Chords for ‪Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Acoustic guitar Song Tutorial - Easy beginner chords lesson‬

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_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
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Hey guys, how you doing?
Andy with you for [F#] another nailguitar.com song [G] lesson.
Today we're taking a look at the classic Free Bird
by [E] Leonard Skinner.
It is epic, [F] isn't it?
[G#] Fantastic song, nice work landing here.
Good song to learn.
Got a chart for you.
It's not a super tricky [Bm] one,
but good to have [D#] handy for future reference or free.
Just click the link down below
and you can print it out or bring it up on your screen
and it [N] will make it easier to follow through this lesson.
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All right, let's zoom in
and take a look at the chords that we've got here.
_ _ _ _ So they're all pretty standard chords that we've got in here
apart from maybe one [A] slash chord.
So the first chord is [G] G.
_ You have any hassles with your chords at all?
Check out the chord lessons that I have for you
on Nail Guitar Skills.
Give you a link for those.
So G, [Em] E minor, _ _ _ _ _ F.
[F] _ _
You can either do [Em] it as a smaller version
_ _ _ or the full bar chord.
Either is fine.
[C] C _ _ and _ [D] D. _ _ _
That's all we need for the moment.
We'll have one more sneak in afterwards.
[G] Now the only foreign chord that I was saying
apart from those nice standard open chords
is [A] a slash chord, which is [F] D with F sharp.
So if you get your [D] D chord, _ _
[A] you can either bring your thumb over Hendrix style
and [F#] play the second fret there,
[D] _ [A] or you can rotate your fingers around
so that you get first finger on the second fret
[A#m] on the E string, and [F#] then you use your second, third, fourth
to set up your old D chord shape there.
[F#] So two, [A] and you can _ [F] mute the A string
with your first finger [D] there.
Open D, second fret, third fret, second fret. _ _ _ _
That's the second [E] chord.
So [A] beauty of this song,
it's very much revolving around the chords.
So you don't need to worry too much
about what you're doing rhythmically.
You've got a lot of options there,
but it still sounds great even with straight down strokes.
So let's apply that to start with.
You can see how many beats you've got for each of them
when you have a [C#] look at the chart there.
[G] If you haven't printed out already, do that.
So we've got two strums for our G. _ _
_ _ Next [D] one, D with the F sharp. _
_ _ Have any hassles with that?
Just play your D chord.
_ _ _ _ It's not quite the same
when you haven't got the F [A] sharp bass, but it's pretty close.
It's not gonna sound wrong.
So it's not gonna sound as right as it could.
That's all.
[Em] E minor for four beats. _
_ _ _ _ [F] F. _
You need help with your F.
Check out the lesson that I have for you on No Guitar Skills
_ [G] called Master the F.
It is all about getting your F [F] chord.
F is the first real hurdle for a lot of people
with their chords because of that bar.
_ And that will help you out
in how to deal with your F [G] chord.
_ [C] _
C, two beats.
[D] D for four beats.
Two, three, four.
That's our main progression.
Let's put that all together.
[G] G, two beats.
D with the [D] F sharp.
_ _ [Em] E minor for four.
_ _ _ _ [F] F. _ _
[C] C.
_ _ [D] D. _ _
Two, three, four. _
And then we have. _ _ _ _ _
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