Darryl Braithwaite’s version of The Horses, an early ‘90s banger that gets trotted out every Spring for premium horse races like the Melbourne Cup, makes a great sing-along strummer for acoustic steel-string, or electric guitar. The 1989 original by Ricki Lee Jones was an album track that received little attention but the 1990 Braithwaite version became a huge hit and went on to earn ten platinum records in Australia!

Old-school Aussie Punk rockers, Amyl & The Sniffers are giving the 2020s a timely reminder of the stripped back power of a three-piece band with a high energy front woman. Hertz is one of the singles from the band’s 2021 album Comfort to Me. The full on punk rock vibes and sing along chorus of Hertz make it a great, fun track for electric guitarists.

This is the opening track on Taylor Swift’s 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl. The Fate of Ophelia is a good choice for guitar with it’s three-string intro chords, synth-bass verse and big rhythm energy chorus. Suitable for both acoustics and electric, we’ve charted The Fate of Ophelia to be played with a capo at the 3rd fret. Swifty guitar fans will love it!

Opalite is the 3rd track on Taylor Swift’s 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl. Released worldwide on October 3, you can see how swift we are at MGT ; we got this chart up on the same day - wow! Opalite is an ideal song for guitar-toting Swifties and works well on both electric or steel-string acoustic. Get it while it’s hot!

Golden is the biggest hit (so far!) from the 2025 streaming sensation KPop Demon Hunters. Whilst not what you may think of as a ‘guitar song’ Golden is perfectly playable on guitar. This chart adapts the electro accompaniment parts of Golden to create a playable guitar part. Good luck Demon Hunters!

Undressed by Sombr is one of the hit singles from his 2025 album I Barely Know Her. Going viral on Tik-Tok created a global audience for Sombr. Undressed features a repeating bass riff, a simple lead melody and a chord progression with some variety, making it an ideal song for learner electric players.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath is a prototype 1970 Heavy Metal hit that spread the emerging new style around the globe. The band’s fast, staccato rhythm style, heavy distorted guitar tone and Ozzy Osbourne’s unique vocal range created a dynamic new sound that was soon being copied in garages and pubs all over the world.

Three decades after his iconic How To Make Gravy, Paul Kelly delivers the ‘sequel song’ Rita Wrote a Letter. Full of wry lines that reveal what happens to Rita and the kids after Joe gets out of jail, Rita Wrote a Letter is a perfect rejoinder to the Gravy song and, in typical Paul Kelly fashion a great rhythm song for acoustic steel-string and electric players.

1970s Oz Rock classic Khe Sahn by Cold Chisel is an excellent rhythm chart for developing steel-string players. Originally released in 1978, Khe Sahn has grown steadily more popular in the time since. It regularly features amongst the top 10 in Top 100 Song surveys in Australia and is one of Cold Chisel’s most enduring hits. Perfect for learning how to put chords together with a straight-ahead Rock strumming pattern.