01:09 Lesson Intro
01:40 Chords
05:36 Strumming Pattern
08:15 Song Intro
09:49 Verse
13:06 Chorus
15:40 Bridge
16:41 Tips for efficiency
19:00 Strumming expression!
20:26 Song Demo (strumming only)
21:54 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]
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[VERSE]
G B7
Sittin' in the morning sun
C A7
I'll be sittin' when the evening come
G B7
Watching the ships roll in
C A7
then I'll watch 'em roll away again, yeah
[CHORUS]
G E
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
G E
watching the tide roll away
G A
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
G E
wasting ti - ime
[VERSE]
G B7
I left my home in Georgia and I
C A7
Headed for the Frisco Bay
G B7
'Cause I've had nothing to live for
C A7
Look like nothing's gonna come my way
[CHORUS]
G E
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
G E
watching the tide roll away
G A
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
G E
wasting ti - ime
[BRIDGE]
G D C
Look like nothing's gonna change
G D C
Everything seems to stay the same
G D C
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
F D
So I guess I'll remain the same
[VERSE]
G B7
Sittin' here resting my bones
C A7
and this loneliness won't leave me alone
G B7
These two thousand miles I roamed
C A7
just to make this dock my home
[CHORUS]
G E
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
G E
watching the tide roll away
G A
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
G E
wasting ti - ime
[OUTRO]
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