🎸 Imagine • Guitar lesson w/ chords & tabs (John Lennon)

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In this lesson I'll teach you how to play "Imagine" by John Lennon on the acoustic guitar. I'll show you the intro & verse riff, explain the chords, demonstrate the strumming patterns, and teach you how to add some fun flourish to various chords in order to capture Lennon's piano sound. I hope you enjoy!
0:00 Preview & agenda
1:50 Intro & Verse riff
10:01 Pre-chorus chords & strumming
14:27 Chorus chords & strumming
17:17 Farewell & playthrough
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[@joelc9684]

By far the best lesson for this song on KZbin .. thank you David ✌🏼

[@dimitriosstefanakis1384]

Your channel gave me a reason to get back with guitar, easy to follow ! Thank you

[@discol76]

Great video lesson. This will be my next one to try out and learn. Thank you very much.👍

[@JustinTaylor1098]

Beautiful song and a beautiful lesson. Cheers David

[@009gracie]

Really love the way you teach. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Regards. Dan

[@PeterGoode1128]

Your lessons are fantastic! Great teacher.

[@PollyGL]

Great teacher if not the best, thank u!

[@sapelesteve]

Excellent lesson & very clearly demonstrated David! Maybe one day I will be able to play it. Thanks

[@stephenwhite9565]

Perfect! thanks so much for posting, this is such a big help for me beginning guitar.

[@diadora9292]

One of the best 👍

[@jonathanschmidt9531]

Love the way you teach 🤙

[@jojosangil1055]

This is the best and simplest I found on Imagine!

[@benjaminfernandez1732]

I love watching the way you teach great lesson thank you Sir..

[@coquetteyiip1417]

I love your lesson.Thank you so much! If there's a lesson of Oh My Love,that would be even better😍

[@johnnybx3254]

Hey great lesson 👍👏👏👏Thanks ✌🏻

[@songnotes]

You’re quite welcome!

[@IAMAGUDNYANO]

Absolutely superb tuition.

[@pauljohnson5666]

Great song and great lesson

[@blimeylimey13]

Great lesson. I like the high e ringing out.... sounds more complete.

[@onnml2954]

Yess it's helpful! Thanks! ~from Malaysia

[@josephpacetexas]

Very good choice, brother. Thanks. Gonna play this today for my little infant son. :)

[@tobiaskubler2079]

wow. pritty perfect lesstion..thank you verry mutch

[@XManX102]

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[@darthjacobynum573]

You are the Bob Ross of youtube, keep it up! I really learn with your vids! Can you teach us "Still the same" by Bob Seger?

[@muddycreek-b2]

David, I've been learning from you for a few months now and your lessons are, by far, the best I've seen. The quality is exceptional. Your explanations, your pdf's, the videos are top notch. Being a beginner, I am struggling at times, WITH THE PICK! It rotates in my grip, my index finger often hits the strings first and my strums are not light and smooth. I watch you and everything seems so delicate and precise compared to my "technique". Is this from mindfulness? Does it eventually fall into place? Is this issue common with beginners? Have you addressed this before and am I just not finding it? I apologize for all the questions, but from what I've seen so far, I'm completely confident in your skill as an instructor/educator. Thanks for all you do!

[@songnotes]

Thanks so much for the kind words! Glad the lessons are helpful. This is a question I’ve gotten a lot recently, and plan to make a video very soon answering it. I am out on the go right now so can’t give more info than that but know that an answer is coming! Thanks again

[@muddycreek-b2]

@@songnotes Excellent, David, thank you. I'll be looking forward to it... in the meantime I'll be trying to assimilate as much as I can by watching closely and listening. And practicing.

[@blendi3825]

Amazing. Can you teach also “Cats in the cradle” Ugly Kid Joe version please

[@imannonymous7707]

Its close to what i play , i like mine a little better honestly.... i play it with my fingers and theres a little descending bass line ...playing fingerstyle helps flesh out piano parts in my experience...well done tho i like it

[@dmyerstc55]

My tab that I bought is different than the one you have here????

[@antonioacmviolao339]

Hello friend. My name is Antonio Carlos. I follow and admire your work very much, congratulations !! I live in Brazil and would like to ask you a tutorial of the song Stones by singer Neil Diamond. It is a beautiful song has a lyrics difficult to interpret, when translating to my language, Portuguese. Thank you for your attention and success to you. Hugs !!

[@retconguru7022]

Surfed KZbin looking for a quick tutorial right after this week’s Family Guy... and lo and behold

[@blackstar3743]

Im trying to become patreon but wont let me use my card.My card is good but wont let me

[@blueser100]

The walk up riff notes are not correct.

[@lawsonlawson9806]

Sorry that song is about kicking out religion and forming one world order.

[@pratcus]

This guy makes the song horrible. Its all simple chords like C,Cmaj7,F,Dm,Am ,G,only as you like.in between A,A#B notes make the song beautiful