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The 30 best campfire songs on guitar
Thirty songs that always work around a fire: everyone knows them, they sit well under the hand, and you rarely need more than four chords. From Country Roads and Wonderwall to Dutch singalongs like Zoutelande. Each entry says why it works at a campfire — and whether to bring your capo.
Capo on 2 and five shapes. The song everyone starts singing along to by themselves.
Three chords and a chorus nobody can get wrong. The campfire law.
G, D, Am, C — round and round. Perfect for letting someone join in.
Four minor chords, and that chorus where everyone suddenly joins in at full volume.
The group's comfort song. Sits well under the hand and in the throat.
Those last four minutes of na-na-na are exactly why you light a campfire.
Two chords. Two. And still you keep playing it until someone intervenes.
The eternal I-vi-IV-V progression. Know this and you know half of pop music.
D-C-G keeps turning; the riff on top takes one evening to learn.
Easy tempo, warm chords and room for anyone who wants to sing along.
Just voice and guitar on the record, so it sounds exactly right at a campfire.
Simple shapes, maximum quiet around them. The song for late in the evening.
The protest song that bridges generations. Three chords, endless verses.
Four chords in a loop, and a chorus everyone turns out to know.
Sunny, swinging, and with a strumming pattern you pick up immediately.
Am-G-C, three shapes, all evening long. A ukulele hit that works just as well on guitar.
Two chords and a handclap. The easiest singalong of recent years.
Fingerpicking over two chords. Sounds intimate, even unamplified.
Straightforward chords, and everyone over thirty joins in automatically.
Travis picking in its purest form. An exercise that sounds like a song.
Four chords that last the whole song. Save it for the end of the night.
Capo on 4, then that rising figure. One of the nicest strumming songs there is.
The most requested song at any wedding, and rightly so — it lies beautifully.
Calm arpeggios, plenty of space. It only works if you dare to play it slowly.
Four chords, one pattern, and a build that creates tension all by itself.
The Dutch campfire song par excellence. Everyone knows at least the chorus.
Four chords and a chorus that sticks. Works on young and old alike.
The most sung-along Dutch song of recent years.
Restrained and direct. Play it softly and the lyrics do the rest.
Guaranteed singalong from the first bar. Chords anyone can handle.
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