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The 30 best guitar songs of the 2000s
The 2000s were the decade of the acoustic guitar in the charts: Coldplay, Snow Patrol, James Blunt and Jack Johnson alongside the rougher side of Kings of Leon and Green Day. Thirty songs in order of year, with Dutch acts Anouk, Racoon and Krezip in between. Rewarding repertoire — plenty of capo, few difficult shapes.
2000. Capo on 4 and that rising figure. Sounds bigger than what you play.
2002. The piano loop on guitar: arpeggios that land just off the beat.
2002. One of the nicest chord sequences to sing over yourself.
2002. Four chords in a loop with a capo — a rewarding singalong.
2002. Slow and spacious; perfect for getting your chord changes on time.
2003. Seven notes every stadium knows. Playable straight away.
2003. Really a bass line, and on guitar an excellent alternate picking exercise.
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2001. The arpeggio riff that sounds like classical music through an overdriven amp.
2003. Restrained fingerpicking; the kind of song that quietens a room.
2004. Four minor chords, with that distinctive muted strumming pattern.
2004. Power chords and tempo. Downpicking until your forearm complains.
2004. Starts acoustic and picked, then grows into a full band.
2004. Two songs in one: mind the tempo change halfway through.
2004. Tight and dark, with a bass line that completes the guitar.
2004. A calm build towards a chorus that gives everything.
2005. Starts minimal and grows into a wall. Your dynamics do the work.
2005. Capo high, four chords, and everyone knows the melody.
2005. Relaxed fingerstyle with a lazy, muted strum.
2005. A Dutch band, English lyrics, and a chorus to test your voice on.
2005. Warm chords and a build you can carry with a single guitar.
2005. Straightforward rock with a chorus that asks for volume.
2006. Four chords, the whole song long. Everything is in the build.
2006. Two chords, picked, intimate. Works without amplification.
2007. A soul groove on guitar: strike short and mute immediately.
2007. Cheerful and swinging — the antidote to an evening full of ballads.
2008. Four chords going round and round. Play them like a march.
2008. Sunny, swinging, and a strumming pattern you pick up immediately.
2008. The riff is one figure high on the neck, repeated endlessly.
2008. Three chords, and a chorus that can fill a room.
2009. A calm verse, a big chorus — a tidy way to close the decade.
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