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How to play Roll With It by Oasis

Roll With It by Oasis is the second single from their 1995 album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? One of four hit singles from it, Roll With It was a hit in many countries and Oasis became one of the most successful bands in the world during the β€˜Britpop’ era. It’s strong rhythms and well defined chord structure make an ideal chart for electric players.

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How to play The Horses by Darryl Braithwaite

Darryl Braithwaite’s version of The Horses, an early β€˜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!

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How to play Hertz by Amyl & The Sniffers

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.

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How to play The Fate of Ophelia by Taylor Swift

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!

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How to play Opalite by Taylor Swift

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!

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How to play Golden from KPop Demon Hunters

Golden is the biggest hit (so far!) from the 2025 streaming sensation KPop Demon Hunters. Whilst not what you may think of as a β€˜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!

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How to play Undressed by Sombr

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.

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How to Play Paranoid by Black Sabbath

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.

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How to play Rita Wrote a Letter by Paul Kelly

Three decades after his iconic How To Make Gravy, Paul Kelly delivers the β€˜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.

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