Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train Guitar Lesson Pt.1 - Main Riff & Verse

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In this video guitar lesson series we will take a look at one if the most popular classic rock songs of all time, "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne.
The guitarist for this song is the late great Randy Rhoads, a legendary guitarist who brought so much to the guitar world and influenced countless guitarists after him, only to have is life cut tragically short after just a few years in the public eye.
"Crazy Train" contains some of Randy Rhoad's most beloved guitar parts from the classic main riff to the dazzling fills all the way through the solo which contains melodic tapping, trills and fast 16th note triplet runs to create one of the most legendary guitar solos every written.
So go ahead and take a crack at learning this classic song and maybe you will be able to add a little bit of Randy Rhoads to your playing style. 🙂 Good luck!
Lesson Taught by: Carl Brown

[@chufa72]

5:36 if you already know the intro

[@64siskat96]

David thanks

[@joey5773]

Cheers bud.

[@connorwellins1068]

you are not the hero we deserved, but rather the one we needed most

[@jackpurcell5431]

Thanks

[@reddog780]

David thank you Marty music only did the intro

[@kingj5377]

This man tought me pretty much how to play any song on guitar

[@kingj5377]

Steve Stockmal I had a shit education so my English isn’t the best lol

[@kingj5377]

Richie Iommi it’s calm

[@kingj5377]

Richie Iommi being British aswell tho I read that with ease 😂

[@kingj5377]

Richie Iommi true that I love the midlands I remember when I went to download last year met plenty of great people

[@S08GTM]

@@kingj5377 how long did it take you?

[@PurpleHobGoblin]

Mine sounds nothing cool like this😢 I know pickups make a difference and the amp maybe I need to change the preset on it?

[@Jedz_43]

He has a little bit of delay on

[@aidansantoro580]

Did you know that ozzy osbourne can't read one music note

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

Most guitarists cant

[@Smackosynthesis]

Norbit CleaverHook I can't and I've been playing off and on for 15 years. Always played by ear and by using tabs. I can only name a few chords despite knowing a lot of them, as well

[@deathpunk1019]

Aidan Santoro hes only a singer

[@PB72UK]

I'd be surprised if he could read English...

[@handicapitation3250]

Paul Brown Savage.... But so true! haha

[@mfriedrich2012]

That ending 8th ending riff is totally badass. Randy was so creative.

[@specfever2]

There's no other sound or song like it.

[@aaronarciniaga4274]

dude i just created a youtube channel to thank you for actually teaching me this song! i thought i could never do but you helped me, thank you so much for that

[@aaronarciniaga4274]

***** ohhh thanks man

[@mattwilson2249]

Pretty sure that bits supposed to be done on base

[@kjpianorock162]

Actually the first parts playing on bass. Marty is way off you can tell if you listen to the song

[@yourlistofuniquesounds]

This was great, been searching for "songwriting guitar book" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Peynharlotte Acoustic Smasher - (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my co-worker got cool results with it.

[@jsmadray]

I'm not here to bash anyone, but I have seen many songs that Marty improvises his own ideas and own interpretation. Often times, he doesn't mimic the exact thing the original composers do. This is very accurate.

[@Wargasm644]

Simple if you got ET fingers

[@brendanmorin6398]

How many guitarists does it take to change a lightbulb... 50. 1 to change the bulb, and 49 to say they could do it better. lol i'm jk i play guitar too

[@maz4589]

Brendan Morin stolen from music is win? 🤔🤔🤔

[@snakepudding5851]

Or from google?

[@Neblex-ed9sg]

yo wtf lightbulbs and guitars don’t even go together

[@VisboerAnton]

@@Neblex-ed9sg What about tubes?

[@AndyInTheUK]

LOL. I like that joke, but I heard a slightly different one. How many folk singers does it take to change a lightbulb? 4. One to change the bulb and three to sing a song about how good the old one was.

