Simple Man Guitar Lesson - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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In this simple Man guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play this classic from the great Lynyrd Skynyrd note-for-note.
The tuning on the original recording and this lesson video is, starting from the 6th string, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.
The opening arpeggiated guitar riffs are instantly recognizable and sound beautiful once you get the picking pattern down.
There are actually two guitar parts being played together that are very similar. I will explain them both in-depth in the video. There is also a cool single note riff at the end of the verse section.
The chorus is the easiest part of the song and shouldn't pose a issue for anyone that can play simple barre chords.
The solo, just as with all Lynyrd Skynyrd solos, has some fantastically musical playing and some technically challenging licks as well. I will break it down phrase-by-phrase.
I hope you guys enjoy learning this all-time classic power ballad from the great Lynyrd Skynyrd! #simplemanguitarlesson #lynyrdskynyrd #guitarcovers

[@jakeobney3508]

This song seems anything but simple, man

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😂

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I see what you did there 🤡

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You’ll get the hang of it. 👍

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Lol

[@KazesDemons]

How many votes can a request for Gimme Three Steps get?

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I’d love to see a Gimme Three Steps lesson!

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[@bmcginnis6543]

Dunno why, but that might be my favorite overall guitar solo of all time. It's perfect.

[@JonnySublime]

Every Skynyrd song is perfect.

[@vortexninjaa5333]

Hey Carl, could you possibly do a lesson on That Smell or Tuesday's Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd

[@andrewsmith9094]

From Marty to Carl I’ve moved up in life

[@nickdonalds0546]

Yea. Marty just every now n then, accidentally names off a wrong string name n it throws me off lol. Like his lesson on this song he accidentally says to end on the open G string while on the G chord instead of the open D

[@nxlvi]

Solo starts at 17:46

[@nickdebease]

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES

[@Nergal_Slayer]

Thanks!

[@metalboy1986]

Thanks man saved me a few minutes trying to find it

[@iamtoothewalrus]

Top notch teacher, one of the best on youtube

[@Johnbartheart]

My Go-To every time I want to check out a song I hear or know!😁✌🏽

[@jessicanavarrete6215]

Rigth!!

[@samuraj-gaming1625]

Wtf

[@lukaspasak7339]

Behhh ya broo

[@diadora9292]

Always seems to have all the songs I’m interested in👍

[@Keegsei]

Finally! One of my favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, can't wait to learn..

[@MrEvergreenLayne]

The expression on your face after playing through that solo is exactly how I felt. Like I was coming back to earth.

[@JonnySublime]

All Lynyrd Skynyrd solos are great...I can't think of anything truer.

[@theconcerned]

Come on man... I havent finished Diary of a Madman yet! Ha, keep it up Carl. How about Jerry Reed "East Bound And Down"?

[@juansantiagodbautista4966]

20:42 literally my string exploded in that bend, no joke

[@argojason5548]

R.I.P Em

[@himanshupanwar5918]

This was really cool. Can you teach more of lynyrd skynyrd stuff probably "I need you".

[@Cademaverickv]

Please more Skynyrd! What an incredible band that's much more than Sweet Home Alabama and Freebird. Awesome lesson as usual, would love to see more Southern rock lessons!

[@elizasly6985]

Hello Hello Hello Hello How low?

[@elizasly6985]

Bring your friends, It's fun to lose and to pretend

[@bartekc9920]

she's over bored, self assured oh no, i know a dirty word

[@elizasly6985]

Hello, Hello, Hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello

[@Bang217]

AND WITH THE LIGHTS OUT

[@kurtcobain8316]

It's less dangerous, here we are now, entertain us!

[@dmt66]

From the opening notes I swear you were playing the record. Great tone, feel, accuracy. Thanks for the lesson

[@NuclearHeat]

Same here🤘

[@lcvol73]

What pedals are you using to get that tone?! Sounds great!!!

[@teddyalvis6544]

still the Best instructor on You Tube thank you Carl for ALL the lessons man

[@JustinTaylor1098]

Beautiful song and a superb lesson. Thanks Carl.

[@merrickrosenberg3436]

Just want to say I’ve learned a ton from watching your videos. This is one of my favorite solos of all time and I never dreamed I’d be able to even attempt it. I worked on it for a few hours and am close to being able to get thru it smoothly. When I want to learn something new I click Carl Brown!

[@Whitesp44]

PERFECTION! Very well done. I thought I was playing this song correctly for decades LOL. Thanks man . I know this is an older video/lesson but truly appreciate it. Rock on 🤟.

