How to Play What I Got - Sublime

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I have a nice quick little acoustic lesson for you today teaching you how to play "What I Got" by Sublime in it's entirety.
You might be surprised to find out that such a popular acoustic guitar hit is comprised of only two simple chords. Yep that's it, you simply play those two chords with a convincing arpeggiated guitar picking style and you have it nailed.
Keep in mind when learning how to play What I Got, that the picking doesn't stay consistent throughout. It is more of a "style" of picking you are trying to recreate here instead the exact patterns every time which would be very difficult to do. So I just suggest playing it like they themselves did, with a random arpeggiated picking style.
I do demonstrate a few hammer-ons that happen within those two chords. Doing those will help break up the monotony of the constant two chord progression.
Now besides those two chords we do have a couple of guitar solos within the song. The great thing here is that both of them are identical so you will only have to learn it once. :)
The solo is very short but fits the musical mood perfectly with slight blues inflected bends, double-stops and a little bit of legato. I will break the solo down phrase by phrase in the video lesson so you will have it memorized in no time at all.
I think this song is great for the entry level guitarist. The chords are simple and the solo doesn't do anything too flashy. If you have never done any guitar soloing before and choose this one to be your first, it will be a nice challenge, but shouldn't overwhelm either.
So have fun with this classic Sublime song. It isn't very often I can do a video lesson teaching a complete song and solo in just a few minutes time. Hope you enjoy this easy one today.
Carl...

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I like your lessons a lot because you are really the only one playing things as they were made, without short cuts or skipping notes

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4:20, that aint an accident.

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[@JoshMakesPies]

Really nice lesson, I like how you just got straight to the point and made it clear and concise

[@UscusAholic]

The video is 4:20 I love it

[@igneouswatchman]

Wow, miles better than anything I've seen so far. The extra camera angles really help me see what you're doing.

[@andrewlambie2885]

fun tip, it wasn`t actually Bradley that played the solo on the album. It was their manager Miguel.

[@markkindermannart4028]

Wow, I always thought it was more melodic than usual

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[@CelticG]

4:20 video perfect not at 25:00 min long video. Straight in and you can keep rewatching until You get it! Bravo 👏🏽

[@RK7252]

Nice job always a good lesson

[@nghaigonzalez]

Thanks now I can play the solo part 😎😁

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Great perfomance

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great job as always!

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I like how the video is 420 long nice

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[@flavrdPnut]

So many different ways to play this.. I’ve been practicing another vids cords but having trouble with the solo finger placement. Thought I’d check this one out but totally different from what I’ve been doing .. different scale I believe.. total beginner so this makes it more confusing..

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[@mrwumbus2822]

lmao the vid is 4:20

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Trolling Wampa and it's like a fast song lol

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Trolling Wampa a Rasta not fast

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4:20 length video on a sublime song you’re not sneaky ;)

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Nice to see this video with 0 dislikes

[@musicofcorey]

awesome tutorial, but might want to change your strings lol

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420. Nice.