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Bad To The Bone
George Thorogood
FNa7HD_8HJo
00:00 Song Demo
01:07 Lesson Intro
01:43 Techniques: Power Chords & Palm muting
11:00 Improve your strumming!
11:51 Main Riff (easier)
15:06 Main Riff (power chords)
20:13 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!

Main Riff (easier)
                        /===============repeat===============\
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------0--0--5--0--3--|--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--5--0--3--|

 


Main Riff (power chords)
                        /===============repeat===============\
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------7-----5--|--------2--2-----2--2--------7-----5--|
|--------0--0--5--0--3--|--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--5--0--3--|

 

Main Riff (another option)
                        /===============repeat===============\
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------7-----5--|-----------------------------7-----5--|
|--------0--0--5--0--3--|--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--5--0--3--|