Ten Folk/Acoustic Songs Great For a Wedding!

Here are a few folk and/or acoustic songs that would go well at a wedding! Folk and acoustic tunes tend to be well written, full of rich and touching lyrical content, that can add a nostalgic touch to the tone of your wedding. They can work well as background music before the ceremony or reception. Some of these are also very easy to play on a guitar if you want to have a friend perform – it won’t be hard for them to make it sound great!

Even if you’re not planning a wedding, hopefully you will enjoy these anyway!

This song is pretty stripped down for Coldplay but carries quite a bit of emotional weight with its substantive, almost reverent, chord progression.

For you I’d wait ‘til kingdom come

Until my day

My day is done

And say you’ll come

And set me free

Just say you’ll wait,

You’ll wait for me

(Coldplay performing Kingdom Come & Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire on Austin City Limits)

The Avett Brothers are experts at poignant, gut-wrenching ballads straight from the heart. This slow, sweet, contemplative piece is nothing short of brilliant.

But I can't go back

And I don't want to

'Cause all my mistakes

They brought me to you

Here they are playing the song at a wedding!

Impress all your hipster friends with this (now defunct) all-but-unheard-of indie band Page France. Their song “Ribs” is full of beautiful imagery taken from the creation of Adam and Eve in the Bible:

You were made out of my ribs

We share a heart, we share the stars

A power-packed celebratory love-anthem from Mumford & Sons’ most recent album, Babel.

But I'd be yours if you'd be mine

So love the one you hold

And I'll be your goal

To have and to hold

A lover of the light

Have a friend who plays a mean fiddle? How about asking them to play this Andrew Bird cover of the country & western classic: “If I Needed You.” It is available on his newest EP, Hands of Glory.

The lady’s with me now

since I showed her how


To lay her lily hand in mine


Loop and Lil agree she’s a sight to see


And a treasure for the poor to find

Originally written by Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie for his electronica side-project The Postal Service, Sam Beam of Iron & Wine puts a tender twist on this highly acclaimed indie love song.

I am thinking it's a sign

That the freckles in our eyes

Are mirror images and when we kiss

They're perfectly aligned

While on the subject of Iron & Wine, this romantic little tune from their album of B-Sides – Around the Well – is another great one.

There's no sacred vision like her

No eye-crushing mountain or jewelry to wear

There's no granted wish I prefer

Then she to be with me, for us to be there

This piano-driven cover of the Elvis Presley classic by Ingrid Michaelson is sure to draw a few tears from your mother. Use it wisely.

Take my hand

Take my whole life too

Because I can’t help falling in love with you

This new indie-folk band has come from nowhere in recent months and taken the charts by storm with their fantastic single “Ho Hey”

I belong with you, you belong with me

You’re my sweetheart

I belong with you, you belong with me

You’re my sweetheart

Guy/girl folk duos write the best love songs.

I like the way that our arguments stop when we fall asleep

Can you think of some other good ones? Share them below!