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John Martyn – May You Never

John Martyn – May You Never

John Martyn - May You Never
John Martyn – May You Never

Learn how to play John Martyn – May You Never note-for-note on guitar.

Difficulty level: Advanced

Barre chords: No

Thumb over chords: No

Playing Style: Fingerpicked

Tuning: Drop D

This preview video contains the 1st section of  the complete lesson for the song May You Never.

This lesson teaches John’s guitar part from the original studio version.

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 338 Mb containing all the lesson content.

John Martyn - May You Never
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John Martyn - May You Never
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Comments

  1. Adrienne says

    January 13, 2023 at 11:24 pm

    Jerry, thanks for this great lesson (and so many others!) I have been playing guitar like it was my full-time job over the past few years. It’s been a joy, and I credit your excellent lessons. I can now play many songs I had previously written off as beyond my capabilities. I’m doing my second open mic this weekend, and will be playing this song! Thanks again!

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      January 14, 2023 at 9:43 am

      That’s great to hear.
      Good luck at the open mic!

      Reply
  2. Simon Rowe says

    August 26, 2019 at 2:19 pm

    Hi Jerry
    Please ignore my recent message. I did receive what I needed. Many thanks and sorry to bother you.

    Reply
  3. Simon Rowe says

    August 26, 2019 at 2:08 pm

    Hi Jerry
    I’m really enjoying your YouTube tutorials, thank you.
    I just paid for the second part of your tutorial for John Martyn”s May You Never but got a link to John Mrtyn’s Finger style instead of the second part of the tutorial. Please could you send me a link to the second part of the song.
    Many thanks

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      August 26, 2019 at 2:15 pm

      Hi Simon
      I’ll answer by email.

      Reply
  4. Brian says

    December 24, 2017 at 7:52 pm

    After struggling to play May You Never convincingly for years, Jerry’s lesson made it all seem very straightforward. A week after downloading the lesson I was playing this with confidence in public – and with quite a few compliments. Thanks, Jerry!

    Reply
  5. Paul Hiscock says

    September 27, 2017 at 5:23 pm

    Is slapping with the fingers rather than the thumb on the low D the correct JM way or your way? All other lessons Ive seen use the thumb

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      September 27, 2017 at 5:45 pm

      He uses fingers. Using the thumb will work too. Here’s a video the shows him hitting those strings with his fingers.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZEjxv7E0x4

      Reply
  6. Neil Burnett says

    November 11, 2016 at 2:00 pm

    I have got most of this down apart from the slapping on the signature riff between lines. Do you cover that? If so, which version of Martyn’s have you used?

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      November 11, 2016 at 2:02 pm

      That slapping technique is such a key part of JM’s style that I’ve covered it in a separate lesson that you get with this video.
      The version I’m teaching is the original one on the Solid Air album.

      Reply

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