Jackson Browne – Call It a Loan
Learn how to play Jackson Browne – Call It a Loan note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate. Requires the ability to pick individual notes with a pick.
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed with individual notes picked with the pick.
Tuning: Open D
This preview video contains the introduction taken from the complete lesson for the song Call It a Loan.
The complete song lesson contains a lesson video, a performance play thru video, full tabs and chords and lyrics sheet. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 306 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.
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Chris says
WOW Jerry
what a great lesson, i bought both songs straight away because i know exactly what i am getting, (a superb tuitor, and my money’s worth) also another two songs to add to my lessons, and improvement
to my acoustic guitar skills.
Thanks Champ
cheers
Chris
Perry says
Hi Jerry,
Thanks for doing more JB. Love him and his music. I just wish he didn’t do so many songs in alternate tuning. He has the luxury of using multiple guitars so he doesn’t have to retune all the time. Retuning is such a pain, that it means I won’t practice playing his songs enough.
Would it be possible or practical to do some lessons of his songs using standard tuning, or would that make his songs unplayable?
Thanks again,
Perry
Jerry says
Hi Perry. I hear you. It can be frustrating when you just have one guitar to be retuning all the time. Unfortunately, although the songs could be played in standard tuning, they wouldn’t capture the style of Jackson Browne or sound like him. And I think people come to JGB to get that authentic sound.
Song For Adam is in standard tuning. So is the free These Days, but you probably have that one already.
Perry says
Hi Jerry,
Yea, I know, it wouldn’t sound quite the same. I do have a second guitar, but it’s setup in double drop D for “For Everyman”
Thanks again,
Perry
Patrick says
This is fantastic! I already have this intro down. I will purchase. I have been requesting Eric Clapton’s “Drifting” but would gladly hold-out for Jackson Browne’s “Lives in the balance” instead.
Lance says
Thanks, Jerry. I asked you for this one. I will buy it later today when I’m off. Jackson Browne at his best! Another idea: the acoustic version of Looking East. Interesting tuning on that song.
Thanks again