Looking for a chill acoustic song to perform
 

Our school has music coffeehouses every month or so, and I'm trying to think of something to do. I would be singing this, with a friend on acoustic, so I'm looking for a song with really cool singing.

iron and wine - sodom south georgia

youtube it

John Martyn-I Don't Want To Know

thanks
 

both are good songs- any others? my friend is more of a beginner at guitar, so maybe some simpler ones?

pigs on the wing- pink floyd.. basically a simple chord song.. rather short for the not so great guitarist

you should sing some simon and garfunkel its will be a hit

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young; AKA "Hey hey, My my"

i tried that and they are rather complex..

I heard a girl doing Blackbird by the Beatles in a coffeehouse once, sounded nice, probably not too tough

I did Mr. Tambourine Man once….it was a huge hit people were singing and clapping along

under the bridge by red hot chili peppers

or anything by EmptySelf (Eric Johanson) check his site its real good

midnight ridder - the allman brothers
karma police - radiohead
she talks to angels - the black crowes
old man - neil young (a staple in my own set)
i hope that i dont fall in love with you - tom waits
it aint easy being me - chris knight
the weight - the band
ice cream - sarah mclaughlin
bubbly - colbie calett
if you could only see - tonic
sister - the nixions
anything james taylor
two; new york; wonderwall; come pick me up - ryan adams
rightously - lucinda williams
sugar blue - jeff finlin
into the mystic; it stoned me - van morrison
sweet melissa - the allman brothers
heart of gold - neil young
where are you goin - dave mathews band
friend of the devil - the dead
if i had a million dollars - barenaked ladies
lucky - seven mary three
something in the way - nirvana
square one - tom petty
woodstock - crosby, stills, nash, and sometimes young

alright, thats all i got right now,......

The Spill Canvas
Elliott Smith
Gregory And The Hawk (girl singer but could be pulled off)
The Mountain Goats
Neutral Milk Hotel

thanks- this is a lot of good stuff. savannah- i've done heart of gold, and its a sweet song. and that is a huge list of songs! thanks

For newer stuff, I'd say Nickleback "should've listened" or Jett "Look what you've done". Both pretty easy.
Little more classic would be Tom Petty "last dance".

Yes Nickleback for sure....you will make loads of friends

if you play nickelback..........should i explain more?

You Should do a Acoustic version of Time After Time by Cyndie Lauper , I think Dave Matthews does a version of it.

What about Don Peris? Or old Tom Waits?

Cyndi Lauper would be an amazing performance. Do something between the lines of that and throw some of the works of Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) in there if you must.

try out an acoustic version of I Wanna Love You by Akon.

basically try any song acoustically and i think it'll come out alright.

i know of someone who did the acoustic version for holy diver by killswitch engage. i thought it'd be hard to tell but he did it so well.