How To Play Against The Wind
By Bob Seger - Chords And Lyrics

Below you'll find a free tutorial on how to play Against The Wind by Bob Seger. This song Against The Wind was written by Bob Seger and was a single from the album of the same name. Glen Frey of The Eagles sang background vocals on this track and Seger managed to take the song all the way to #5 on Billboard back in the summer of 1980.

Seger said the songs inspiration came as a result of being a high school cross country runner. The song was featured in two movies, "For the Love of the Game" and "Forrest Gump" and was also covered by The Highwaymen and Brooks And Dunn.

                 
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Against The Wind The Chords
A song with 6 chords including G, Bm, C, D, Em, Am and a partial B Chord using the B note on theA string and the B string 3rd fret.

Strumming Pattern For How To Play Against The Wind
The pattern I use involes a bit of a shuffle pattern. It starts as follows

Dn Dn Up Dn Up Dn
Quick Shuffle Dn Up Dn .. and repeat both of thes eparts.

I also use downstrokes walking down from the G, Gb, E note on the way down to the D Chord. I also use it on the C chord using the C, B, A sequence.

Intro Section For How To Play Against The Wind

The Intro section as shown in the video is simple a quick hammer-on from the G chord using a partial C Chord using the B string on the 1st fret and the G string on the 2nd fret. That is followed by an open D with a hammer on at the 2nd fret and a hammers on at the A string on the 2nd fret as well.

Main Picking Section For How To Play Against The Wind

The video below explains in detail the sequence of strings to pick in order to somewhat duplicate the piano section in this part of the song. If you have any problems seeing this clearly shoot me an email. Here are a few parts tabbed out.

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