[@frigglediggle2]

damn, I watched half this video last night and was playing the verse the way he first taught it all day today... now im back to continue the lesson and adding my pinky has ended my career!! Blast!!! update:: I was successfully able to add the pinky

[@jahyeet1137]

Yea man this is like my second or third song (im a beginner) and that pinky was praying on my downfall 😂

[@Jake66564]

@@jahyeet1137 all along the watchtower is manageable if you slow it down and take your time. Brought my playing to the next level

[@jahyeet1137]

@@Jake66564 I’ll check out a tutorial on it

[@thedragonofthewest5789]

@@jahyeet1137 u suck. this aint a beginners song kid. keep playing 0 3 5 kiddooo

[@durferz]

@@thedragonofthewest5789 piss off and let new guitarists learn our craft bro

[@morecoffee2463]

I never knew it was this easy! I always thought it sounded really hard

[@bradfordstadsvold946]

Yeah it's the solo that kills me

[@RicardoChapa1]

+Bradford Stadsvold the solo is very easy u csa do it very fast but the sliding in the last part is the hardest

[@josem9634]

that solo was not meant for this world lol rip randy

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

Those Verse chords are a prick, and Randy played it stylish to give it flare

[@thatcanadianraccoon]

it's hard when u really suck at guitar like me but the intro is easy enough

[@ah14911]

intro is mad soft but the chords are hard

[@hatred9427]

"You play a D power chord with A on the bass, and after that you play an E power chord with all the strings except the G string, otherwise it'll become a minor chord." Man, Randy Rhoads was a genious.

[@HaruSkage]

Helps that he was classically trained too

[@matvey28xyz41]

Dude, even cobain did that kind of chords

[@kivaari4184]

@@HaruSkage thats a myth, randy only started getting classical training shortly after blizzard of ozz came out, but he was heavily influenced by classical all his life

[@sebastianwhalin743]

​@kivaari4184 His mom was a music teacher so yes he started with classical training I believe

[@tusharjamwal]

Man I'm jealous of that long pinky, mine reaches only halfway up my ring finger xD

[@a7x352]

I think this guy showed the tutorial way much better then marty. thank you so much for your time

[@SnareiK]

They are both good at their own rights, Marty is better at strumming songs where as this guy is better at the plucking songs, they're both good teachers.

[@calebrice6241]

Marty takes too long

[@BlacklightSummerOfficial]

This guys less of a teacher and more of a demonstration which is a lot quicker

[@declangorman4290]

a7x yeah, he also did much more of the song

[@Jupiter_ZTV]

There is no need to hate on Marty! They're both giving us quality free lessons. They both rock.

[@xandersmith3404]

this guys fingers are longer that mondays

[@Ghost_of_Michael_Collins]

This man is the best guitar teacher on all of youtube.

[@forceofchaos1]

Would b awesome if you did a lesson of To Live is to Die by Metallica

[@jsowder19]

Nice thrashing tone from a beautiful Strat. Not always easy to do. 🤘🏻

[@Williaem00]

jsowder19 have you seen Yngwie Malmsteen? If not check him out 🤙🏾

[@dougevans4782]

cool back in the 80s we had to figure it out ourselves thank you 4 modern technology

[@gonbr100]

how did you set your amp for this song?

[@hmd-instructors8935]

He has an overdrive pedal

[@jesushimself2583]

Lots of gain and tremble

[@jamiewest5357]

Good job man. Just A heads up to you all if you having a hard time hitting that 5th fret on E you can play open on the A string same thing and a little easier.

[@larsmcgee3952]

Thank you! Much easier!!

[@davidadamson7368]

Tnx I've been playing in my acoustic and now it sounds like a monster

[@raginkermit6741]

7:41 (just a bookmark for me ignore this)

[@tylerlacroix615]

I can now play the song! but the one thing I have to ask is how you make that reach from the 2nd to the 5th so effortlessly?

[@timere2407]

my fingers are to short. LOL

[@joshmahony1600]

Should I alternate pick the intro or just downstrokes

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

Downstrokes, gotta dig in man! 💪

[@cipronix4394]

this guy answered a comment on an 8 year old video

[@Plowguitarist]

Excellent lesson. Absolutely dead on. I been playing since the early 80’s, I have a cover of Over the Mountain video on you tube I learned off a record player. What a pain that was. I know several Randy songs but never learned Crazy Train until now. Your explanation and attention to detail is great. Wish I had utube back in the 80’s. Would’ve been an amazing tool. Thanks

[@CalebW.10]

Can you please teach the vocals on guitar

[@warman31]

What are the amp/pedal settings? I love the sound it sounds just like Crazy Train and I can't get it

[@theali8oras274]

huge fingers! :D

[@chasesmith3827]

same here!

