Fast Car by Tracy Chapman | Easy Guitar Lesson

[@justanotherguy7798]

I know this was recorded ten years ago but I’m just now getting back into playing guitar I’m 74 and haven’t played for 15 years and this is a song I have loved forever, the young lady you have singing is doing a spot on job hope she comes back for more of your instructional videos, keep up the good work Justin thanks for being there for all of us want to be guitar players.

[@DJHazzr]

Great commitment by Justin to be going back and re-doing old lessons for us to keep the site updated with HD videos instead of 360p etc shows what a great guy he is

[@lawsonpablo8125]

sorry to be offtopic but does anybody know of a way to get back into an Instagram account? I somehow forgot the login password. I would love any tricks you can offer me

[@amosmicah6140]

@Lawson Pablo Instablaster =)

[@beddog57]

Justin, I just gotta tell you, not only do I really love your playing, but every time I watch one of your instructional vids that has you and this young lady playing and singing together I just sit there and smile, the two of you just sound soooo good together it's amazing. The combination of your great playing and her beautiful voice is just way over the top. I seem to get the vibe from you that you really like it to. Just an observation dude. Please, more of the two of you would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks for all you do for us.

[@arminmuller5082]

Danke!

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

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[@deepspacey2166]

I owe Justin more than I can ever repay. He is an incredible teacher! The joy I get from playing is beyond words and I only have that feeling because of Justin and a few other great tutors. Thank you!

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

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[@benjnh]

One of the things I absolutely adore about Justin's lessons is that he gives lots of alternatives and stresses that there isn't always necessarily a "right" way to play something. I think it's an essential message, especially for beginners. I wanted to toss out the alternative I use that he didn't mention (in this vid) for switching to a pick: Hybrid Picking! I use it for most "fingerstyle"stuff I do.

[@ursulapeters892]

Such fun just to watch and listen to Justin and the wonderful female singer perform this gem of a song. That was actually all I wanted to do this evening. But you made me feel so inspired I picked up my guitar again and had a go….What a great tutorial. I managed to get the hang of the riff and the chords so quickly thanks to your excellent teaching!

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

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[@robinbebbington7063]

Isn't it great to start to be able to play a song you have loved for years. I am loving my guitar journey. Thanks for taking the time to put this together with all the hints as well

[@milan5079]

How you doing now Robin?

[@mathieuvallerand6772]

After listening to Tracy Chapman a couple of days ago during the awards show, I realized I HAVE TO learn how to play this song: what a beautiful song! This is the BEST tutorial on KZbin! Thank you Justin for the Crystal Clear Explanations!

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

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[@Moonphish]

One of the reasons you're a great teacher is you don't go too fast, you take time to explain things well...

[@jdc729]

Justin where were you when I started to learn how to play a guitar? I had hard time practicing; tried and tried until the urge died down. But with your teaching technique, I suddenly feel the desire re-ignited. I will dust-off my guitar and starts practicing. Thank you so much in advance! I feel that I could finally play music in no time.

[@RaissaAndTheGriots]

Oh wow I love it. Thank you so much!!! Got some work to do

[@420taekook7]

I’m speaking to all of us when I say I love Justin right now

[@mitokomori7044]

I stated guitar this year, found your channel few months ago, then now I’m playing and singing along with you two! I’m 56 thought I missed opportunity but now I’m enjoying this song every night. Thank you for this piece!

[@matthewstephens5937]

Just played that song on guitar in school- the way you showed, and my teacher LIKED IT! When asked if I learnt it by ear, I said, "I learnt it off KZbin by Justin Sandercoe". Thanks, Justin! Keep it up!

[@Bob-vo5sr]

I had lessons for four years and learnt almost nothing except a few chords and a few melodies, but you can actually teach.

[@Flash4]

Bob +1 Traditional guitar teaching methods suck IMO. I learned about 10x faster once I started watching KZbin videos from people like Justin and Marty Schwartz :)

[@coffeewaldo]

Than u should've switched teachers BUT it takes years to learn.

[@KudosCultureCartel]

exact same thing took lessons for years its as if i was taught as little as possible over a long period to get money outta me. one year learning from justin and finally getting to where i want to be at with the guitar

[@pennking7050]

Dude, thank you! 30 something years later, this song still stands up.

[@JohannesLabusch]

You just broke my heart. I felt like it came out, maybe, 5 years ago.