[@loganmoore9832]

Love learning guitar from Elon musk.

[@argojason5548]

13:40 solo (rythm guitarists) 17:00 (actual solo)

[@MrAaronJEvans]

Omg! I can’t find I need you lesson from anyone… that’s crazy it’s a really good song

[@The_IN_Famous_ElGuapo_714]

"Just cheated, who cares"...🤣 That one got me!

[@deepenwadhwa4027]

Great lesson! You will always be the best guitar lessons channel on YT, everyone else is already too late.

[@MatoMusic805]

I don’t get how to tune down a half step

[@paulpride8842]

I love playing this song its personally my favorite. RIP Ed King

[@demention7966]

17:04 Your welcome

[@bleb5518]

Surfing with the alien solo please!

[@siddharthhetfield3562]

You have been my guitar teacher all the time I search a lesson on KZbin

[@RichGuitarWissen]

Wanna do this with my band Thanks so much Carl! 🙏

[@TheShrededward]

is this played a half step down?

[@ditsydaisys]

yes

[@SilviaKrueger]

Great song❤❤❤ thanks for your work on guitar parts and sounds 🎼🎼🎼🌹🌹🌹

[@greg6162]

What setting on the STRAT…? Also, I don’t know why I have problems with chords, I can play the Sublime Santeria solo

[@markdavis5970]

I can play this but I usually mess up and I can't figure out why. I THINK its got to do with my pick pattern ??.

[@jessecadena58]

Can you please do either the zoo by the scorpions or black magic women by santana. Your awesome thanks for all your hard work. I've learned alot from you your a awesome teacher.

[@joemars41]

Those pickups sound great for the Strat. They used to call them hot rails but what are they ? Definitely think their form is better than staggered pickups, but its all good.

[@ColoradoJet]

17:03 Amazing precision on that solo man! Super impressed with both your axe skills and patient teaching abilities.

[@esscee96]

Solo @ 17:03

[@greg6162]

Anyone know any good amp settings? I have a Yamaha THR10II

[@IntentionalHelp]

Carl could you do a poll for pantera this love and 5 minutes alone???

[@gilsonscaciotarebane5201]

Foi a melhor explicação das etapas dessa música, para quem está procurando aprender esse clássico, obrigado

[@philippinefandango2859]

Great lesson... Thanks for sharing!!!

[@janschroder3285]

Thank you so much for this amazing lesson! You are an amazing teacher and awesome guitarist!

[@bobboitt3126]

dang bends are killer.....lol

[@krisrockstok]

"Its a pain in the player just, cheat it who cares!" :-D 20:51 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIGxaGxmmZ2Gq5I

[@ffrraannckk]

How about some ZZ Top ????

[@charlieclifford7396]

Another great lesson Carl it would be awesome if you could do a lesson on call me the breeze

[@Angel-wi5pu]

Dang whats that chord in the beginning its beautiful

[@phoenixmorsette2671]

U should do “The night we met” by Lord Huron

[@jalensera]

Solo at 17:00

[@hiimtiltz7501]

What do I tune my amp to and the knobs on my guitar they never have these in the lessons it’s so annoying

[@eddieberkeyheiser]

Could you do Shadow of Your Love by Guns N' Roses

[@OmgShesUgly]

Thank you very much for providing us with those high quality lessons for free! Could you maybe do "Soothsayer" by Buckethead? That would be so great! Saw it mentioned often already :)

[@sacsingh108]

Can you do "Coming Home" by Lynyrd Skynyrd?

[@byrdman023able]

Disposable Heros- Metallica, please!!!

[@xchino0427]

Yo toco puros corridos pero I also enjoy rock and blues

[@luisfrias7745]

Simple Man, simple lesson, thank

[@PedroSantos-fp4iu]

Carl where do I request songs?

[@VincentAnderson-z7b]

That was fire 🔥 my brother thank you

[@d1velndon770]

Possibly a dumb question but im buying my first guitar tmrw so im a rookie lol. Do you use any pedals or effects to get this noise? OR jut play the notes?

[@uno1industries]

The chorus and the verse riff have some sort of overdrive or distortion pedal, but everything else is just a clean tone.

[@Isnax27]

Does the “picking toward the next string” go for pretty much every thing as a better habit than picking down? Or is this only with this arpeggio style?

