Chords for Impressive Guitar Songs Without BARRE CHORDS

[C] Hi, so good songs [E] without barcodes.
No way yes, so I remember a [G] couple years ago
One of my friends told me that [C] in order to be a guitarist
She has [F] to be able to play bar chords and [E] tonight
I say yeah like I definitely think you can play great guitar without bar chords
But I also think you're gonna have a pretty hard time finding a great guitarist [F] who's just like [C] it's too hard that said today
I want to share with you some [D] of my favorite impressive [E] songs without barcodes so first up [C] is
[E] Just kidding so just to clarify there are a bunch of songs that are really impressive that technically don't have barcodes
But have like much harder techniques.
That's not what I mean like I'm gonna assume that if we're avoiding barcodes.
We're probably also [Cm] avoiding _
Kind of playing so these songs are really good if you're just looking for [C] stuff that uses like basic techniques
But still sounds really impressive, and that's the other thing what is an impressive [E] song it really depends on the person who you're trying to
Impress your grandma and slash gonna be impressed by two very different things so in this video
I want to just cover songs are impressive for like a variety of reasons so you can impress slash and your [G] grandma so first up
Blackbird by the Beatles
_ So _ I think that was really impressive because it's [Em] like a classic and it's also done by like very impressive Paul [D] McCartney
[G] You know so just like playing a song by an impressive person by extension.
You're impressive.
I think it's how it works
it's also a great beginner song because after you do the
You pretty much just stay in the same finger position the whole time just sliding up and down the fretboard
The hardest thing [C] really is just remembering where to go so it's not too hard another song that I
Sometimes talk about in every video last car
So I'll skim over it it uses a lot of the same techniques as Blackbird [E] in terms of playing and it kind of falls into
The same genre so I figured I'd include it [Am] next up safe and sound
[Em] So _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ [G] _ _ [D] that one doesn't like quite get the same [Am] respect as Blackbird
I don't think most [Em] people are like whoa [C] that Taylor Swift song from [G] the Hunger Games you'll watch it
However, it is still like a really nice sounding song it kind of still has that [Gbm] classic feel to it
And I was kind of trying to figure out what it was
I think it's all the hammer-ons and pull-offs
But it's also a great beginner song because it just uses like your basic open chords
It does a lot with them in terms of pull-offs and just like finger picking to make it sound a lot more intricate
[Eb] And a song that's like really similar to that that's also from a movie.
I see fire by [Bbm] Ed Sheeran
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[Ab] _ [Bbm] _ [G] So this one in terms of like pop acoustic music is the closest you'll hear to [Bbm] shredding.
This kind of has that like _ _
Sound to it and it sounds a lot more impressive than actually is challenging to do like safe and sound it just really makes the
most of like hammer-ons and pull-offs and this one like Blackbird people be like Ed Sheeran, Hobbit _ [E] and
Speaking of Ed another one that I do in some video 18 when you [Gbm] play it
Well, it sounds [D] almost identical to the [A] studio version of the song because at its core the studio version is like just an acoustic song
You know when you [E] play something that sounds [C] almost identical to how it sounds on the radio
It's pretty impressive and another song that applies to is [Fm] let it go _
[Eb] by James Bay
[C] So _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ that song also uses a lot of the same techniques as Blackbird, but also has like that 18 quality
That's like instantly recognizable.
I think people be like, hey, was that James Bay? _
from
_ 2015 plus I just think it's a nice song.
So it's impressive to [Bb] me.
Next up is what's my [F] age again? _
_ [Bb] So sort of same thing where has that like immediate familiarity
But then also since it's on [C] acoustic with finger picking you made it your own and making a song your own is very impressive
But it still sounds close enough to the song where it's not just like here's my own version of a song
_ Wonderwall, you know what I mean?
No, and that's all them
[Gb] I tried to hit on like four different ways that make songs sound impressive, you know
They're all kind [F] of unique from each other, but hopefully all equally true.
No, I don't know like what [Em] do you find impressive in a song?
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Oh and bonus thing a way to play songs on guitar that are impressive without bar chords is to make your own originals like this
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