There's No Other Way by Blur | Guitar Lesson

A fun early Blur track. Tab and backing track can be found on my Patreon page: / anyonecanplayguitar
00:00 Hi
00:38 Play-through
02:41 Bit about the track
03:40 Main riff
Verse riff 06:33
Chorus 08:39
End riff 12:17
Gear 13:54
Bye 15:25
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[@archiet2205]

Graham coxon so underrated. One of the best guitarists of his generation

[@rarebreed1984]

Couldn't agree more.

[@blueshorecreative3146]

yeah, I dunno if he is underrated. At the time, he was rated high as a guitarist. Of course, a fair few "brit rock" bands were evolutions from great bands like the Stone Roses. John Squire - now that's a good guitarist. You can see how Coxon and others were influenced.

[@brianpomeroyfilms]

All hail Graham Coxon. Was it inevitable that you would do this one day? Who cares love it.

[@alejandrohualdez5550]

"Sing" and "She's so High" are both great songs from that album.

[@dahliafiend]

She’s so high was the first song they wrote as a band.

[@ellielovesbands]

And Bang as well

[@Br1tp0pp]

@@ellielovesbands yes

[@seanlowe6092]

Some moments when the hands get loose enough and fluid , that this can sound so good and extremely satisfying to get down. The intro riff is one of those where concentration seems to kill it but keep coming back to it and it falls into place. Great lesson

[@aquamarine99911]

I remember this coming on the radio for the first time and thinking - "Man, that guitar is Hendrixy. It's great!" 30 years later, it just occurred to me to check it out on youtube. Thanks!

[@OMGicantwayyyyyyyyyy]

Maybe not their greatest track, but honestly my favorite Blur track and the one that got me first interested about 25 years ago.

[@chazutube]

Awesome Adrian! Love Blur and Graham Coxon riffs, the overdriven tone on the recording is amazing. Thanks for doing this!

[@markstone2153]

Outstanding content as always, love the gear info at the end!!

[@James-nv1wf]

Seen them live 30 years ago...just learned this great song! Cheers!!

[@koho]

One of the funnest tunes I've learned from this channel - thank you, Adrian! My daughter is learning the vocal - we'll have a good time with it.

[@tarqu1no39]

I was thinking about this track only yesterday on the dog walk and was considering having a crack at it, but YT serendipity strikes again - it looked way too tricky for my levels of patience! Sounds good though, got to be tonight's mission, cheers :)

[@sebastienbuhagiar3250]

A friend of mine gave me a tape with the copy of Leisure in 1991 ... and for almost 30 years, I've been trying (and failing) many times to play this riff properly. And now, thanks to this fantastic tutorial, I can't stop playing it ... Many, many thanks Adrian. I would oleased to get a Durutti Column "sketch for summer" tutorial.

[@loontil]

...so OLEASED...

[@TheHundrethmonkey]

Killer riff always fun to play

[@berylvanniekerk8626]

Unbelievable 30 years! Yes just been listening to the track...guitar awesome! Bass and drums too!

[@lemurdream]

Damn. I would have never figured this out. Thanks Adrian! It's a really fun song to play.

[@trashboat8510]

Great song choice Adrian and even better lesson. You nailed it.

[@petedavis7970]

Fantastic lesson, man.

[@malcolmhead2852]

Wow another fantastic song to learn ! You do the best songs and the best lessons 😎

[@sixgunlover274]

Been meaning to learn this for ages. Many thanks Adrian!!

[@agtj50]

Thanks Adrian, love your tutorials!

[@johng3418]

Great lesson, cheers!

[@jamesmcskeane3684]

Great vid, cracking playing. Cheers!

[@Dave-Plays-Guitar]

Great video, that song reminds me so much of my youth. Coxon is a tremendous player.

[@Dreyno]

Yes. YES. YEEESSSS! Thank you. Tried to learn this so many times and it never sounded right. You’ve nailed it as usual 👍

[@lees7836]

Thanks for this Adrian. Always wanted to now how to nail that intro in particular. Graham Coxon - genius.

[@raoulandgonzo]

how refreshing. a guy who puts himself in front of a camera and concentrates on the song. good stuff.

[@bryannacaldwellsoccer]

Thank you for the video!

[@smithy7034]

Mr. Coxon! Brilliant! Thank you so much for this video. Rifftastic!

[@djh6970]

As I’ve said before, in an ocean of pentatonic and blues scale riffs, it’s refreshing to hear these triad based riffs. Thank you so much. Now please give us some Will Sergeant, pleeeeeeaaaaasssssseee😀

[@acpg]

Yes, this is high on my agenda! what song would you like to see?

[@policyguy3103]

@@acpg Don't think you have done anything like it before, but it would be cool to see the bass and guitar parts covered for something like My Kingdom. Like many Bunnymen tracks, the interplay between the two instruments is really key to making the track as great as it is.

