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The 29 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. Twenty-nine 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.
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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