Free Fallin Guitar Tutorial (3-Chord Song on Guitar)

Tom Petty - Free Falling

Free Fallin Guitar Tutorial – Tom Petty

Welcome to my Free Fallin Guitar Tutorial – one of the easiest 3 chord songs on guitar, by Tom Petty. This is the easiest way to approach this rock and roll classic on acoustic guitar.

We start out with the easy version that uses a capo on the 3rd fret, and then afterwards I show you how to play it without a capo (which is a bit more advanced, as it requires the use of barre chords).

Free Fallin Chords:

The Free Fallin’ Strumming Pattern is a little complex, so please watch the tutorial where I break it down in an easy step-by-step way!

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Free Fallin Strumming Pattern – 1st half
free fallin chords and strumming together
Free Fallin Strumming Pattern – 2nd half

This Free Fallin guitar tutorial is very easy as far as the chords are concerned. It’s just D, G and A… 3 very basic guitar chords. We take a look at those, and work on the timing of them (since the chord changes happen in the middle of the measures, which isn’t something we come across all the time). After that we add a strumming pattern, which is the most challenging part of this. Then we play it together nice and slow.

There are many issues that prevent guitarists from learning this essenstial skill. To help, I’ve created a gradual path from the basic chords all the way to barre chords that will help ANYONE learn how to play them. With this step-by-step path, you will develop the strength and technique to finally conquer barre chords!

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After that I show you how we can add a tiny bit to our strumming pattern to make it more “active” for the chorus (just to get a bit of a lift) and then we conclude with the “no capo” version of the song, showing you how to perform it with the F, Bb and C chords and how to switch quickly between them by rolling your 3rd finger.

While it’s very sad that such an amazing musician, poet and performer has passed, I hope by learning his music we can all pay tribute to one of the best!

Practice hard!

James