In Spite of Ourselves • Guitar Lesson with Fingerstyle Tabs & Campfire Chords/Strumming (John Prine)

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Hey friends! New lesson today for In Spite of Ourselves, the classic duet between John Prine and Iris DeMent. I'll start off by showing you campfire chords & strumming, allowing you to play this song even if you're just getting started with guitar. From there, I'll pile on a few additional tricks (e.g. strumming with alternate bass notes) before diving headlong into the Travis Picking fingerstyle used in the song's intro. This passage took me a while to learn, but with time and persistence, I got over the hump! And I'm sure you can learn it just the same. I hope you enjoy!

Video lesson timestamps:

- 0:00 Preview & Lesson Summary
- 0:57 Basic Chord Shapes
- 3:51 Chord Progressions
- 5:51 Strumming Patterns
- 7:50 Alternating Bass Notes
- 13:40 Fingerstyle: Right Thumb
- 19:45 Fingerstyle: Melody Notes
- 23:48 Fingerstyle: Full Tab
- 27:52 Full Playthrough
- 29:38 Tour of my Song Sheet

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