Loudon Wainwright III – The Swimming Song
Learn how to play Loudon Wainwright III – The Swimming Song note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Easy
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: Yes (but optional)
Playing Style: Strummed
Tuning: Standard
This lesson teaches Loudon’s guitar part from a BBC session in 1998.
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 169 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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Robert says
Bravo, Jerry! Thanks for offering this one. Loudon has a legion of fans who have followed him since the early 70s, and who continue to follow him, even in these “hard(er) days on the planet”. –Bob from Southern California.