How To Play On The Road Again
By Willie Nelson

On this page I'm going to explain to you How To Play On The Road Again By Willie Nelson. Below you'll also find my demo video clip so you can view some of what I explain in this article.

The song "On The Road Again" was written by Willie Nelson after he was approached by an executive producer of the film Honeysuckle Rose, in which Willie had a starring role.

The producer asked Willie to write a song for the soundtrack and so he came up with On The Road Again. It was a huge hit for Willie, becoming his 6th solo #1 back in 1980.

In 1981 Nelson also won a Grammy award for this song as Best Country Song Of The Year.





This is a great song to play at a party because it's so well known. You can't really go wrong by playing up tempo #1 hits at a party. The chords in this are are D, Gb, Em, G and A7. You can also throw in a D7 if you'd like as you transition to the G chord from the D chord.

                 

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As you'll notice in my demo, the rhythm is note-dn-note-up-dn ... if you play this in slow motion first and then increase the speed, you'll see what I mean. As you move into the second verse, you can do a 4 pick from the bottom strings up and then the bass note. And on the Em I use a little upstroke chop pattern.

The picking riffs are just basically following the melody line of the song which I fully explain in detail in my full version instructional tutorial (link is below).

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