Guitar/Guitar chords cheat sheet of popular songs from the 1980s
The following is a list of notable easy to learn guitar songs from the 1980s. 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
38 Special - Hold On Loosely 
A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
a-ha - Take on Me
Air Supply - All Out Of Love
Alphaville - Big in Japan
Alphaville - Forever Young
Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
Black Sabbath - Crazy Train
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
Bryan Adams - Heaven
Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Dire Straits - Walk of Life
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Europe - The Final Countdown
George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone
Gheorghe Zamfir - The Lonely Shepherd
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
INXS - New Sensation
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
Journey - Any Way You Want It
Journey - Faithfully
Keith Whitley - When You Say Nothing At All
Koreana - Hand in Hand
The Korgis - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Men at Work - Down Under
Modern Talking - Brother Louie
Opus - Live Is Life
The Outfield - Your Love
Pat Benatar - We Belong
Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open the Door
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
R.E.M - The One I Love
REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run
Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
Roxette - Listen to Your Heart
Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (There's a Band Playing On the Radio)
Scorpions - Wind of Change
Smiths - Panic
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
The Romantics - What I Like About You
The The - This Is The Day
Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout a Revolution
Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line
U2 - All I Want Is You
U2 - With or Without You
UB40 - I Got You Babe
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