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.
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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. I use Zipeg which you can get free, here.
If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone you’ll need an app to do so, please read here to know more about it.
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Rhoda Ross DDS says
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.
Jerry says
Hi Rhoda. Yes it is exactly as he plays it.
Mark says
For James teaching it, with killer video, have a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biqYPp3RKxY