Songs for Beginners is Graham Nash's first solo album, released in May 1971, and one of four high-profile albums released by each partner of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album of 1970. It peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and the single "Chicago" made it to No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been certified a gold record by the RIAA

Track Listing [320k MP3]

01. 	"Military Madness"   	Graham Nash 	2:50
02. 	"Better Days"   	Graham Nash 	3:47
03. 	"Wounded Bird"   	Graham Nash 	2:09
04. 	"I Used to Be a King"   	Graham Nash 	4:45
05. 	"Be Yourself"   	Graham Nash, Terry Reid 	3:03
06. 	"Simple Man"   	Graham Nash 	4:09
07. 	"Man in the Mirror"   	Graham Nash 	2:47
08. 	"There's Only One"   	Graham Nash 	3:55
09. 	"Sleep Song"   	Graham Nash 	2:57
10. 	"Chicago"   	Graham Nash 	2:55
11. 	"We Can Change the World"   	Graham Nash 	1:00


Personnel

    Graham Nash — vocals; guitar all tracks except "Better Days" and "Simple Man"; piano on "Better Days," "Simple Man," "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"; organ on "Better Days," "There's Only One," "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"; paper and comb on "Sleep Song"; tambourine on "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"
    Rita Coolidge — piano on "Be Yourself" and "There's Only One"; electric piano on "Be Yourself"; backing vocals on "Military Madness," "Better Days," "Simple Man," "There's Only One," "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"
    Jerry Garcia — pedal steel guitar on "I Used to Be a King" and "Man in the Mirror"; piano on "I Used to Be a King"
    Joe Yankee — piano on "Better Days" and "Man in the Mirror"
    Dorian Rudnytsky — cello on "Simple Man" and "Sleep Song"
    Dave Mason — electric guitar on "Military Madness"
    David Crosby — electric guitar on "I Used to Be a King"
    Joel Bernstein — piano on "Military Madness"
    Bobby Keys — saxophone on "There's Only One"
    David Lindley — fiddle on "Simple Man"
    Sermon Posthumas — bass clarinet on "Better Days"
    Chris Ethridge — bass on "Man in the Mirror," "There's Only One," "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"
    Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels — bass on "Military Madness," "Better Days," and "Be Yourself"
    Phil Lesh — bass on "I Used to Be a King"
    Johnny Barbata — drums on "Military Madness," "I Used to Be a King," "Be Yourself," "Man in the Mirror," "There's Only One," "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"; tambourine on "Chicago"
    Dallas Taylor — drums on "Better Days"
    P.P. Arnold — backing vocals on "Military Madness"
    Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King, Dorothy Morrison — backing vocals