How to Play the Dead Man Theme by Neil Young

[@NeilYoungLessonChannel]

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[@fredb8760]

Great Great Video, such a fan of Neil, of the movie, and of this song particularly... You showed me what I couldn't found out by myself: Neil's specific way of playing... If one day you want to teach us Needle of Death the Neil's way, it would really mean something to me. Keep on playing...

[@harrisfrankou2368]

Thank you for this. Bless your Daughter's Soul. I don't work but hopefully I can send a bit when I get back to working.

[@lucienleonardi8122]

May your daughter rest in peace. Thanks for the beautiful sound.

[@craigshealy1]

There's no shortage of lessons on this song, but they all make it more complicated than it really is. Thanks for simply explaining it without explaining how many foot pounds of pressure you need to hammer the E-string.

[@harrisfrankou2368]

A real Masterpiece in real "indie alternative cinema" In every way sound, script, AD, lighting, and well, everything.

[@NeilYoungLessonChannel]

I agree. Am always up for a viewing!

[@androidvan]

Great tutorial. Great song. Great film. Great soundtrack. "Every night and every morn', some to misery are born. Every morn' and every night, some are born to sweet delight. Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night."- William Blake

[@bill582]

weird that we both like this

[@christianschwartz9876]

Grest work. Thank you! Wiliam Blake's Greatcousin from Berlin, Germany

[@lugentaubner6853]

Brilliant lesson!

[@picolodaemao3]

This tutorial is great , the little deaails are very complex. Pratice ,pratice ,pratice.

[@fourocker]

This is an absolute blast to play, you can pour yourself into it and get lost in the moment.

[@urgulp]

I always thoguht this was a cracking film and the soundtrack is great too. Thanks for this tutorial, I'm gonna learn this next.

[@picolodaemao3]

It is very weird that this one is not included in the soundtrack. It is the popular one on KZbin.

[@Andelf7]

Thank you so much, brother! I would do it without you. Great tutorial. Amazing tune, the best movie by Jim Jarmusch.

[@ray67guitar]

Thanks man, this is how it should sound like !

[@Guitair]

Thank you, you are inside the melody so deep! Любовь!

[@rldickie]

Gotta thank you for this. I've been trying to work this out from memory for a few years in bloody A minor.

[@giulianocortopassi6998]

Great job, man!

[@Hamletmachin]

Thanks so much for posting. It's my favorite track from the film and I too have always wondered why it wasn't included on the CD soundtrack.

[@richardburt9812]

Excellent! Thank you very much .

[@pup1008]

Top man! Love & respect from the UK!

[@FionaParryJones]

Such a great lesson and a great song. Thank you. You captured the heart of the song. I cant wait to master it.

[@christianbianchistrmme267]

Thank you so much for the tutorial, great style and advice!

[@kendavis3604]

Thanks for another great lesson. Great song choice.

[@brendancarr-potter278]

Hey man, Excellent Guide! way to do justice to this haunting and classic song, thanks a million.

[@wutangclan2679]

Thank you so much for the free lesson

[@leogruntal4843]

Please could you explain the "normal strumming" from minute 6:00 on?! I really want to learn this (my favourite) piece. I just don'tget the right hand, cause you say "the picking pattern is just down down up up"… but i just don't get it. PLEASE!!!

[@NeilYoungLessonChannel]

EMPHASIVE the down down (And then up up) but continue downstrokes as you play, slightly swing (shuffle). Hope that helps? 1-2-3 1-2-3 its 6/8 time. I should've mentioned that ha. Sorry.

[@androvingie8334]

Great Lesson and nicely played. Thankyou "Every night and every morn', some to misery are born. Every morn' and every night, some are born to sweet delight.

[@warrenharrison5052]

really appreciate the tutorial - cheers mate from an Aussie NY fan

[@jameshowlet5597]

Very NICE!!! Well played sir. =)

[@freefromit2]

I needed that, thanks, great job

[@mrbikerider27]

@ ericdmyers thanks dude, you and the other guy who teaches this on youtube have helped me tremendously. ive only been playin for 4 months and it took me 3 out of the 4 to be able to finally play this. your version is probably the most accurate one ive come across.

