Chords for Four Strong Winds - Guitar Lesson

[N] _ _ [G#] Okay, we're going to do a good song for the aspiring rhythm guitarist, vocalist, guitarist
at Four Strong Winds, Neil Young.
[F#m] You'll just need to [C] know the _ _ C, [Dm] _ D [D] minor, and on D minor, don't strum the low E string,
you can block [Dm] it with your thumb.
_ [G] _ G, [F] and there's an F chord.
_ _ Now that intro, I'll show you the intro and a way to [G#] play it with a full rhythm, one [G] guitar,
with the _ moving line that's going on.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] So your basic [C] rhythm is, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] then you play, [C] _
_ _ and on that next upstroke, _ _ _ _ [A] you add the little
finger on the second [G] string, _
[C] _ _ back to the C, then off.
That's a C add 9, and when you pick [Em] the index off, it's a C [C] major 7. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
So D [Dm] minor, _ _ rhythm _ _
[F#] _ [D] on the D minor, _ _ _ D add 9, you're just opening [Dm] up the first string, _ _
_ _ _ [G] G, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ then _ _ _ you C, _ F, _ _ _ _ _ and D note [C] again. _
_ That repeats. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
And that last [G] line, you achieve that by, _ _ _ _ when you start your rhythm, _ _ _ _ two quick downs. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So the whole measure would be, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
so that intro again [Em] is, _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ and then the whole song, verse going
into chorus is, _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] G, _ _
[C] C, _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [F] F, _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ and [Em] this is how you play the last verse [F] there at the end,
that's how it ends.
[Am] So it's that chord [G#] pattern, goes through the whole [G] song, it's kind of a verse chorus [G#] combination,
there's [G] a violin lead that [F#] comes in, you play the same thing.
[A] A lot of those extra notes are [F#] just on that intro.
Your [G#] line during the verse and chorus is really that [F#] G, when it ends, when the [F#m] phrase comes
[G] around on the G, you're doing that. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] But that line all through the C and the D [Em] minor, that's primarily [D] just on the intro.
_ So I hope you enjoy this, any questions, drop me a line, I hope you have fun with this.