Chords for Tom Dooley - Two Chord Song Lesson for Guitar
Tempo:
123.55 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
G
F#
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Friends, let's take a look at an old classic called Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio.
This is capoed at the fourth fret, so it's actually in the key of E, but the chords that
we're going to be playing here, because we're capoed, it's going to put us in a different
key, but the chords we're playing are a C and [B] a G.
That's literally it.
This is a two chord song.
[E]
And so the strumming rhythm, now that you have the chords [F#] down, the strumming rhythm
is one, two, and, and four, and one, two, and, and four.
[G#] Okay?
If you have difficulty with strumming, a great thing to do is to mute those strings, practice
your strumming rhythm before you actually apply them to the chords.
One, two, [G] and, and four, and [F#] one, two, [Cm] and, and four, and, and then bring in your chord.
Make sure that you bring this up to speed.
Tom Dooley, about that kind of vibe.
And then bring [E] in your chord.
[Cm] Now another thing we're doing here is we're swinging it, right?
[B] We're not doing a straight beat, we're swinging it, or shuffle, what we call a shuffle, right?
But that's what we're doing, but we're doing one, two, [D#] and, and one, two, and one.
Then you're going to bring in your [B] chord.
[E]
[G] Now I'm going to play a little bit of the lyrics so you can hear the melody with it
and hear it being cohesive.
But if you like these style lessons, friends, these two chord style lessons, then wait until
the end of the video, you're going to see a card with a link, click on that, and that
will deliver more of those to you.
I also have a free course there for you that's massively going to help with your playing.
All right, so check that out.
Now if we take this strumming rhythm again, one, [B] two, and four, and one, two, and [G] four,
and one, two, and four.
We add that C chord, [B] [E]
we got this.
Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head [B] and cry, hang down your head Tom
Dooley, poor boy bound to [E] die.
That's pretty much the whole song, [G#] friends, that C and G, that strumming rhythm, one,
two, and, and four, and.
That's [C#] it, my friends.
If you need more help, click the link for 30
This is capoed at the fourth fret, so it's actually in the key of E, but the chords that
we're going to be playing here, because we're capoed, it's going to put us in a different
key, but the chords we're playing are a C and [B] a G.
That's literally it.
This is a two chord song.
[E]
And so the strumming rhythm, now that you have the chords [F#] down, the strumming rhythm
is one, two, and, and four, and one, two, and, and four.
[G#] Okay?
If you have difficulty with strumming, a great thing to do is to mute those strings, practice
your strumming rhythm before you actually apply them to the chords.
One, two, [G] and, and four, and [F#] one, two, [Cm] and, and four, and, and then bring in your chord.
Make sure that you bring this up to speed.
Tom Dooley, about that kind of vibe.
And then bring [E] in your chord.
[Cm] Now another thing we're doing here is we're swinging it, right?
[B] We're not doing a straight beat, we're swinging it, or shuffle, what we call a shuffle, right?
But that's what we're doing, but we're doing one, two, [D#] and, and one, two, and one.
Then you're going to bring in your [B] chord.
[E]
[G] Now I'm going to play a little bit of the lyrics so you can hear the melody with it
and hear it being cohesive.
But if you like these style lessons, friends, these two chord style lessons, then wait until
the end of the video, you're going to see a card with a link, click on that, and that
will deliver more of those to you.
I also have a free course there for you that's massively going to help with your playing.
All right, so check that out.
Now if we take this strumming rhythm again, one, [B] two, and four, and one, two, and [G] four,
and one, two, and four.
We add that C chord, [B] [E]
we got this.
Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head [B] and cry, hang down your head Tom
Dooley, poor boy bound to [E] die.
That's pretty much the whole song, [G#] friends, that C and G, that strumming rhythm, one,
two, and, and four, and.
That's [C#] it, my friends.
If you need more help, click the link for 30
Key:
B
E
G
F#
G#
B
E
G
Friends, let's take a look at an old classic called Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio.
