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.
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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.