How to Play "This Old House" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Solo Acoustic Campfire version)

Guitars for Veterans Tutorial. Guitar is an Alvarez Yairi FYM66HD.
0:01 - 4:24 - Performance
4:25 - 5:21 - Intro & Background
5:22 - 11:03 - Detailed Instruction

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

G-320003 Gsus4-320013 Dsus2-xx0230 Am-x02210 C-x32010 D-xx0232 FULL CAPO FRET 3 - Key of Bb Intro [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] Midnight, that old clock keeps [Dsus2] ticking, The kids are [Am] all asleep [Dsus2] and I'm walking the floor [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] Darlin' I can see that you're [Dsus2] dreaming, And I don't wanna [Am] wake you up [Dsus2] when I close the [G] door [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] This old house of ours is built on [C] dreams [C] [C] And a [D] businessman don't know what that [G] means [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] There's a [G] garden outside she works in every [C] day [C] [C] And to- [D] morrow morning a man from the bank is Gonna [D] come and take it all [G] away [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] Lately, I've been thinking 'bout [Dsus2] daddy, And how he always [Am] made things work, [Dsus2] When the chips were down, [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] And [G] I know I've got something in- [Dsus2] side me There's always a light there to [Am] guide me [D] To what can't be [G] found [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] This old house of ours is built on [C] dreams [C] [C] And a [D] businessman don't know what that [G] means [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] There's a [G] swing outside the kids play on every [C] day [C] [C] And to- [D] morrow morning a man from the bank is Gonna come and take it all a- [G] way [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [Am] Take it all a- [D] way, [Am] take it all a- [D] way, [Am] Take it all a- [D] way, take it all a- [G] way [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] Re- [G] member how we first came here to- [Dsus2] gether? Standing on an [Am] empty lot, [Dsus2] holding [G] hands [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] Later, we came back in the [Dsus2] moonlight And made love right where the [Am] kitchen is, [D] Then we made our plans [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] This old house of ours is built on [C] dreams [C] [C] And a [D] businessman don't know what that [G] means [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] There's a [G] garden outside she works in every [C] day [C] [C] And to- [D] morrow morning a man from the bank is Gonna [D] come and take it all [G] away [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [Am] Take it all a- [D] way, [Am] take it all a- [D] way, [Am] Take it all a- [D] way, take it all a- [G] way [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G]

[@paulwilson1110]

Thanks Mike, love that (long forgotten) song. Appreciate you putting this together at short notice. Can't stop playing this, very addictive.

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

@@paulwilson1110 thanks Paul! I was hoping I’d hear from you… sorry about the inability to get into the workshop yesterday. Glad you are enjoying this one… it’s a heart-tugger.

[@paulwilson1110]

@@campfire_guitar_lessons no worries Mike, look forward to catching up with the recording. Technology eh? Gonna have some fun with This Old House. A contender for next open mic

[@dennisk5082]

G'day Mike.. Great tune. Had fun with it this afternoon. Can't get the g sus 4 but did a workaround. My fingers won't do it. Thanks my friend . This time the northern neighbors weren't snubbed😊

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Thanks Dennis! Love my friends O’ the North!

[@brokenmorning000]

Just great! Your performance and the lesson! Thanks very much!

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Thanks so much BM! I appreciate your kind feedback!

[@texhaines9957]

Wow, another nice oldie . We'll, for me anyway from early 1970s. Thanks for the zoom update. I got scheduled different and was busy with residents.

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Thanks Tex. This one is from the 80s… a few folks have confused this with the Graham Nash tune, “Our House”, which was a 70s tune.

[@texhaines9957]

@campfire_guitar_lessons yes, I am confused. BTW When I ordered my Martin 0000, I ordered a 12-fret with East Indian Rosewood and Engelmann Spruce (VTS) top to cut some of the bright. It was with the other Music Villa Custom Shop specifications including Golden Era bracing, scalloped Adirondack bracing and their binding. I also had a pickguard inlay my wife liked. That and my 12-fret D-28 VTS are some of my favorite Martin guitars. Well, I need to get ready for another Hymns and Sings (patriotic songs) session. God bless.

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

@@texhaines9957 would love to see your custom 0000! I am going to own a 0000 at some point… the last one was just too harsh-toned for me. I like your wood choices.

[@texhaines9957]

@@campfire_guitar_lessons goes better with my voice. Chad at Music Villa-Bozeman MT helped. Hh

[@skipmiller60]

Beautifully done Mike.

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Thank you Skip!

[@deadwood3764]

Great Tune !

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Thanks DW!

[@gzackerman]

Nice one Mike!!! Thank you!

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Thanks Gene!

[@windrider65]

Very nice job, well done.

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Thank you Wind!

[@999jwb]

Nice one Mike. Graham Nash, living with Joni at the time later is reported to have said ...'Well, it's an ordinary moment. What happened is that Joni [Mitchell] and I - I don't know whether you know anything about Los Angeles, but on Ventura Boulevard in the Valley, there's a very famous deli called Art's Deli. And we'd been to breakfast there. We're going to get into Joan's car, and we pass an antique store. And we're looking in the window, and she saw a very beautiful vase that she wanted to buy ... I persuaded her to buy this vase. It wasn't very expensive, and we took it home. It was a very grey, kind of sleety, drizzly L.A. morning. And we got to the house in Laurel Canyon, and I said - got through the front door and I said, you know what? I'll light a fire. Why don't you put some flowers in that vase that you just bought? Well, she was in the garden getting flowers. That meant she was not at her piano, but I was ... And an hour later 'Our House' was born, out of an incredibly ordinary moment that many, many people have experienced'.

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Thanks 999, but a different song.

[@999jwb]

@@campfire_guitar_lessons Oh dear. Must be my age!!!

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

@@999jwb no worries my friend! You’re not the only one to confuse the two songs!

[@ConjuntoFan]

I am not sure if I had heard this song before, probably have. But i love it! I like the embellishments you added. Thanks gain for all the awesome lessons!

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Thanks Tony! If you listen to the CSNY version, you’ll realize I really made this one my own. Glad you like it!

[@wannabemusician7849]

Good tune, 🤩

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Thanks WB!

[@nolobede]

Guitar maker?

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

Alvarez Yairi. It’s one of their “Master Works” models.. FYM66HD. Amazing guitar.

[@nolobede]

@@campfire_guitar_lessons As I thought... I have 2 Alvarez that have surprised me long after purchase. VERY long, clean resonance and such a nice playing instrument.

[@campfire_guitar_lessons]

I’ve had this one for 2 weeks and it gets better every time I play it. Next for me will be one size up to their Grand Auditorium. The short scale on this OM is nice and easy to play, but limiting in some ways.