Song Notes by David Pots

Plays guitar! Makes lessons (YouTube) and hand-rolled PDF chord sheets (Patreon).

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Want access to my library of 200+ PDF chord sheets, all hand-made with care by yours truly? Quick vid here, explaining how it all works! https://t.co/Ih6bLc2VAg

Get my PDFs @ https://t.co/U2pSQkY8rI

Browse all my video lessons @ https://t.co/32RjGncIFz

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These extended videos will be members-only in a few weeks (working on adding membership to my website, stay tuned!)... but you can watch 'em now for free!

Enjoy. Such a fun song to play.

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#450 - Lean On Me by Bill Withers

https://t.co/A20Xketa3Y

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I also made two extended videos – watch them both at https://t.co/VBLb2dcSbd

One tackles a few more advanced topics. e.g. playing the chorus melody while strumming, some advanced rhythm/strumming tips, and a percussive approach to the bridge.

The other is a playthrough w/ tabs

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And as usual I have a song sheet written up – 3 pages, hand-crafted to give you all the info you need while keeping things readable. You can grab this at https://t.co/cv60zkQTLS

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#449 - "Personal Jesus" as covered by Johnny Cash (2002). Quite the fun reinterpretation of the original Depeche Mode version from 1989.

https://t.co/iV58avMNf2

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If you need help with the swing aspect of things, check out my lesson notes @ https://t.co/Xa8JbHA55i – where I have audio recordings of the riff played in both ways. Hopefully a helpful way to hear the difference!

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Fun fact: Don't Worry Be Happy is the first a cappella song to reach #1 on the Billboard Top 100 Chart.

It stayed there for 2 weeks, displacing Sweet Child O' Mine (which to this day is GNR's only #1 single).

https://t.co/duPvuzpXrF

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🎸 #448 Alternating Bass Note Fun with "Don't Worry Be Happy"

Bobby McFerrin's 1988 classic uses a repeating 4 chord progression, from start to finish – here's an easy to play it using alternating bass notes. Add percussive slaps on the 2 and 4, to taste

https://t.co/QOwJXjtBHN

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View my full notes, plus a link to the 2-page PDF with tabs for each of the 4 exercises I show in my lesson:

https://t.co/Yt6H2MYasn

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Follow along with my print-friendly tabs (3 pages, PDF) – which includes a bunch of handy notes & fretboard diagrams.

Extended video lesson (w/ full playthrough + tabs) also available, as well as a jam track for you to play along with.

Get all these @ https://t.co/r5nH7XwPjG

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🎸#447 Easy-going blues groove in A-minor

Where I show you can lean hard into using b3 and b7 notes, played in between strums of Am/Dm/E7, to really add some nice flavor. Played over a 12 bar blues sequence.

https://t.co/KHMCbq02i5

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I also made an extended video tutorial (showing additional tabs/strumming diagrams for some of the tricky sections). It also includes a few alternative ways to play the main riff.

And, a full play-along cover!

View them both @ https://t.co/pmWwQix4Po

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#446 - Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills & Nash

https://t.co/s8CQbfOkwH

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And the album version, if you want to hear the intro riff played super cleanly.

https://t.co/VKJwQG6Sa6

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#445 - Dublin Blues by Guy Clark

https://t.co/Uog1KwkWRL

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Here's a great video of Guy Clark playing it, from an ACL recording in 2008. https://t.co/Ee8ij5ppYF

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And of course there is my print-friendly song sheet, 6 pages! Best way to follow along if you want to fully dive in and master the song.

https://t.co/AJuMjOYK9S

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#429 - Fire and Rain by James Taylor

https://t.co/CKQytMusaY

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Over on my Patreon page I recorded 2 play-along covers, as well. One with singing and lyrics, the other at a slower tempo showing tabs for each section.

https://t.co/TFXMyI4TXQ