Tim Buckley – Happy Time
Learn how to play Tim Buckley – Happy Time note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate leaning towards easy. Unusual chord shapes.
Barre chords: No
Thumb-over chords: No
Playing style: Strummed throughout
Tuning: Downtuned by a half-step
The lesson teaches Tim Buckley’s acoustic guitar part as played in the BBC performance from 1968. Tim played it on a 12-string but the lesson uses a 6-string although everything learnt in the lesson works on a 12-string.
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 122 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.
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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A says
Thank you so much, Jerry! I loved the lesson. Are there any more Tim Buckley lessons coming up? Maybe “Lady Give Me Your Key” or the live version of “Sing a Song For You”?