At its very core, playing music and the guitar is a way to explore emotions. It can provide the perfect outlet for when we face difficult times and feel sad, and through playing music you can also evoke these same emotions in others. So having some beautifully sad and moving songs in your repertoire is a great thing to have as a musician.
That is why we have put together a list of 50 sad songs which you can learn and play on the guitar, and we’ve made sure to include both video lessons and tabs to make learning them as easy as possible.
This is a song where you can really feel the emotion and difficulty Eric was going through when he wrote this song along with Will Jennings. It’s written about the passing of Eric’s 4 year old son Conor, and despite the tragic story and meaning behind the song, it deeply resonated with his audience becoming one of his best selling singles and was ranked in Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Songs of All Time’.
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This is a fingerstyle song played in standard E A D G B E tuning. You will be playing a bassline with your thumb while your other finger picks the melody. These two elements combined will clearly outline the emotive chord progression used throughout the song.
As the best selling band of all time, The Beatles have no shortage of world-class emotional singles to learn. Yesterday just has a solo acoustic guitar with some light orchestral strings behind it. Lyrically it recounts the breakup of a relationship, remembering back on the ‘Yesterday’ when they were together. It’s such an iconic single it has been covered more than 2, 200 times and is still regularly performed today.
This song uses a capo on the 5th fret which makes many of the chords easier to hold as they can simply be played using their ‘open’ shapes. But there’s also plenty of renditions around that can be played without one (as detailed in the video lesson) in case you don’t have a capo to hand.
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Part of the band’s self-titled album ‘Fleetwood Mac’ released in 1975. Written by Stevie Nicks who recollects that he wrote this after feeling crushed as his record label ‘Polydor Records’ decided to abandon his upcoming album with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, and he stared out over the Rocky Mountains feeling like a landslide had hit him.
The song follows a simple yet catchy and emotive chord progression of C, G/B, Am7, and back to G/B which you will be fingerpicking, but don’t worry it’s easier than it looks! Once you have the main motif down it essentially repeats for the entirety of the song. You’ll also need a capo on the 3rd fret for this although there are alternate ‘standard tuned’ versions available.
One of the things that lends Sam Smith so well to sad songs is his ability to reach a high falsetto range which really pulls at the heartstrings. Yet he also maintains a richness and tone to his voice which makes him one of the most unique and beloved singers around. The official video for Stay With Me has topped over 1 billion views on YouTube.
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Despite the song just having light drums and piano with very prominent gospel-style backing vocals, there is a very clear and defined vocal melody and chord progression which makes it translate to the guitar exceptionally well. The chord progression is nice and simple yet has just enough spice with that diminished chord to keep things interesting.
Another legendary song from The Beatles. This was released in 1970 as a single from their last album ‘Let It Be’, just 1 month after the band broke up. Originally the song was more of a solo piece featuring very stripped-down instrumentation, but their producer for the album (Phil Spector) added additional layers such as vocals and orchestral strings which really helped bring the song to life.
The original rendition prominently features bass and piano, but the chord progression, beat, and strumming patterns can easily be translated to the guitar. The provided video lesson demonstrates this perfectly and shows how the song can be played with just some simple barred and open chords.
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Billie blew everyone away with her self-produced debut album ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ and this was the second single from that album. The song was written about Billie’s brother’s experience of having ambiguous feelings towards ending a relationship, yet simultaneously feeling OK about the fact he wasn’t fully invested. Needless to say, the song plays with some complicated and delicate emotions which they noted as being very hard to capture and replicate in the studio.
This is primarily a vocal-driven song that has a very subtle piano and a delicate vocal performance. Nevertheless, it can be played on the guitar very easily with a capo on the 4th fret as the song is in the key of A.
This is an incredibly sad song that serves as a precursor to the band’s breakup, and a commentary about the inner turmoil that began to exist within the band upon their return from playing overseas in 1968. Written by George Harrison who, upon having difficulty getting the other members to contribute to the song, enlisted the help of Eric Clapton to help record some additional layers of instrumentation.
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This mixture of apathy, disconnect, and disharmony within the band is reflected through the delivery and chords perfectly. There are two versions of this song available for you to pick, one is a more rock-oriented version (with Eric Clapton’s electric guitar parts) and for the solo singer, there is an original acoustic arrangement performed by George.
Not only is Wind of Change one of The Scorpions’ biggest singles, but it’s also one of the biggest rock songs of all time with sales in the region of 14 million copies. Part of their eleventh studio album ‘Crazy World’, the song charted at the number 1 spot all over the world and hit the number 2 spot on the US Mainstream Rock billboard.
The song’s message of unity during a tumultuous time is represented heavily in the musicality. It has a very emotive chord progression and lush, melodic clean tones that are drenched in reverb and delays. In addition to these clean guitar parts, there’s also some fantastic power ballad-esque lead guitar playing for your enjoyment.
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One of the saddest songs around and has a particular way of pulling at your heartstrings between the incredible vocal delivery and some key chord changes. And it gets even sadder once you learn that lyrically the song is a tribute to the founding member Syd Barret who had left the band due to his declining health caused by drug abuse. The song also includes critique towards the harshness of the music industry and the effect it can have on the musicians.
The song is held up by its consistent and repeating chord progression, setting the mood of the song and holding you in its grasp throughout. All you need to do is strum those chords, making it a great song for even a beginner to learn.
Unlike a lot of the other songs on this list that are easily playable with nothing but an acoustic guitar. With or Without you from U2’s fifth studio album ‘The Joshua Tree’ is (in typical U2 fashion) drenched in delay and effects creating a very unique sonic landscape. And it’s this unique sonic composition that made their manager, Paul McGuiness almost not release the song as he deemed it too ‘unusual’ sounding.
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Obviously, this demands a lot of effects from the player to be able to replicate perfectly, with some unusual ‘infinite’ guitar sustain effects that are not exactly common in a normal player’s guitar setup. The best way to approach this is to not worry about anything you don’t have the equipment to play, just play along and follow the chords, it’ll sound great!
Amy Winehouse’s tragic story and struggles are already known to many. But this song in particular, which documents her troubled relationship and separation from an ex-partner who left her for another woman is one that resonated with many as these emotions of heartbreak and grief can be felt so clearly in the song. It’s the title track from the album of the same name which won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.
The song takes a lot of influence from girl groups of the 1960s but nevertheless translated very well as a solo guitar piece. Essentially the chords the piano parts played can simply be replicated on guitar with the strumming pattern provided in the tab.
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This is a single from Pearl Jam’s debut album ‘Ten’, but unusually the label decided to release it after the album had already garnered commercial success, rather than as a tool to promote it. Originally the band was against this as lyrically it was personal to them, and tackles the difficult subject of letting love go. But nevertheless, the song did exceptionally well charting at the number 3 position on the US
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