Chords for TOP 20 ACOUSTIC GUITAR INTROS OF ALL TIME

Crafting the introduction of a song with a memorable guitar part is a difficult thing to do.
There should be an identifiable
instrumental hook called the signature that begins the song.
It's usually a combination of a melodic line and the chord progression.
Now,
I don't mean songs like Landslide that just [D#] picks through the chords.
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[D#] That's a [N] great part on its own, but it's not really a melodic hook.
In this video,
I'm going to count down my top 20 acoustic guitar intros of all time.
Coming in at number 20 is a song that actually strums the chords,
but the strumming part is really the entire hook of the song.
It [F#] also uses [D#] these sus chords, sus 2 and sus 4 [F] chords.
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ [N] Coming in at number 19 was a
1974 [G] number one hit and the song is in the Grammy [F] Hall of Fame. _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] Coming in at number 18 is from this particular artist's debut record, and it's the only song in the entire list
that's in an [F#] odd time signature.
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[C#] _ [E] _ [B] _ _ [N] Coming in at number 17 is a song that was released in
1973 and it was from this artist's record entitled You Don't Mess [D] Around With Jim.
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[N] Coming in at number 16 is a song that is actually a little bit obscure unless you know Alice in Chains,
but it really sounds like the grunge era and it's a killer intro.
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_ _ Coming in [N] at number 15 is from the 1969 rock opera Tommy, where Pete Townshend demonstrates
how many chords you can play in a [A] row with F sharp in [Bm] the bass.
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_ [N] Coming in at number 14,
I don't even dare play it.
I'm gonna actually use the video of this next artist who happens to be the only person that I've actually met [Am] on this entire list.
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[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] [N] Coming in at number 13 is a
1970 release by one of the finest acoustic guitarists ever in pop music.
The song was written as a reaction to a friend's [C] suicide.
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_ [N] Coming in at number 12 is from the 1969 release Abbey Road.
It's one of George Harrison's two contributions to the album and one of the finest examples [A] of a signature introduction hook.
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[E] _ _ _ [N] Intro 11 began as an instrumental guitar suite in search of a song.
Well that song which came out in
1972 ended up being one of the most famous progressive rock songs [E] of all time.
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Coming in at [N] number 10 is a song from the mid-1960s and [F#] is also by one of the greatest fingerstyle guitarists of all [E] time.
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_ [N] Coming in at number 9 is a song off Led Zeppelin's first album and it's one of my favorite songs [Am] to play.
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[Am] _ _ _ [N] Coming in at number 8 is a song that was released in 1975 and is one of the most recognizable 12-string guitar [G] parts [A] ever.
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_ _ _ _ [D] [D#] Coming in at number 7 is from [A#m] a song that I featured in [A#] one of my episodes of What [N] Makes This Sun Great.
It was released in the mid-70s and is from one of the biggest trios of all [F#m] time. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Coming in at number 6 [N] is actually kind of a tricky part to play.
Because of the pull-offs, but you will recognize it immediately.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] Coming in at number 5 is a song from 1976 off this band's debut record.
When I was growing up, it's a song that everyone had to [D] learn how to play.
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[D] _ _ _ Coming in at [N] number 4 is a song that uses the entire verse melody in the introduction guitar part.
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[A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A#] Coming in at number 3 [B] is a song that I always say is my favorite ballad of all time.
And I will eventually do a What Makes This Sun Great on [Am] this. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [N] Coming in at number 2 is a song that I can't play or say the name of, otherwise it will take the video down.
But I can play the chords and you'll know what it is.
[Bm] Check it out. _ _
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_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [N] _ Before we get to number 1, here's a few honorable mentions that I thought really hard about putting on the list, but they didn't quite [Cm] make it.
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