How To Play Once Youve Had The Best
By George Jones

On this page I'd like to explain to you how to play Once Youve Had The Best By George Jones. Check out my acoustic demo clip and grab some free tabs in the lower right hand menu.

George Jones co-wrote this song with his good friend Johnny Paycheck. Jones recorded this song as a track on his album called "The Grand Tour" released in 1974. The album peaked at #11. This song, "Once You've Had The Best" was released in 1973 ahead of the album and peaked at #3.

Alan Jackson also recorded this song in 1999 as part of his "Under The Influence" album. Jackson however did not release his version of this song as a single.

Just a bit of trivia here ... Johnny Paycheck onced played bass and steel guitar for George Jones, and when Paycheck died in Feb 2004 from poor health and flat broke, George Jones apparently paid for his funeral.



This song follows the standard country format as you'd expect. It's a 4 chord song with one rhythm pattern.



The chords you'll need for this one are pretty straight forward ... G, C, D or D7 and and A7. I start this one off with a simple riff pattern and add a full picking break in the middle of the song. Both of these are fully explained in the full version instructional tutorial.

                 

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You can use two different strumming patterns for this one so take your pick. The first is the simple note-dn-up-bassnote-up-dn-up chord change and repeat. Or you can use a double bass which works like this ... note-up-dn-note-bassnote-up-dn-up chord change and repeat.

Check out the classic video in the right hand menu and grab the free lyrics and tab as well.

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