Chords for How to play "Going to California" By Led Zeppelin on Guitar | Lesson 3-3

Hey everyone and welcome back to Swift Guitar Lessons.
Today we're gonna be covering the final segment
of my three-part series on Led Zeppelin's
Going to California.
Now, we're gonna get started with the review,
then I'll break down how to play the bridge
in a minor key.
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[B] Now, let's get started with your lesson.
Okay, close [E] look at the fretboard and also my right hand.
And if you recall, we began with both of our E strings
[D] tuned to D.
_ Getting started with our intro picking pattern _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and a little run. _ _ _ _
Then we jumped into [G] our verse. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Occasionally reaching for the higher frets to expand. _ _ _ _ _
Then the instrumental [D] fills.
_ _ [D] _ _
Sometimes throwing in the mandolin line. _ _ _ _
[F] Then we had a little bit of an instrumental section
starting with a minor [D] chord. _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ We finished all that by reaching up into the high frets
for a short interlude.
_ _ _ _ _ Okay, now we're ready for the minor bridge.
It's gonna sound something like this.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Okay, [F#] now I'll demonstrate that exact same thing
with the lyrics.
One, two, three, four.
♪ Seems that the wrath of the gods got a punch on the nose ♪
♪ Started to flow, I think I might [A] be sinking ♪ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] ♪ Throw me a line if I reach in time ♪
♪ Meet you up there where the path runs straight [A] and high ♪ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Then we finish up, back up on the high frets.
_ _ [F#] Okay, getting started with this section,
we're gripping up a D [Dm] minor chord shape.
[D] In this tune in, my middle finger
is on the seventh fret of the G.
My first finger is on [Fm] the sixth fret of the B.
[F] _
And then my [F#] ring finger is on the high E string [Dm] seventh fret.
So it's kind of like a D7 shape
up on the sixth fret position. _ _ _
_ _ We're gonna use the same finger picking pattern
that's been recurring throughout the tune.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So that begins by plucking both of our E strings,
which are tuned to D.
Then the B string, and then the D string.
That's the first step. _
After that, we're just gonna separate our [D] E strings,
high E string, low string.
So far we have.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Then we need to go to the B string with our middle finger.
_ _ _ And then the thumb back on [D] the D string
to keep that bass line going.
_ [Dm] _ _
_ _ You're gonna repeat the second part of that
over and over again.
_ _ That E, E, B, D pattern. _
_ _ _ _ _ All the way through,
before you're ready to go on to an A major chord.
But I like to throw in my pinky right here
[Gm] onto the eighth fret of the high E string.
So I'm adding that pinky to the eighth fret high E string
on the word punch.
[Dm] Seems that the wrath of the gods
got a punch on the nose.
Started to flow.
Think I might [A] be sinking.
Before going to the A major chord.
Now, sometimes I throw in a little break
[F#] right after I put [Dm] that pinky in.
_ _ _ [A#] _ [Dm] And then start all over again with the double pick.
_ _ _ _ [D] Then go to the A major chord,
[G] where I'll throw in a technique called
[G#] a rasquiato or a [A] fan strum.
_ This is when we take our,
[E] well, we're gonna be reversing it
so that way we can get back into our finger picking pattern.
So it's [A] our first finger flicking out,
followed by the middle,
followed by the ring,
followed by the pinky.
And to practice this, you can just basically go
flick, flick, flick, flick.
When you have the guitar in your hand,
we're gonna try to go for a nice even strokes.
_ _ _ I [A] threw this in just for dramatic effect.
Obviously, this is not what's going on in the actual track,
but [E] the point of this lesson is to give you a version
of going to California that's suitable
for solo performance for a singer songwriter.
Okay, so on this A major chord,
we're gonna begin with the fan strum,
then go into a finger picking pattern
that's very similar to the other patterns
that we've been playing throughout the tune.
The only difference is that we're gonna be bouncing
back and [G] forth on the A and D [E] strings
rather than the E and D strings.
So begin with the A major chord,
[D] our reverse [A] fan strum,
_ then we're gonna go right to the A string,
high E string, [E] D string, [C#m] B string, A string.
[A]
That's your [A] first step.
_ _ Allow a little space after that rasquetto
or that fan strum.
_ _ _ One more time so you can listen.
From _ _ _ there, you just need to keep [D] looping.
[E] E string, [C#m] D string, B [A] string, A string before repeating,
or sound like this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So the rasquetto, A, E, D, D, A,
then E, D, B, A, E, D, B, A. _ _ _ _ _
So I guess you gotta loop it three times
before you're ready to repeat.
And then you go [D] up into your D minor shape again,
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ or if you're all done the section,
you're gonna head back up into the 12th fret area
for your D major octave.
Okay, congrats everyone.
You've mastered all the sections
to our singer-songwriter version of Going to California.
The next step is to jam [F#] along with the track
and a lyric sheet to make sure you understand
the way the song is gonna flow in the overall structure.
All right, everyone, thanks so much for checking out
this three-part series on Led Zeppelin's Going to California.
I hope you enjoyed it.
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