How To Play 'Blue Suede Shoes' - 1950s Rock 'n' Roll Guitar Tutorial (easy) - Jez Quayle

In this tutorial I teach how to play a rhythm guitar version of Carl Perkins/Elvis Presley's classic rock 'n' roll/rockabilly song, ‘Blue Suede Shoes’, in the original key of A. A song sheet containing the lyrics and chords I play can be viewed or downloaded from my songbook blog here: jezquaylesongbookhome.files.w...
If you'd like to learn how to play some of the riffs and licks that Carl Perkins used when playing this and other rockabilly songs, check out these other tutorial videos in which I teach how to play like Carl:
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If you'd like to buy a copy of my chord songbook '50 from the Fifties', which contains 50 classic rock 'n' roll and rockabilly songs that can be played with just 4 easy open chords, then search for 'Jez Quayle' and 'Rock and Roll' on Amazon. Unfortunately, I can't provide a single Amazon link that will work all around the world.
If Amazon says 'out of stock', or you'd prefer not to use Amazon, you can also purchase the songbook from Lulu.com in paperback or as an eBook (pdf format). Here's the Lulu.com link: www.lulu.com/search?adult_aud...

[@williamd1891]

Just bought your book from lulu. I love your teaching style. Simple, to the point and without wasting half my life with a bunch non useful blah-blah-blah.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much William! Much appreciated. And thanks for the songbook purchase! I hope you have fun with it.

[@orlandosoto6080]

You just don’t stop, do you! Rock on👍🏼

[@didierfournier9083]

Yeah ! Elvis. Carl Perkins and you . Merci

[@retrobilly1719]

Thanks for doing these Tutorials!

[@eugeniomouradosanjos3704]

The Tutorials are very good. Thanks. These are songs to ethernity..Cool

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! 😊👍

[@jonheart5415]

Thanks Jez!!!!

[@DavidKeener-jf8xb]

You are a breath of air!

[@kaycarley]

Your tutorials are always excellent and easy to understand. Many thanks for taking the time and effort to create them 😃. Your teaching method is fab 😃!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Kay! That's nice of you to say. I'm pleased you like them.

[@martinzikovsky7112]

Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic!!!👍👍👍

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Martin!

[@toddbell1214]

One of my favorite lessons you have done 👍

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks Todd! Glad you like it.

[@horsthermannmies7751]

Great Lesson its fun to play !👍👍👍

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Horst!

[@guillermoortiz7886]

Great Jez, you are awaken up my musical rock&roll dreams again!! Thanks so much!!! 🎼🎸🥁 Guillermo “Willy”

[@RocknRollSongbook]

That's great to know Guillermo!

[@Spielkind45]

Cool thanx man!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks!

[@teddyboy5953]

Good stuff mate! I love your style of playing and not over complicating things.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much! Yes, why make it complicated. 👍

[@alexandremarinbondomarindo9870]

Apesar da música ser universal,quem não tem um bom ritmo,a língua dificulta o aprendizado.Mas a aula é nota 10,se um dia aprender o rock ficarei alegre.Quem tocava assim aquí no Brasil era o louco do Raul Seixas,mas já morreu faz mais de 20 anos.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Muito obrigado. Sim, acertar o ritmo é muito importante no rock and roll. Jogando com muita energia também.

[@artist538]

Thank you so much🤙

[@RocknRollSongbook]

👍

[@rockroll456]

Brilliant bud

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks mate!

[@user-hq2nv8ct8p]

Hello Jez! I like this way you play on the gutar. I am an Norwegian, but now i live in Sweden. I have bought your bok «50 from the fifties». I look forward to have much fun playing guitar and ukulele with you 👏👍 Thank you vert much! 👍🇳🇴🇸🇪

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks! It’s great to know that you’re having fun with the songbook in Sweden. Keep on rockin’! - Jez🎶

[@lislee2645]

Love yr tutorial man. Ur a gd singer too. Tq

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@eljawharanews9482]

👍❤👍think you ELVIS

[@gnawbabygnaw]

Thank you good sir!

[@jbg9595]

Thank you

[@michelebisacco6391]

Great

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Michele!

[@joseramongilcastano598]

muy buen video, congrats!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

¡Muchas gracias Jose!

[@looping1318]

trop bien 👍merci beaucoup 🦓

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Merci beaucoup!

[@_AIME]

thanks you so much

[@RocknRollSongbook]

👍

[@gnawbabygnaw]

Thanks for responding to my pick question 🤙🤙

[@RocknRollSongbook]

No problem 👍

[@joshuajohnson2216]

I know this song and I learn it before 😃

[@RocknRollSongbook]

👍👍

[@jldelcuv]

There's a D at the end of the chorus after the E and before going back to A.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

There are several common versions of the 12-bar blues chord progression. What you describe is a common variation. Back in the 1950s, however, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley used the version of the chord progression I describe in this video when playing 'Blue Suede Shoes'. Have a look/listen to this live version from Carl: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoOxqqmFabaiq7s ...and this live, Elvis version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5zIYnVme9V8kJo Chuck Berry also tended to use this version of the chord progression.

[@germaintremblay2795]

Hi Jez I just received your songbook today and I'm ready to start learning all those excellent rock n roll songs. Please could you tell me which program to you use to be able to make your strumming patterns with small arrows and biggers arrows in color. like the strumming pattern for Blue Suede Shoes that will greatly help me to remember the strumming pattern and in pratice also. Your help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards Germain

[@RocknRollSongbook]

I create those graphics using Paintbrush - the basic app that comes with Microsoft Windows.

[@MikeHensley-sc3ns]

A, C, & E.. who knew!?! Cray!

[@RocknRollSongbook]

A, D & E …nice and simple 👍

[@looping1318]

et j'ai acheté le livre parce que je suis votre fan 🦓

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Merci beaucoup! Et merci pour l'achat du recueil de chansons.

[@-BY205]

Nice explained.... idiot safe.... Good 👍 job.... Awesome

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much!

[@richardprutz6458]

I have your 50's Guitar book, do you have any other Books? With song timing and Tabs? Thank you for your hard work. Does your Daughter play full time as you do? (Weekends)

[@richardprutz6458]

Forgot to add I love your videos..

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much for the songbook purchase Richard! If you go to Lulu.com and search for’Jez Quayle’ you’ll see other songbooks I’ve put together. There are guitar and ukulele songbooks.

[@RocknRollSongbook]

Thanks very much Richard! 😊

[@DjankoDK]

Hey Jez, are you coming out with a 4 chords book on ballads too???

[@RocknRollSongbook]

A good idea, but ballads aren’t something I specialise in singing. I sing the occasional ballad, but I’m never that confident I do them justice.

[@josetorti2629]

FOX?? en français..

[@RocknRollSongbook]

I don't understand what you mean by 'FOX'

[@retrobilly1719]

Oops He 😂Broke a String