Composing for Guitar: Ideas for Songs

Below is just a list of words or topics or phrases that might help spark an idea in you for a song:

Adjectives
Absent
Absent-minded, confused
Active
Adaptable, flexible
Advanced
Adventurous
Aggressive
Agreed, of the same mind
Air headed, shallow
Alert, upbeat
Alone
Ambitious
Angry, sour
Annoying
Arrogant
Athletic
Attractive
Bad
Beautiful, fabulous
Beautiful, pretty, nice
Big, large, tall
Boring
Bright
Brilliant, genius
Calm
Carefree, untroubled
Careful
Careless, negligent
Caring
Caustic, harsh, annoying
Charming
Cheerful
Chic, stylish
Childish
Childlike
Clean
Clever, skillful
Clever, smart
Clever, tricky
Closed, reserved
Clueless, innocent
Clumsy
Clumsy, unskillful
Coarse, rude
Coincidental, accidental
Cold, unfriendly
Comfortable, relaxed
Committed, dedicated
Complicated
Conceited, arrogant
Confused
Conservative
Considerate
Consistent
Cool
Correct, proper
Courageous
Cowardly
Crabby
Crazy
Creative
Credible, believable
Critical
Crooked
Curious
Cute
Dangerous
Dead
Dear, nice
Deceitful, tricky
Decent, moral
Demented, crazy
Dependable
Dependant
Depressed, melancholic
Difficult, heavy
Dirty, not clean
Disobedient
Dumb
Easy, light
Educated
Egotistical
Elegant, classy
Embarrassed
Embarrassing
Enlightened, well-informed
Envious
Environmentally conscious
Excited, enthusiastic,
Psyched
Expensive, dear, valuable
Fair
Fantastic
Fascinating
Fashionable, stylish
Fast, quickly
Fat, thick
Fatty
Fine, refined
First-class
Fit, feeling good
Free
Funny
Generous
Gigantic
Glum, depressing,
Good
Great, super
Greedy
Gross, disgusting
Half

Handsome, pretty
Happy
Happy, lucky
Happy, merry
Hard
Hard-headed, stubborn
Hard-working, industrious
Haughty, proud
Healthy
Heartless
Heavy, awkward
Helpful
High
Honest
Honest, has integrity
Hospitable, generous
Hot, great/cool
Hungry
Idealistic
Ignorant, stupid
Impolite, rude
Important
In a good mood
In doubt, desperate
Incalculable, unpredictable
Inconsiderate
Independent
Inevitable, irresistible
Inexpensive
Inexperienced
Inflexible
Insane, crazy
Interesting
Intolerant
Jealous
Just
Kind, friendly
Late
Lazy
Lazy, sluggish
Liberal
Likable, friendly
Lively, has much character
Living, alive
Lonely
Long
Loud
Lovable
Loves to argue
Low
Loyal, faithful
Mature
Mean
Melancholy, pensive
Messy, dirty
Miserable
Mistrustful
Mocking, making fun of
Modern
Modest, humble
Moody, changing
Moral
Musical
Narrow-minded
Near
Nervous
New
Nice
Normal
Old-fashioned
Open
Open-minded
Optimistic
Orderly
Outgoing
Partial, biased
Passionate, serious
Passive
Patient
Pessimistic
Petty, nit-picky
Pleasant
Plump, chubby
Polite
Poor
Popular
Practical
Proud (of)
Punctual, on time
Quiet, soft
Radical, revolutionary
Reasonable, sensible
Rebellious
Refined, elegant
Reliable
Religious
Responsible
Rich
Romantic
Rough
Rude, low, ignorant
Sad
Safe, secure
Satisfied, content
Saucy, smart-alecky
Self-centered
Self-confident
Sensitive
Sensitive, with feeling
Serious
Shy
Sick
Simple, plain
Skillful
Slow

Small, little, short
Smart
Snooty, stuck up
Social, friendly
Solid, strong, unchanging
Spellbinding, fascinating
Spoiled (brat)
Spontaneous
Stingy, cheap
Strange, funny
Strange, weird
Strong
Stubborn
Successful
Superficial, shallow
Sweet, nice
Tactful
Tactless, harsh
Talented, gifted
Talkative
Thankful, grateful
Together
Touchy, sensitive
Trustworthy
Typical (lee)
Ugly
Uninhibited, unworried
Unique, rare
Unselfish
Unstable, moody
Untroubled, worry-free
Unusual, strange
Upright, sincere, proper
Upset, excited
Uptight, mean, spiteful
Valued, dear
Very mean, detestable
Warm-hearted
Weak, poor
Well informed
Well-behaved, good
Well-dressed
Well-known / famous
Wet
Wild
Witty, brilliant
Wonderful, magnificent
Wrong
Young

Things
a bothersome situation
a dream
a dream person
a favorite actor
a favorite animal
a favorite band
a favorite book
a favorite cartoon
a favorite color
a favorite comedian
a favorite drink
a favorite poem
a favorite quote
a favorite recipe
a favorite vacation spot
a fear
a first day of something
a forgettable moment
a funny story you heard
a happy story you heard a hope
a landmark
a least favorite actor
a memorable moment or day
a people in your country
a sad story you heard
a scene in a movie
a scientific theory
a surprise
a theological theory
a troubling situation
a tv episode
an author
another country
another country’s person
being rich
Praise and worship
something close to your heart
something important
spirituality
Thankfulness
what makes you laugh
your country
your family
your pets
youth
Emotions
Anger
Contempt
Spite
Insolence
Mildness
Love
Hatred
Fear
Confidence
Anticipation
Accompanied
Shame
Benevolence
Pity
Indignation
Envy
Emulation

Guitar Theory

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