Under the Bridge by RHCP is the first barre chord song that I tryed. It's got a good variety of shapes in there (for a beginner anyways) and everybody recognizes the tune so it's pretty easy to learn. Everyone digs Under the Bridge. The intro is good for fingerpicking practice and the song as a whole is great for getting your pinky involved and getting it stretched and strong. It's got some basic hammer-ons too which is good practice. If you can play that whole song through, the way Frusciante plays it... AND do it on an acoustic... then you can be pretty sure you've moved from beginner status to intermediate or at least you're on your way to intermediate.
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