Ralph McTell – Clown

Learn how to play Ralph McTell – Clown note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate leaning towards advanced
Barre Chords: No
Thumb Over Chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked (Travis picked)
Tuning: Double Drop D
The song is broken into four lesson videos detailing each section of the song. It’s taught bar-by-bar as Ralph plays it on the original studio recording.
The complete file contains 4 lesson videos, 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 308 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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John Skillcorn says
Just a thought… In the introduction (and subsequent, similar bars) isn’t the last note in each bar the third string, second fret? This would change the last, whole beat of what you play in each of these bars into two half beats.
Great tablatures by the way – I’ve used them myself sometimes when I’ve been stuck.
Jerry says
He sometimes puts that note in John. By all means add it.
Pete Austin says
Could you offer a guitar lesson for Ralph McTell playing That’ll do babe as I am unable to find it anywhere, Thanks