01:15 Lesson Intro
01:44 Chords E E7 A B7
03:39 Strumming Pattern
04:42 Strumming Only Demo
05:33 Expressive strumming!
06:25 Main Riff
11:28 Lesson Outro
It's not WHAT you strum...
...But HOW you strum it!
Not sure what to strum for these songs?
How do you come up with strumming patterns?
Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?
You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!
E
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|----------------4--2--|----------------4--2--|----------------4--2--|----------------------|
|--0-------------------|--0-------------------|--0-------------------|--0-------------2--0--|
A E
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|--0-------------------|--0-------------4--2--|----------------4--2--|----------------------|
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(instead of strumming E or A in the verses, the above riffs can be used)
[INTRO]
|E |E |E |E |
[VERSE 1]
E
When your baby leaves you all alone
A E
And nobody calls you on the phone
B7
Dontcha feel like crying?
E
Dontcha feel like crying?
B7 E
Well, here I am my honey, c'mon, you cry to me
[VERSE 2]
E
When you're all alone in your lonely room
A E
And there's nothing but the smell of her perfume
B7
Dontcha feel like crying?
E
Dontcha feel like crying?
B7 E E7
Don't ya feel like crying, c'mon, c'mon, you cry to me
[BRIDGE]
A E
Whoa oh, nothing can be sadder than a glass of wine alone
B7 E E7
Loneliness loneliness, such a waste of time
A E
You don't ever have to walk alone, you see
B7 E
Come on take my hand, baby won't you walk with me? Whoa yea
[VERSE 3]
E
When you're waiting for a voice to come
A E
In the night there is no one
B7
Dontcha feel like crying?
E
Dontcha feel like crying?
B7 E
Dontcha feel like cry-cry-crying
B7 E
Dontcha feel like cry-cry-crying