🎸 You Are My Sunshine • Easy guitar lesson w/ melody tab

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Hey friends! Here's my new video lesson teaching you how to play the traditional classic You Are My Sunshine. I'm basing this on the 2003 version by Johnny Cash, which is played using only 3 chords (A, D, and E) -- making it great for absolute beginners. In the second half of the lesson, I'll show how you can dial up the difficulty a bit if you want to add more complex strumming (e.g. alternating bass notes). I'll also show two different ways to play the melody riff, tabs included.
Video lesson timestamps:
0:00 Preview & Lesson Summary
1:49 Chord Shapes
3:31 Chord Progression
5:27 Strumming: Basics
7:05 Strumming: Adding Bass Notes
12:12 Melody Riff w/ Tabs
22:03 Full Playthrough
Remember, if you didn't see my previous lesson showing the process of working out the melody notes for this song, check it out here! I've gotten a ton of great feedback expressing how helpful this video was, which makes me so glad. songnotes.net/lessons/411/
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[@mikewhelan9561]

daaaam buddy good. all my relatives over 70 make me play this

[@mikewhelan9561]

can you do tenesse waltz

[@MrMongoose32]

I love the way you break down songs and give different styles on all your vids. Your a great teacher. Thank You for great content.

[@marinkafrans5607]

wow this is so cool. as a child i played guitar for over 7 years. and 20 years later i start playing again . and thes videos ar great to follow. thank you for these video's.

[@mark-dietz]

The first song I ever learned back in like 1968 Im OLD!

[@OldLadyAngler]

I absolutely love your instructionals. Well done and easily understandable.

[@donnakwok7118]

Beautiful song, I will be glad to practice,thank you.❤️🙏

[@kandace1806]

You are tote’s mcgotes nailin’ this getfiddle, guru guidance. Thank you. I’ll be sure to give some credit where due. Have a swell day

[@jrunck3616]

I would love to know if you have done crying time with cords and tabs? It's an old song but I love it. I love the way you teach and how thorough you are. I'm glad I found you.

[@nixternal]

I learned the Gene Autry way, which looks to be 99.9% dead on. Only difference I saw was maybe 4 strums during the lick :D This was such a fun song to learn the first few months of learning. I've been getting in to bluegrass now, so I need to go back & revisit this and twang it up a bit more. Thanks for this!

[@BakerBaker1-9]

Great lesson - many thanks

[@kathleenargerake1993]

Love you, David! But how do you read the lined dots on the instructions for the base and melody notes?? I'm lost when it comes to reading my print out! 😭

[@michelleknighten6582]

Thanks David!! I would love upside down by jack Johnson if you are looking for something. 😊

[@JustsomeonefromTR33]

Can you make a video for A7X - Bruied Alive ? I can't found any videos about to acoustic chords.

[@Balian38240]

Hi. Great lesson as usual. What’s model of Taylor you play with ?

[@MrPeter924]

Great music song. Playing guitar so sound great audio

[@roboi547]

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