[@asphalt9pro554]

dude, it so funny me and my dad are challenging each other and I always learn stuff from you then he always says how do you do that Me: secret

[@kimkayekopp]

thank you my name is Daniel and im 13 years old I got the riff but still working on the verse

[@coahpaul-jy5vw]

Dude you deserve a tons of subscribers for you effort in every videos . . keep it up :)))

[@Rekebeger]

I was checking out the tabs on the internet. Nothing really did come to my mind. So I tried youtube and found this. This is damn excellent! Watched the movie one time and I remember it all what you were showing. Also got the same guitar hehe :D This is gonna be fun. Thanks man!

[@bobbab5759]

This is so great, thank you. What I appreciate is the level of detail. I played this cover in the late 80s (pre-internet!) and I can see now that I simplified and missed bits like the open A to 12-fret A5 and the added note on the verse section. I suppose my version sounded ok, but those extra bits brings the song to a different level (as it should be).

[@andrew_ep_curtis]

The you play it slow, it becomes so similar to Sweet Dreams (Manson version)

[@sahilminhas5913]

I thought I’m the only one hearing that

[@TheDaedrasta]

Dude I have the same guitar as you!!! :O

[@Mo6No6No6Ke]

I don't understand what is the best way to do those muted notes in the verse, should I use alternate picking? two downstrokes and one upstroke? Right now I do it starting with a downstroke

[@Mo6No6No6Ke]

the ones at the minute 6:03

[@PhantomXT]

It depends on how you feel more comfortable, I also use alternate picking for that part, starting and finishing with downstrokes, that way, you can use the momentum of the final downstroke for the next part.

[@Mo6No6No6Ke]

PhantomXT Thanks, I just saw the guy in the video doing it differently, and I wanted to know if there was a correct way

[@delianeagu5493]

Got a simply piano ad before this :))

[@bodiewheeler7975]

Thank you so much this was so helpful and I did it at my talelent show and I rocked it🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@linegallagher3918]

how many times do you hit the power chord on the 7th and 9th fret of the A string, two or three times? thanks

[@vt3994]

GuitarLessons365Song, can you please make a tutorial on the intro that Randy Rhoads plays on the After Hours TV Show Live with Ozzy Osbourne , just before the riff .Plz send me the tabs.Thanking you in Anticipation.

[@subarashizeo5815]

Varun Tiwari just play a note while swicthing between the pickups and the the pickslide

[@globatun7707]

At 6:22 you showed the same 3 stroke pattern, but if you are carefully listening, at 7:45 you will hear the 4 stroke pattern. Man, that bothered me for a long time!

[@skylar9196]

Yea, I just went through that myself!

[@ida33]

brandon, just turn on distortion and EADGBe, is standard, you got this

[@mowieboy]

I have the hardest time with the R hand syncopation during the main riff. But, this helped…starting with an up-pick. Very helpful

[@coltondavis6109]

MY GODDAMN FINGERS CANT FUCKIN REACH THAT FAR

[@Kira-kv1yb]

only massively difficult bit is around 9:30, since im learning on an acoustic guitar the neck is wider so i cant put thumb on neck at the same time as doing a D power chord. I had to do some super fast finger movement that isnt 100% correct but it sounds great still! great vid even 3 years later!

[@reinegill3162]

I am confused that martysongs video is different from yours, and my ear is not good, problems start at the verse at 5:50 It seems to me that in the Marty video there are basically 4 1/16 notes picking and a 1/8 strum per chord in the verse. But you do something like follows? Chord A picking 1/8, 2 1/16 notes and 1/8 strum Chord E/A picking 2 1/16, 1/8 notes and 1/8 strum is this what you mean with backwards ? Chord D/A and A 4 1/16 notes and 1/8 strum And then E and repeat Is that right?

[@BosephusBigelsworth]

what a great channel. subscribed!

