# Shutup & Play | Guitar Tutorials

> ​​​​Accurate, detailed song tutorials for acoustic and electric guitar.

## Pages
- [50 Ways To Leave Your Lover | acoustic electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-acoustic-electric): An acoustic/electric guitar lesson on "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon. It was the second single from his fourth studio album, Still Crazy After All These Years, released in 1975 and was his only number one hit as a solo artist. This is such a
- [A Day In the Life | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/a-day-in-the-life-acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “A Day In the Life” by The Beatles | John Lennon from the album “Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" released in 1967. This is my abridged version. I'm just covering John Lennon's contribution. As much as I
- [A Horse With No Name | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/a-horse-with-no-name-acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "A Horse With No Name" by America from their 1972 debut album. I've been meaning to do a lesson on this song for years, so I finally got around to it! A Horse With No Name is so ingrained in our culture and I thi
- [Across the Universe | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/across-the-universe-acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Across the Universe” by The Beatles | John Lennon from the album “Let It Be” released in 1970. A different version of the song was released in 1969 on a record called “No One's Gonna Change Our World” a charity al
- [Ahead By A Century | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/ahead-by-a-century--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Ahead By A Century” by the Tragically Hip from their 1996 album, “Trouble at the Henhouse.” This and “Bobcaygeon” have always been my favorite “Hip” songs. Gord Downie is a great lyricist. I can't say I know what
- [All Right Now | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/all-right-now--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "All Right Now" by Free. A thorough breakdown of both of the rhythm guitar parts. Paul Kossoff was a great guitarist and will be forever remembered for this classic riff.
- [Always With Me, Always With You | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/always-with-me-always-with-you--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Always With Me, Always With You” by Joe Satriani from his 1987 album "Surfing With the Alien." Maybe Joe Satriani’s biggest song, this one is a study in guitar playing! It has everything from sensitive melodic pl
- [Amelia | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/amelia--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Amelia" by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album Hejira. Joni Mitchell is one of the greatest and most unique artists that's ever come down the pike. Her songwriting is off the charts amazing, not only lyrically but
- [American Woman | acoustic electric rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/american-woman--acoustic-electric-rhythm-and-solo): "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZTop. An iconic riff by an iconic band. Billy Gibbons comes up with a classic with this one. Don't be fooled by the beards and funny dance steps, this guy is a monster guitarist and writer. He builds rock solid riffs and licks, pl
- [Angels We Have Heard On High | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/angels-we-have-heard-on-high--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Angels We Have Heard On High.” This has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs. Last year I put up “Deck the Halls” as just a performance video and had quite a few people wondering why there was no lesson
- [Angie | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/angie--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play Angie by the Rolling Stones. Angie was the first single off of "Goats Head Soup" which was released in 1973. It went to number 1 in the UK and the US. The intro is a real classic but although the chords are simple
- [Anji | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/anji--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play Anji by Simon and Garfunkel from their album "Sounds Of Silence" released in 1966.
- [Any Way You Want It | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/any-way-you-want-it--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo to "Anyway You Want It" by Journey played by their excellent guitarist Neal Schon. This is a fantastic guitar solo! It has a little of everything, melodic lines, great vibrato, some really tough ben
- [Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/babe-im-gonna-leave-you--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" by Led Zeppelin. This is such an epic song. For what appears to be a fairly simple tune, once you get into it there's a lot more going on than you might think. The main lick or riff is p
- [Baby Blue | electric and acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/baby-blue--electric-and-acoustic): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the electric rhythm guitar parts and solos to “Baby Blue” by Badfinger from the “Straight Up” album released in 1971. In the second video I’ll show you how I think he played it on the record, then I’ll show you a
- [Baby I Love Your Way | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/baby-i-love-your-way--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Baby I Love Your Way” by Peter Frampton from the album “Frampton Comes Alive” released in 1976 and one of the bestselling live albums of all time. This song has always been a favorite of mine, it has a kind of mag
- [Back in Black rhythm guitar lesson](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/back-in-black--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play Back in Black by AC/DC. The album was produced by Mutt Lange and the parts are all really tight which reflect his perfectionist approach. This lesson covers the rhythm guitar parts. Like a lot of AC/DC tunes, they
- [backing tracks](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/backing-tracks)
- [Bad Boy Boogie | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/bad-boy-boogie--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Bad Boy Boogie" from the 1977 album Let There Be Rock by AC/DC. November 18, 2017 was a very sad day as it marked the passing of Malcolm Young, the heart and soul of AC/DC. He had a real talent for coming up wit
- [Badge | rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/badge--rhythm--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Badge" by Cream from their 1969 Goodbye album. This is my favorite song by Cream. It was co-written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison. George also played on the sessions but because of record company contractua
- [Baptism By Fire by AC/DC - rhythm lesson](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/baptism-by-fire--rhythm): I think this is the best song on the "Rock or Bust" record. ​It's an absolutely KILLER riff that's really fun to play. The song is extremely tight and well organized, you really need to learn this one as the parts change quite a bit and go by quickly. A
- [Beating Around The Bush | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/beating-around-the-bush--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Beating Around The Bush" from the 1979 album Highway To Hell by AC/DC. The main riff in this tune is majorly influenced by Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well". I did a lesson on that here. Although "stealing" licks is fro
- [Because | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/because--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Because" by The Beatles from their masterpiece album, Abbey Road. John Lennon wrote this after hearing Yoko playing Moonlight Sonata on the piano one day. He asked her to reverse the chords and came up with Becau
- [Big Log | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/big-log--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Big Log" by Robert Plant. From his second solo album The Principle Of Moments released in 1983. It's a weird title and the fact that it never appears in the song is also strange! This is a great song and the guit
- [Big Love | acoustic "live version"](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/big-love--acoustic-live-version): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play the liver version of "Big Love" by Lindsey Buckingham. The song was first released on the 1987 album "Tango In the Night". This lesson is based on the live version. I used this version from the dance and this more
- [Black Dog | Rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/black-dog--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play Black Dog by Led Zeppelin on guitar. This is for the rhythm parts only. From Wikipedia: "Black Dog" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, the opening track on their fourth album (1971). It was released as
- [Black Magic Woman | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/black-magic-woman--electric): An electric guitar lesson on "Black Magic Woman" by Peter Green. This was released as a single in 1968. It didn't appear on an album until the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums English Rose and The Pious Bird of Good Omen, as well as Vintage Years. A
- [Black Magic Woman | solos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/black-magic-woman--solos): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solos to "Black Magic Women" by Santana from their 1970 album "Abraxas." Arguably Carlos Santana's most memorable and biggest song. The song was written by Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green but Carlos put it
- [Black Mountain Side | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/black-mountain-side--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Black Mountain Side" by Led Zeppelin. From their self titled debut album released in 1969. Jimmy Page's acoustic playing was heavily influenced by Bert Jansch and this piece is no exception. Jansch had released
- [Black Water | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/black-water-acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Black Water'" by the Doobie Brothers from their 1974 album "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits." Black Water was the Doobie Brothers first number one hit. That really surprised me as I thought songs like Listen
- [Blackbird | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/blackbird--acoustic): Here's my lesson how to play Blackbird by the Beatles from the album "The Beatles" or the white album as most people refer to it written and played by Paul McCartney Paul has a unique style of finger picking. He only uses his thumb and first finger. He u
- [Bleed To Love Her](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/bleed-to-love-her--acoustic)
- [Bluebird | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/bluebird--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Bluebird” by Paul McCartney from the album “Band On the Run” released in 1973. I’ve always really liked this song. McCartney above all else, is a brilliant composer and always comes up with at least one musicall
- [Blues for Neruda | lick](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/blues-for-neruda--lick): An electric guitar lesson on how to play a fast pentatonic blues lick by Gary Moore from his song "Blues for Narada." ​ This lick comes at the 7 minute mark of the studio version. It's a very fast pentatonic lick that incorporates hammer ons and pull off
- [Bobcaygeon | acoustic - electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/bobcaygeon--acoustic---electric): An acoustic electric guitar lesson on how to play “Bobcaygeon” by the Tragically Hip from their 1999 album, “Phantom Power.” Another horrible week with the passing of Gord Downie... I remember when I first heard this song and instantly fell in love with
- [Bohemian Rhapsody | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/bohemian-rhapsody--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen form their 1975 album "Night At the Opera." This is a classic solo that has a bit of everything, but it's the excellent feel and the vibrato and bends that make it so
- [Bron-Y-Aur Stomp | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/bron-y-aur-stomp--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp” by Led Zeppelin, from the Led Zeppelin III album released in 1970.