[@thegusmen15]

the last time i played guitar was like 15 years ago, bought an acoustic one last month.. don't know, not sure what to do with it LOL, then i found this channel. now i can sing so many songs, in all of a sudden! thank you Justin

[@dukeCH]

I always wondered how he could go straight from chords to fingerpicking...until 12:10 when i saw him just throw the pick away :). Justin, I'm still new, only 1 year in, but it's so much fun thanks to you and the progress is just great. Greetings from Switzerland

[@RawRyeCovers]

I was learning this song using guitartab before but put it off till I bumped into your video....it took me less than 10 minutes to play along with your videos after going through it. Thank you, Justin.

[@Imeuhcreep]

You're lesson is wonderful ! I'm french and my english is pretty bad, but you're explination is so clear! you did a really great job, i'm a beginner professor of guitar and sometimes somes song is difficult to transmit them but with your video, you are allways this thing what i miss ! ( i have a bad ears ) Thank you very very very very much!

[@josephwalter662]

Justin, you're a great instructor! You're making it possible for me to pick up the guitar and learn in my own home and showing practice pays off! She's a great singer too! Thank you.

[@AasifAli-ky8ec]

Great tutorial and in just over a week I'm playing this song. Normally takes me about 3 months to learn a new song ! I need to find a singer to play with ? Thanks Justin - keep going mate.

[@pageluvva]

Truly Justin you are the king of lessons. Many many thanks.

[@Chrysophrase2]

Thanks Justin! It's great to see this older tutorial redone. I'll have to relearn it tonight.

[@giffy5775]

This is the coolest guy on the planet. Thanks for all you do.

[@hotivalmir]

Whenever I'm searching for a song to play, I'm so enthusiastic when Justin has done a tut on it. No one can teach songs with such clarity as Justin does, and he'll break any song down as if it's you're first time picking up a guitar. You're fantastic man, I deeply appreciate your videos.

[@dslots360]

Thank goodness! Finally someone who explained how to play this song in the most simple form. You’re amazing! Definitely following you!

[@thelarko16]

He's the best on KZbin

[@Shogun1999]

Best guitar teacher in the world. Thanks Justin once again for making this so easy to learn and understand.

[@edbredin6406]

Justin yet another excellent lesson, Thank you, Plus all praise to the beautiful lady with her lovely voice, Well done

[@deancollins7683]

Thanks Justin. I have rekindled my initial love for the guitar...nearly gave up until i started learning this song

[@leahsero9753]

I've always wanted to learn this song, and with this video it took me less than a day. keep up the awesome work! I appreciate it.

[@perfectlyGoodInk]

Awesome lesson as always! Getting all the little details that Marty glosses over, so I find that the two of your lessons usually end up complementing each other quite nicely. And great pointer about the strumming pattern. I've been struggling with what exactly to do there! Regarding what to do regarding the pick at the chorus, a 4th option is to do the fingerpicking in the verse hybrid style, holding the pick regularly in the thumb and forefinger to pluck the bass notes and using the third, fourth, and pinky fingers to pluck the other notes. Then you already have the pick where you want it to strum during the chorus. The main drawback to this is that you have only 4 digits (pick + 3 fingers) instead of 5 available to pick, but that's still plenty for this song.

[@jasper1736]

This was the first song i learnt. Thx dude you’re the best!

[@mema2451]

So love this song & all of Tracy Chapman Music. My absolute fav song of hers is Subcity a great track to play on acoustic guitar. Thanks Justin this is a riff I've always wanted to learn.

[@jerrellpaulpalabay5194]

Why are you good, you are so easy to under stand! I mastered it for 14 minutes! Salute to you

[@johnnysuz]

Thanks Justin. Very good, clear, coherent teaching I can follow along with. I'm loving my time learning this old favorite. Thanks!

[@alphonsoamaro7433]

Simple as beautiful as ever.oh the song too.

[@alphonsoamaro7433]

I really mean thank you.

[@helpee]

7:56 whole riff

[@UnaBruttaPersona]

Best guitar teacher ever! Greetings from Italy :) P.S If you can please please please do "Bonfire heart

[@massimilianodigiacinto7932]

Italy>all

[@fetavlogs100]

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[@timkerr6059]

ciao, da miami!

[@hillaryclinton7117]

anche da ravenna :)

[@jamielavercombe3163]

Omg yaaassss bonfire heart us the bomb 😆

[@lukespeace5635]

Justin is the excellent teacher I have ever seen! :) Simplicity, patiance and elegance are top keys of his video courses. Thanks for very good work, Justin and stay healthy! :) By the way, great cover!

[@Cygnids]

one of the best songs ever wriitten but underrated unfortunately. thank you for the lesson!

