Townes Van Zandt – Dead Flowers
Learn how to play Townes Van Zandt – Dead Flowers note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: Yes
Playing Style: Fingerpicked (Travis Picked)
Tuning: Standard
Please note that this ISN’T the Big Lebowski version. That one has two guitar parts in it. I teach here a one-guitar version from a Townes concert in October 1990 (just the man and his guitar). Here is the version taught in this lesson:
The complete file contains 2 lesson videos, 2 performance play thru videos, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 574 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.
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Frank says
OK. I’ve made a couple of attempts to track down the concert. No luck. Could you please provide a link to it? Thank you!
Jerry says
I can’t find it now either. Maybe it’s been taken down off YouTube.
Frank says
Shoot. Thanks for checking.
Jerry says
Hi Frank. I’ve found the mp3 of the version that I used. Email me if you want it.