- [Bron-Yr-Aur | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/bron-yr-aur--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Bron-Yr-Aur” by Led Zeppelin, played by Jimmy Page. It's from the "Physical Graffiti" album released in 1975. This is such a beautiful song! It’s probably a bit harder and at the same time maybe a bit easier than
- [Brown Sugar | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/brown-sugar--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones from their album "Sticky Fingers" released in 1971. Along with, "You Gotta Move" and "Wild Horses", it was recorded over a three day period at Muscle Shoals studio in Alabama i
- [C'est La Vie | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/cest-la-vie--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "C'est La Vie” by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, written by Greg Lake, from their 1977 album "The Works - Volume 1." Another fantastic Greg Lake song and one that I've been meaning to do a lesson on for a while. Like a
- [Calico Skies | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/calico-skies--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Calico Skies" by Paul McCartney from the “Flaming Pie” album released May 5th, 1997. The story goes that Paul was caught in New York during hurricane Bob in 1991. The power went out where he was staying so the ac
- [Can We Still Be Friends | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/can-we-still-be-friends--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Can We Still Be Friends" by Todd Rundgren from his 1978 album Hermit of Mink Hollow.
- [Can't Find My Way Home | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/cant-find-my-way-home-acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Can't Find My Way Home” by Steve Winwood. This lesson is on the solo version where he's playing it by a fireplace. Where as the original Blind Faith version was in drop D this version is in drop C tuning. A lot
- [Can't Live Without You | rhythm & solos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/cant-live-without-you--rhythm--solos): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Can't Live Without You" by The Scorpions. I remember when I first heard this song thinking how great the guitar playing was. Not just the rhythm sounds, but the excellent fills and killer solos in the middle and
- [Can't You Hear Me Knocking | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/cant-you-hear-me-knocking--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" by the Rolling Stones. This is from their 1971 album "Sticky Fingers." For me, this is one of the Stones best tunes. It really highlights Keith s excellent open G rhythmic style of pl
- [Cheap Sunglasses | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/cheap-sunglasses--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Cheap Sunglasses" by ZZ top from their 1979 album, " Degüello." ​Another classic riff from Billy Gibbons. Most guys don't play this properly, but once you learn the technique and the tuning "trick" you'll notice
- [China Grove | rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/china-grove--rhythm--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers from their 1973 album "The Captain and Me." This is one of Tom Johnston's best songs, but it's hard to say that because he had so many! This one has a great guitar solo which I
- [Christmas Tabs, Album & Videos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/christmas-tabs-album-videos)
- [Comfortably Numb | solos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/comfortably-numb--solos): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the solos to "Comfortably Numb", by Pink Floyd, played by David Gilmour from their 1979 album "The Wall." ​ The two guitar solos from Comfortably Numb always score near the top of the polls for the greatest solos e
- [Contact](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/contact)
- [Cozy Christmas Cabin Livestream](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/cozy-christmas-cabin-livestream)
- [Crazy On You INTRO | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/crazy-on-you-intro--acoustic): Here's my lesson on the acoustic guitar intro to "Crazy On You" by Heart, Played by Nancy Wilson.
- [Crazy Train | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/crazy-train--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo from "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne Randy Rhoads. This is arguably Randy Rhoads most popular solo. It has a bit of everything and is for advanced players. There's some really nice wide vibrato, some
- [Crossroads | intro and 1st solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/crossroads--intro-and-1st-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the intro and the first solo to Cream's Crossroads. Eric Clapton's iconic guitar solo is a master class on phrasing and how to mix major and minor pentatonic scales over a classic 1-4-5 blues progression. This is p
- [Darling | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/darling--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Darling" by Halsey and Lindsey Buckingham from their 2021 SNL live performance. I have to be completely honest, I'd never heard of Halsey until this video came across my screen. It's her live performance of a so
- [Darling | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/darling--acoustic1): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Darling" by Halsey and Lindsey Buckingham from their 2021 SNL live performance. I have to be completely honest, I'd never heard of Halsey until this video came across my screen. It's her live performance of a so
- [Dear Prudence | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/dear-prudence--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson how to play Dear Prudence by the Beatles from the 1968 album called "The Beatles" but what most people refer to as "The White Album." ​John Lennon wrote this in India, inspired by Donavon's finger picking style who was also on th
- [Deck The Halls | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/deck-the-halls--acoustic): Here's my arrangement of Deck the Halls. Merry Christmas everyone!
- [Don't Dream It's Over | rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/dont-dream-its-over--rhythm--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Don’t Dream It’s Over” by Crowded House. Every once in a while a song like this comes along, a perfect song. It was written by Neil Finn who came from the New Zealand band Split Enz. I have heard him say that he
- [Don't Know Why | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/dont-know-why--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones from the 2002 album "Come Away With Me".. After listening to this song for years, it was only when I was researching it for this tutorial that I found out that it wasn't written by
- [Don't Let Me Down | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/dont-let-me-down--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Don't Let Me Down" by The Beatles. This was the B-side of a single released in 1969 with "Get Back" as the A-side. I did a lesson on "Get Back" last week, so I thought I should have a look at "Don't Let Me Down"
- [Donate](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/donate)
- [Double Vision](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/double-vision--rhythm)
- [Drive | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/drive--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Drive” by The Cars from the album “Heartbeat City” released in 1984, featuring the great Benjamin Orr on vocals and written by Ric Ocasek. It was produced by the amazing Robert John "Mutt" Lange. This has always
- [Drop Dead Legs | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/drop-dead-legs--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm parts to "Drop Dead Legs" by Van Halen from their 1984 album.
- [Dust In The Wind | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/dust-in-the-wind--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Dust In the Wind” by Kansas. This is such a classic finger picking song and a great one to learn for those that are maybe just starting out with this style of playing. It incorporates a travis pick like so many a
- [Eleanor Rigby | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/eleanor-rigby--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles from the Revolver album released in 1966. ​Hard to believe that Paul McCartney was just twenty four years old when he wrote this song. It's a very poignant lyric for someone so young
- [Eric Johnson style #1 | lick](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/eric-johnson-style-1--lick): This is a Joe Bonamassa/Eric Johnson style fast pentatonic lick. Great lick for blues playing. This was one of the first videos I made so it's a little rough around the edges, but it's a great lick that Joe Bonamassa uses all the time.