[@ShaneWisecup]

Hey Justin. Beautiful song and great choice as her music is some of my personal favorites. Also great job by Selena what a great voice. Would love to see. Give me one reason as well. Fantastic music choice. Keep the great lessons coming hopefully we'll be playing some of these great songs ourselves soon.

[@shonshamuratov7308]

12:09 Justin is so cool that he can make pick disappear. Love it!

[@aaronsanchezz]

Thank you for showing the part at 8:57 no one else shows you how to play that part

[@zaheerpatel2449]

Beautiful. Salena killed it. Can't wait to learn this.

[@believe123ful]

Genius. Tried 4 other KZbin’s till I remembered Justin. Clear, well presented. Nailed it 👏

[@bryansphere6359]

Anyway, Justin. You're videos are the best teaching videos I've found so far. You remain simple and to-the-point. Thank you!

[@craigwelch4597]

Okay, you have inspired me to try this as my first finger-style. OMG. I'm getting it, slowly. That "step-down" that is only played once is a killer. Can't get that. Part of the journey, I guess. I can't imagine trying to play this and sing. But baby steps. Great job instructing and taking time to explain it clearly! Thanks!

[@thomasstengel7356]

I love her voice. Great video for playing along.

[@IrishCodAddict]

Nice one Justin, Your a gent. Easy to follow and Sound advise

[@bethnewton3794]

Thanks for posting this, I'm playing and singing this as part of my music GCSE so this has been really helpful. Thank you.

[@yaakovhassoun8965]

let's all assume everyone in the world knows what a GCSE is

[@paulwardle3758]

Seven years late but I’m really curious as to how it went?! 😂

[@mariomccloud8437]

You just taught me my first finger style song! Thank you for this. Your explanations for this song were awesome. Thanks

[@christineriley1295]

You are brilliant to learn from Justin! Every detail so clear and precise. I have a lot of your videos to get through! Thank you!

[@rubendemil4118]

"And a D felt nice wrapped around my shoulder" huehuehue

[@nobleflare97]

XD

[@davidlightning6931]

+Ruben De Mil I see what you did there^^

[@coffeewaldo]

You're promoting another site on Justin's site? Not nice.

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[@remibleu8151]

Ruben De Mil I'm crying 😂😂

[@monicasearle695]

So I have watched hundreds of instructional videos and I always have to watch them so many times to understand what's going on I watched ears once and in three minutes got this entire song Down like subscribe notification Bell you're awesome

[@nataliogomez4147]

Justin, you are soOO GOOD!! Thank you for the lessons. I came back to playing after 25 years and what a joy..thanks to you

[@soothingtrax]

Beautiful! Gave me chills. Well done! Lesson was great as well! Keep up the great work Justin!

[@nikitakellermann9798]

She's such an excellent singer!!!!!

[@AR-ir8nu]

Beautifull voice. great video. I have always loved that song. will be working on this song hopefully soon.

[@wallacenock7423]

Brilliant tutorial. I have always wondered how to play this song properly. Thanks Justin

[@gdfggggg]

Nice guitar work and I think she is mighty fine.

[@Boozerbear]

I love this guy, such a great teacher I'm so great full for you.

[@noreply-mp]

I just wanted to say thank you so much for making this video, this is a personal favourite song of mine and I can finally play it. You are immence, thanks so much for the work you've done!

[@Jtraceur5]

stopped playing guitar for a bit since highschool. I always swore by your tutorials . so glad to see you're still up and at it on KZbin :)

[@Nice-Riise.x]

hi i learned playing guitar mostly by your lessons and book :) little bit frustrated i have left your lessons for 3 months.. i noticed som strange noise from my guitar playing this tune.. i regret now.. when i see i have been playing it wrong :P .. love your work ! TY

[@bl1ssFTP]

im sorry, but the guitar is so amazing- and the vocals-she did an octave that is so hard to do and made it sound amazing yall are amazing❤️

[@dmoor10]

You should definitely start letting her sing through the whole song. She is extremely talented, as are you.

[@fabriziogaldi603]

you are the best my friend.

[@Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward]

☺️

[@mATULrs]

I had already learnt the song from the old video but i felt that it was necessary to watch the new one as well.....great work man and thanks for all those cool lessons

[@kwabenaaddaesarpong9995]

This is undoubtedly the best tutorial on Fast Car. You rock👌🏾🙌🏾

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

Hey, thanks! :) Happy Holidays!

[@DridgeDEU]

Damn, she's good... and really awesome playing too!

