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Make You Feel My Love
by Bob Dylan • Lesson #484 • Apr 7, 2023
Description
Hey there, friends! Today we’re looking at Make You Feel My Love, the late nineties Bob Dylan song that’s since been covered by so many great musicians (Adele, Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, etc). My lesson’s main inspiration comes from Garth Brooks, whose live performance in 1999 showed an absolutely beautiful way to play it using the Key of D chord family. In my main lesson, I’ll teach you how to strum it in that key — which avoids barre chords altogether. In my extended video lessons (linked below) I’ll show some other ways to play it — including a fingerstyle arrangement, as well as tackling the vocal melody (tab included). Have fun, this one is a blast to play!
Timestamps for my main video lesson:
- 0:00 Preview & Lesson Summary
- 2:12 Verse
- 7:20 Chorus
- 9:28 Strumming
- 15:24 Capo Notes
Lesson Discussion
Extended Video Lessons
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Play-Along Cover
Vocal Melody Deep-Dive
Intro Fingerstyle Arrangement
Backing Track (Key of D)
If you’re looking for some practice help, give this backing track a try! Whether you’re working on strumming, chord changes, or lead guitar — this can be incredibly helpful to play along with.
This backing track plays the verse progression twice:
| D | A | C | G |
| Gm | D | E7 A7 | G |
Then, it plays the chorus progression once:
| G | D | F#7 G | D |
| G | D | E7 | A7 |
From there, things repeat — over and over, exactly as noted above — for just about 7 minutes. This makes for a great bite-sized practice companion. If you mess something up, you can just jump back in at any point — and can rest assured you’ll have another chance shortly to try again. Enjoy!
Print-Friendly Song Sheet 3 pages
Follow along with my print-friendly guide for this song! It’s available for purchase at Musicnotes.com, the web’s leading provider of licensed sheet music.
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Buy at Musicnotes.comRecommended Videos
Garth Brooks’ fingerstyle version (1999)
Bob Dylan’s original recording (1997)
Adele’s cover (2008)
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