- [Eric Johnson style #2 | lick](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/eric-johnson-style-2--lick): This is just as much of a picking technique as it is a lick. Joe Bonamassa and Eric Johnson incorporate this style of picking quite often. It involves a kind of economy picking as well as alternate picking, but can also be played with hammer ons and pull
- [Europa | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/europa--solo): Europa by Santana from the 1976 album "Amigos", is the song that inspired Joe Satriani's career and one of the greatest guitar instrumentals of all time. ​It's a good song for all levels. The first half can be played by beginner to intermediate players,
- [Every Breath You Take | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/every-breath-you-take--rhythm): ​An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Every Breath You Take "on guitar by The Police from their 1983 album "Synchronicity." It was their only number one hit and stayed there for 8 weeks in 1983 on the Billboard 100 chart. Once you know how to play t
- [Every Night | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/every-night--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Every Night" by Paul McCartney from the “McCartney” album released in 1970. Other than “Maybe I’m Amazed”, and “Junk”, I’ve always thought that this was the best track on “McCartney.” Most of the tracks were recor
- [Everybody Wants You | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/everybody-wants-you--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm parts to "Everybody Wants You" by Billy Squier from his 1982 album Emotions In Motion. After looking at "Lonely Is the Night" a couple of weeks back, I thought I should also do this one. I've always rea
- [Eye In the Sky | electric rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/eye-in-the-sky--electric-rhythm--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Eye In the Sky" by The Alan Parsons Project from their 1982 album of the same name. This is another fantastic solo played by Ian Bairnson and another one that's less than a minute long, but is absolutely packed
- [Fast Pentatonic Lick | lick](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/fast-pentatonic-lick--lick): Here is a Doug Aldrich inspired lick. It's in A minor 5th position pentatonic, but incorporates some chromatic "outside" notes too.
- [Father and Son | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/father-and-son--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens from his 1970 album "Tea For the Tillerman." Cat Stevens wrote this song for a proposed project called "Revolussia" by British actor Nigel Hawthorne. The story line was about a boy
- [Feel Your Love Tonight | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/feel-your-love-tonight--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm, fills and solo to parts to "Feel Your Love Tonight" by Van Halen from their 1978 debut self titled album.
- [Feels Like the First Time | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/feels-like-the-first-time--electric): An electric guitar lesson on "Feels Like the First Time" by Foreigner, from their debut album released in March 1977. "Feels Like the First Time" was the first single released and reached the number four spot on the Billboard hot 100. I remember when th
- [Fiddler's Green | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/fiddlers-green--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Fiddler's Green” by the Tragically Hip from their 1991 album, “Road Apples.” I've had a lot of requests for this tune lately. This is a very poignant song. The lyric was written by Gord Downie. It's about his nep
- [Fields Of Gold | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/fields-of-gold--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Fields Of Gold" by Sting, from the "Ten Summoner's Tales" album released on March 9th, 1993. This is my own finger-style arrangement.
- [Fire and Rain | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/fire-and-rain--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor from the album “Sweet Baby James” released in 1970. This is one of the greatest folk/pop songs of all time IMHO. I’ve always loved this tune. I found out a bunch of things that I ne
- [Fire Woman | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/fire-woman--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Fire Woman” by The Cult from the album “Sonic Temple”, released in 1989. This is such a killer rock song! What makes it so great IMHO is not just Billy Duffy’s great guitar parts, and Ian Astbury’s anathematic voc
- [Foxglove | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/foxglove--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Foxglove" by Bruce Cockburn from his 1973 album, "Night Vision." After I put up my Bruce Cockburn inspired "Joy To the World" Christmas tune, I had a few requests for this one... It's a real classic finger picki
- [Fragile | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/fragile--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Fragile" by Sting, from his album 1987 album, Nothing Like the Sun. This is a truly great song and Sting is one of the greatest musicians of our time. He's a great bass player and singer, but his songwriting is a
- [Free Ride - rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/free-ride--rhythm--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play ”Free Ride” by The Edgar Winter Group. This one is a total classic. Many people may not know this but the song was written and sung by the late Dan Hartman. It’s also him playing the opening guitar licks. It’s from
- [From The Beginning | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/from-the-beginning-acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "From the Beginning” by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, written by Greg Lake, from their 1972 album "Trilogy." It reached #39 on the US charts. I’ve always really loved this song! It has that mystical vibe about it that
- [Funk #49 | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/funk-49--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rythym guitar part to "Funk #49" by The James Gang Joe Walsh. This is a real staple for rock guitarists. It's a great lick and is a lot of fun to jam on. Joe Walsh really shows his talent here, writing and pla
- [Gary Moore style | 3 speed licks](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/gary-moore-style--3-speed-licks): Here are three Gary Moore style fast pentatonic blues licks. ​ These are really fast and really nice blues licks that I heard Gary play on an interview video. He played all three of them on a Gibson ES335. ​There's nothing easy about playing these! They
- [Gear](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/gear)
- [Get Back | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/get-back--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Get Back" by The Beatles from the Let It Be album released in 1969. I've been meaning to make a lesson on Get Back for a long time. The thing that inspired me to actually get'er done was a video I recently ran ac
- [Gimme Shelter | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/gimme-shelter--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones. It was the opening track on the "Let It Bleed" album released on December 5th, 1969. One of the Stones biggest songs, "Gimme Shelter" is an epic track. It's hard to believe,
- [Girl | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/girl--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Girl" by The Beatles from the 1965 album Rubber Soul. Here's the Beatles Bible link about the song. There's some interesting stuff in there that I never knew before. This is John's song. He had quite a few on th
- [Go All the Way | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/go-all-the-way--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Go All the Way" by The Raspberries released on their 1972 debut album. This is an absolute power-pop classic! It was written by Eric Carmen and is heavily influenced by The Beatles, Stones, and Beachboys. The gui
- [God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. This one goes way back to the sixteenth century. I've always really liked the haunting nature of this tune. I tried to get as many open strings ringing as I could in my arrangement as
- [Going To California | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/going-to-california--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin. This is by far the most requested song that I get! The combination of the 2 guitars and mandolin is quite complex and really beautiful, but It makes it hard to play anythin
- [Good King Wenceslas | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/good-king-wenceslas--acoustic): An acoustic finger style lesson on "Good King Wenceslas." This from Wikipedia: "Good King Wenceslas" is a Christmas carol that tells a story of a Bohemian king going on a journey and braving harsh winter weather to give alms to a poor peasant on the Fea
- [Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/good-time-charlies-got-the-blues--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" by Danny O'Keefe. It was originally recorded in 1971 for his debut album, but was re-recorded with a slower tempo and released as a single from his 2nd album, O'keefe. It reache
- [Goodbye Blue Sky | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/goodbye-blue-sky--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Goodbye Blue Sky" by Pink Floyd from their 1979 album "The Wall." This is an embellished version of the recorded guitar parts. The original has two guitars doubling the main part and a third guitar overdubbed fil
- [Happy With You | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/happy-with-you--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Happy With You” by Paul McCartney from the album “Egypt Station” released on September 7th, 2018. I had a request to do a tutorial on this song a couple of weeks ago. I'd heard a few tracks from the new album, bu
- [Harvest Moon | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/harvest-moon--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Harvest Moon” by Neil Young from the 1992 album, “Harvest Moon.” This has always been one of my favorite Neil Young songs. It’s not technically difficult, especially the left hand, but like all of Neil’s stuff it
- [Heart Of Gold | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/heart-of-gold--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young. It's off the classic Harvest album which was released on February 14, 1972, considered by many as his greatest album. ​To me this may be his best song ever. It's stood the test of ti
- [Hearts | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/hearts--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Hearts" by Marty Balin from his 1981 solo debut album entitled Balin. I heard the sad news a few days ago that Marty Balin had passed away. He was a co-founder of the Jefferson Airplane. They were renamed Jeffers
- [Henry | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/henry--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Henry", the classical guitar intro to Maggie May from Rod Stewart's 1971 album Every Picture Tells a Story.
