True Colors
by Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick • Lesson #32 • Nov 30, 2016
Editor’s Notes
This video is an acoustic guitar lesson for the classic pop song True Colors as covered by Justin Timberlake & Anna Kendrick, for the 2016 film Trolls. The song is originally by Cyndi Lauper. This video includes chords, tabs, and strumming patterns – showing how to play this song in standard tuning on an acoustic guitar (with and without a capo).
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Timestamps:
- 0:00 Preview & lesson overview
- 2:58 Verse chords
- 3:34 Fingerpicking basics
- 5:12 Chorus chords
- 6:35 Intro riff
- 10:46 No Capo playthrough
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