01:25 Lesson Intro
02:01 Chords
04:25 Intro - simple version
08:56 Intro - variation
11:33 Verse strum
14:53 Strumming Expression...!
16:08 Chorus strum
18:42 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!
[INTRO]
Dm9
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D D U D U D U D U D U U D U
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D D U D U D U
Dadd9
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D D U D U D U D U D U U D U
Dm9
Old man look at my life
Dadd9
I'm a lot like you were
Dm9
Old man look at my life
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I'm a lot like you were
[VERSE 1]
|D |F |C |G |
D F
Old man look at my life
C G
Twenty four and there's so much more
D F
Live alone in a paradise
C F
That makes me think of two
D F
Love lost, such a cost
C G
Give me things that don't get lost
D C
Like a coin that won't get tossed
F G
Rolling home to you
[CHORUS]
|D |Am Em G |
D
Old man take a look at my life
Am Em G
I'm a lot like you
D
I need someone to love me
Am Em G
the whole day through
D
Ah, one look in my eyes
Am Em G
and you can tell that's true
[VERSE 2]
|D |F |C |G |
|D |F |C |F |
D F
Lullabies look in your eyes
C G
Run around the same old town
D F
Doesn't mean that much to me
C F
To mean that much to you
D F
I've been first and last
C G
Look at how the time goes past
D C
But I'm all alone at last
F G
Rolling home to you
[CHORUS]
|D |Am Em G |
D
Old man take a look at my life
Am Em G
I'm a lot like you
D
I need someone to love me
Am Em G
the whole day through
D
Ah, one look in my eyes
Am Em G
and you can tell that's true
[OUTRO]
(similar to intro but shorter)
Dm9 Dadd9
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Dm9
Old man look at my life
Dadd9
I'm a lot like you were
Dm9
Old man look at my life
|D |F |C |C |D |
I'm a lot like you were