- [Her Majesty | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/her-majesty--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on "Her Majesty" by The Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was the last album they recorded together although Let It Be was released after it in 1970. For me this is the best Beatles album, and one of the best albums e
- [Here Comes the Moon | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/here-comes-the-moon--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Here Comes the Moon" by George Harrison. From his 1979 self titled album with Dark Horse records. ​I did a lesson on another really beautiful song off of this album a while back called Your Love Is Forever. After
- [Here Comes the Sun | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/here-comes-the-sun--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles from the album "Abbey Road" released on September 26th, 1969. George Harrison's timeless and inspiring song. It's pleasure to play and a pleasure to teach this awesome song. Thi
- [Here Today | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/here-today--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Here Today" by Paul McCartney from the 1982 album, Tug Of War. Paul wrote this less than a year after John Lennon passed away although it wasn't released until 1982. It is of course his tribute to John Lennon.
- [Here, There and Everywhere | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/here-there-and-everywhere--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on "Here, There and Everywhere" by The Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. I was watching a 2018 60 minutes episode the other day where Paul McCartney had said that this is the only song of his that John Lennon had told him
- [Heroes | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/heroes-rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Heroes.” by David Bowie. This is my favorite David Bowie song, and possibly the most loved tune he’s ever recorded. The song was an instrumental for a long time with the singing and lyrics added later on. The mus
- [Highway Star | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/highway-star--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo from "Highway Star" by Deep Purple Richie Blackmore. This is a real classic solo. I remember buying Machine Head way back in 1972 and I played it a lot! In my opinion it's the best record they made
- [Hitch a Ride | acoustic | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/hitch-a-ride--acoustic--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar parts to “Hitch a Ride” by Boston from their 1976 debut album. Form one of my favorite rock albums ever, "Hitch a Ride" is such a great song! The guitar solo IMHO, is one of the best ever recorded and
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- [Honky Tonk Women | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/honky-tonk-women--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Honky Tonk Women" by the Rolling Stones. Released as a single on July 4th, 1969. Mick and Keith wrote this when they were staying at a ranch in Brazil. It started out as a country song ala Hank Williams and that v
- [Hotel California | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/hotel-california--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play the intro to “Hotel California” by The Eagles, played by Don Felder, from the “Hotel California” album released in 1977. (I tracked the main guitar part with a guitar in Nashville tuning to try to emulate the 12 s
- [Hotel California | solos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/hotel-california--solos): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo parts to "Hotel California" by The Eagles. One of the greatest rock guitar solos of all time, it's extremely well written and played by Don Felder and Joe Walsh. It's a great example of how to use c
- [I Believe In Father Christmas | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/i-believe-in-father-christmas--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. I've always really loved this song but only learned how to play it this year. It's a really nice sounding guitar song, with all the open stri
- [I Can't Tell You Why | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/i-cant-tell-you-why--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo to "I Can’t Tell You Why" by The Eagles, played by Glenn Frey. I’ve always loved this song, but have always loved the guitar solo more! It wasn’t until Glenn Frey’s passing that I discovered that h
- [I Just Want To Celebrate | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/i-just-want-to-celebrate--electric): An electric guitar lesson on "I Just Want To Celebrate" by Rare Earth from their 1971 album One World. I had a request for this song from Nat who's been one of my biggest supporters for many years. He emailed me when I was in hospital back in February 20
- [I Saw 3 Ships | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/i-saw-3-ships--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “I Saw 3 Ships”, a traditional folk song from the 17th century. This is my own arrangement. Except for the intro and outro, it use travis picking throughout. Since the song is quite repetitive, I used a couple of
- [I Will | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/i-will--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “I Will" by The Beatles from the 1968 album The Beatles (The White Album). This is Paul's song. He wrote the music while in India but the lyric wasn't finished until the recording had already started. It's just a
- [I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You | electric rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/i-wouldnt-want-to-be-like-you--electric-rhythm--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "I wouldn't Want To Be Like You" by The Alan Parsons Project from their 1977 album I Robot.
- [I've Seen All Good People - Your Move | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/ive-seen-all-good-people---your-move--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on "I've Seen All Good People - Your Move" by Yes. From the Yes album released in 1971. "I've Seen All Good People" is a combination of two separate tracks. The first part is called "Your Move" and that's what I'm covering in th
- [If You Could Read My Mind | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/if-you-could-read-my-mind--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on "If You Could Read My Mind" by Gordon Lightfoot from his Sit Down Young Stranger album released in 1971. This lesson includes Gordon's fingerpicking part, plus all of Red Shea's great fills.
- [Immigrant Song | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/immigrant-song--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin. The classic opening song of Led Zeppelin III. The main lick is played over 100 times! These days, you'd probably get the guitar player to play the lick once, and then cut and past
- [In My Life | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/in-my-life--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “In My Life” by The Beatles | John Lennon, from the "Rubber Soul" album released on December 3rd, 1965. This has always been a favorite Beatles tune for me. At the time it was an important one for John Lennon as it
- [Into the Mystic | acoustic - electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/into-the-mystic--acoustic---electric): An acoustic/electric guitar lesson on how to play "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison. From his third album "Moondance" released in 1970. "Into the Mystic" has always been one of my favorite Van Morrison songs, in fact the whole Moondance album is awesome.
- [Is This Love | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/is-this-love--solo): A guitar lesson on how to play the solo from "Is This Love" by Whitesnake from their "1987" album released April 19. 1987. Written and played by John Sykes, this is a masterful solo. As well as amazing feel, it has everything you want in a great solo, me
- [It Came Upon A Midnight Clear| acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/it-came-upon-a-midnight-clear-acoustic): This year's Christmas song is "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear." It was written way back in 1849 by Edmund Sears, a Unitarian Church pastor. This is my own arrangement of this classic Christmas tune. It's in drop D. I tried to get as many open strings as p
- [It's Only Love | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/its-only-love--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "It's Only Love" by Bryan Adams from the 1984 album Reckless. This is such a great tune! It's another one that was written with Jim Vallance. For me, those are by far the best songs that Bryan Adams recorded. Thos
- [Jealous Guy | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/jealous-guy--acoustic): An acoustic finger-style guitar lesson on "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon from his 1971 album Imagine. This is an absolutely beautiful song and has always been one of my favorites of Johns. Although he had a real "tough guy" image and could be a screaming
- [Jenny Wren | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/jenny-wren--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Jenny Wren" by Paul McCartney from the 2005 album "Chaos and Creation In the Backyard." This is sort of like the sequel to Blackbird. There's an interesting video here where PM explains how he came up with the so
- [Joy To the World | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/joy-to-the-world--acoustic): Here's my take on "Joy To the World". Inspired by the version Bruce Cockburn played on his 1993 "Christmas" album. I changed it around a little, extended it and came up with an ending, but the core of the playing is fashioned after Bruce's version. He is
- [Julia | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/julia--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play Julia by the Beatles. Another song where John Lennon uses the travis picking pattern he learned from Donovan while in India.
