Donovan – Joe Bean’s Theme Guitar Lesson Info
Learn how to play Donovan – Joe Bean’s Theme note-for-note on guitar with our Donovan – Joe Bean’s Theme Guitar Lesson.
This lesson teaches Donovan’s part from the original studio version on the Open Road album. It doesn’t cover the short lead guitar solo.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Barre chords: Yes
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked
Tuning: Standard
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Donovan – Joe Bean’s Theme Download Details
The complete lesson contains a lesson video and a performance-standard play-thru video. It also contains the guitar tabs as PDF files and a songsheet with the chords and the lyrics of the lesson (if applicable), also as PDF files.
The videos are MP4 format and will play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
You’ll receive an email with a Zip file containing a total of 4 files as follows:
- Part 1: Guitar Video Lesson
- Part 2: Performance-standard Playthru Video
- Part 3: Songsheet with tabs & lyrics
- Part 4: Guitar Tab
Total Download size: 195.6 Mb
You’ll need to extract the MP4 and PDF files from the Zip file/s to be able to use them and you’ll need software to do so. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file. I use Peazip which you can get free, here.
If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone you’ll need an app to do so, please read here to know more about it.
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Robert says
I, too, was happy to see “Joe Bean’s Theme” arrive. Thanks, Jerry!
This is from one of my favorite albums: “Open Road.”
Don appeared free and happy when he was on the Greek isle in his “three-piece” band configuration. Another album from this trio was not to be, unfortunately.
Does someone know the origin of song’s title?
Jerry says
It’s a reference to bossa nova specialist Carlos Jobim who had his name anglicised to ‘Joe Bean’ by English-speaking musicians.
Robert says
Thanks, Jerry. I can be too literal.
I remember seeing Jobim on American television when Sinatra was enamored of his material.
Marc says
Thanks for an excellent breakdown, Jerry. A song that’s a joy to play, especially
pleasing for those of us who love Astrud Gilberto and
Tom Jobim as much as they do Don.
Jerry says
It’s a fun one. Nice to find Don playing in this style.
Thanks Marc