Hey everyone! In today's lesson, I'm going to show you all (y'all?) how to play "Slow Burn" by Kacey Musgraves. This tune has a really interesting harmony but is dead simple to play. --- Having trouble with the basics? You'll want to check out my Beginner Guitar Course! More information here: https://goodguitarist.com/beginner-guitar-course/ And there's [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I want to show you how to play one of my all-time favorite songs, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" by Willie Nelson. This song is originally written by Fred Rose but I think the Willie Nelson version, from his album "Red Headed Stranger," is one of the best [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you how to play "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Before I teach a song I always take a quick look online and see what resources are already available. For this one I found a bunch of TABs that show every single note you're plucking, and [...]
Hey everyone! In this lesson I'm going to teach you how to play Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus. I know this tune's a little cheesy but for educational reasons, it's an excellent choice because it only uses two chords and a simple strumming pattern.Now, if you're working on your very first chord [...]
Hey everyone! In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to play "Love Story" by Taylor Swift. We're going to learn how to play it without a capo, and usually that means we'd need some barre chords, but I'm going to show you a neat chord shape that Taylor uses to allow [...]
Hey everyone! In this lesson I'm going to show you how to play Tennessee Whiskey by Chris Stapleton. This song is a 2-chord wonder - it just uses 2 chords, in the same order the ENTIRE TIME! I'm going to show you 3 things in this lesson: 1) How to play the song [...]
Hey everyone! In today's lesson, I'm going to show you how to play "Humble And Kind" by Tim McGraw. This song is great for beginners since it uses just 3 simple chord shapes, and the order is the same throughout the entire song. Special thanks to Eric Severinson (https://youtu.be/c9xvBwHDhqQ) for singing the intro! --- [...]
Hey everyone! In this lesson we're going to show you 2 ways to play "Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show (and it also works for the Darius Rucker version). We're going to show you how to play it with a capo (which allows us to use VERY EASY chord shapes) and then without [...]
Hey everyone! In this lesson we show you how to play "Jolene" by Dolly Parton. It's simple as far as the chords are concerned, so we'll be spending our time building up some fingerpicking dexterity. The chords are just Am, C and G. That's it! We show you some tips for switching through them seamlessly [...]
In this lesson, we show you how to play Johnny Cash's version of Hurt, originally recorded by Nine Inch Nails. This song is great for beginners who are looking to improve their technique, as it features some basic chords with a bit of a twist. The rhythm is also broken into picking and strumming, so [...]