- [Jump | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/jump--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo from Jump by Van Halen from the "1984" album. This was Van Halen's only number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. Eddie Van Halen claims to have written the arrangement for "Jump" several years be
- [Junk | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/junk--acoustic): Released 17 April 1970 Recorded February 1970 "Junk" is a song written by Paul McCartney in 1968 while the Beatles were in India. It was originally under consideration for The Beatles (also known as the White Album). It was passed over for that LP, as
- [Just What I Needed | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/just-what-i-needed--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Just What I needed" by The Cars from their debut album released in 1978. I remember when this album came out and everybody was talking all about it being "New Wave". I never really saw it that way. Apart from the
- [Kashmir | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/kashmir--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin, from the “Physical Graffiti” album released in 1975. “I wish we were remembered for Kashmir more than Stairway To Heaven.” That’s a quote from Robert Plant. Kashmir was the song they wer
- [Kickstart My Heart | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/kickstart-my-heart--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Kickstart My Heart” by Mötley Crüe from their 1989 album "Dr. Feelgood" produced by Bob Rock. I was watching TV the other day and a bank commercial came on with this song as the sound track ! I had forgotten just
- [La Grange | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/la-grange--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the classic "La Grange" by ZZ top from their 1973 album, "Tres Hombres." A fairly simple riff that's easy to play poorly! It incorporates hybrid picking and takes some work to get it tight. ​Billy Gibbons comes u
- [Landslide | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/landslide--acoustic): Landslide, the classic Fleetwood Mac finger picking song from the 1975 album "Fleetwood Mac", the first to feature Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham. Although the basic pattern is fairly simple, there are a lot of nuances as the song progresses along. I
- [Landslide | live solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/landslide--live-solo): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play the live solo to “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac featuring Lindsey Buckingham. This is such a great solo! Lindsey Buckingham makes it look easy, but it's actually quite tricky to play! The biggest thing here is that
- [Layla Unplugged| acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/layla-unplugged-acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Layla” by Eric Clapton from the 1992 "Unplugged" album. The original version of Layla was released way back in 1970 on the Derek and the Dominos album "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs". That recording feature
- [Learning To Fly | rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/learning-to-fly--rhythm--solo): An electric acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Learning To Fly" by Tom Petty from the 1991 album Into the Great Wide Open. Tom Petty co-wrote this song with Jeff Lynne from ELO who also produced the album. For me this is maybe TP's best song. It's o
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- [Little Martha | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/little-martha-acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Little Martha” by The Allman Brothers from the album “Eat A Peach” released on February 12, 1972. This is such a classic acoustic finger picking piece. Leo Kottke, a finger picking virtuoso who did his own excell
- [Lonely Is the Night | rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/lonely-is-the-night--rhythm--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm and solo parts to "Lonely Is the Night" by Billy Squier from his 1981 album Don't Say No. Although never released as a single, "Lonely Is the Night" is one of Billy Squier's biggest songs. In the Led Ze
- [Long Train Running | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/long-train-running--rhythm): An electric/acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Long Train Runnin'" by the Doobie Brothers from their 1973 album "The Captain and Me."
- [Love In Vain | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/love-in-vain--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Love In Vain” by The Rolling Stones. The acoustic guitar part was played by Keith Richards. It was only when I was researching this song that I discovered that it was written by Robert Johnson, the old blues guita
- [Lucky Man | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/lucky-man--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Lucky Man” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer from their self-titled debut album released in 1970. In honor of Keith Emerson’s tragic passing I thought I would do a lesson on Lucky Man as a tribute to a phenomenal musician
- [Lyin' Eyes | acoustic & electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/lyin-eyes--acoustic--electric): An acoustic, electric guitar lesson on how to play "Lyin' Eyes" by The Eagles from the “One of These Nights” album released in 1975. It was nominated for record of the year. Last week it was David Bowie passing away, and now this week Glenn Frey. So far
- [Maps | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/maps--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play Maps by Maroon 5. This is a cool song that reminds me of the Police's Message in a Bottle, although not as difficult to play. It's a good one for an advanced beginner/intermediate type of player. I hope you get so
- [Michelle | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/michelle--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Michelle" by The Beatles | Paul McCartney Recorded on November 3rd, 1965, Michelle won the Grammy for song of the year in 1966. It’s such a classic Beatles tune. It’s essentially Paul’s song with John helping out
- [Million Years Ago by Adele - acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/million-years-ago--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Million Years Ago", by Adele from her 25 album.. This is a really pretty acoustic guitar song off of Adele’s 25 album. It’s a good one for an advanced beginner. There’s a couple of bar chords in it, but the main
- [Mississippi Queen | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/mississippi-queen--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain featuring Leslie West on guitar. This lesson covers the rhythm and the leads, as well as the second verse fills. Leslie West and Mountain were a huge influence on many of today's be
- [Money for Nothing | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/money-for-nothing--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the main riff rhythm guitar part to "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler. This is about as iconic as it gets for guitar riffs! Excellent playing and feel from Mark Knopfler on this. It's actually qui
- [Monkey Man | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/monkey-man--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Monkey Man" by the Rolling Stones from their album "Let It Bleed" released in 1969. I've had a lot of requests for this one over the years so here it is. Apart from the great piano intro played by Nicky Hopkins
- [Moonlight Mile | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/moonlight-mile--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Moonlight Mile" by the Rolling Stones from their album "Sticky Fingers" released in 1971. This has to be one of the most under rated Stones ballads. I think it's a great song and I put it right up there with Ang
- [Moonshadow | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/moonshadow--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play Moonshadow by Cat Stevens from his 1971 album "Teaser and the Firecat."
- [More Than A Feeling | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/more-than-a-feeling--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "More Than a Feeling" by Boston from their 1976 debut album. In 1999 it was named the 39th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. It took Tom Scholz over five years to complete the writing and recording of this an
- [More Than A Feeling | rhythm solos & fills](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/more-than-a-feeling--rhythm-solos--fills): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "More Than a Feeling" by Boston from their 1976 debut album. In 1999 it was named the 39th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. It took Tom Scholz over five years to complete the writing and recording of this an
- [Mother Nature's Son | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/mother-natures-son--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Mother Nature's Son" by The Beatles_Paul McCartney. The classic Beatles song from the White Album. Another finger picking song by Paul McCartney that was influenced by the finger style playing of Donovan when they
- [Mr. Big | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/mr-big--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Mr. Big” by Free originally from their 1970 album "Fire and Water." This lesson is for the version from the movie soundtrack for Demolition, which uses the Sunderland 1970 live version. I was watching a movie the
- [Mr. Blue Sky | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/mr-blue-sky--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play Mr. Blue Sky by the Electric Light Orchestra. This is an arrangement with 2 guitars. It's a fun one to play and is good for an intermediate type player. It's such a positive and uplifting song, I can't imagine any
- [My Best Friend's Girl | rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/my-best-friends-girl--rhythm--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm guitar parts and the solo from "My Best Friend's Girl" by The Cars from their debut album released in 1978. This is another Cars classic. Just three chords in the whole song, but its' the way it's put t
- [My Love | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/my-love--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo to “My Love” by Paul McCartney and Wings, played by Henry McCullough, from the “Red Rose Speedway” album released in 1973. I’ve been meaning to do a lesson on this solo for a while and as I was fin
- [Never Going Back Again | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/never-going-back-again--acoustic): Learn how to play "Never Going Back Again" the way it was recorded by Fleetwood Mac. A great finger picking song. Excellent playing by Lindsey Buckingham.
