Chords for Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes // Guitar Tutorial

_ [D] What's up guys?
We are again [Bm] in this gorgeous [A] field at sunset.
Hopefully we're going to
finish this video on time.
[E] I am going to be teaching you guys Treat You Better by Shawn
Mendes.
[Bm] Alright, so first off [A] we are in standard tuning with a capo here [D] on the first fret.
Not only are we going to go over chords and strumming, but there's a really neat and easy
riff that I'm going [Db] to teach you guys.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ [D] But before we jump into that, I'm just going to
go ahead and show you guys the chords.
Alright, starting off we have an A minor, _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [C] we have a
G major, [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Gb] an F major, _ and [C] our last chord is a C [Db] major.
_ _ _ Alright, [E] on to strumming.
Really
simple.
I'm going to be using the pattern [Ab] down, down, up, up, down, up.
_ _ That [E] pattern
fits the rhythm perfectly, but if you have another strumming [Gb] pattern in mind that you'd
like to use, go ahead and use that.
[E] But there's also going to be places where I [Bbm] just do a
single down strum.
_ _ [Bb] So that's pretty much it [N] for chords and for strumming.
Now let's go
ahead and get into the song.
[Db] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Alright guys, this riff is actually really simple.
We're
only using the first three frets here relative to the capo.
So because we have the capo on
the first fret, this makes this the first, second, and third frets.
And because we're
only using the A string, that also makes it very easy.
Now we're going to go ahead and
start here on the third fret A string.
And I just want to show you guys real quick what's
going on over on this side.
I'm actually going to be muting.
I'm not going to let it ring
out [Db] like this.
So my palm is just rested like this and I'm just plucking.
_ So that's what
I'm doing for all the notes here.
_ _ Alright, now we're going to take it slow fret by fret.
So starting on this third fret on the A string, we're going to go ahead and we're going to
pick that three times.
_ [Bb] And you can see that I'm actually releasing pressure each time
that I pick.
And you don't have to do that, but I just really like doing it.
I think it
just [Db] gives it that little more of an oomph there.
_ _ And I recommend using your ring finger
here so that way you're not sliding over.
You don't want to slide.
You just want to
really use your fingers, engage your fingers.
That way you're working smarter, not harder.
So you're using this finger here.
_ _ [C] Then you go one, two, [Bb] three.
And then fingers off.
One, two, [Bbm] three.
So it's an open A string that we are plucking.
And we're going to do
that five times.
Five open. _ _ _ _
Now we're going to go ahead and we're going to go to the second
[C] fret and we're just going to go _ just like that.
So all together we have [Dbm] _ one, two, [C] three,
one, [F] two, three, one, two, three, [Bb] four, five, one.
One, two, three, one, two, three, four,
_ _ five, _ one.
So we'll just do a slow-mo real [Db] quick. _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
And so this riff from intro up until
the chorus repeats six times around.
So you're going to play this riff six times.
And then
when you get into the chorus, that's where the strumming begins.
I [Bbm] know I could treat [Ab] you better _ [Gb] _ than he [Db] can.
And [Bbm] any girl like [Ab] you _ deserves [Db] a gentleman.
Tell me [Bbm] why we're wasting [Ab] time on all your wasted time when you [Gb] should be with [Db] me instead.
I know [Bbm] I could treat [Ab] you _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
better than [Dbm] he can.
_ [C] _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [G] Are you showing them the [C] frog?
My mom caught a [G] frog in the pond.
I'm [Am] looking up the bridge
right [G] now because [C] I forgot the melody to the [F] bridge.
I have to hear him sing [Bbm] it.
_ _ I know I could treat [Ab] you better, [Gb] _
_ _ better than [Bbm] he can, _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _
better than [Bbm] he can.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] Just give [Ab] me a sign, [Db] take my hand, [Gb] we'll be fine.
[Bbm] I promise [Ab] I won't leave.
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] Just know that [Ab] you don't [Db] have to do [Gb] this alone.
[Bbm] _ I promise [Ab] I'll never [Gb] leave. _ _ _
I know [Bbm] I could treat [Eb] you better [Db] _ than he can.
And then you just keep going until you finish the [Bb] song.
You just repeat the chorus.
It's that [G] easy.
Alright, awesome.
That's [A] how you play Treat You Better by [Bm] Shawn Mendes.
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Also, if you guys [E] didn't know, I have chord sheets
available for this lesson [Bm] and all of the lessons [A] that I post.
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I would give them away
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all my chord sheets.
As always, feel free to leave your requests down below in the comment
section because I'm always reading them and that's how I knew to teach this song.
So,
you're welcome.
But anyways, I want to thank you guys so much for hanging out with me in
this gorgeous field at sunset, but I will see you guys in my next tutorial.
Peace out!
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