[@catblack10]

Fantastic - the best explanation of this song on here - especially the little run from Bm thru D - I consider myself a beginner so it was a great help - Many thanks Eric

[@glh1956]

Love Neil Young acoustic style, great lesson, thanks very much Eric, much appreciated

[@doriantk6741]

Thank you very much As a Neil Young fan I appreciate even more that right hand style that you manage to transmit here so well Such a great song... I'll learn it from you Cheers from France

[@anidez28]

Great lesson thank you.

[@jungleSwingersVip]

thanks so much spending time to explain this cool song

[@jaredsmorse1994]

excellent video sir. ever since I watched that movie I've always wanted to learn it

[@ajeje1996]

Thank you so much, this tutorial is really well done and informative! Gonna try this out tomorrow, I'm pretty excited :)

[@SleepRelaxingBed]

Hi, great video! Love the sound of your guitar! What strings do you use?

[@isisemeraude7348]

A realy good lesson, thank you!

[@MrTreyhoehn]

Awesome thank you for sharing very well done.

[@TheSwiftblad3]

hey i really like your interpretation and im learning it. the chord shapes work and the hammerons are ok but i cant analyse your fingerstyle/ strumming pattern. i know its about the feeling but can you please tell what your standart fingerstyle / strumming pattern here is? greetings from germany

[@FakingJews]

great song not so great tutorial but better than nothing. we will come there and play this like pros

[@NeilYoungLessonChannel]

EMPHASIVE the down down (And then up up) but continue downstrokes as you play, slightly swing (shuffle). Hope that helps? 1-2-3 1-2-3 its 6/8 time. I should've mentioned that ha. Sorry.

[@anandagee]

thank you , impossible for me to do but much fun trying and progressing.

[@dhumin1]

Great lesson as alway. Did you ever consider possibly doing a lesson on interstate. I think it would be a hit. Thanks Dave

[@NeilYoungLessonChannel]

Beautiful song for sure.

[@POOTIETANG805]

excellent lesson

[@jeremirynkiewicz4913]

Great!! Like very much!

[@WheezilyDistracted]

Dude sir, you are awesome.

[@dorisgundel2272]

Hey, awesome lesson, but can you explain what you´re doing around 9:16 with that chord? its an A? and you just use one finger? cant see it with this quality.. thanks!

[@TainFurrious1]

It's a way to play an A chord in a barre fashion. It's not necessary to play it that way, just play an A chord how you'd normally do it

[@MrYodata]

Just great ! Thank you for this lesson. I started to play guitar before 3 months i do not know anything at all i am still learning the chords , but i wish 1 day to play this song , wish you all good and thank you again :) p.s. i am sorry about my english

[@alisonperry1786]

Hi im dis3lexiv can u please note the name of the cords because i cannot emsee cords backwards....

[@rafael55]

Very cool lesson.

[@bogumigoebiewski9391]

Kocham ten kawałek 😉

[@Jamtrack8]

Very good!

[@imyourfool8269]

very good explained sir thanks. good advice on style and how to feel it. like and sub

[@vincentbonnevialle6489]

thank you so much

[@oliviermartens5580]

Thank you very very much

[@johnbeloe]

Love this - top stuff

[@rustamakhmedianov1787]

Magical!!!

[@vladimirmeshchankin7090]

Amazing !!!

[@3sdschilderwerken211]

WOW thanks from belgium

[@riccardobeggio3828]

great, magister!

[@παναγιωταδουρου]

how much time did it take you to get to this point ?

[@jaywilkinsband]

Good lesson Eric!

[@nelsonx5326]

Very good.

[@Pelezinjo84]

Great explanation, Dude, thank you :) Cheers!

[@TheZacdes]

well done man, ya need th delay:) Just needded to see where the fingers were goin ..easy tha nks man:) He does keep alternating striking the e and a strings a bit more though:)

[@Andelf7]

Nice. Thanx.

[@arunvenka1]

awesome!