- [Never Going Back Again | live solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/never-going-back-again--live-solo): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play the solo from the live version of Never Going Back Again by Fleetwood Mac/Lindsey Buckingham. I've had quite a few requests for this lately so here it is. It's a really nice addition to the song and fits perfectly
- [Night Ride Home | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/night-ride-home--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Night Ride Home" by Joni Mitchell from her 1991 album of the same name. This was her fourteenth album. This is such a beautiful song both musically and lyrically and although Joni can sometimes be a bit dark, thi
- [No Matter What | electric rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/no-matter-what--electric-rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "No Matter What" by Badfinger from the “No Dice” album released in 1970. This is another classic power pop song written by Pete Ham. It's extremely Beatles/Paul McCartney influenced, so much so that many people s
- [No One Like You | solos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/no-one-like-you--solos): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solos to “No One Like You" by The Scorpions. The guitar solos were played by Matthias Jabs who in my opinion is one of the most un-talked about rock guitarists of the 80’s. I really love his playing. He’
- [No Surprises | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/no-surprises--rhythm): An electric acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "No Surprises" on guitar by Radiohead from their 1997 album OK Computer. The main guitar is capoed way up on the 15th fret! I never knew that until I started researching the song, I always thought it was
- [Norwegian Wood | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/norwegian-wood--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Norwegian Wood” by The Beatles off of the “Rubber Soul” album released way back in 1965. This is such a great song, just over 2 minutes in length, it’s amazing how much this one is engrained in our culture! Simil
- [Nothing Else Matters | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/nothing-else-matters--rhythm-and-solo): A guitar lesson on how to play “Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica off of their 1991 self-titled album produced by Bob Rock. This is such a great song that’s very classically oriented. The guitar parts are really well written and played and go from the ar
- [O Christmas Tree | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/o-christmas-tree--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on one of my favorite traditional Christmas songs, "O Christmas Tree." This is a relatively simple arrangement. The melody is so strong, it really doesn't need much. I threw in a cascading lick at the end to try to simulate Chri
- [O Come All Ye Faithful | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/o-come-all-ye-faithful--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "​O Come All Ye Faithful". I always liked this song. It was composed way back in 1744 originally written in Latin as "Adeste Fideles". The following is from Wikipedia: "Besides John Francis Wade, the tune has been
- [O Little Town of Bethlehem | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/o-little-town-of-bethlehem--acoustic): Here's my lesson on this years Christmas song, "O Little Town of Bethlehem." I started working this one out in drop D. It sounded OK, but it really came alive when I also dropped the high E string down to D, so double drop D. This made all the difference
- [Oh Well Part 1 | acoustic - electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/oh-well-part-1--acoustic---electric): A guitar lesson on how to play "Oh Well Part 1" by Fleetwood Mac released as a single in 1969. When Peter Green wrote "Oh Well", it was originally a sombre classical guitar piece (now known as "Oh Well part 2"). He was pushing for it to be the A side of t
- [Old Man | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/old-man--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Old Man" by Neil Young. The Iconic song from the excellent Harvest album released in 1972. It reached #31 on the billboard top 100 that year. This is one of my favorite songs by Neil Young. It's got that haunting
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- [One Night Love Affair | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/one-night-love-affair--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "One Night Love Affair" by Bryan Adams from the 1984 album Reckless produced by Bob Clearmountain. This is another fantastic song co-written with Jim Vallance. It's a very simple but strong idea played extremely w
- [Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/operator-thats-not-the-way-it-feels--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)" by Jim Croce from his 1972 album, You Don't Mess Around With Jim. I've had a ton of requests for this song over the years so I finally decided to get'er done! This is a gr
- [Ordinary Love | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/ordinary-love--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play Ordinary Love by U2 from their performance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. They also did a similar performance at the 2014 Acadamy Awards. Great playing by Edge and Bono's singing was just excellent. Hope yo
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- [Over The Hills And Far Away | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/over-the-hills-and-far-away--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Over the Hills and Far Away" by Led Zeppelin. From Wikipedia: "Over the Hills and Far Away" is the third track from English rock band Led Zeppelin's 1973 album Houses of the Holy. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant orig
- [Parisienne Walkways | rhythm &solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/parisienne-walkways--rhythm-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play Parisienne Walkways" by Gary Moore from his 1978 album, "Back On The Streets." Gary Moore is one of my favorite guitar players! The Les Paul, the cranked Marshall, the perfect singing tone and the absolutely kille
- [Peace Of Mind | solos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/peace-of-mind--solos): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solos to “Peace of Mind” by Boston from their 1976 debut album. "Peace of Mind" is a fantastic song from a landmark record. When shopping the demo tape of many of the same songs that would eventually ap
- [Penny For Your Thoughts | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/penny-for-your-thoughts--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Penny For Your Thoughts" by Peter Frampton from his fourth album released in 1975 called "Frampton". It was also part of the live album "Frampton Comes Alive!" released a year later in 1976. The version I'm teach
- [Personal Jesus | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/personal-jesus--acoustic): An acoustic/electric guitar lesson on how to play “Personal Jesus” the Johnny Cash version from the album “American IV: The Man Comes Around” released in 2002. It was the last album he released before his death in 2003.
- [Photograph | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/photograph--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Photograph” by Ed Sheeran from the album “Multiply” or "X" . Other than being just a great song, this one is interesting because of the way that Ed Sheeran has changed the way he plays it. It started out in stan
- [Play Ball | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/play-ball--rhythm-and-solo): Here's my lesson on how to play the rhythm parts from Play Ball by AC/DC ​From Rolling Stone: "Play Ball," is the the first rollicking, riff-heavy track to emerge from the Aussie hard rockers' upcoming Rock or Bust album. The song is a straightforward, me
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- [Purple Rain | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/purple-rain--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Purple Rain” by Prince and the Revolution from the album “Purple Rain”, released in 1984. More shocking news this week with the passing of Prince. Very tragic and 57 just seems so young these days... Prince was an
- [Push | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/push--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the solo from "Push" played by Doug Aldrich when he was with Dio. This is a fantastic blues based solo that really showcases Doug's great "feel" as well as his speed and accuracy.
- [Ramble On | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/ramble-on--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Ramble On", by Led Zeppelin. For such a mellow tune, this one is actually pretty hard to play well and takes a lot of energy. It's one of my favorite Zeppelin songs. Once you learn how to play this you're gonna wa
- [Rebel Rebel | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/rebel-rebel--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Rebel Rebel.” by David Bowie. We got some very sad and shocking news this week that David Bowie, one of the great singer/songwriters of our time had passed away. He was a unique individual and a true artist. He wi
- [Reelin' In the Years | solos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/reelin-in-the-years--solos): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Reelin' in the Years" guitar solos by Steely Dan, from the 1972 album "Can't Buy A Thrill." A full breakdown of all the lead guitar solos and fills. This is a total guitar classic. It's one of the greatest solos
- [Revolution | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/revolution--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play ”Revolution by The Beatles released in 1968. I had sort of forgotten about this song until recently when I saw the “David Frost” performance video that was issued on the Beatles Youtube channel. I was blown away af
- [Rhiannon | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/rhiannon--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar parts to "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac. I’ve always loved this song, and like a lot of songs I love, it has a lot to do with the guitar playing and this one is no exception. The basic rhythm pattern is two
- [Riff Raff by AC/DC - rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/riff-raff--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play Riff Raff by AC/DC from the Powerage album released in 1978. ​Of all the great AC/DC albums, this is still my favorite. The only other one that comes close for me is Highway To Hell. I always felt that the band we
- [Rock and Roll Band | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/rock-and-roll-band-electric): An elecric guitar lesson on how to play “Rock and Roll Band” by Boston from their 1976 debut album.
