Neil Young – Don’t Let It Bring You Down Guitar Lesson Info
Learn how to play Neil Young – Don’t Let It Bring You Down note-for-note on guitar with our Neil Young – Don’t Let It Bring You Down Guitar Lesson.
This lesson explores a remarkable solo performance of Don’t Let It Bring You Down, drawn from Neil Young’s BBC concert in 1971—a live rendition recorded shortly after the release of the song on the After The Gold Rush album.
Why this version?
It’s an unvarnished solo take—just guitar and voice—bringing you closer to the heart of the song.
It’s a chance to follow the mood and nuances of a great solo performance.
You’ll work through Neil’s straightforward yet expressive strumming, learn his strum patterns, his dynamic phrasing, and the atmospheric pauses that give the performance its haunting quality.
Why this version matters:
It’s an unvarnished solo take—just guitar and voice—bringing you closer to the heart of the song.
This is more than a transcription—it’s a chance to capture the mood and nuances of a pioneering performance.
- Difficulty level: Easy
- Barre chords: Yes
- Thumb over chords: No
- Playing Style: Strummed
- Tuning: Double Drop C
- Separate Solo: No
- Separate Bass Part: No
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Neil Young – Don’t Let It Bring You Down Download Details
The complete lesson contains a lesson video and a performance-standard play-thru video. It also contains the guitar tabs as PDF files and a songsheet with the chords and the lyrics of the lesson (if applicable), also as PDF files.
The videos are MP4 format and will play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
You’ll receive an email with a Zip file containing a total of 4 files as follows:
- Part 1: Guitar Video Lesson
- Part 2: Performance-standard Playthru Video
- Part 3: Songsheet with tabs & lyrics
- Part 4: Guitar Tab
Total Download size: 192.3 Mb
You’ll need to extract the MP4 and PDF files from the Zip file/s to be able to use them and you’ll need software to do so. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file. I use Peazip 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.
Neil Young – Don’t Let It Bring You Down Lesson Previews
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