Love Story Guitar Tutorial

Welcome to my Love Story Guitar Tutorial 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 us to play this song without any barre shapes.

“Love Story” Sheet Music TAB no longer available due to copyright issues, but I have something even better!

Love Story Chords: D, G, A and a B* chord.

So, 3 basic chords on guitar, and… the B chord, which is supposed to be a Bm barre chord, but we’re going to pull it off in a much easier way!

Once we go over some switching tips, we practice strumming the chords in order. After that it’s time to learn the strumming pattern!

This song uses 2 strumming patterns, but they’re both SUPER simple. We practice them both before putting them together with the chords and playing through the verse. Here’s a link to the “most common pattern ever” if you need extra help with it.

After that, it’s just a matter of learning each section: Pre-chorus, Chorus and Bridge. They all use the same 4 chords, but in a different order, so it’s pretty simple.

At the very end of the song, you might notice a “lift” in the overall sound… this is due to a “key change.” To play the key change, we need 4 new chord shapes: E, Asus2, B* and C#*. I show you a trick that makes 3 of those chords REALLY easy.

That’s it! I hope you enjoy the lesson!

-James

• 0:00 – INTRO
• 2:40 – CHORDS & SWITCHING TIPS
• 6:08 – CHORD SWITCHING PRACTICE
• 7:20 – STRUMMING PATTERN (FOR INTRO/VERSE)
• 8:28 – STRUMMING PATTERN 2 (FOR THE REST OF THE SONG)
• 10:45 – VERSE PLAY-ALONG
• 11:43 – THE PRE-CHORUS
• 12:42 – PRE-CHORUS PLAY-ALONG
• 13:20 – CHORUS PLAY-ALONG
• 14:22 – BRIDGE PLAY-ALONG
• 14:56 – THE KEY-CHANGE AT THE END!
• 17:13 – FAREWELL!

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