Chords for John Lennon - Imagine - How to Play it on Acoustic Guitar - Easy Beginner Guitar Lessons

[N] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ Alright, I'm [D] going to teach [Db] Imagine.
_ [B] You know, obviously an [Bb] amazing song [B] on piano. _ _ _ _
[Bb] But I've arranged it for guitar.
I know there's a lot of other [Bbm] lessons on this tune,
but I'm just [A] going to kind of give my [Bb] rundown on it, explain it. _ _ _
[Bbm] Basically, there's _ _ a verse, a chorus,
and I guess what you would call a bridge.
[Bb] Alright, the verse is a C chord,
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ and then it becomes what's called a C major 7.
And it's [Bb] actually really [B] easy, you just take your first finger [Em] off. _ _ _ _ _
[B] And then an F chord,
[F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ and a little lick.
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ Okay, so let's take a closer look at what's going on.
[Bb] Alright, here's what's going [Bm] on.
_ [E] I'm playing the C chord,
_ [Bb] _
[A] _ _ and I'm [C] kind of emphasizing [Bbm] this bass note with my ring finger.
I kind of [B] hit that [C] first,
_ _ and then strum the [Cm] chord.
And _
_ [C] then _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ my first finger comes off. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Then I switch to an F chord.
And when I play an [Gbm] F, I know a lot of people [C] have problems covering both of these.
_ I actually _ don't really do that.
I just play these three,
and then I'm kind of _ _ [Gb] just letting my first finger touch that high E,
and it mutes it a little bit.
[C] So sometimes that's easier for people.
And then _ _ I'm hitting the bass note _ [F] _
right there. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Three of those into the lick.
[B] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [C] Okay, here's [B] the lick. _
Where my middle finger is on the F chord,
I hit that one [A] time.
_ _ _ And then [Bm] my ring finger goes up a [C] half step
[Bb] _
_ from where [A] it was on the G string.
_ _ _ _ _ And you can hammer it.
_ Obviously it's on piano,
so _ fortunately [C] no haters are going to say,
[A] you're not doing it right because it's [C] on piano.
_ _ This is the _
[Bb] _ _ [C] guitar translation. _ _
[B] So I [Eb] think I usually hammer it.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ Now [Db] you could actually go [C] up another half [B] step
because that's the next note.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Like that.
But what I tend to do,
_ and then the open B string, which is the same note.
[B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] And when you do that, you can [Eb] just take your hand off of that B string
and bring [B] _
_ [C] it back to the C chord again.
So here's what the whole verse looks like. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Db] Now let's talk [C] about the chorus. _ _
Beatles use this a lot, a little walk down.
So it's [Em] kind of like adding a bass [Bb] line within the chords.
[Cm] So I take the F chord,
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ and I keep [C] emphasizing the first note of the chord [F] like _ _ _ _ _ _ that.
We're going to [A] do that again.
But my _ [G] ring finger comes off,
my middle [Db] finger goes to the second fret on the [A] D string now.
So it actually [C] looks like an A minor 7,
but you could also call it [A] _
[Abm] an F over [C] E. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay, so here's those two [F] again. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ Then I'm going to go to a D minor chord.
_ So my [Eb] middle finger is on [D] the second fret [C] of the G string.
And what I'm doing is I'm going to put my pinky,
[Db] this is going to be weird for some people,
[C] my pinky _ on the third fret of the B string,
and then my first [B] finger _
[C] on the first fret of the high E string.
[A] And [C] my root note of that chord is this D string right [Dm] here. _
_ _ _ _ _ And the reason I play it this way is my ring finger
[C] is going to [Bm] then go to the third fret [F] on the A string _ _ within _ _ _ [C] that chord.
So here's what we have so [F] far.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ And so I just kind of emphasize that [Bb] note and then strum the chord.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ And then it goes to a G chord or a [B] G7. _ _
So if you're [Bm] playing as a G7,
you're going to [C] use your ring finger [A] on the third fret of the low E,
middle [Am] finger right here, and pinky right [G] there.
_ _ And then you can _ _ just _ _ _ _ like that.
Okay, here's that whole chorus _ in real [F] time.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ All right, [Db] so that's [Cm] that.
That is the verse and the chorus.
All right, now all we need is [C] the bridge.
And the bridge I just strum out.
_ [Bb] _ _
[A] You know, I just [C] strum [Eb] the chords out.
All [B] right, and it's not too bad.
[G] It's, _ _ let's see if I remember here.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
It's F, _ [G] G, _ _ _ [C] C, _ and then [E] E.
_ _ _ And you could also play E7.
[A] I'm going to leave that up to you.
_ _ [Bb] Here it is again.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ All [Gb] right, yes, once again, Marty Schwartz here,
_ _ _ [C] _
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[E] _ _ _
Anyway, it was fun to just teach [G] you, you know,
[C] _ _ _ one of those _ _ iconic _ _ songs, you know.
_ [D] So anyway, we'll see [C] you around.
_ Later. _ _ _ _ _
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