[@timphillips3131]

Nice!!

[@NimeSmile]

Thank you!

[@jakejackson09]

Yeah awesome tutorial

[@NeilYoungLessonChannel]

Awesome tune!

[@heewee87]

6:13 thank You very much

[@jozefkollar5164]

A good job. Ďakujem.

[@jdmarcus59]

how many guitars do you have? that looks like a D18

[@sebaselnieto]

thanks a lot Mr!

[@NeilYoungLessonChannel]

Yessir!

[@NeilYoungLessonChannel]

Hmm 2 acoustics now, a Martin D41 and a Taylor GA-3 12. 4 electrics - Les Paul, Strat, Collings 290, and an EVH Wolfgang. The guitar in this vid WAS a D18 that I traded in with my HD28 for the D41. So it goes.

[@danzigz1]

Great job...

[@bouakelrachik7236]

thank you

[@forwhomthebelltolls]

Thank you.

[@sabatino1977]

If the first and fourth chords of the beginning verse are almost the same, why call one Bm and the other F#? Seems to me the only difference is a different root note and high note. Sorry for the dumb question but I learned guitar by ear and then tabs/chords so an not too great with theory. I did figure this song out by ear and that was a lot of fun.

[@GainasBuzz]

I am an intermediate player, correct me if I am wrong. If the root note is different, its a different chord. One is Bm and the other F#. Its as simple as that. Look up the shapes.

[@bfg9800gt]

>can't see a difference between minor and major chord >"figured out by ear" You're a funny guy.

[@sabatino1977]

@@bfg9800gt - What, you don't believe I figured it out by ear? Also, you misquoted me.

[@bfg9800gt]

@@sabatino1977 sorry man I was rude. I hope you're great at theory by now.

[@RolandDuke]

Nice. Thanks. Just.....

[@ИгорьПипа-т1и]

Отлично исполнил!

[@Czechmagnum]

Hey man, useful and nice! Cant play like you...

[@hoot7959]

Do you have Tobacco?

[@Obe-obie]

thank you thank you thankyou

[@johndennis5182]

your a good guitar player, I like your guitars, I like your neil 13 songs in 6 min. I think that is what it is, the acoustic one, I love the sound of that guitar, and what ever you used to record the sound of the guitar. But I believe this song sounds better with a pick, even tho you strummed it very well, the old timers like neil and anyone older, learned how to strum very good cause back in the old days music stores were not as easy to find like they are today, and buying a pick was not as easy. Today you walk into a music store and there are hundred of picks to chose from. So the old timers if they wanted to play there guitars it was learn to strum with your fingers are not play at all. And neil is very good at strumming with just his hand, sometimes you cant even tell the difference

[@indyo7]

Why cross the leg ?

[@picolodaemao3]

Regular tunning?

[@xdustscm]

very nice :)

[@fredericoazevedo9918]

thanks man!!!

[@1atigra711]

Hey Mann, wirklich echt richtig gut!

[@TheSwiftblad3]

danke dir

[@stikmanaa]

Real good my man! really good! thanks, ...just, ... thanks. I gotta go practice now.

[@rafael55]

cool..

[@blackprince4074]

deadly stuff

[@TheDiamond909]

homegrown d lol....nice way of putting it

[@MrPautinqch]

dude, You was born to be a Teacher

[@johndennis5182]

hey I love your guitars, and I love your playing, your very good, and I love your videos, I also love your blinding white chicken legs ha ha ha ha. Pants?

[@NeilYoungLessonChannel]

No!

[@ottomarginen4694]

Охуенно, ребята... Может это не высший пилотаж, но играет мужик хорошо... Тут и говорить нечего... Респект ему и уважуха!!!

[@heewee87]

Alex Biron 6:12

[@John-cq3hk]

Dang. You're bad ass

[@NeilYoungLessonChannel]

Johnny Ramone!

[@Hamletmachin]

You just need to palm the upper two strings with your right hand. Listen here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJqQhGyip9N_kJo That prevents the bass strings from ringing out of control and hitting the fret when the string is open.