Song to The Siren - Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson - Tim Buckley- Drue James

[@miku1983]

Phantasmagoria in two is another of his masterpiece, i even like it more than song to the siren. Most underrated artist ever is Tim

[@DrueJames]

Hi there, thanks for the suggestions. I'm still new to Tim's music so I'll be sure to check them out with a glass of red wine. Keep on playing and thanks again for watching.

[@richardhumby8704]

Hi Drue good lesson, great song. Is it possible to fit in a complete play through at the end of you lessons. Thanks again.

[@TheListerino]

A haunting tale especially that his son drowned very tragic

[@robertbruce5213]

Thank you for this video. Previously, all I'd heard was Mortal Coil's stunning cover of this magical song. Then I caught Tim Buckley's first public performance of this song on a KZbin video clip of the Monkees TV show from the late 1960s. In my view, this is still the prettiest and best version of this song (it even includes the original "I am puzzled as the oyster" lyric, which he later changed). It's so haunting and beautiful, and in my vocal register. So I had to learn it. This isn't just a song...it is a spell.

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

What did he change the lyric to? I thought Liz Frazer, the This Mortal Coil (Cocteau twins) singer, sings I am puzzled like a boy child. Whatever, I know I am going to drop the oyster from my rendition because it is too incongruous.

[@Chefboyarjoe]

Thanks for the lesson. I just discovered Tim Buckley (and his son) a couple weeks ago and have obviously been missing out!

[@adamtelford9764]

One of my favourite songs of all time, thanks for this tutorial! :)

[@stefano.b65stef77]

Great tutorial, I love Tim Buckley

[@DrueJames]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@danphipps615]

Hi Ya Drue. Approximately eighteen months ago I decided to have a go at playing guitar again and this is where it all started - this song - on your site. I would just like to say a big thanks to you for your great lessons. I cannot believe how quickly I have moved on to intermediate. I would recommend any new starter or those who need brushing up to check out your site. Once again - BIG THANKS

[@MrElomaa]

I love this, i'm a huge Tim Buckley fan, anyone of his song i'd love to hear them, great , Troubador, Dolphin's and and Buzzin Fly are GREAT songs as well,

[@amelmekaliche9266]

Thanks so clearly and simply explained. Hats off !

[@juodaplunksne]

Wow, it's so beautiful! And thank you for the lesson!

[@wildrobson9145]

Lee Underwood guitarist who played with Tim Buckley wrote the synopsis for my poetry book

[@JeffCleminson]

Perfect lesson. Thank you!

[@primordiaprimordia2018]

Wow youre a great teacher! I love it

[@DrueJames]

Thank you! 😃

[@treborob]

Excellent tutorial, very clear! Thanks.

[@DrueJames]

Glad it was helpful!

[@georgemunoz1912]

Excellent lesson Sir Drue. Thanks!

[@AlmostTom]

thanks you so much from italy, great tutorial!

[@thetudorian]

Great tim Buckley lesson Drew, thanks for posting it. If you every consider doing another, Buzzin' Fly is a another cracking track. There's a good live version on Greetings from LA .... Worth checking out. Keep posting the lessons mate, they're much appreciated.

[@dayph]

Thanks mate! You really helped a lot!

[@DrueJames]

No problem 👍

[@labambola9985]

Thank you so much for this! Really helped!

[@DrueJames]

You're very welcome!

[@gnutube]

Brilliant - thanks so much!

[@clarafinnigan2331]

Great tutorial thank you so much! such a beautiful song :)

[@rudirussel1639]

thx a lot for that video! love that song

[@noddyholder79]

A stellar job there china

[@sro2457]

I. LOVE. YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I tried to learn this one on ukulele but I it didn't sound as cool as it sounds on guitar. Thank you for the tutorial.

[@autumnstinar689]

Brilliant! Thank you soooo much for this

[@flux1968]

Does the version by This Mortal Coil use the same chords?

[@anandv8189]

This is great thank you I just learned the song.

[@kamillazaynieva770]

Thanks for this lesson, btw I like this song so much. Do I need a capo or just can play without it?😊

[@sarahvervalcke4067]

Nice tutorial, thank you so much! I'm one of the "I'll learn guitar in lockdown" people. I have no regrets.

[@elefectomariarosa]

Really good video, thanks!!

[@richardhumby8704]

Great lesson on a great song. Not sure where to ask for lesson requests. But here goes. Any chance of some Tim Hardin, either "if I was carpenter or Reason to believe". both finger style but no decent lessons out there at the moment. Keep up the good work.

