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"Midnight Rider" - by The Allman Brothers
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Below you'll find three links, with more to come, of three what I consider to be fairly easy songs to learn on the acoustic guitar. Each page will have an explaination, the lyrics or a free tab, a demo, some written tips and instructional information on it ... or a combination of all of the above.
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1.So Far Away | 2.Twisting By The Pool | 3.The Walk Of Life
This song by Dire Straits is a 4 chord song. On the page above I discuss my rhythm pattern for playing this one on and a right hand technique during the rhythm.
There is also a free tab available for download below.
The chords I use in this song are E, A, B and a Dbm.
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Twisting By The Pool has a very fast rhythm to it and can be challenging somewhat, especially in how you decide to sing it as you'll see in my demo. The song has a handful of chords in it and has more lead work than the other two tutorials listed on this best Dire Straits songs page.
The chords you'll need in this song are A, D, E, E7, B7, Gbm and a Bm.
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On the Walk Of Life chords page here, I discuss how to play a walking bass line on this tune and why a Drop D tuning is something you should consider when playing this one on the acoustic. There is also a free tab and some other resources at the link below.
The chords I use here are D, G and an A.
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