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Three Little Birds Guitar Tutorial (3 Chord Song on Guitar) Bob Marley

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Three Little Birds Chords:

Strumming Pattern (8th note counting):

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Strumming Pattern (16th note counting):

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Time Signature
Girl in a jacket
Girl in a jacket
148 bpm
Difficulty: Beginner
Girl in a jacket

Three Little Birds Guitar Tutorial

Welcome to my Three Little Birds Guitar Tutorial by Bob Marley! In this tutorial you will learn how to play an easy 3-chord song for guitar – an absolute campfire classic! With this simple chord progression and basic strumming pattern, this could easily be the first song you learn on guitar.

This lesson is divided into a few parts. You’ll learn the chords, a reggae-style strumming pattern and a simple lead that can be played during the introduction.

UPDATE: Due to a large amount of requests, I have made a tutorial for the chord melody that I play at the beginning of this video. You can find it here!

Three Little Birds Chords: A, D, E

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