This is capoed at the fourth fret, so it's actually in the key of E, but the chords that
we're going to be playing here, because we're capoed, it's going to put us in a different
key, but the chords we're playing are a C and [B] a G.
That's literally it.
This is a two chord song.
_ _ [E]
And so the strumming rhythm, now that you have the chords [F#] down, the strumming rhythm
is _ one, two, and, and four, and one, two, and, and four.
[G#] Okay?
If you have difficulty with strumming, a great thing to do is to mute those strings, practice
your strumming rhythm before _ you actually apply them to the chords.
One, two, [G] and, and four, and [F#] one, two, [Cm] and, and four, and, and then bring in your chord.
Make sure that you bring this up to speed.
_ _ Tom Dooley, about that kind of vibe.
_ And then bring [E] in your chord. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ Now another thing we're doing here is we're swinging it, _ right?
[B] We're not doing a straight beat, we're swinging it, or shuffle, what we call a shuffle, right? _
But that's what we're doing, but we're doing one, two, [D#] and, and one, _ two, and one.
Then you're going to bring in your [B] chord.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ [G] Now I'm going to play a little bit of the lyrics so you can hear the melody with it
and hear it being cohesive.
But if you like these style lessons, friends, these two chord style lessons, then wait until
the end of the video, you're going to see a card with a link, click on that, and that
will deliver more of those to you.
I also have a free course there for you that's massively going to help with your playing.
All right, so check that out.
Now if we take this strumming rhythm again, one, [B] two, and four, and one, two, and [G] four,
and one, two, and four.
We add that C chord, [B] _ [E] _
_ _ we got this.
_ Hang down your head Tom Dooley, _ hang down your head [B] and cry, _ _ hang down your head Tom
_ Dooley, poor boy bound to [E] die. _ _
_ That's pretty much the whole song, [G#] friends, that C and G, that strumming rhythm, one,
two, and, and four, and.
That's [C#] it, my friends.
If you need more help, click the link for 30
This is capoed at the fourth fret, so it's actually in the key of E, but the chords that
we're going to be playing here, because we're capoed, it's going to put us in a different
key, but the chords we're playing are a C and [B] a G.
That's literally it.
This is a two chord song.
_ _ [E]
And so the strumming rhythm, now that you have the chords [F#] down, the strumming rhythm
is _ one, two, and, and four, and one, two, and, and four.
[G#] Okay?
If you have difficulty with strumming, a great thing to do is to mute those strings, practice
your strumming rhythm before _ you actually apply them to the chords.
One, two, [G] and, and four, and [F#] one, two, [Cm] and, and four, and, and then bring in your chord.
Make sure that you bring this up to speed.
_ _ Tom Dooley, about that kind of vibe.
_ And then bring [E] in your chord. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ Now another thing we're doing here is we're swinging it, _ right?
[B] We're not doing a straight beat, we're swinging it, or shuffle, what we call a shuffle, right? _
But that's what we're doing, but we're doing one, two, [D#] and, and one, _ two, and one.
Then you're going to bring in your [B] chord.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ [G] Now I'm going to play a little bit of the lyrics so you can hear the melody with it
and hear it being cohesive.
But if you like these style lessons, friends, these two chord style lessons, then wait until
the end of the video, you're going to see a card with a link, click on that, and that
will deliver more of those to you.
I also have a free course there for you that's massively going to help with your playing.
All right, so check that out.
Now if we take this strumming rhythm again, one, [B] two, and four, and one, two, and [G] four,
and one, two, and four.
We add that C chord, [B] _ [E] _
_ _ we got this.
_ Hang down your head Tom Dooley, _ hang down your head [B] and cry, _ _ hang down your head Tom
_ Dooley, poor boy bound to [E] die. _ _
_ That's pretty much the whole song, [G#] friends, that C and G, that strumming rhythm, one,
two, and, and four, and.
That's [C#] it, my friends.
If you need more help, click the link for 30