John Fahey – Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
Learn how to play John Fahey – Poor Boy Long Ways From Home note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked (Travis Picked)
Tuning: Open D
This lesson covers the guitar part from the Legend of Blind Joe Death album version. It’s broken down into separate lessons for each of the five sections or themes in the piece.
The complete file contains 5 lesson videos, 5 performance play thru videos and full tabs. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 431 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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