Donovan – Oh Deed I Do

Learn how to play Donovan – Oh Deed I Do note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Barre chords: Yes (4-string barre)
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked (Travis picked)
Tuning: Standard
This lesson teaches Donovan’s guitar part from the original album track.
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 130 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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Jack says
This is wrong, I actually saw Donovan play this and he used a G shaped chord progression
Jerry says
You couldn’t play the studio version out of G shapes.
There’s a chord that’s voiced x0303x and Travis picked, which wouldn’t be playable out of G chord shapes.
Donovan doesn’t always play songs live the way he played the originals.
Jack says
3×003 3×001 3×300 3×201 3×101 3×300
Jerry says
I guess you’re suggesting these are the chords for the song?
If so, listen to Donovan playing the chord that you have as 3×101 (‘need it bad’)
If we ignore capo’s for simplicity, his version has a G (chord shape x0303x)
So your G-type chord would need to have an F in it on the 3rd string.
Jack says
Yes sorry Jerry, I’ve listened and you are absolutely right!