Gordon Lightfoot – Song For a Winter’s Night

Learn how to play Gordon Lightfoot – Song For a Winter’s Night note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Advanced but only because of the intro passage. Easier alternatives are shown. Otherwise intermediate
Barre chords: Yes
Thumb over chords: Yes
Playing Style: Fingerpicked (Travis picked)
Tuning: Standard
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 198 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.
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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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Francisco says
I’ve been trying to learn this song for a long time. I have the sheet music with the tab but, since it’s more than one guitar I’ve never known how to put it together. You the first person I’ve seen that’s right in the ball park. This well be great to finally learn it. Thanks
Trevor Johnson says
Hi. John. Your website keeps telling me that my email is invalid. Had this a long time. Is there a glitch? Trevor.
dari victorio says
Song For A Winter’s night download received.Thank you!
Detlef Krone says
Done very well. A musthave for guitar playing Lightfot fans.
Thanky you and regards from Germany.
John says
I have not received any emails when I’ve requested the tabs. Are you still sending them, is there something wrong with your website?
Jerry says
No problems with the site John. Have you checked the spam folder?
John says
I have.
Simon Brady says
I have the same problem. I assume the download is not available any more?
Jerry says
Hi Simon.
It is still available and it does work. I just tested it on a hotmail account and received the email. I’ll send it to you manually by email.
Dave says
Excellent lesson! Thanks
Mark says
Download for Song For a Winter’s Night doesn’t appear to be working. Tried to download with both Firefox and Google Chrome without success.
Jerry says
Hi Mark. My bad – an admin error. It should be working now.
Mark says
Perfect. Thank you!