title: The Only Basic Guitar Instruction Book You'll Ever Need: Learn to Play--from Tuning Up to Strumming Your First Chords
author:  Jack Wilkins 
description: <B>Peter Rubie</B>, (New York, NY) is a former guitar instructor and the author of several books, including <I>The Everything Get Published Book</I> and <I>The Everything Shakespeare Book</I>.
zlib_text: #  3 Chord Songs
  
  
  
  Play 10 more popular songs on guitar with just three simple chords. And don’t
  worry! You’ll learn all of the chords you need for playing these ten songs as
  well.
  
  
  
  Thank you for your interest in “3 Chord Songs” book 3, a book in a series,
  containing instruction on playing the necessary guitar chords for the included
  10 songs. In this book, you’ll learn how to play all of the needed chords as
  well as how to play all 10 songs on guitar including all of the song lyrics
  for singing along while you play.
  
  
  
  Before you get started though, you’re going to want to tune your guitar! Below
  are three different free online guitar tuners. One is standard ‘440’ tuning
  while the others are drop ‘D’ tuning and then ½ step down tune setting.
  
  
  
  [ Online Guitar Tuners ](https://www.youtube.com/user/HalfLitTV)
  
  
  
  Okay! Now that you’re all tuned up! Let’s get started!
  
    
  Song Strumming Tips
  
  I realize that not everyone is an accomplished guitar player. So I have a few
  tips for you to