Anyone Can Play Guitar

Online and private guitar tuition

Acoustic

Pancho and Lefty by Townes Van Zandt

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An all-time acoustic classic from TVZ. If you have some basic fingerpicking skills, this one’s not too hard to play. Tab on Patreon.

Christmas Eve by Gorky’s/TFC

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For this year’s Xmas special I’m taking a look at the beautiful song Christmas Eve originally recorded by Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, and covered wonderfully by Teenage Fanclub. Hope you enjoy it. Merry Christmas!

What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love & Understanding by Nick Lowe

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In this video, I’m looking at a Nick Lowe classic. First I take you through the basic chords so you can strum it Costello-style, then I look at a surf-style instrumental version, as played by Los Straitjackets.Tab and backing track can be found on Patreon.

The Last Steam Engine Train by John Fahey

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Here’s my take on the John Fahey classic. An essential piece for anyone’s fingerstyle repertoire.

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Detailed and accurate tab is available on my Patreon page.

Strolling Down The Highway by Bert Jansch

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In this lesson I’m taking a look at a 1964 fingerstyle blues track from the wonderful Bert Jansch.

Music/Tab

Can be found on my Patreon page.

River Man by Nick Drake

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Here’s my take on the beautiful river Man by Nick Drake.

Here are a couple of interesting videos where it’s a bit easier to hear the guitar. In the first one you can more clearly hear the little fills during the instrumental section and the dissonant chords towards the end.

This is from a 1969 Peel session. The quality isn’t that great, but you can clearly hear the transitions between the chords. Also some slight differences between this and the studio recording – he doesn’t play the higher strings on the Aadd9, and there are some slight variations to the bass line.

Music/Tab

Is on my Patreon page.