Neil Young – Ohio (acoustic) Guitar Lesson Info
Learn how to play Neil Young – Ohio (acoustic) note-for-note on guitar with our Neil Young – Ohio (acoustic) Guitar Lesson.
Neil Young’s Ohio is one of the most powerful protest songs ever written, capturing both the anger and sorrow of its time. While the original CSNY version was electrified and raw, Neil has also performed it solo on acoustic guitar — stripped back, direct, and every bit as compelling.In this lesson, we’ll break down Neil’s acoustic arrangement step by step. You’ll learn the chord shapes, the strumming patterns, and the subtle variations that give the performance its intensity. The structure itself is straightforward, making it very approachable for intermediate players, but the focus is on feel — keeping the rhythm driving and letting the song’s emotion shine through.
It’s a perfect choice for anyone who enjoys Neil’s raw, unpolished acoustic style and wants to add one of his most iconic songs to their repertoire.
The lesson is based on this live version of the song:
- Difficulty level: Easy, although nailing Neil’s particular style takes a bit of getting ddown.
- Barre chords: Yes
- Thumb over chords: No
- Playing Style: Strummed with picked notes
- Tuning: Double Drop D
- Separate Solo: No
- Separate Bass Part: No
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Neil Young – Ohio (acoustic) 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: 180.1 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.
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