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James Taylor – Secret O’Life

James Taylor – Secret O’Life

James Taylor - Secret O'Life
James Taylor – Secret O’Life

Learn how to play James Taylor – Secret O’Life note-for-note on guitar.

Difficulty level: Advanced. Full and partial barre chords and some intricate picking patterns and left hand movements.

Barre Chords: Yes

Thumb over chords: No

Playing Style: Fingerpicked.

Tuning: Standard

This preview video contains the introduction taken from  the complete lesson for the song Secret o’ Life.  It’s somewhat easier than some later sections.

The complete song lesson 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 197 Mb containing all the lesson content.

James Taylor - Secret o'Life
Price: $5.97
Advanced - 197 Mb

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James Taylor - Secret O'Life Tab


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James Taylor - Secret O'Life Chords & Songsheet

James Taylor - Secret o'Life
Price: $5.97
Advanced - 197 Mb

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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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Comments

  1. daniel PEYSSON says

    June 29, 2021 at 3:35 pm

    I want to buy “secret o life” by james taylor and there’s a window that tells me the item exist already in the cart. What is the problem ?

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      June 29, 2021 at 3:38 pm

      Hi Daniel
      It means that you’ve already added that song to your cart.
      If you click on the shopping cart now, you’ll find it in there and you can check out.

      Reply
  2. Robert says

    September 25, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    Trying to buy a lesson, James Taylor secret of life can’t figure how to purchase

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      September 25, 2020 at 2:32 pm

      Hi Robert.
      Click ‘Add To Cart’ for the lesson you want.
      Scroll up to the cart (top right of page)
      Choose payment method from dropdown box (Paypal or card)
      Click Checkout
      Hope that helps

      Reply
  3. Rhoda Ross DDS says

    January 27, 2016 at 3:01 am

    HI Jerry. Is Secret Of Life by James Taylor the actual fingering that he uses? I want to purchase this song but would like to know if it is the actual fingerpicking pattern he uses. Thank you so much.

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      January 27, 2016 at 8:42 am

      Hi Rhoda. Yes it is exactly as he plays it.

      Reply
    • Mark says

      August 31, 2016 at 6:49 pm

      For James teaching it, with killer video, have a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biqYPp3RKxY

      Reply

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