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Stuff That Works
by Guy Clark • Lesson #516 • Sep 14, 2023
Hello, friends! In today’s lesson I’m excited to teach you Stuff That Works, the Guy Clark classic from 1995. I’ll show how to strum your way through the verse & chorus sections, in addition to teaching the amazing intro riff (which I’ll play a few different ways). For strumming in particular, I’ll demonstrate a couple options for how you approach things. This will allow you to use the pattern that works for you, in both the intro and the sung parts. This is a fun one… let’s get into it!
- 0:00 Overview
- 1:28 Chords
- 2:02 Verse
- 5:18 Chorus
- 7:38 Alt. Bass Note Strum
- 8:43 Intro Riff: Basics
- 13:53 Intro Riff: Strum #1
- 15:58 Intro Riff: Strum #2
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