It is indeed a heavenly feeling to play your favorite songs on an electric guitar. However, it is essential that you start playing easy songs to make yourself familiar with the techniques involved in playing an electric guitar, such as strumming, bending, vibrato and picking.

You need a lot of practice before you learn to play electric guitar and here are some of the easiest songs for electric guitar. Remember when practicing them that the goal is to have fun. Sure, there may be other easy songs out there to start playing, but I’ve tried to put here some songs that are easy but at the same time give you an “initial challenge”

Listen to the songs, practice them by ear, or get a tab, then listen to them again and try to bring life to them!

‘Wipeout’ by The Surfaris

It is a fun and fast-paced song of the 1960's and can be very helpful for guitar practice purpose in the initial stages. This song will also help you improve on single string plucking technique, which is an important thing in playing an electric guitar.

‘Holiday’ by Green Day

Songs composed by Green Day are simple to play for a beginner guitar player. Holiday is one such song that is not only easy, but also very intriguing to play on guitar. You will have to use several power chords while playing this song and will get to learn about plectrum switch and single string plucking technique.

This song will also let you get into punk electric guitar playing. Punk music rely heavily on power chords, these are chords that use 2-3 strings only and add a lot of punch to the song. Want easy songs? Start with punk music.

‘Sweet Home Alabama’ by Lynyrd Skynnyrd

This trendy song will surely simulate your pulse. It is a popular song of the 1970's and is easy to play. You will get to practice lead guitar techniques such as pull-offs, hammer-on and string bending while playing this groovy number on your electric guitar. This is a song you must play to start your soloing. You can also use it a very basic level to just play the chords used on the song.If you are tackling the solo or individual guitar parts, be sure to divide the song in sections, and practice those sections well.

‘Godfather Theme Song’ by Slash

This song involves a variety of techniques that will surely sound amazing on an electric guitar. To make the song sound more authentic, you can add an echo effect to your amplifier. This song is a great way to learn lead guitar and solo techniques such as string bending, pull-off, slides, hammer-on and vibratos. Plus the Godfather song is one of the coolest tunes ever.

While playing these easiest songs for electric guitar, you can also ask your friends or peers to play a drum or keyboard to make the practicing session more fun and invigorating.

This is another great song you can play to begin your guitar quest. This is one of the most recognized riffs in music - and you can play it very simple. Remember to add power to your playing and some attitude when you play electric guitar, it really shows in your music!