How to Play 'You Never Can Tell' - Chuck Berry - 1950s Rock 'n' Roll Guitar Tutorial - Jez Quayle

In this tutorial I teach how to play Chuck Berry's classic, rock 'n' roll song, ‘You Never Can Tell’’, in the key of C. The video includes guitar 'tabs', and chord riff graphics. A song sheet containing the lyrics, chords and 'tabs' can be viewed or downloaded from my songbook blog here: jezquaylesongb...

[@BarryElwyn123]

Great!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks Barry!

[@YOGAMUDRAVIDEOS]

Great lesson for this song. Excellent! Thank you.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@jeffreese4194]

Great cover. Keep our rock and roll alive 🇺🇸

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@345kobi]

I believe this is excellent. THANK YOU SIR.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@collinfields9571]

Excellent work my friend.... Great lesson.... Thank you so much for posting this.... You're an excellent teacher....😊

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Colin!

[@markmurphy137]

Love the sound of that guitar

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Mark!

[@jcwoodshop]

Such a fun tune and a wonderful lesson. Thanks Jez😀

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@kelleyhatlee1562]

Thank you for another excellent video, Jez! You create some of the best tutorials on KZbin!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Kelley! You’re very kind.

[@robw95]

Great stuff!!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@toddbell1214]

Great job Jez. Thank you 🙏

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@CC-qb9sm]

Good stuff.. thanks 🤠

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@EnriqueSarzosa-c9y]

Muchas gracias ! Saludos.

[@mariorovirosaMD]

Excellent tutorial, thank you

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@spudinho1]

Really useful - and fun. Many thanks for this!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

I’m glad you found it useful. 👍

[@jeanluc7405]

Bonjour mon ami, Merci pour ce tuto 👍👍

[@launchpad11-music]

Love this tune.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

👍

[@michaeljam2132]

Lovely Jez! Thanks for a concise tutorial and the memories! Cheers from Cyprus!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! 👍

[@peterharris550]

Well Jez certainly know how to make life fun , top marks yet again kind regards Pete 🤓

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Pete!

[@timomarra3315]

Nice lesson!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Tim!

[@Bettys_Eldest]

I learned to play this when my band played my daughter's wedding a few years ago. There's a really nice lesson for this from Jason Read which also includes the horn riffs, though his shuffle pattern is not a nice as yours. What you are playing for the shuffle looks like a variant on the Keef Richards pattern. The C chord alternates with what is almost an F chord (it would be if the 1st string is not sounded), likewise the G chord alternates with the C. Handy for playing any shuffle in C without having to barre.

[@Bettys_Eldest]

there's another tutorial posted by Jam Class which covers the piano and horn parts too. Take a little from all three, especially if you have two guitars playing, and it can sound really impressive.

[@DoDifferent]

So glad you did this! I loved your original performance post of this song and you were kind enough to explain your chords to me in the comments. The G riff works for me but I have trouble with the C riff. I will work on this more.😀 Fun!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! I’m glad you found this useful. 👍

[@joseluiselvirad]

Excellent song and interpretation, I liked it a lot, congratulations from Madrid and see you soon

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@martinzikovsky7112]

TOP!!!❤

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Martin!

[@colinsykes6883]

Excellent Jez & chord riff useful for other songs too

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! Yes 👍I use those chord riffs quite often.

[@lindavid1975]

Nice guitar too.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@looping1318]

👌merci 👍

[@RocknRollSongbook]

👍

[@duffieuxalain2262]

Tu es imbattable dans ce domaine 👍👍👍

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Merci beaucoup!

[@blueberry2a]

Hi man I just look after rockabilly tricks on accoustic guitar on the net and find your Channel…. Thks its awesome….. iam already a huge fan. I was looking for some brian setzer licks on rock this town….. can you help ?🙂 whatever u can do pls keep on the good work 🙏

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! I don’t play any Brian Setzer style guitar I’m afraid. He’s a great player, but I’ve always preferred the 1950s original rockabilly. Brian’s playing is a little to jazzy for me.

[@blueberry2a]

@@RocknRollSongbook you are absolutely right with Brian style. A little bit more jazzy with thé straycats much more with the big orchestra. Anyway it’s good music.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

@@blueberry2a 👍

[@istvanhangay1643]

❤❤❤🎉

[@nicolasdacci8913]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Nicolas!

[@jbudgie]

Excellent stuff. Any tabs for the solo--I know its not on a guitar, but would sound good on one.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! Sorry, I haven’t.

[@paulbanner9612]

👍👍😊👏👏

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks Paul!

[@DouglasOwens-xo6fh]

Very well explained and very helpful. I'm trying to work out whether you look like Harry Hill or he looks like you.😂. But perhaps it's irrelevant. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Hehehe. Thanks Douglas! I love Harry Hill.

[@trangoyt]

Nice video! Guitar sound is fantastic. Wich guitar is it?

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! I’m playing a Gibson L00 Standard.

[@345kobi]

Jez We need I'm In Love Again by Fats and We need it bad. I am 100% certain You can do it.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks for the request. And your confidence in me 😊 I’ve got a lot going on at the moment (house moving ‘n’ stuff). I’m hoping to get more tutoring videos done once things have settled down. 👍

[@joshuajohnson2216]

👍

[@RocknRollSongbook]

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[@richardgoodwin190]

Any chance you can play this on electric guitar

[@tyanez]

Very cool. Not that it matters, but wouldn't that variation of the C chord be considered in F chord?

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks! In some contexts you might call that chord shape an Fmaj7. In this context it would be most accurate to call it a C6sus4 - you're adding a 6th and 4th to the basic C triad. The distinction is determined by what you consider to be the root note of the chord - a C in this instance.

[@tyanez]

Yes, an Fmaj7 was what I thought it was called. So, the chord name changes depending on from where one starts? Interesting. It's all new to me. Thanks. Cheers

[@RocknRollSongbook]

@@tyanez Yes, that's correct. Here are another couple of examples of this: xx0000 could be considered either an Em7 or a G6, and xx2010 could be considered a C or an Am7. If a bass player were playing along with you, then the root note they picked would change the interpretation of the chord. It's a little like how a C# may be considered a Db, depending on the key in which you're playing.

[@AchtungMonkey]

I've noticed you are no longer jamming on the J45 and have moved on to I think a J-00...very jangly. Is there a reason for this or do you have a wide collection? I'm having a slight issue with my J45 feeling the action is high but worried about losing the bass if I adjust.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

I loved my J45, but I found it was hurting my right shoulder. It’s a big, fat guitar, and I like to play with my guitar quite high up, and I play a lot. I now have two Gibson L00 ‘s - a ‘Studio’ and a ‘Standard’ . They’re smaller and not quite as loud as the J45, but still have something of that J45 sound and feel - particularly the Standard that I’m playing in this video. I prefer these smaller guitars nowadays.