Lesson Description

This guitar lesson has 8 chapters. The Performance shows you what we want to have you learn in the lesson. The Overview tells you about the form, feel and chords you'll need to know. In the Intro, David shows you how to play a very important Strum Pattern that requires you to “mute” the strings in the middle of your pattern without losing your groove. In the Chorus you learn a different Strum Pattern with a “scratch” in the middle of it. In the Verse you get to apply the Chorus Strum Pattern but you’ll need a “stab” in measure 7 and a slightly tricky rhythmic wiggle in measures 8 and 9. The next chapter is the Tag, which is just the ending that Elvis never played (he faded out on this song.) In the Slow Practice you put it all into practice. David then gives you a Bonus Chapter where he shows you that very cool lead that Hank Garland played on the Elvis recording. This is one of our easy guitar songs to learn.