Easy guitar chords for songs that sound hard

I've always spent a lot of time trying to learn guitar chords for songs that I particularly like to show off at parties but I often suffer from a lack of time to practise or just being too lazy to put the work in. I really should put a lot more effort into improving the skills I have but I get more motivated by a bit of instant gratification which means that most of my repertoire is fairly easy to play. Easy to play doesn't mean they don't impress other people though, I've noticed that some of the songs I play get a bit more attention than the others. These songs just sound a lot harder to play than they really are.

One of my particular favourites is a song by Oasis called Wonderwall - it's a great sing-a-long classic with a nice driving rhythm that tends to go down very well at parties or the occasional open mike night that I attend. What's even better is that you don't really have to be able to sing well for songs like this - your audience will join in without much encouragement.

Since I've called this blog "guitar chords for songs" I really should put up a few songs I like to play so I'm going to start with this one.

The basic chords I use for this are Em7, G, Dsus4, Asus4and Cadd9 which might sound a bit complicated but they're really quite simple.



Normally I just play these open but to get the recorded key you'll need to stick a capo on the 2nd fret so you end up with F#m7, A, Esus4, Bsus4 and Dadd9.

Intro:  [Em7][G][Dsus4][A7sus4] x4

Verse 1:

[Em7]    [G]
Today is gonna be the day that they're

[Dsus4]                [A7sus4]
gonna throw it back to you

[Em7]    [G]
By now you shoulda somehow

[Dsus4]              [A7sus4]
realised what you gotta do

Verse 2:

Backbeat the word is on the street that the
fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
but you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody
feels the way I do
About you now

Pre-Chorus:

  [Cadd9]            [Dsus4]           [Em7]
And all the roads that lead us there are winding

  [Cadd9]             [Dsus4]           [Em7]
And all the lights that light the way are blinding

Chorus:

  [Cadd9]  [Dsus4]
Cos maybe

     [A7sus4]              [Cadd9]   [Dsus4]  [A7sus4]
You're gonna be the one that saves me

        [Cadd9]   [Dsus4]
And after all

        [A7sus4]  [Cadd9]
You're my Wonder    wall