Guitar/Guitar chords cheat sheet of popular songs from the 1970s

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The following is a list of notable easy to learn guitar songs from the 1970s. These are informal chords to songs which represent many different authors' own interpretations of the original songs. Most of the chords on the list are relatively easy to learn, and would be a great start for novice guitar players who are interested in improving their playing abilities.

The technical difficulty and skill level required to play each of the songs is defined with a star rating system:

- Easy Song
- Intermediate Song
- Difficult Song

10cc - I'm Not in Love

America - A Horse With No Name

America - Sister Golden Hair

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry

Bob Dylan - Knocking on Heaven’s Door

Bob Seger - We've Got Tonight

Boney M - Sunny

Boney M - Rasputin

Boston - Peace of Mind

Boston - Rock and Roll Band

The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

Cat Stevens - Father And Son

Cat Stevens - Wild World

CCR - I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me

Don Mclean - American Pie

Don Mclean - Vincent

Elton John - Your Song

Eric Carmen - All by Myself

Eric Clapton - Layla

Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

Iggy Pop - The Passenger

King Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

John Lennon - Imagine

Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls

Rare Bird - Sympathy

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song

Scorpions - Always Somewhere

Smokie - Living Next Door to Alice

Sniff ‘N’ The Tears - Driver's Seat

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile

Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love

Steve Miller Band - Rock'n Me

Supertramp - Breakfast in America

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

The Doors - Riders on the storm

The Eagles - Hotel California

The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)

The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle

The Who - Baba O'Riley

The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

The Who - The Seeker

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

Van Halen - You Really Got Me

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