- [Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/rock-and-roll-hoochie-koo--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm parts to Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo, by Rick Derringer from his 1973 album "All American Boy." It reached #23 on the billboard 100 charts in that year. I've always thought that this was one of the great
- [Rock Candy | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/rock-candy--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Rock Candy” by Montrose featuring the great Ronnie Montrose on guitar and Sammy Hagar on vocals. Absolutely killer track from the “Montrose” album released in 1973. This tune is a cross between Hendrix (“Foxy Lady
- [Rock Or Bust by AC/DC - rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/rock-or-bust--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm guitar parts to "Rock or Bust" by AC/DC. This is a really great rock song. Really fun to play and not too hard to get down. I get a lot of questions about my sound so here's what I'm using: My amp is a
- [Rock the House by AC/DC - rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/rock-the-house--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm guitar parts to "Rock the House" by AC/DC. This maybe the best song on the new "Rock or Bust" record. It's an absolutely KILLER riff that's really fun to play and reminds me a lot of Led Zeppelin. Again,
- [Run Of the Mill | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/run-of-the-mill--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Run of the Mill” by George Harrison from the album “All Things Must Pass” released on November 7th, 1970. This has always been one of my favorite songs from the "All Things Must Pass" album. As I was researching
- [Run To You | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/run-to-you--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Run to You" by Bryan Adams on guitar. "Run to You" was released as the debut single from the album "Reckless" on October 18th, 1984. Hard to believe it's been almost 30 years! The songwriting on Reckless was exce
- [Running On Empty | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/running-on-empty--acoustic): Here’s my lesson on how to play the live acoustic guitar version of “Running On Empty” by Jackson Browne. I saw Jackson Browne play this live on a youtube video recently. I’ve always loved the original version of this song with David Lindley playing those
- [Samba Pa Ti | solos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/samba-pa-ti--solos): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Samba Pa Ti” by Santana, from the “Abraxas” album released in 1970. This is such a beautiful and classic guitar instrumental. It paved the way for many instrumental rock guitar players like Joe Satriani and Steve
- [Sara Smile | rhythm and intro solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/sara-smile--rhythm-and-intro-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Sara Smile" on guitar by Hall & Oates from the self-titled album “Daryl Hall & John Oates released in 1975. I had a request to do this song. It’s always been maybe my favorite Hall & Oates tune. I think it is a re
- [Say Goodbye | acoustic "live version"](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/say-goodbye--acoustic-live-version): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Say Goodbye" by Fleetwood Mac from their 2003 album, "Say You Will." This lesson is based on the 2005 live performance that you can see here. I really like this version. Lindsey Buckingham is an exceptional talen
- [Secret Heart | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/secret-heart--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Secret Heart" by Ron Sexsmith. I heard this song for the first time 6 days ago when I was watching an X-files episode called “Babylon.” The song came on near the end of the show and I just thought that it was a be
- [Separate Ways | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/separate-ways--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo to “Separate Ways" by Journey, played by Neil Schon. I’ve always really liked this solo! The melodic part at the beginning is just so soulful and emotive, but it’s that KILLER speed lick at the end
- [Shake It Up | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/shake-it-up--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo from "Shake It Up" by The Cars from their album of the same name released in 1981. Elliot Eaton has always been one of my favorite guitar players. He came up with so many excellent solos for all o
- [Shape Of My Heart | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/shape-of-my-heart--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Shape Of My Heart" by Sting, co-written by Dominic Miller who also plays the great guitar parts. It's from the "Ten Summoner's Tales" album released on March 9th, 1993.
- [Sharp Dressed Man | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/sharp-dressed-man--rhythm): "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZTop. An iconic riff by an iconic band. Billy Gibbons comes up with a classic with this one. Don't be fooled by the beards and funny dance steps, this guy is a monster guitarist and writer. He builds rock solid riffs and licks, pl
- [She Sells Sanctuary | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/she-sells-sanctuary--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “She Sells Sanctuary.” By The Cult. This has always been one of my favorite rock tunes. It rocks but is extremely melodic at the same time. Many guitar players think music has to be complex to be great, but to me g
- [Show Me The Way | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/show-me-the-way--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play the classic "Show Me the Way” by Peter Frampton from the album “Frampton Comes Alive” released in 1976 and one of the bestselling live albums of all time. This song goes together with “Baby I Love Your Way.” They’
- [Silent Night | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/silent-night--acoustic): Here's my lesson on this years Christmas song "Silent Night." I've been working on a song in open G lately and since I wanted to put up another Christmas song this year, I started messing around with this tuning and after a while this one just sort of ha
- [Sing | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/sing--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play Sing by Ed Sheeran. This is a neat funky kind of a tune that reminds me of more old school type music like Long Train Runnin' by the Doobie Brothers. Great one for beginners as there's just two chords!
- [Solsbury Hill | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/solsbury-hill--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel from his 1977 self titled debut solo album. This is one of those songs from the seventies that will be around for a long time. It's so well written with such an inspiring and uplif
- [Stairway To Heaven | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/stairway-to-heaven--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo from "Stairway to Heaven" the classic Jimmy Page solo everyone should learn. It sounds like it should be easy but to get some of these licks down perfect takes some work.
- [Stay With Me | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/stay-with-me--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Stay With Me" by The Faces from their 1971 album "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink ...to A Blind Horse." I've always thought that the intro and the ending to this song were just awesome! In the same league as "Brown Su
- [Stephanie | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/stephanie--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play the live version of “Stephanie" by Lindsey Buckingham. The original version was recorded in 1973 from the Buckingham Nicks album. The tuning on the album version is unclear with some thinking it may have been in d
- [Still Got the Blues | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/still-got-the-blues--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play main guitar solo to "Still Got the Blues" by Gary Moore. This is such a classic and awesome guitar solo. Gary Moore was a very influential guitarist out of Belfast Ireland. So many guys were influenced by his playi
- [Still You Turn Me On | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/still-you-turn-me-on--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Still You Turn Me On” by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, written by Greg Lake. The version I’m teaching here is the 1974 California Jam live version. This is another ELP/Greg Lake song that I’ve always really loved! The
- [Stormy Weather | acoustic - electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/stormy-weather--acoustic---electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Stormy Weather". This is my take inspired by Jeff Lynne's version from his brilliant 1990 solo album "Armchair Theatre". I've had this one on my list for a while but with what's happening in the world, it seemed
- [Substitute | acoustic/electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/substitute--acousticelectric): An acoustic/electric guitar lesson on "Substitute" by the Who. It was released as a single on March 4th, 1966. It didn't appear on an album until 1971 where it was included on "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy." I've always thought that this was a perfect so
- [Sultans Of Swing | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/sultans-of-swing-electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Sultans Of Swing” by Dire Straits from their 1978 debut album. I found this great Classic Rock article that tells you everything you've ever wanted to know about this song, the writing, the recording and how it c
- [Sweet Emotion](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/sweet-emotion--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm guitar parts to "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith from their 1975 album "Toys In the Attic." This is arguably one of Aerosmith's greatest songs. It's based around that really cool bass riff played and written
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- [Talk To Ya Later | electric rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/talk-to-ya-later--electric-rhythm--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "Talk To Ya Later" by The Tubes/Steve Lukather from “The Completion Backwards Principle” album released in 1981.
- [Tears In Heaven | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/tears-in-heaven--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton from the 1991 “Rush.” soundtrack. From Wikipedia: "The song was written about the pain and loss Clapton felt following the death of his four-year-old son, Conor. In an interview w
- [Tender Surrender arpeggio | lick](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/tender-surrender-arpeggio--lick): An electric guitar lesson on how to play that super cool C major 7th/13th arpeggio lick from the song "Tender Surrender" by Steve Vai. It's Steve's use of an "outside" note in this arpeggio that really makes it and gives it that kind of exotic sound.
- [That's the Way | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/thats-the-way--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "That's the Way" by Led Zeppelin. From Led Zeppelin III released in 1970. This is another song that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant wrote while hanging out at the famous Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in Wales. Here's a passage
- [The Boxer | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/the-boxer--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel from “their album "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" released in 1970. In this lesson I'll show you how Paul Simon plays this live. It's a bit different than the way he plays it on th
- [The Boys Are Back In Town | rhythm & solos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/the-boys-are-back-in-town--rhythm--solos): An electric guitar lesson on how to play "The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy from their 1976 album, Jail Break.
