What was the first song that you learned how to play?

[Salamura]

As per the title: what was the first song that you learned how to play on a musical instrument?

For me it was Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash when I started learning the ukulele a few years ago. As it's basically a 3 chord song (G-C-D) it took me only a few minutes between first picking up the instrument and actually playing a tune.

[gazza285]

Wild Thing. Easy enough.

[crofty1984]

I think it was "How many roads" on guitar. A D E if I remember correctly. Long time ago now. So long ago that if I'd put the effort in and practiced I wouldn't still be st on guitar!

[gmaz]

Smoke on the Water

[Penelope Stopit]

Schools Out for Summer

dang dang dang, dang dang dang, dang dang dangdang

something like that

[Composer62]

House of the Rising Sun.

[cherryowen]

Basically a version of Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy"

[Evangelion]

By some strange coincidence, it was this one!

(Just the middle bit, I mean, I have trouble getting the rest of it right even now.}


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD-Zf8ObQ2Q

[Hub]

Wonderwall!

[thebraketester]

Probably something like "Little F and G March"

[lockhart flawse]

Big Yellow Taxi....well my version of it anyway. Because the bass player could sing it and play it at the same time....

[P5BNij]

The Stooges 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' or the Velvet Underground's 'Waiting For The Man', I forget which one was first but I was listening to them both a lot around the same time when I bought my first guitar (an Italian made Gibson 330 copy in Roy Orbison black).