[@Mila-uw5sz]

4:47 1st part longer playing

[@aknevrnky]

It is fake don’t cry

[@Deweycox710]

I thought sandercoe was the best teacher on here but you might have him beat.👏👏👏

[@thomasbowlin6787]

You are a great teacher with impeccable detail. Thank you, I have a reunion concert coming up this month and I am playing this song which I have not played in 15 years so naturally I needed a refresher course. You saved me so much time because I use to play this but after 15 years and 100 songs later you tend to forget those little details which counts the most.

[@jcublrky]

Do one thing by them please

[@brbuche]

thanks for all the lessons man, I have a song that I've been trying to work on, I cannot get it completely. I need an expert transcriber especially the solo, this song reminded me of the walk down on the intro technique, I think many people would like this. I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD (TEN YEARS AFTER). the lessons that are out there pretty weak. although the introduction is covered reasonably easy, thanks cheers keep it up, awesome

[@marshallxm]

Hi, Sorry for being offtopped, for this video, but may I ask you to make tutorial on "Metallica - The God That Failed"?

[@MetalRob81]

Great lesson.. I always thought Allen Collins was one of the best of his era. So melodic!! Would love a lesson on their song I Know A Little. Steve Gaines killed it on this song.

[@РусланМосквитин-й6в]

Hello! thanks for this great lesson. I am russian and i dont understand what are you talking, but i got enought . Can i ask you, what pickup do you use? Is it bridge?

[@TWINSNAKE47]

Hey Carl, you wouldn't happen to be from California? I thought I saw you or maybe it was your doppelganger

[@TheNicuro]

One of the best teachers, absolutly great. Don´t know if somebody yet had asked, but for me it would be very helpful if I can see which PU You are using at which part.

[@davelowglide4384]

I love this page, but I wish you taught more skynard

[@clonedsheep6080]

I will fucking grind my ass off until I can play this solo on a dreadnaught.

[@MASTERWARLOCKER]

Lynyrd /Skynyrd Had 3 Guitarist and in Pensacola Florida, A Battle of the bands I competed and was a beginning Band and Thought What a Stupid name For a Band And we played after So We said these guys have beards and I couldn't Grow one yet. They won the PA System and Southern Rock Was Born

[@dylanbarnett7510]

I learned this today (October 20th) to honor and remember the members who died in that tragic plane crash. There won't ever be another band like them... legendary group. Hope they are all resting in paradise 🙏

[@Robert-qe4fg]

Could you please make tutorial for “Speak of the Devil” by black pistol fire, I can’t find a tutorial anywhere

[@wulftieth]

will you do jeremy by pearl jam or mailman by soundgarden? thanks to my favorite teacher!

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Buried alive by A7X pls

[@HH-tj1vb]

such a great channel! Could you plz do a lesson on Please Don't Leave Me by Pretty Maids? thanks!

[@carlensbasement9147]

Appreciate this lesson! Actually all your lessons are great. Would you mind sharing the model pickups you have on strat. Really like the versatility that you are getting that I don't have with the lace sensor pu's I have in there now.

[@jeffwiggins3351]

Sincere thanks for another great lesson... and for sharing your time and knowledge with all of us:>) ✝

[@christianfuhrmann5647]

Could you do a lesson on Red Cold River by Breaking Benjamin? keep rockin🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@timmer92211]

Hi Carl, loved the lesson. Isn't there a Dsus4 in there, just on the very end of each verse? As a substitution for the G?

[@rwolf9005]

Can u do the rest of surfing with the alien

[@vincentanderson7913]

So glad to find your channel you have been a blessing to me as far as learning your tutorial are fantastic and you are a great teacher i dont post much but. Had to say thank you

[@goldenbdogg4880]

17:50 I’ll be back

[@jessicapendleton5188]

Could you Mabey make a slower one? With tabs please!

[@jimijames27]

It would be cool if you added little markers in the video that seperated the parts for easy access. Love your channel!

[@himanshupanwar5918]

Hey its a request, can you please upload a tutorial for more of lynyrd skynyrd songs like I Need You, Tuesday gone etc.

[@МаксимВолков-в6л]

what about simple plan lessons?

[@Mila-uw5sz]

TY 🙏🏼❤️

[@Bjorni4991]

Great lesson, Carl! Thanks for all the lessons! I'm really missing one of the classics; Disturbed - Stricken. Is that something we will se in the nearest future? ;-)

[@ninodover9024]

Thank you!

[@chancemiller6842]

More who!! Pete Townsend! Please! And hotel California total classic id love to learn it

[@krisrockstok]

Love your channel, first place to check when I want to learn new stuff.

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Thank you

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Thank you