Bob Dylan – It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Learn how to play Bob Dylan – It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate (leaning towards easy)
Bar Chords: No
Thumb-over Chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed
Tuning: Standard
This lesson uses the version from The Concert for Bangla Desh as the template because it’s the closest we have to a purely acoustic version of this song and Bob’s guitar is audible throughout so it teaches exactly what he’s playing.
The preview video shows the intro taken from the full lesson.
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 133 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.
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