James Taylor – Country Road

Learn how to play James Taylor – Country Road note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Advanced (because of the complex rhythms and syncopation)
Barre chords: Yes
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked
Tuning: Drop D
The lesson covers JT’s acoustic guitar part as played on the original studio version.
The complete file contains 3 lesson videos, 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 260 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.
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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Jorden Weiss says
Hi Jerry!
Happy New year to you both! Thanks so much for the JT! Also thanks for the rec of Thalia capos! Really enjoying them! What guitar are you playing in the Country roads video? It looks and sounds beautiful! If you get a chance look up one of my teachers here in Columbus Ohio, Adam Sclenker, 5thstreetproductions (I’ll send link to be more accurate…) Checkout his Cotten fiber picks! I love them and I have used everything from bluechip to red bear, but never turtleshell… You hardly here a sound when the puck impacts the strings! Amazing sound!
Happy New Years!
Jorden Weiss
Jerry says
Hi Jorden. Send me that link. Those picks sound interesting. That guitar is a Taylor 24ce. It’s a beauty.