25 acoustic guitar songs that will take your unplugged skills to the next level

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Expand your repertoire with tips and tricks for 25 classic acoustic songs, ideal for beginners and intermediate players
The acoustic guitar is having a moment right now, with hordes of players picking up an acoustic over lockdown and honing their fingerstyle technique.

But whether you fancy yourself as a next-gen folk hero or a simply a campfire strummer with an encyclopaedic vocabulary of open chords, there has never been a better time to brush up on your unplugged chops.

Here, we've assembled a list of 25 acoustic guitar songs from players of all styles, all of which will take you on your path to acoustic mastery.

1. Ed Sheeran - Tenerife Sea (from X, 2014)
2. Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind (from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, 1963)
3. The Beatles - Blackbird (from The Beatles, 1968)
4. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (from Led Zeppelin III, 1970)
5. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (from Ladies Of The Canyon, 1970)
6. Ben Howard - Only Love (from Every Kingdom, 2011)
7. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (from Tracy Chapman, 1988)
8. Johnny Cash - Hurt (from American IV: The Man Comes Around, 2002)
9. Bob Marley - Redemption Song (from Uprising, 1980)
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life By The Drop (from The Sky Is Crying, 1991)
11. Extreme - Hole Hearted (from Pornograffitti, 1990)
12. Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done (Harvest, 1972)
13. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (from Wish You Were Here, 1975)
14. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (from MTV Unplugged In New York, 1994)
15. Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues (1936)
16. Angel Olsen - Unf*cktheworld (from Burn Your Fire For No Witness, 2014)
17. Nick Drake - Pink Moon (from Pink Moon, 1972)
18. Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (from Folk Songs And Instrumentals With Guitar, 1958)
19. Lindsey Buckingham - Not Too Late (from Under The Skin, 2006)
20. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (from Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)
21. Newton Faulkner - Teardrop (from Handbuilt By Robots, 2007)
22. John Martyn - May You Never (from Bless The Weather, 1971)
23. Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet (from Making Movies, 1980)
24. The Rolling Stones - You Got The Silver (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
25. Oasis - Half The World Away (1994)