- [The Breakup Song | electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/the-breakup-song--electric): An electric guitar lesson on how to play “The Breakup Song” by Greg Kihn from his 1981 album, “RocKihnRoll.” I heard this the other day when I was driving. It's another tune that I'd pretty well forgotten about. I remember when it came out in the eightie
- [The Chain | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/the-chain--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac. The song was first released on the 1977 album "Rumours". It got new life with the live "The Dance" version released in 1997. This lesson is a hybrid of the acoustic guitar part from t
- [The First Noel | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/the-first-noel--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "​The First Noel". It was first published back in 1823. I only ever plan on doing one Christmas song, but every year I hear from so many people that love Christmas guitar music so again this year I'm doing a secon
- [The Needle and the Damage Done | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/the-needle-and-the-damage-done--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “The Needle and the Damage Done” by Neil Young from the 1972 album, “Harvest.” The version on the Harvest album was taken from a live solo performance at UCLA on January 30, 1971 and that's the version I'm teachin
- [The Rain Song | acoustic/electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/the-rain-song-acousticelectric): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "The Rain Song" by Led Zeppelin. This is another real classic Led Zeppelin track off of the "Houses of the Holy" album released way back in 1973. Once you figure out the tuning, it's not too difficult to play and i
- [The Scientist | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/the-scientist--rhythm): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "The Scientist" by Coldplay from their 2002 album A Rush Of Blood To the Head. This is another great Coldplay song that's based around just four chords. Similar to "Viva La Vida" it doesn't start on the one chord b
- [The Wind | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/the-wind--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "The WInd" by Cat Stevens from his 1971 album "Teaser and the Firecat."
- [These Days | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/these-days--acoustic): This lesson is more or less based on this version. A guitar lesson on how to play the live acoustic version of "These Days" by Jackson Browne. Jackson Browne wrote this when he was just 16 and it was originally released on the 1973 album "For Every Man.
- [Thinking Out Loud | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/thinking-out-loud--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran. On the studio recording it's played on electric but this is the acoustic version based on the live (x acoustic session) video. There are only a few chords in this one, but there
- [Time In A Bottle | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/time-in-a-bottle--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Time In A Bottle” by Jim Croce from his 1972 album, “You Don't Mess Around With Jim.” I've had a ton of requests for Jim Croce songs over the years so I decided to do "Time In A Bottle". It was released over a ye
- [Tin Man | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/tin-man--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Tin Man" by America from their 1974 album Holiday. Holiday was the first album that was produced for America by the legendary "fifth Beatle" George Martin. America took almost three months to record their previou
- [Trouble | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/trouble--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on the live version of Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham. The studio version was originally released in 1981 on the Law and Order album. It reached number 9 on the US charts. I've done quite a few Fleetwood Mac/Lindsey Buckingham tu
- [Two Of Us | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/two-of-us--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Two Of Us" by The Beatles from the 1970 album Let It Be. This has always been one of my favorite acoustic songs by The Beatles. It's Paul's song and he said that he wrote it about him and Linda and how they liked
- [Two Tickets To Paradise | rhythm & solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/two-tickets-to-paradise--rhythm--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm and guitar solo to "Two Tickets To Paradise" by Eddie Money from his self titled debut album released in 1977. The highlight of this tune for me has always been the guitar solo. It was played by Jimmy L
- [Unchained | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/unchained--rhythm): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm parts to "Unchained" by Van Halen from their 1981 album "Fair Warning".
- [Ventura Highway | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/ventura-highway--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Ventura Highway" by America from their 1972 album Homecoming. This is one of those enduring and uplifting tunes from the seventies. It has that rare kind of magic around it and is arguably as popular today as it
- [Viva La Vida | rhythm](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/viva-la-vida--rhythm): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay. This lesson is based around the acoustic guitar version played by Chris Martin at the Sandy hurricane relief concert at Madison Square Gardens on 12.12. 2012. IMHO this is one of the b
- [Walk This Way | solos](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/walk-this-way--solos): ​An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solos in Walk This Way by Aerosmith. Really great playing here by Joe Perry mixing minor and major pentatonic scales. ​I consider these as some of the most recognizable rock guitar solos of all time.
- [We Just Disagree | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/we-just-disagree--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "We Just Disagree" by Dave Mason from his "Let It Flow" album released in 1977. I learned a lot about Dave Mason while researching this song. He's played with a lot of great artists including Eric Clapton, Paul Mc
- [We Three Kings Of Orient Are | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/we-three-kings-of-orient-are--acoustic): Here's my lesson on this years Christmas song "We Three Kings Of Orient Are." I've always loved this one. It's got that really haunting feel about it and I think it conveys very well the epic nature of Christmas, whether you're a believer or not, it's a
- [What Child Is This | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/what-child-is-this--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “What Child Is This”. The lyric was written way back in 1865 by William Chatterton Dix and in 1871, was set to the tune of Greensleeves, a traditional folk song from 1580. This is my own arrangement. It's such a
- [While My Guitar Gently Weeps | solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/while-my-guitar-gently-weeps--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles George Harrison Eric Clapton. Another classic solo this time played by Eric Clapton. The notes are not complex in this one but getting the bends and
- [While My Guitar Gently Weeps Anthology Version | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-anthology-version--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" the Anthology version by The Beatles | George Harrison. The standard version of this song from the White Album is a total classic, but I've always really liked this version of the so
- [Whole Lotta Love | rhythm and solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/whole-lotta-love--rhythm-and-solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the rhythm guitar parts to "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin. This is the first song on Led Zeppelin II, which was released 45 years ago, on October 22, 1969. Today, the song is bigger than ever. Learning this is
- [Wicked Game (Game of Thrones Season 6 Trailer) | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/wicked-game-game-of-thrones-season-6-trailer--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Wicked Game" on guitar as performed by James Vincent Mcmorrow from the “Game of Thrones” season 6 trailer. I watched the “Game of Thrones” season 6 trailer just a couple of days ago and was immediately attracted
- [Wild Horses | acoustic & electric](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/wild-horses--acoustic--electric): An acoustic and electric guitar ​lesson on how to play "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones. Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama in 1971 for the "Sticky Fingers" album. The song has 3 guitar parts on it, a 6 string in Nashville tun
- [Wild World | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/wild-world--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Wild World" by Cat Stevens from his 1970 album "Tea For the Tillerman." ​A classic song from a classic album. It's as relevant today as it was back in 1970, with all the crazy stuff going in the world, it's as nu
- [Wish You Were Here | rhythm and intro solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/wish-you-were-here--rhythm-and-intro-solo): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd, played on guitar by David Gilmour from the “Wish You Were Here” album recorded at Abbey Road studios and released in September of 1975. This is such an iconic and beautiful song.
- [Wondering Where The Lions Are | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/wondering-where-the-lions-are--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Wondering Where the Lions Are" by Bruce Cockburn. This is a really great and interesting finger picking song. Bruce Cockburn is a masterful guitarist. He has a unique style and is very creative. This was a tough o
- [XO | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/xo--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play XO by John Mayer. This is a cover version of the Beyoncé tune. A rare example of a cover being better than the original. Some really beautiful chords and some great strumming. A good tune for beginners as the chord
- [Yesterday | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/yesterday--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Yesterday” by The Beatles featuring Paul McCartney. This song was recorded June 14, 1965! Hard to believe it’s been 50 years! It was released on the album "Help!" on August 6, of the same year. This is from “The
- [You Can't Always Get What You Want | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/you-cant-always-get-what-you-want--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones from their album "Let It Bleed" released in 1969. When the Beatles released "Hey Jude" back in 1968, many people thought that the Stones were answering t
- [You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC - solo](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/you-shook-me-all-night-long--solo): An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo to "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC form the 1980 album "Back In Black.". ​Tasty solo here by ACDC's Angus Young. A great example of mixing minor and major pentatonic scales.
- [Your Love Is Forever | acoustic](https://www.shutupandplay.ca/your-love-is-forever--acoustic): An acoustic guitar lesson on "Your Love Is Forever" by George Harrison from his 1979 self titled album. This was IMHO one of his best albums, really relaxed and chill with some excellent songs and a very different more polished sound no doubt due to prod

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