Joni Mitchell – Urge For Going
Learn how to play Joni Mitchell – Urge For Going note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked
Tuning: Standard
This lesson teaches Joni’s guitar part from the original album version. (Joni’s original wasn’t actually released on an album until ‘Hits’)
The complete file 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 328 Mb 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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George says
Hi Jerry – Yes, thank you so much for adding this one. Already downloaded and will start work on it this afternoon. Like Kathleen, I have faked the song best I could but looking forward to learning it “proper.” Like Phil, I first heard Tom Rush do the song, as I was mis-spending my youth in Boston MA.
It is a hauntingly beautiful song, especially for those of us in the Frozen northeast of the US, who are plying the fire with kindling and pulling the blankets to our chin.\
I know you have a lifetime of requests – but I hope you can consider “Ashokan Farewell” – everytime I hear it, I think “I can hear Jerry doing this one.”
George in Pennsylvania USA
Kathleen Clarke says
Thanks so much for surge for going Jerry. I have the music but doesn’t give proper instructions for picking like you do so I’ve doing a sort of pick strum. Looking forward to learning it properly. 😀
Kathleen Clarke says
Sorry Urge – it’s that damn autocorrect again🙃
Philip gould says
Hi Jerry
Just bought urge for going one of my favorite songs. So many times I have thought of requesting it I love the song and the lyrics. I have to be honest full marks to Joni but my missed spent youth was spent listening to the cover version by Tom Rush.
This will encourage me to continue with my picking.
Many thanks
Phil