Category: Acoustic Guitar Lessons

  • The Times They Are a-Changin’

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    Strumming Pattern And Chord Progression This song is in 3/4 time! Chords And Lyrics The Times Are A-Changin by Bob Dylan Verse 1 G Em C G Come gather ’round people wherever you roam G Am C D And admit that the waters around you have grown G Em C G And accept it that…

  • Mr. Tamborine Man

    Mr Tamborine Man PDF Mr Tamborine Man TXT Capo III [Intro] D D Dsus2 Dsus2 D [Chorus] G A D G Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, D G A I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to. G A D G Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song…

  • Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright

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    As well as the melody, a couple of lines were taken from Clayton’s “Who’s Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I’m Gone?”, which was recorded in 1960, two years before Dylan wrote: “Don’t Think Twice”. Lines taken word-for-word or slightly altered from the Clayton song are, “T’ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, darlin’,” and,…

  • Tangled Up In Blue

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    Tangled Up In Blue is a lyrically daring song that tells it’s story in first and third person and mixes past, present and future together. It ranked it #68 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Strumming You can almost use just straight eight strumming patterns. I said “almost”,…

  • I Shall Be Released

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    The Chord Progression The chord progression for “I Shall Be Released” is quite different than most songs. It doesn’t use the IV or V chord at all. The progression of I, ii, iii, ii, I is repeated throughout the song. The song in the key of A, so the chord progression sounds as A, Bm,…

  • You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You’re Gone

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    Strumming Pattern Your Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You’re Gone TXT You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You’re Gone PDF

  • You Ain’t Going Nowhere

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    About This is a fun little song and it’s easy to play. Chord Progression The song is in the key of G It’s chord progression of G, Am, C, G Each chord lasts for four beats Strumming Pattern How To Strum It Use a downstroke on beat one On beat two play another downstroke Rest…

  • A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall

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    At the time it seemed this song was written in response to the Cuban Missle Crisis, but in reality, the song was written about a month before with lyrics Dylan took from initial lines of songs that “he thought he would never have time to write.” It’s a seemingly complex song was written in D…

  • Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

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    Strumming Pattern And Chord Progression Chord Progression There are four different chords used in the song. Each chord lasts for 4 beats or one full measure except for the last chord of each line (the Am and C chords) which last two measures or 8 beats. The chord progression is the same throughout the song: G,…

  • Birthday by The Beatles

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    Birthday Main Riff