[@djh6970]

@@acpg wow, brilliant. Anything off the first four albums would be great. Can’t wait and cheers in advance😀

[@unemployablegraduate]

@@acpg The Puppet, Do It Clean, Seven Seas, Killing Moon....!

[@chriss1492]

The Killing Moon would be fantastic Adrian!

[@davidjohnlewis2472]

Nailed it now cheers man

[@loontil]

Top work brother

[@teodelfuego]

Thank you! I requested this song, though I’m sure many others did as well! Thanks for a great lesson

[@bonzo2842]

Leisure is a great album. Thanks for the lesson!

[@ST-xg3gy]

Fantastic number!

[@BathedInMilk]

My Boys! Love Blur. Great video, glad to learn another one of theirs.

[@finnstraintime]

Nice new glasses, Adrian.

[@lamper2]

yeah they match his guitar

[@paulatoledo7929]

thank you thank youuuuuuuuuu, you’re a great teacher :-) love from Chile

[@steveholderness1450]

Thanks Adrian - so chuffed you did this one - a man of your word! It's superb. 😁

[@acpg]

My pleasure Steve! Really enjoyed putting this one together.

[@optimalix]

FINALLY!!! Thank you!!!

[@BENS19777]

Awesome thank you for doing this one!

[@spadger9122]

digging your lessons . got a capoo specially to play this and found a new world of sound . inspa bloody rational.

[@RayzaEFC]

Great lesson for a great song. Thanks mate

[@1uk3C7]

Quality lesson, a great one to play!

[@TheStratplayer76]

This is the Best lesson on the Tube 👍🏻 thanks 🙏

[@petermeredith3873]

NICE this is my favorite Blur song

[@A10011]

Such a cool channel. Love your work.

[@theWARMJET]

Fantastic and what a great sound that LP have with DS

[@jeroentromp7097]

Great job mate!!!

[@berylvanniekerk8626]

Brilliant. Thank you. Love your glasses too!

[@MarcosJ-mq4lk]

Brilliant !

[@nivo3672]

Thankyou so much, i couldnt find the a good tutorial anywhere and now there finnaly is one

[@momentotempori617]

Awesome man, thank you

[@piplee1439]

Love the tring embellishment....very very hypnotic

[@ianshields8539]

Trickier than I thought. Cheers Adrian

[@seakayaker20]

You've nailed it. I've been playing this since 1991 and have never been happy with my version. So many thanks. ps suede starcrazy is another masterpiece of indie playing, hint hint!

[@matthewotooleis]

Takes me back mate. Nice one I’ll have a go at this later!

[@andrewcornelius9729]

Bloody awesome!

[@triguk]

Excellent

[@simdoyle]

Fab video. Got me in a 90s Britpop vibe now....

[@anocsalepo]

thank you for your teaching.salute from Türkiye to you.Your playing technic very beatiful.

[@leroycostello9010]

good video cheers bro

[@steventhomas231]

Love this tune. Great one to play. The hardest part is getting the slide parts to sound really slidy.i didnt realise that the neck position was the way to go but it sounds good so I'll try it as well. I love Coxons playing.

[@semajdis]

Thanks! What a great trip on the baggy bandwagon this song was! The Cure's 'Never Enough' being another one. Perhaps a future ACPG video? I am loving the new bins too. They look like they are made from treacle.

[@chrispartridge5545]

Great as ever Adrian! Would love to see a video on Look Inside America if you ever feel like doing one.

[@meadish]

Back in the day I didn't appreciate the angular style of playing from Coxon and was annoyed at having to listen to Parklife 18 times per day, but after I fell in love with Beetlebum I reevaluated their whole catalogue, and now I love exactly the angular aspect of Coxon's playing. :D

[@GregDixson]

Perfect for the summer 👌🏻. It'll be like 1991 all over again 😊

[@vivogden1117]

Dead lucky to have these top lessons,love em,but can't believe 8years and no echo and the bunnymen,thought they would be right up your street!

[@dahliafiend]

Reptile-The Church would be great too.

[@billyshears6622]

Thank you do much for this video. I found another with just playing and tabs and couldn't make any sense of it. The chord shapes aren't complicated but the complicated groove and the rapid fire changes make this way more difficult than it sounds. Nice Super Champ also.

[@jesseburch7063]

You sure make this look easy!

[@danielheywood908]

Flipppin yes!!! Thanks Adrian. Once again you read my mind! Loved your previous Blur tutorials and have always hoped for more. Mighty Coxon is one of the greatest in my opinion. So inventive. Would be great to have more Blur tutorials! Not many on the internet and most don't cut the mustard! Any Elliot Smith in the box? Thanks again.

[@alleygh0st]

Cool. I already learnt it but I will watch this video later see how you do it and probably pick up a thing or two.

[@evanharnett]

I'm chuffed you did a tutorial on this song, one of my long time "how do you play it" Well done, thank you.

