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Secret Heart by Ron Sexsmith | rhythm

how to play secret heart on guitar by ron sexsmith rhythm solo shutup and play guitar tutorials lesson electric
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 beautiful song. I must have listened to it 10 times in a row, just loving it more each time. Ron Sexsmith is a gifted songwriter. He reminds me a little of Paul McCartney. He really knows how to weave the melodies and the words and just express what he’s feeling so accurately and perfectly. Anyways, I thought that maybe other people had heard the song for the first time like me and would want to learn how to play it, so here it is.
I go over the main guitar part in the lesson. There is a vibraphone that comes in on the left channel on the original recording, but I just kinda faked that with my guitar in the demo. There’s nothing complicated about this song, but like I always say, it doesn’t have to be complex to be good and this is a great example of that. 
I had a really great time working on this song. I hope you enjoy the videos.

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        • Dear Prudence | acoustic
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        • Every Night | acoustic
        • Girl | acoustic
        • Happy With You | acoustic
        • Here Comes the Sun | acoustic
        • I Will | acoustic
        • In My Life | acoustic
        • Jenny Wren | acoustic
        • Julia | acoustic
        • Junk | acoustic
        • Michelle | acoustic
        • Mother Nature's Son | acoustic
        • My Love | solo
        • Norwegian Wood | acoustic
        • Revolution | rhythm and solo
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        • While My Guitar Gently Weeps Anthology Version | acoustic
        • While My Guitar Gently Weeps | solo
        • Yesterday | acoustic
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        • Shake It Up | solo
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        • Wild World | acoustic
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        • Deck The Halls | acoustic
        • The First Noel | acoustic
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        • It Came Upon A Midnight Clear| acoustic
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        • She Sells Sanctuary | rhythm and solo
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        • Highway Star | solo
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        • Money for Nothing | rhythm
      • Doug Aldrich >
        • Fast Pentatonic Lick | lick
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        • Hotel California | acoustic
        • Hotel California | solos
        • I Can't Tell You Why | solo
        • Lyin' Eyes | acoustic & electric
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        • Sing | acoustic
        • Thinking Out Loud | acoustic
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        • Two Tickets To Paradise | rhythm & solo
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        • Free Ride | rhythm & solo
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        • Mr. Blue Sky | acoustic
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        • C'est La Vie | acoustic
        • From The Beginning | acoustic
        • I Believe In Father Christmas | acoustic
        • Lucky Man | acoustic
        • Still You Turn Me On | acoustic
      • Eric Johnson >
        • Eric Johnson style #1 | lick
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        • Stay With Me | electric
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        • Bleed To Love Her | acoustic
        • Landslide | acoustic
        • Landslide | live solo
        • Never Going Back Again | acoustic
        • Never Going Back Again | live solo
        • Oh Well Part 1 | acoustic - electric
        • Rhiannon | rhythm and solo
        • Say Goodbye | acoustic "live version"
        • Stephanie | acoustic
      • Foreigner >
        • Double Vision | rhythm
      • Free >
        • All Right Now | rhythm
        • Mr. Big | rhythm
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        • Blues for Neruda | lick
        • Gary Moore style | 3 speed licks
        • Parisienne Walkways | rhythm &solo
        • Still Got the Blues | solo
      • Greg Kihn >
        • The Breakup Song | electric
      • The Guess Who >
        • American Woman | acoustic electric rhythm and solo
      • Hall & Oates >
        • Sara Smile | rhythm and intro solo
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      • Jackson Browne >
        • Running On Empty | acoustic
        • These Days | acoustic
      • James Gang | Joe Walsh >
        • Funk #49 | rhythm
      • James Taylor >
        • Fire and Rain | acoustic
      • James Vincent Mcmorrow >
        • Wicked Game (Game of Thrones Season 6 Trailer) | acoustic
      • Joe Satriani >
        • Always With Me, Always With You | solo
      • John Mayer >
        • XO | acoustic
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        • Any Way You Want It | solo
        • Separate Ways | solo
      • Kansas >
        • Dust In The Wind | acoustic
      • Led Zeppelin >
        • Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You | acoustic
        • Black Dog | Rhythm
        • Bron-Yr-Aur | acoustic
        • Going To California | acoustic
        • Immigrant Song | rhythm
        • Kashmir | rhythm
        • Over The Hills And Far Away | acoustic
        • The Rain Song | acoustic/electric
        • Ramble On | acoustic
        • Stairway To Heaven | solo
        • Whole Lotta Love | rhythm and solo
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      • Maroon 5 >
        • Maps | rhythm and solo
      • Marty Balin >
        • Hearts | electric
      • Metallica >
        • Nothing Else Matters | rhythm and solo
      • Montrose >
        • Rock Candy | rhythm and solo
      • Mötley Crüe >
        • Kickstart My Heart | rhythm
      • Mountain | Leslie West >
        • Mississippi Queen | rhythm and solo
      • Neil Young >
        • Harvest Moon | acoustic
        • Heart Of Gold | acoustic
        • Old Man | acoustic
      • Norah Jones >
        • Don't Know Why | acoustic
      • Ozzy Osbourne | Randy Rhoads >
        • Crazy Train | solo
      • Peter Frampton >
        • Baby I Love Your Way | acoustic
        • Show Me The Way | acoustic
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        • Comfortably Numb | solos
        • Goodbye Blue Sky | acoustic
        • Wish You Were Here | rhythm and intro solo
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        • Every Breath You Take | rhythm
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        • Purple Rain | rhythm
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      • Queen >
        • Bohemian Rhapsody | solo
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      • Raspberries >
        • Go All the Way | rhythm
      • Rick Derringer >
        • Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo | rhythm
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        • Angie | acoustic
        • Brown Sugar | electric
        • Can't You Hear Me Knocking | electric
        • Honky Tonk Women | electric
        • Love In Vain | acoustic
        • Wild Horses | acoustic & electric
        • You Can't Always Get What You Want | acoustic
      • Ron Sexsmith >
        • Secret Heart | rhythm
      • Santana >
        • Black Magic Woman | solos
        • Europa | solo
        • Samba Pa Ti | solos
      • Scorpions >
        • Can't Live Without You | rhythm & solos
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      • Steely Dan >
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        • Can We Still Be Friends | rhythm
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        • Bobcaygeon | acoustic - electric
        • Fiddler's Green | acoustic
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        • Talk To Ya Later | electric rhythm & solo
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        • Ordinary Love | acoustic
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        • Feel Your Love Tonight | rhythm and solo
        • Jump | solo
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        • Is This Love | solo
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        • Sharp Dressed Man | rhythm
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