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The 25 best wedding songs on guitar
Being asked to play at a wedding is nerve-racking: one guitar, a quiet room, everyone listening. These twenty-five songs are the safe choices — they are recognisable, they sit well under the fingers, and they work without amplification. Each entry says where it fits: the entrance, the first dance or the party afterwards.
The most requested first-dance song right now. Capo on 1 and you are set.
Swinging and warm. Asks for a loose wrist, so practise the rhythm separately.
The wedding standard. Four chords and that melody line in double stops.
Calm, with a big chorus, and very doable with a capo and open chords.
Picked arpeggios that sound ceremonial by themselves — ideal for the entrance.
Dylan's words at Adele's tempo. Play it simply; the voice has to carry the story.
One of the loveliest love songs ever written, and the chords are very approachable.
Cheerful and swinging — the antidote to a programme full of slow ballads.
Rockabilly swing for the party after the ceremony. Everyone knows it.
I-vi-IV-V, the progression behind half of pop music. Never misses.
Everyone knows it from the film, and that helps the singalong enormously.
That ukulele version works just as well on guitar. Light, warm and familiar.
Straight to the point, and the chorus takes care of the rest of the room.
Four chords in a loop with a capo. One of the most rewarding singalongs.
Sunny and loose — perfect for drinks on the lawn.
Relaxed fingerstyle for the morning after or the dinner before.
Four chords, one build, and a chorus everyone joins.
Capo on 4 and that rising figure. Sounds bigger than what you are playing.
Starts in a whisper and ends huge — a fine way to close the evening.
About memories, which is exactly the tone you want at a wedding.
Two chords, picked, intimate. Works without amplification.
Dutch and warm — the alternative when English does not fit the couple.
Requested at weddings as often as at farewells. Play it softly.
A duet, so ideal when two people want to sing.
Cheerful, singable and easy enough to learn tonight.
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