[@gdub999tub.]

This is fantastic, thanks! I constantly hear people being critical of Leisure (including Damon!), but I think it's one of the best albums I have ever come across. I guess I have low standards...

[@piplee1439]

During the verse... Taking the fun ( bud um duyeeun ) Outta everything ( bud um duyeeun ). Really hypnotic s # # t

[@RESPONDI433]

When I heard those guitar chords in 91 as a kid I then knew then somehow that Indie was going to take over the UK and it did. Thing is most kids were listening to 60's bands music at that time and it was going to happen, it was an undercurrent culture bursting through. Weirdest thing is I grew up just accross the road from Goldsmiths college in the mid 80's the college where these tunes were being born by Coxon

[@GameyRaccoon]

that les paul is lovely

[@artiefufkin3292]

Cool guitar playing. I might have a go at this despite being and Oasis teenager at the time

[@adamgardner2360]

Still love this record.. the first single I bought

[@alihart]

Graeme Coxon's style it pretty unique. Although I do hear some XTC in there

[@ShlomirBareket]

Good call. His ‘guitar pedal show’ interview is tops! He’s got fresh chops.

[@tonymullen13]

Love your tutorials Adrian, I have learned loads of cracking tunes from you. Have you considered any Manic Street Preachers? James Dean Bradfield is a bit of a guitar hero of mine!

[@acousticabuse6953]

Not sure if it's the effect of the blur track but you seem to be looking cooler and cooler as the videos go on mate 😎

[@jamescairns5409]

Nice new glegs!

[@ednaplate]

Just perfect. That’s all.

[@chris1.2]

I swear that there is one string off note on the first beat of the second bar of the opening riff. Pretty damn close though, I never actually worked it out so hats off.

[@roberthuffmann8204]

This was a big album for me when it came out

[@69goldi]

Love it when you break out the Les Paul

[@RDFB101]

time to dig out the capo!

[@DayWhitmore]

Thanks I’ve asked so many Guitarest to show me this and they wouldn’t hah

[@pierremystique5335]

Many thanks. A few ropey tutorials out there.

[@allanmacfarlane5731]

Graham Coxon and Adrian Woodward, separated at birth?!?! Brilliant once again, thank you Adrian.

[@mheberling5939]

Not a Blur fan, but this song is in my option the best one. Such a good jam.

[@sabbracadabra8367]

Same I don't like their other stuff but this is such an amazing song. I wish I could come up with guitar parts like that. It's so pro and fluid.

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Tidy!😎🎙🎸✅

[@phil393]

Brilliant, always liked coxons guitar work, if were going to do recommendations, how about 1999 by the seahorses, john squire at his best.

[@station2station544]

WOW- nailed it. bravo. We in the US (probably mis-characterized) them as "Manchester" along with Happy Mondays, Black Grape, Stone Roses (waiting for you to do Daybreak), Primal Scream, Charlatans, etc...

[@noggintube]

Easy to do since the Manc sound was so big at the time. The Charlatans weren't technically either but they moved up to Manchester to be a part of the scene so kind of are by association. Some great tunes came out though and alongside the US grunge was a great time for music in general :)

[@station2station544]

@@noggintube So true - love both genres. What a great time to be 21-25 - that was my age at the time. FAC51

[@Uber_Hans]

Awesome tutorial! My god does the capo make that verse riff a cakewalk as opposed to without.

[@hamletmachineuk]

Another great, clear tutorial. Any chance of showing us how to play Popscene properly? It's just too fiddly for my ears... and abilities

[@Br1tp0pp]

yay

[@trickfall8752]

Excellent! Graham Coxon is the best guitar player from the 90's.

[@smoshbooz]

Kevin Shields, J Mascis, David Pajo, Billy Corgan... Would like to have a word with you 😎

[@trickfall8752]

@@smoshbooz All great players (though I'm not familiar with David Pajo) and I've been lucky enough to hear them all live, but for me Graham is the best of that era. I'd also add at least Lee Ranaldo and Ira Kaplan to that list.

[@trickfall8752]

I should add it's all just opinion :-)

[@smoshbooz]

@@trickfall8752 ah I mentioned Pajo since he played in Slint and Spiderland is my favourite album. And yes! Great suggestions, forgot about the Sonic Youth duo for a moment. Amazing that you've had that chance. I'm only 23 but at least I've seen Billy Corgan haha. Looking forward to seeing more though, with all those reunions going on. But yes, it is indeed a matter of opinions, I love blur and Coxon also anyway

[@trickfall8752]

@@smoshbooz Oddly I never got around to listening to Slint, but I'll check them out. One of the benefits of being old and having always lived either near, or in NYC is I've been able to see and hear a lot of amazing bands.

[@stec7515]

Leisure is great.

[@jamesdavid6769]

Any chance of a tutorial on shed seven getting better?