I'm going to start with Better Man by Pearl Jam. This is an excellent campfire song, especially because it's really easy, yet pleasantly unexpected by non-musicians sitting around a fire.
The verse is basically just the same chord formation, that you slide from the second fret to the fourth fret, to the fifth and to the 7th. Then the chorus is just D A G.
The only thing I would personally change from what the guy is suggesting in the video is the way you form the verse chords. I think it's way more comfortable to put your 2nd finger (middle finger) on the low E string, then your 1st finger (pointer) on the G string and your 3rd finger (ring) on the B string.
Also, Eddie Vedder plays open string chrods for the whole way through, but if you're playing on an electric I find it's fun and sounds cool to switch over to Power chords and light distortion for the second chorus, when the full band is playing.
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