[@ravengrave9113]

Good on ya carl,just forget about a change in chords when the singing begins🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@oasis2453]

A very helpful lesson. Loads of thanks. I've been wondering, why ain't there separate 'lead guitar lessons' and 'rhythm guitar lessons' for songs? I only see solos being taught for the lead. I find it cumbersome to go through tabs for learning lead parts.

[@themysteryman1482]

Doesn't sound right.

[@gordonmarshall8397]

Yeshua agreed

[@calebarsenault2519]

the verse is the exact same chords as hammer to fall

[@noahklan7405]

Good lesson but in the main riff, in the studio version, it sounds like all the notes ring out instead of the 6th string being palm muted..

[@robertgillespir5767]

I like to give a little more distortion (not crazy) and a little reverb and mute the whole thing.

[@prestonharper6530]

If you watch it live you can see him playing between each chord

[@bloodhaven6989]

You taught me everything I no on guitar 🎸

[@hazor777]

Lemme just say , if you have good ears, you'll notice in the original recording as the bass & drums count off the intro before the guitar begins , Randy flips the toggle switch on the guitar (my guess is he has the volume rolled completely off on the neck pickup - the position the toggle switch is at ) to the bridge pickups - just before the pick scrape . I guessing he is standing in front of the Marshall stack that was made for him , at a high volume - flips the toggle switch to the bridge pickup & the guitar immediately feeds back in a high pitch - THEN he does the pick scrape. Basically he's simulating a train horn . Either Randy was playing his white Gibson Les Paul custom or the polka dot Flying V - both guitars he brought with him to England from when he was in Quiet Riot .

[@slavengineering8344]

I understand some words from this comment!

[@reneotten2288]

Been studying this song for one year now (the verse is hard for me) and this is the best tutorial I found so far. I also love the sound of your setup, what amp do you use?

[@Florida_guy]

Carl you taught me alot of cool riffs in the past few months ,I would like to donate to your channel as a thank you but I don't have a job and I sit around playing my guitar all the time

[@Krullmatic]

Wow, my man! I've learned quite a few songs of off you, and I didn't realize how long you've been on here. God Bless and ROCK ON Chris! 🙏🎼♥️🎸🤘😠🤘🎵

[@debreczenybalint]

Carl brown is actually earned a nobel prize. What a man. Just thanks.

[@fartingonstuff1372]

Hey, what amp/settings do you use?

[@stefanvorster4410]

Farting On Stuff just distortion

[@MR-sd2of]

Hey Carl, I know you get a lot of these, but maybe (in the near future) you could do another ozzy lesson? "The Road to Nowhere" is an amazing tune to play on guitar. Keep up the amazing work! Have been teaching myself guitar for over 1 and a half years now with your help. Cheers from Berlin!

[@richardgray23]

haha 4 years later.. =3

[@pwilki8631]

The last time I saw her fingers like that I was laying on an exam table next to Travis Walton.

[@delianeagu5493]

I got a Simple Piano ad before this. Oh the irony.. :))

[@jkruegr]

interesting - the 2nd riff pattern is the same as the beginning of 'dont treat me bad' by Firehouse

[@brosephbroman7564]

Thank you for this vid! I'm a bit rusty cause I haven't played for years because roommates and such but got my own place now and just nabbed a guitar today. I can't wait to be shredding again!

[@Mobile-Journalism]

Nice job, I find it easier and more accurate to play the E Major chord coming out of the opening riff like this. E|--0 B|--5 G|--4 D|--6 A|--7 E|--0 Playing this second position E Major places your hand only one fret away from the pre-verse riff which follows fast and it also sounds great.

[@giorgikikodze1736]

dat pinky...

[@superanimator1]

I learned this in like 30 seconds from you. HOW!?

