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Johnny B. Goode -- rhythm chord strumming A/D/E

The lead is a bit more complex, but just strumming the chords, it's simple. Pick any I.IV.V progression song, and have him play it in A/D/E, since he should know those chords anyway, even if he needs to learn one or two of them to play it.

Or were you thinking of melody picking/fingerpicking?

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Heart of Gold

Blowin' in the Wind

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Margaritaville (many JB tunes, actually)

Move It On Over

Respectable

When the Whip Comes Down

(Ok, the whole Some Girls Album)

 

Anything that is only 3-4 chords. As sixgunner said, any 1-4-5 progression song, like Move It On Over or Respectable (from my list).

 

"Lets Get Drunk and Screw" is easy too, but I don't 'spect it would go over well with mom.

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I would suggest searching on YouTube for "yourguitarsage". He teaches really simple three-chord wonders, and has a lot of choices typical of a 10 year old's playlist...and he transposes stuff with a capo so you can play mostly with open chords (as many 10 year olds don't yet have the finger strength to barre).

I usually pick up a song or two every week from his channel for open mics and to keep myself learning more "campfire type" songs.

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