Ophelia by The Band Guitar Lesson with Jason Carey

How to Play Ophelia by The Band - Guitar Lesson with Jason Carey
Hey what’s up, Jason Carey here from Play Guitar with Jason Carey and I want you to know that you are awesome because you play guitar! hope you guys are doing well out there. maybe you’ve seen the cover i did of this song with some good friends. It’s one of the great classic rock songs of all time.
This song employs a very common chord progression for many blues, jazz, and rock songs. and the best part, it is easy to play. We are going to study the two sections of this song and come up with a brilliant way to end this song if you are playing on solo acoustic guitar so keep on watching to the end! Be sure to watch to the end so you can grab some solo guitar ideas as well!
I really appreciate all your support! Thank you so much!
Let’s get going and take a closer look:
There are basically two sections of the song. for lack of better terminology, we’ll call them the A and B sections.
Let’s walk through the chords. this is for you if you’re a beginner and i’ll share more ideas later if you’re an intermediate to advanced player.
A section chords: C, E7, A7, D7, F, G.
B section or chords for turnaround: C, A7, D7, G7.
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Ophelia by The Band Video Chapters:
00:00 Welcome back to another guitar session with Jason Carey
00:18 What you will learn in this Ophelia guitar lesson
00:38 Learn the chords for Ophelia by The Band
00:41 Open position chords
00:49 Closed position chords
02:30 Putting the chords to work: Learning the Verse
02:58 Closed position chords
03:21 Try some other different closed position chord patterns too
04:11 Have a ton of fun with what you are learing
04:13 Leading into the Bridge with a walk up!
04:45 Learning the Bridge
05:15 Solo Strategies for Ophelia by The Band
06:30 Thank you for your support!
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Song lyrics:
Boards on the window
Mail by the door
What would anybody leave so quickly for?
Ophelia
Hmm, where have you gone?
The old neighborhood
Just ain't the same
Nobody knows just what became of
Ophelia
Hmm, tell me, what went wrong
Was it something that somebody said?
Mama, I know we broke the rules
Was somebody up against the law?
Honey, you know I'd die for you
Ashes of laughter
The ghost is clear
Why do the best things always disappear
Like Ophelia
Please darken my door
Was it something that somebody said?
Honey, you know we broke the rules
Was somebody up against the law?
Honey, you know I'd die for you
They got your number
Scared and running
But I'm still waiting for the second coming
Of Ophelia
Hmm hm come back home
Hmm hmm
Songwriters: Robbie Robertson
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[@kevinkeith3530]

Great job, best Band ever!

[@JasonCareyGuitar]

Thanks man! Great song!

[@sawwbones]

My first view. Can't wait to try. Love your teaching style.

[@JasonCareyGuitar]

Thank you Terry. I really appreciate your feedback. Happy Picking!

[@ambroseharper8316]

Great lesson 😊

[@JasonCareyGuitar]

Love this song! Great tune by a great Band ;)

[@renediguitarswe32]

Great work 👏 Gretings from Sweden

[@JasonCareyGuitar]

Hi there! Thanks for checking in!

[@wallys123]

Very Nice

[@JasonCareyGuitar]

Thanks Wally! Happy Picking 🎸

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

Great presentation. 3:17 never seen that E7? chord before. Or the use of those chords after it for that matter.

[@JasonCareyGuitar]

Watched some of the uploads on your channel. Pretty groovy. Across the pond?

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

@@JasonCareyGuitar Thanks J. Yes, London is a hub, lots of different nationalities come and sometimes stay, there are a few pubs that are known to welcome and assist musician travellers, there's so many venues and genres I go to mostly americana type shows though. Norton Money/Hallelujah Trails are particularly good. The Hankdogs once produced by Joe Boyd never play very much but are pretty unique. Some great songwriters appear from time to time (Peter Bruntnell and Pete Greenwood) and there's a community of folk here who're very supportive. Really loving your presentations. Cheers.

[@JasonCareyGuitar]

Hey cheers mate! I was at Leeds College of Music for a spell. Really enjoyed the city, new friends, family and Boddington‘s lol

[@sarahaugust1424]

Thanks for sharing. I'm new to guitar and learning this song. What strumming pattern are you using with the basic open cords?

[@JasonCareyGuitar]

Hi there Sarah- the strum pattern I use in this video is as follows: 1 2 3 4 + (counted like 1, 2, 3, 4 and). You can also think of it in this way: Down Down Down Down Up > repeat