Chords for Guns n Roses Patience Guitar Lesson + Tutorial

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_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] Just need a little [C#] patience, _ oh yeah!
What's up, peeps?
Mike Gross here at [N] Rockinguitarlessons.com and youtube.com slash rocking guitar lessons one.
That's Guns N' Roses with patience and the tuning for this.
Double flat, whole step down. _ _ _ _
You gotta do that if you want to play along with it, okay?
If not, you can tune standard or whatever.
Well, you can't do like drop C and stuff.
It won't work, but good.
[B] If you don't know how to do it, look at some of my other lessons on tuning and I have double
flat in there or a whole step flat, whole step down and figure out how to do it off of that.
It'll show you how, okay?
And once you're tuned up and ready, let's start.
I want to, before we start though, I want to explain a lot of times with strumming
songs and it's not always just acoustic strumming songs.
It can be electric too.
I'm trying to keep the integrity of the guitar [A] player from the band of the song that we're
doing in that I have to say this.
[F] They change it.
When they play live, [F#] things change.
Things aren't exactly the same way as when you hear it on the CD.
Sometimes on purpose, sometimes they're just going with the flow. _
Where your chord changes land is the most important thing and trying to copy the feel
of it as much as possible.
So _ having said that, keep that in mind, I'm giving you the basic [B] strum of this.
Start with C major, 3A, 2D, open G, 1B.
_ And we'll go down, down, down, up and do the same thing on G major.
_ 3E, 2A, open D, open G, 3B, 3 high E.
[E] And do the basic same [F#] strum.
_ [A#] Or we can, [B] actually I'll change it a little.
We'll go down, _ [F#] down, down, up, down. _ _ _
[E] That's a [F#] real common strum.
Down, down, up, up, down, up.
[Bm]
[A#] So we'll alternate it.
We'll have two strum patterns in this.
And then back to C [B] major, same strum. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ No, now we'll go down, up, up, down, up.
We're going to do three.
I'm really going to throw you guys for a loop.
Curveball man, watch out, it's going to hit you.
And then E minor.
_ [D#m] _ _ _
_ [N] And we'll keep that strum the same.
We're not going to throw another curveball.
[B] So then _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
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_ _ [E] back to [B] C. _ _ _
Keep [Em] the same strum.
_ _ [E] And then G [F#] major.
_ _ _ [C#] _ And then we go to D major, which is 2E on [B] the high E, 3B, 2G, and open D.
And you can hit the open A with it.
See my thumb?
You'll watch guitar players when they play, you'll see their thumb there.
[C] Most people don't notice that unless you're playing, learning, or already a current musician.
That's to mute out the [B] low E.
I'm not pushing it down.
I'm touching it so it's deadened.
[N] Now I can hit all six strings, but that one will be muted.
_ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ But on [B] that, I'm not going to show the little changes, just strum through.
_ But it's a longer [C#] strum, like_ _ _ _ _ _
_ So down, down, up, up, down, down, up, down, up.
[G#] And then you'd repeat the whole progression.
[E] [G] C major, G [D#] major, C [C#] major, E [C] minor.
_ [B] _ C major, G major, D major.
Okay?
[N] That's one of the hook main parts in Guns N' Roses, _ Patience.
Just a little patience, you know.
So anyways, like I said, if you want to tune with this, go for it.
If your chord changes are fast enough to keep up with them, definitely go for it.
If your chord changes are slow, don't even sweat it.
You can keep it in standard tuning.
And you want to work on seeing how fast you can change from a C major to a G major.
That's key, guys.
I know that from teaching 20-plus years.
If your chord changes are taking this long, _ then there's nothing wrong with that, guys.
We've all been there.
Then why bother playing along with the song?
Wait until you can get them, and part of your practice, just move your fretting chords,
from your fretting fingers [B] here.
You don't even have to strum.
Just see how fast you can change from one chord to the next.
Okay?
_ [Em] And then from that to the next chord, or whatever.
We're going C to G, G to E minor, [C#] C to G, [N] D to D, all that.
Once that part's in place, then you're approaching being able to play along with the actual song.
So keep that in mind, not just with this song, but with all songs.
Power chords, it doesn't matter what the chords are, whether it's a solo or anything.
Alright?
So, my name's Mike Gross.
I'm going to take off here, man.
I got another lesson to do.
_ _ And my website's coming this month, by the way.
Rockinguitarlessons.com.
And June of 2012, we're in there right now, June of 2012.
I'm not sure of the release date yet.
I have a few little hang-ups, but nothing major.
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It's very affordable.
And there's lots of stuff that you get.
Okay?
So be looking forward to that.
I know I am.
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I won't leave you guys hanging.
I'd rather you ask me than not know.
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Alright?
So peace, guys.
Practice.
We'll [B] talk to you soon.
And like I said, I got another lesson to do. _
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