[@spencerfristad2407]

Hey Carl can you do a lesson on Ozzy under the graveyard

[@kristofferrhodes5859]

Awesome. I’m now playing this. Great vids

[@thejohngates2012]

2-2-4-2 5-2-4-2 2-5-4-5 2-5-4-O

[@MidlandsRiders]

Can someone help me? Im a newbie - I’m trying to follow this but my guitar just doesnt sound the same - when you tab the cords it doesnt end like yours does it gets all messy & overlaps ? .. i have a line 6 amp does anyone know what setting it should be to play this? Its driving me insane! 😫

[@basedslav2614]

Andre heiji for ACDC and guitar lessons 365 and marty for everything else

[@KyleCarrington]

heavy single coil sound

[@pancakemassager2188]

My fingers are double jointed and its really hard to learn alot of songs. Any tips? Plz it's so frustrating when my fingers like lock when trying to play

[@stephengreen9663]

Carl is a very talented teacher. On a completely different level to marty. If you want to Learn the meat and potatoes of a rock/metal song his channel is the 1. Marty just kind of bounces around it no offence.

[@SuperFastJellieFish]

Im 24 and pretty much only just had the confidence to pick up an electric guitar and i gotta hand it to the little people that do youtube videos for people like me, however im struggling a lot with positioning my fingers and end up using just the one, any deas on how to correct please :)

[@adamlee5834]

7:42 when you do up until now, it seems like you do 4 strums on the e-string for before the 2nd(of 4) main chord of this. Like I thought it was 3 strums of e then the first chord, 3 strums of e then the 2nd chord, then 4 strums of e then the 3rd chord, and then 4 strums of e then the 4th chord. Make sense?

[@aminosaur8079]

Love it, but I can’t play it smoothly. Whenever I try the main riff it’s always choppy and no matter what position I put my hand in I can never seem to fix it

[@zerep11]

Holy Cow ~ What a HUGE sound. Great lesson too.

[@ozzieanderson6175]

Not to be a real smartass. But I tip is to pick up and down while your playing songs like that so like down, up, down, up, down, up

[@Mysticblade-n5o]

Anyone know how I can get the crazy trian tone I have fender champion 40 but I ordered a mxr distortion pedal

[@ivanquinr1]

Can you teach me how to play All Fired Up slaughter please🙏🏻

[@sansubr]

That legato part he plays to finish the verse riff the second time is missing from your lesson, but thanks a ton for this excellent lesson :)

[@ethandelugt9491]

Thank u this helped a lot and it made music tests a lot easier

[@klaham406]

Learning this to impress a HOT GIRL ... Yeah you Coleeeeeeen

[@jamesrudolf2635]

What's the second chord of the main riff?

[@phuskyy3251]

I can’t reach my pinky to the 5th fret :(

[@ajk4164]

Just jump off with your fingers and hit it with your ring finger. That’s how I do it. I rarely use my pinky. When I do power cords I do the Kurt method😂🎸

[@johnlackey8578]

Do you have to mute the A string before you play the chords to the verse ?, if so what’s the most efficient way of doing this.

[@Davie-hz1mg]

I can play this with my fucking pvc tube attached to vox ac30 via wifi connection

[@foxnappr5507]

i love playing with my G string

[@ravengrave9113]

😈🤘🤘😈🤯😜😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ryanscheidler2599]

Great tutorial. Keep up the good work, man.

[@douglasmatuzak7536]

I always go to this guy first for my lessons

[@naveenwilson-moola5570]

The very beginning of this riff sounds a lot like sweet dreams are of made of these

[@Pravvv]

i'm currently learning noth songs and i can approve that the begining is actually the same just one note lower

[@naveenwilson-moola5570]

ん乇刀イムノ oh cool ! Thanks

[@murf1mikejr]

This song came first

[@zephyr3539]

Is this beginner friendly ?

[@yaxufn762]

meh not rlly

[@danquinsey6493]

Can anyone tell me what kind of pedal I would need for this tone? Would a boss ds1 work?

[@CORN_ON_ORB]

You should do the Pokemon theme song

[@cartersynxx2205]

You are the most important one to the house you can do with you later and you have to do it later on the day and then come home later I can iii is your day or tomorrow morning or tomorrow I have a friend that can you play later if it’s a big one ☝️ tomorrow is your house 🏡 was that I can do that and you want to hang out or do it or hang with me I can do it later I want to

[@eltoast]

Not sure if it’s technically right of me or not, but I find it easier to play an open A rather than the 5th fret of the E in the main riff

[@wyliectt]

Awesome lesson , thanks ,, you are making me sound like I know what I am doing !!!!