15 Early Intermediate Anime Songs To Practice Barre Chords

If you liked my last post regarding easy anime songs, but you’re not an electric guitarist, don’t worry, I got you covered.

Songsterr is best for band instruments, so, for this article, I will be referring to Animes Chords who has a website and a Youtube channel for you to learn from. He really puts his all into all his videos so you can learn to strum or fingerstyle to the songs he uploads.

For the songs listed below, I considered speed, strumming patterns and of course, the use of patterns. I picked songs that weren’t too fast, where barre chords aren’t placed after each other all the time, and other chords aren’t too hard to adopt. They will offer you a challenge without making you feel like you want to give up.

Japanese music as a whole is very experimented with their chords, so slash chords, 7ths, diminished and half diminished (m7b5) are quite common. It can be a lot as a beginner, but that’s why it’s best to start somewhere. You reading this article shows that you have a willingness to go where many guitarists haven’t, and I know that will take you far ^_^

If you’re looking for easier or different anime songs to play, please check out 25 Easy Anime Songs For Guitar, 50 Power Chord Anime Songs, 20 Fun & Funky Anime Songs for Rhythm Guitar, 10 Easy Anime Songs To Practice Fingerpicking, and 25 Anime Songs With Epic Riffs & Licks.

And if you love Japanese music and would like to learn and understand it more, please check out My Japanese Music Resources Page. And if you’d like to learn more about Japanese music theory so you can understand and create your own Japanese inspired music, check out The Complete Japanese Music Theory Course!

Ranbu no Melody

Bleach

Barre Chords: Bm, F#m

Toumei Datta Sekai

Naruto

Barre Chords: F

Like Flames

The Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Barre Chords: B, Bm

Long Hope Philia

My Hero Academia

Barre Chords: F

Other New Chords: G#dim

Cruel Angel’s Thesis

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Barre Chords: F, Gm, C7

Other New Chords: Bm7b5, Gm

The World

Death Note

Barre Chords: F#, Bm

Koe?

Dr Stone: Stone Wars

Barre Chords: Bb, F

Iro Kousui

Horimiya

Barre Chords: B7, Bm7

Other New Chords: Cmaj7

Wind

Naruto

Barre Chords: F

Sayonara Gokko

Dororo

Barre Chords: F#m,

Other New Chords: Fdim.

*Opportunity to practice percussion as well

Daddy Daddy Do

Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War

Barre Chords: F, B7

Other New Chords: Many 7th Chords to practice with this song

Haruka Kanata

Naruto

Barre Chords: B, C#m, G#m, A

Top

Tower of God

Barre Chords: Bm

Crying For Rain

Domestic Girlfriend

Barre Chords: Bm7, B7,

Other New Chords: Slash chords like G/B.

Hajimatteiku Takamatteiku

Boruto

Barre Chords: C#m, F#m, Bm

Other New Chords: Aaug, Dmaj7

Hologram

Fullmetal Alchemist

Barre Chords: F

Brave Shine

Fate/stay Night

Barre Chords: Bm7, F

Conclusion

I hope this list has been useful to you as a late beginner/intermediate guitarists. I know how hard it could be as an anime fan to find songs to play that are in your skill level. Be sure to let me know if you like this list and if you would like me to make another one in the future!

If this is list is a bit too hard for you and you are looking for lessons to work up to this level, I highly recommend GuitarTricks. They helped me greatly with my own foundation, especially when it comes to strumming, complex chords, and reading tabs. You can check out my article regarding my experience, or click here for a 2-week full access trial! (As an affiliate, I may get financial compensation at no additional cost to you).

If you’re looking for a book where you can learn about timing and chord theory, and then focus on just strumming to 75 chord progressions, check out my book Rhythm and Chord Progressions!

Enjoy practicing and happy learning fellow guitarist!