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Hey Jude
The Beatles
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00:00 Song Demo
00:29 Lesson Intro
01:00 Strumming Pattern
03:20 Verse
04:42 Verse Demo
05:14 Chorus
05:56 Chorus Demo
06:50 Outro
07:53 Outro Demo
08:58 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!

[Verse 1]

     D                  A

Hey Jude don't make it bad

        A7                   D    D7

Take a sad song and make it better

   G                            D

Remember to let her into your heart

               A7              D

Then you can start to make it better

 

[Verse 2]

     D               A

Hey Jude don't be afraid

          A7                 D     D7

You were made to go out and get her

     G                              D

The minute you let her under your skin

            A7             D

Then you begin to make it better

 

[Chorus]

D7                           G          G/F#    Em

  And any time you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain

       D          A7               D      

Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

D7                               G        G/F#  

  For well you know that it's a fool who plays it 

 Em       G         A7            D

cool by making his world a little colder

 

[Refrain]

          D7

Na na na na na

 A           A7

na na na na

 

[Verse 3]

     D                 A

Hey Jude don't let me down

          A7                   D     D7

You have found her now go and get her

   G                            D

Remember to let her into your heart

               A7                 D

Then you can start to make it better

 

[Chorus]

D7                         G        G/F#   Em

  So let it out and let it in, Hey Jude begin

         D          A7            D

You're waiting for someone to perform with

D7                                   G       G/F#

  And don't you know that it's just you, Hey Jude 

        Em    G              A7 

you'll do, the movement you need is on your 

   D

Shoulder

 

[Refrain]

          D7

Na na na na na

 A           A7

na na na na

 

[Verse 4]

     D                  A

Hey Jude don't make it bad

        A7                   D    D7

Take a sad song and make it better

   G                             D

Remember to let her under your skin

             A7               D

Then you'll begin to make it better

Better, better, better, better, better, better, Yeah!

 

[Outro]

 D          C

Na... Na Na Na Na Na Na,

 G                D

Na Na Na Na, Hey Jude