Day Tripper (Rhythm Guitar Part)

Learn how to play the rhythm guitar parts of Day Tripper by The Beatles. Nick shows some of the fine details as originally played by George Harrison and John Lennon and also offers some easier alternatives for less-experienced players.
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Abridged Script:

Here’s a Beatles Classic that can be learned by beginners or intermediate players on either electric or acoustic guitar.
As with many Beatles songs there are several guitar parts on the studio version with both George Harrison and John Lennon, overdubbing.
On the intro, after the lead guitar plays the signature riff twice, the rhythm guitar comes in with a riff based on the ‘A’ shaped E and E7 chord.
But it will also work fine just to strum an open E chord and lift the third finger on and off like this.
Then this chord continues as the vocals kick in for the first verse and the sequence follows the first eight bars of a typical 12-bar blues progression – four bars of E7…changing to two bars of A7 which you can choose to play either open… or using the ‘E’ shaped barre chord at fret 5 as John Lennon did… and then back to two bars of the E7 riff.
But then the sequence heads off into a less predictable set of chords for the chorus. And actually, you can follow this sequence using either basic two-note power chords, major chords or dominant seventh chords.
Let’s demonstrate first using 2-note power chords. F#5 …for four bars then one bar each of A5 at fret 5 then back to G#5 at fret 4 up to C#5 at fret 9 and B5 at fret 7… or, for more experienced players F#7 A7 G#7 C#7 and B7 you can also try sliding the root note of the F# chord in from F like this which you can hear on one of the overdubs though I can’t tell whether it’s George or John playing that part.
Between verses the lead guitar is left to play the signature riff once through before the rhythm joins in with the E7 riff as before.
Then you play through verse 2 exactly the same as verse 1 and follow up with the chorus in the same way too.
After this second chorus comes the bridge which starts with the lead guitar playing the signature riff but transposed up to B so as rhythm guitarist you can choose to play either open B7… a B5 power chord… a B7 barre chord or a B Major chord bar.
For those trying to pick up the finer detail of what John Lennon played on the studio recording then start with this B major chord change it to a 7sus4 then a B5 by doubling the F# note like this then a B6 or 13th and finally a B7.
That’s pretty much it for the rhythm part. The third verse and chorus being much the same as the earlier two and the outro is really a copy of the intro.
In the next video in this series we’ll cover George Harrison’s lead parts for this classic tune. See you then!

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