[@danieloceans9652]

Tanx you Justin! As always your the best!

[@great1846]

Great lesson Justin! Be giving this a try. Love the song

[@MrVeeBlog]

You are very good at instructing. Just wow.

[@waterbottle5327]

this video was so informative and easy to follow along thank you

[@JardaZouhar]

Thanks for another great lesson Justin!

[@capt.danieldavidson6291]

What a beautiful voice you have, young lady :) Great focus and listening skills, Justin. Really respect you both. Thank you for your efforts and generosity. Young folks like you taking the time to make excellent FREE Lessons/Teaching Video's for us all, makes my heart glad and gives me Hope for the future. What wonderful examples you both are, to all of us! Thank you...

[@DrTWG]

Sounds good with that open G in all chords as 5th/Root/Min3/4th - C/G/Em/D

[@Jeaspear]

Thank you for giving us your time!

[@keithmockridge3329]

I have watched loads of guitar tuition teachers. Justin is up there with the best of them.🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎵🎼

[@JustinGuitarSongs]

Thank you, Keith!

[@guydouglas6094]

What a gem of a song - the lyrics and the acoustic guitar. Great lesson by Justin. What makes this song stand-out is the partial chords and wide space note intervals. Still playing the Aussie Maton - good stuff. Love ya work.

[@trusslerm0niqu386]

I learned this just under 30 minutes!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

[@HearMeLearn]

Just started and I learned the first riff in about 10 minutes

[@guitarguy5475]

@@HearMeLearn I learned this in 3 minutes.

[@sidewitch1573]

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[@BobMobber]

Saw several tutorials of this song, and yours is by far the best. Thanks.

[@007graeham]

Usual brilliance. Well done and thank you

[@lavarball3265]

Justin. you’re a great teacher! I got the riff in a day, thank you. I was intimidated at first but I got it so fast. Teaching is your other gift. You’re so nice too. Cheers!

[@NilayBadavne]

Great lesson! You made it easy to learn this song! Many thanks for your efforts!

[@GreatSeraphim]

Found this and easily learned to play fast car. Thanks Justin 🎉

[@arjanteeuwen1184]

Thank you for teaching this beautiful song so relaxed!

[@mrgoodnews7702]

After practicing travis style picking this song is piece of cake. Thanks justin

[@day_day_]

I enjoyed it certainly! It's one of my favorite songs, now I'm singing it with a guitar accompaniment. :)

[@controcorrenziblog2745]

Congratulations!! You are a very good teacher. I subscribed to the channel!

[@samihhaffar350]

Guys the beat on the metronome is 80 beats. Set it to 1/4 and add AND between each beat so you would end up with 8 beats 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and That sounds exactly like justin

[@christopherhickman3579]

I am having so much trouble with this

[@erangabandara-guitarcovers6299]

really easy to learn the way you teach , great help for beginners like us thank you so much Sir

[@mattmathematics3591]

Awesome Ive been looking for this thank you so much awesome tutorial

[@olliolla6576]

Another great one, Justin! Many thanks from Germany!

[@UnityTheorem]

Thanks for posting this, Justin. I've been playing for 20 years or so, and found this lesson to be exceptional. I don't own a kapo, so I spent a while analyzing the notes you showed us, and ended up transposing the open chords into bar chords for the strumming parts and it seems to work. The only one that feels strange to fret is the C shape, which ends up being 10,9,7,7,7,x low to high. The initial C chord shape (Dma7 due to the kapo?) on the finger picking part is a bit of a stretch but I was able to slide my index finger between the 2nd and 3rd frets. Also, since a stretch between the 2nd fret and 9th fret is not humanly possible (unless you're Steve Vai), the 7th fret on the D string for the final duo-tone of A/G# is a perfect substitute for the open (2nd fret) G string. I only throw this out there for those who might want to play the song but lack the kapo. Thanks again for the lesson. :)

[@justinguitar]

Hey Rob, if you don't use capo and don't need to play along with the original recording, just move everything down 2 frets and it'll sound great!

[@coffeewaldo]

Or tune down a whole step.

[@coffeewaldo]

Or tune down a whole step. It makes bending easier.

[@MyBackHurtsALittle]

capos are like $10

[@mjashishletsrock]

So beautiful this song is.... Awesome guys!!

[@crestonhorton6970]

I found you video from years ago with no capo same song. Thanks for the Misty melody I have it verbatim. Keep up the good work. Horton

[@elidagalvez1458]

Excellent teacher !!!! Thanks