Donovan – John Riley Guitar Lesson Info

Learn how to play Donovan – John Riley note-for-note on guitar with our Donovan – John Riley Guitar Lesson.
This lesson teaches Donovan’s guitar part from the ‘Buried Treasures – Morgan Studios version.
Difficulty level: Intermediate leaning to advanced
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked
Tuning: Standard
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Donovan – John Riley 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: 219.2 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
Thank you for another Donovan gem, Jerry.
Another suggestion: “The Crunch,” from “Treasures, Vol. 2”
I can imagine this song fleshed out with some searing electric solos and effects.
The bard was far ahead of his time, wasn’t he?!
“The police own all the bloody fac-a-tor-ies, indeed!”
Marc says
Absolutely brilliant job, Jerry! Cannot wait to get started.
What a gem this is!
Jerry says
It’s a great guitar part.
You can tell it’s from the HMS time period.
He loved those A minor licks at that time.
Marc says
oh yes indeed!