Country western songs are some of the most fun to play on acoustic guitar. Sometimes, though, it can be hard to find country songs that are perfect for the acoustic, rather than an electric guitar.
To make things easier, I put all my favorite country songs to play on the acoustic guitar here in this list for you. I also included links to the full chord and tab charts, so you can immediately start learning these country songs on your acoustic guitar.
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Do You Need an Acoustic Guitar to Play These 25 Country Songs?
Before we get started, I want to answer a common question about the following songs. Can you learn these songs if you have an electric or classical guitar, instead of an acoustic? The answer is yes. While the songs themselves feature an acoustic guitar, you can play the tabs and chords for each song on an electric or classical guitar.
However, if you want to sound most like the original song, it’s probably best to play the song on an acoustic guitar. If you’re new to the guitar, or are an electric guitarist looking to transition to acoustic, then I recommend checking out my 10 favorite acoustic guitars for beginners on a budget.
Or if you want a resource-packed acoustic guitar buyer’s guide, where I walk you through every step of the process, from deciding what kind of wood you want, what the best guitar strings are, and how to maintain your guitar for years to come, you might want to grab my ultimate acoustic buyer’s guide (now available on Amazon).
But now that we’ve got the guitar details figured out, let’s jump into these 25 Best Country Songs for Acoustic Guitar.
- Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys – Waylon Jennings – Chords
- Jolene – Dolly Parton– Chords
- I’ve got a tiger by the tail – Buck Owens – Chords
- El Paso – Marty Robbins – Chords
- I walk the line – Johnny Cash – Chords
- I’m so lonesome I could cry – Hank Williams – Chords
- He stopped loving her today – George Jones – Chords
- Mama tried – Merle Haggard – Chords
- Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell – Chords
- Together again – Buck Owens – Chords
- Blue moon of Kentucky – Bill Monroe – Chords
- Can the circle be unbroken – The Carter family – Chords
- Blue eyes crying in the rain – Willie Nelson – Chords
- Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell – Chords
- Ring of fire – Johnny Cash – Chords
- Always on my mind – Willie Nelson – Chords
- Long Black Veil – Lefty Frizzell – Chords
- Go Rest High On That Mountain – Vince Gill – Chords
- The Race is On – George Jones – Chords
- Love Story – Taylor Swift – Chords
- Can’t You See – Marshall Tucker Band – Chords
- Leaving on a Jet Plane – John Denver – Chords
- Your cheating heart – Hank Williams – Chords
- The Gambler – Kenny Rogers – Chords
- Amarillo by Morning – George Strait – Chords
Need More Help Learning These Country Songs?
To find the best guitar courses, with experts walking you through each step of the learning process, check out my recommended lessons, courses & teachers.
If you’re still looking for more free guitar lesson resources, I’d recommend subscribing to some of the awesome acoustic guitar YouTube channels out there. The only trouble is – it can be hard to find the right channels, and to know who’s really putting out good information.
That’s why I wrote up a whole guide post on my 8 favorite YouTube channels for learning acoustic guitar.
If you really want to take things to the next level, though, you’ll get a lot more out of a paid guitar course / lesson platform than you will out of YouTube. That’s because these platform and lesson programs put everything you need in one place, and tell you exactly what order to learn things in.
If you’re looking for the best guitar courses, with experts walking you through each step of the learning process, check out my recommended lessons, courses & teachers.