Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line Lesson on Guitar and Harmonica

Learn how to play I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash with George Goodman and HarpNGuitar.com

Guitar chords, harmonica tabs, no signup here: https://harpnguitar.com/course-list/song-lessons/johnny-cash-i-walk-the-line/

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3:17 - Capo On The First Fret
To be in key with the original recording, we need to put a capo on the first fret.

3:58 - Chords In First Key
This song does something that I haven't seen/heard in any other song. It modulates to three different keys so that the second verse is played in an entirely different key than the first verse and the third verse is played in an entirely different key again.

5:48 - Chick A Boom Rhythm
Johnny Cash Chick-a-boom rhythm
This is a classic Johnny Cash rhythm which he uses in many of his songs.
It is counted as 1 &a 2 &a 3 &a 4 &a.

8:26 - Humming The First Pitch, Pickup, and Progression
When Johnny changes key for each verse, he needs to find his new reference pitch and if you listen closely you can hear him humming the root note of the new key. This is the first note of the melody in the new key.

18:55 - Transitioning Between Keys
To transition smoothly from one key to the next, a short three note melody is used.

25:04 - Lead Guitar Intro
There's a great and relatively simple guitar lead right off the top.
Below are the guitar tabs for this lead taken from the pdf link above.

30:25 - First Full Play Through
Taking it slow and working through what we've learned.
There's no harmonica yet. That comes next.

34:50 - Melody On Harmonica
Learn how to play the melody on harmonica.
We'll pick out a key and go through the tabs.

40:04 - Putting It All Together: Full Play Through With Harmonica
Now let's put everything we learned all together including lead intro, all verses with transitions and ending it off with a harmonica solo at the end.

43:43 - Lead Guitar Melody
If you'd like to learn how to play the melody on lead guitar, we'll pick out a key and then work through the melody.

And there you have it - Johnny Cash's I Walk The Line.

Stay In Tune. Peace.
George

Guitar chords, harmonica tabs, no signup: https://harpnguitar.com/course-list/song-lessons/johnny-cash-i-walk-the-line/