[@sanddab]

You had me at "Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie"......subscribed! :)

[@DrueJames]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@cookmoore3736]

Cool, thanks. It's a beautiful song :)

[@mcgubbin]

Great lesson please do more tim buckley (any if his finger plucking type songs that we cant get on online chord sheets please! , i will be sure to subscribe after this lesson

[@DrueJames]

Hi Jack, thanks for your subscription. I love this fingerstyle song, but it seems overlooked by the majority of guitarist. Keep on playing.

[@mcgubbin]

Ye thats the thing about artists like tim , very very under rated an lesser known , due to their vast range of singing , lyrical and over all genre style , especially to the mainstream , i am into vast music from beatles to dylan , kinks etc to artists that are underrated and hard to find lessons of , another artist who i love ( AND RECOMEND FOR GUITAR TUTORIALS) who has a very unique guitar style is the late great richie havens as he plays his own chords in open tunings , ive been having to work at it just by ear as their are close to no lessons of alot of his songs give him a look!!, cheers for lessons mate i will sure have a look at some more of yours

[@DrueJames]

Jack Hamilton Agreed. One of my subscribers turned me on to Tim's music, without their suggestion I don't think I would have listened to it. I'll have a listen to Richie Havens.

[@mcgubbin]

yep im 18 from England and my family are not exactly musical so im pretty much my own taste and influence , in a way i love finding great lesser known artist such as buckley or havens etc , as i discover decades worth of old archive music i have never heard which leads me down a whole different path , truly one of the great benefits of the modern day internet

[@sanddab]

I notice in the Tim Buckley video, he has the capo on the third fret, but you put it on the second. Can you please share why you did that? Thanks!

[@davidgt5004]

Muito bom👍👍👍☺

[@coldairballoon1395]

Thank you mate

[@DrueJames]

You're welcome!

[@edvingrauelfe4615]

capo is on 3rd fret in the vevo video

[@108padma]

Jerry's Guitar Bar shows a more correct intro on YT (free). You can also buy complete lesson from Jerry, with all the correct fingerpicking through the entire song, all shown in detail. Comes with lesson, play-through to Monkey's show track, TAB and music. (This recommendation is unsolicited!) As a beginner I'm finding it challenging, but confident I'll get there in the end. (No offence to Drue intended - learning the chords from him was a great start!)

[@LoFiSiYT]

Great lesson! Thanks Drew! I didn't catch what the 2nd and 4th chords are called on the intro section... That's the only thing that isn't clear to me... Otherwise I hope to be able to play this song in the near(ish) future ;)

[@lastoftheurgents1965]

Thanks. The picking bits good. My ears are saying that the C isn't quite right in comparison with the live version. Is there another chord that it could possible be?

[@Questinia1]

C9

[@Alejandro-ny6ki]

Thanks a lot!

[@judeweber3836]

Nice job mate

[@SantjagoRamirez]

Grande!

[@Crepusculem]

Thank you so much :)

[@Janaina52662]

thank you for that!!!

[@brent1835]

thankyou drue

[@kartikmann_]

Hey great lesson, Drue! Could you please do a fingerstyle lesson on the Robert Plant cover of this song?

[@adhaarsharma753]

Haha bro! Hello! :D

[@BLNKartAmsterdam]

I know right! brilliant song, redone by cocteau twins, and a hardcore song by noize suppressor called : LOST S T F Y ...just the chrous tough, i used to like that type of music but no more, im learning this song from you know because my voice is quite similiar to tims version... greets from amsterdam

[@BLNKartAmsterdam]

Think you can fix that version ...you know the background strings but then on guitar?

[@lovewalruss]

Nice

[@tseringnyenda]

Thanks very much! :D

[@Dcvillnz]

I can’t bar chord is there a cheater chord for that one. ? Sounded great 👍

[@BLNKartAmsterdam]

song to the siren version LOST STFY CHORUS STARTS AT 1:30

[@BLNKartAmsterdam]

ITS SO BEAUTIFULL!!!! THE LOST S T F Y ONE

[@runninglightx4006]

Who's here from Snyder Cut?

[@steveclews]

gotta love John frusciante's version

[@StephenSmithisadon]

[@josephdato2606]

tu parles trop tu joues pas assez..

[@lamelomane1656]

C'est un tutoriel

[@steveclews]

gotta love John frusciante's version