
You’ll be ready for more challenging chords, riffs, and solos.īesides the fact that these three-chord songs are great for practice sessions, they’re also great for having fun with friends. Playing more and more makes your calluses’ improvement faster, and your skills will be higher and higher. Therefore, they are suitable for every beginner’s repertoire to shine and be dedicated to learning.

There are a lot of songs that include only these chords. Three chords that every guitarist starts with are A major, D major, and E major. Transitions between chords are pretty easy, and the strumming pattern is suitable for those who have just started learning the guitar. Play A major in the song intro and A and E on the verses.

The song made the album special, and therefore it won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Waits wrote the song with his wife Kathleen Brennan. Cold Water was released in 1999 as part of Wait’s album called Mule Variations.
