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The 29 finest Dutch-language guitar songs
Playing Dutch-language songs is different: the audience understands every word, so your accompaniment has to leave room. These twenty-nine songs are the core of the repertoire — the classics by Boudewijn de Groot and Klein Orkest alongside newer work by Suzan & Freek, Snelle and Racoon. All with chords, tabs or a ProTab to play along with.
The biggest Dutch-language hit of the past ten years.
Four chords and an entire country that knows the chorus.
The anthem of the Dutch levenslied. Simple and indestructible.
Restrained accompaniment under lyrics that ask for all the space.
Sunny chords, a singalong chorus, and easy enough for your first months.
Reggae upstrokes on beats two and four — good practice for your rhythm.
Warm chords and a build you can carry with a single guitar.
The duet that entered every guitar lesson repertoire. Easy tempo, clear shapes.
Light-footed and clear — one of the best Dutch beginner songs around.
The same friendly chord language, with a slightly firmer strumming pattern.
Slow, spacious, and perfect for getting your chord changes neatly on time.
Tight rhythm and a chorus that asks for a firm strum.
Modern Dutch pop with a simple foundation under a full production.
The finest Dutch ballad to learn: calm, and every chord counts.
Cheerful, fast, and with lyrics you trip over halfway through.
A 1966 classic with chords you can play right away.
Dutch cultural heritage in four chords. Play it with restraint.
A story in a song. The accompaniment deliberately stays in the background.
Ska strumming: short and on the offbeat. Harder than it looks, and very instructive.
That characteristic offbeat strum, and a bass line you want to hear alongside it.
Dutch rock with an intro everyone recognises. A fine first heavier song.
A huge chorus on a simple progression. Ideal for practising your dynamics.
Calmly built up and rewarding to accompany when someone else sings.
The song that silences any pub. Three chords; it is all in the delivery.
Two chords. If you want to play your first Dutch song tonight, make it this one.
Sparsely accompanied, and all the stronger for it. Play little, let the words stand.
Driving and recognisable. The ProTab shows exactly where the guitar layers sit.
Dutch singer-songwriting at its best: story first, guitar underneath.
The singalong of every party and every protest. Four chords, done.
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