difficult so really take your time with these chords and the fingerings.
Level 3 – How To Play I Really Like You By Carley Rae Jepsen
How To Play I Really Like You By Carly Rae Jepsen
In this guitar lesson your going to learn Carly Rae Jepsen’s latest song I really like you, featuring Tom Hanks in her video. This song itself is with very (if any) limtied guitar on the record, so it’s really James’s interpretation of the song on guitar. The chords are quite demanding if your not used to playing barre chords.
Level 3 – How To Play Thinking Out Loud By Ed Sheeran
How To Play Thinking Out Loud By Ed Sheeran
In this guitar lesson your going to learn one of the biggest hits of 2015, Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud. This song isn’t easy to play but it is a fantastic introduction to finger style guitar, although recorded in an electric guitar, thinking out loud can be played on the acoustic. The song has two types of barre chords plus an inverson chord…So really take your time with the chords and get the chords changes played smoothly.
Level 3 – How To Play Merry Christmas Everybody By Slade
How To Play Merry Christmas Everybody By Slade
In this guitar lesson your going to learn slade’s biggest ever hit Merry christmas everybody, originally written in 1976 it’s been re-released many times. Having said that this isn’t a song that would be classed as a beginner type song, the chords are quite demanding and the strumming technique would need practiced.

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