America – Tin Man
Learn how to play America – Tin Man note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Easy
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed
Tuning: Standard
This lesson teaches Dewey’s rhythm guitar part from the original studio version.
The complete file contains a lesson video, a performance play thru video, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 148 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.
The videos are mp4 format and should play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
They will download as Zip files. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file. I use Zipeg which you can get free, here.
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ashvin rajan says
Incidentally your advice for Gmaj7th worked perfectly. Once I got the first three fingers right, the pinky just “fell into place”! A really useful bit of advice.
ashvin rajan says
Straight forward Jerry. But SO much fun. I can’t get enough of those maj7th chords..
ashvin rajan says
Hey Jerry!
Have been “playing” a version of Ventura Highway. I looked up the chords on ultimate guitar-and they were pretty simple. Another Dewey Bunnell song in the album has very few chord changes (A Horse With No Name). But the intro to Ventura Highway is very cute. I stumbled through a working version. But am sure you can do much more with it! The song leads directly to Don’t Cross the River-and I used to listen to this album so often that these songs roll through the order they appeared in in my head!! Anyway lessons on both would be much appreciated. Can’t wait to get started on Tin Man!!
Jerry says
Hi Ashvin.
I’ll be doing both of those two songs, but not together I’m afraid.
ashvin rajan says
No worries!! I wasn’t expecting them together. They just run together in my mind. But obviously I am looking forward to them!! You have so many songs on your hands!! I wonder how you pull it off…
ashvin rajan says
Didn’t George Martin produce that album? He was amazing. I think he also did Year of the Cat? Anyway this is not pertinent to songs here. Apologies.
Jerry says
George Martin did indeed produce those America albums. Alan Parsons was the producer of Year of the Cat.
Ashvin Rajan says
Interesting! I really liked some of his music! I think Eye in the Sky? A really pretty song!