Easy Beginner Guitar Songs "Don't Be Cruel" - Elvis Presley | Lesson, Chords & Lyrics, Strumming

Hey everyone! In today's lesson I'm going to show you how to play "Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley. It's a simple four chord strummer, with a "swing feel" for the rhythm/strumming.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

0:00 - INTRO
1:04 - CHORDS & SWITCHING TIPS
3:06 - SWITCHING PRACTICE
4:23 - STRUMMING PATTERN
7:12 - PLAY-ALONG
8:22 - THE BRIDGE
9:35 - ASSEMBLING THE TUNE
10:11 - FINAL PLAY-ALONG

The lesson begins with the chord shapes needed to play the verse + chorus. We start out playing a whole bunch of D, and then we switch through Em, A and D - I want you to practice those specific changes in that order. Once we've worked that out a little bit, we play through the entire verse and chorus using downstrokes only.

Next we learn the strumming pattern. It's the most common strumming pattern in the universe (which has its own lesson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBZA1DLHRM0). We break it down into two parts and then we learn how to play it with a swing feel.

Once we have the chords and the strumming pattern down, we put them together, and we play through the verse and chorus.

Next we learn the bridge. We're going to be switching from G to A a couple times so I really want you to work that switch out. We practice it using downstrokes only and then we add the strumming pattern.

Finally, we put everything together, playing through the verse chorus and bridge. We work on all the transitions, make sure everything's smoothe, and that's it!

Enjoy the lesson and I'll see you soon!
-James

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