Suggested songs to teach guitar technique:

Beginners: Seven nation army (White Stripes) Knocking on Heavens Door (Bob Dylan) Im a Believer (Theme from Shrek) (The Monkees) Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver) Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix) Horse with no name (America) Wild Thing (The Troggs) Whats up? (4 Non-Blonds) Wonderwall (Oasis) Ill be there for you (Theme from Friends) (The Rembrandts) Introducing the F chord: House of the Rising Sun (Traditional) Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan) California Dreaming (Mamas and Papas) Dont look back in anger (Oasis) Power chords: Teenage kicks (The Undertones) Smells like teen spirit (Nirvana) You really got me (Kinks) All day and all of the night (Kinks) Barre chords: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) Lay Lady Lay (Bob Dylan) Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac) Waterloo Sunset (Kinks) Riff-based songs: Sunshine of your love (Cream) Green Onions (Booker T and the MGs) Sweet Child of Mine (Intro) (Guns and Roses) Last Time (Rolling Stones) Hoochie Coochie Man (Muddy Waters et al.) Whole lot of love (Led Zepellin)

Blues-based intros etc.: Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix) Hi-Heel Sneakers (Tommy Tucker et al.) Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson) Hey to the Highway (Big Bill Broonzy) Baby please dont go (Van Morrison with Them) Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton) Chord-based Rock n Roll solos and intros: Johhny B Goode (Chuck Berry) Day Tripper (Beatles) Brown-eyed Girl (Van Morrison) Money for nothing (Dire Straits) Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison) Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) Layla (Eric Clapton with Derek and the Dominoes) Other easy solos: Knocking on Heavens door (Guns and Roses) Hotel California (Eagles) Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy)