Hi guys, welcome to day three of my ten day guitar starter course.
Where we're checking out the easy 3 chord song 'Three little birds' by Bob Marley.
So we've already covered the chords needed to play this song.
The E, the A chord and the D chord.
If you haven't checked out those chords yet, please do check out day one or two
of this course where we'll cover those chords in depth.
And let's get straight in for a close up now for how to play 'Three little birds' by Bob Marley.
So the chorus of this song should be very easy for most of you guys watching this video.
We want to change between the A chord
and the D chord
So very similar to what we did in day two of this ten day guitar starter course.
We just have the E major chord
in the verse, but the chorus of this first chord sequence
is two bars of the A chord.
And if I just strum on the beat that would go
one
two
three
four
one
two
three, then we change to the D
And then back to a bar of A.
So two A's, one bar of D, one bar of A.
Just a demo first of all.
Don't worry about a thing.
'Cause every little thing
is gonna be alright.
And that repeats twice, and then we get on to a verse.
Let's try with this one, because it's very similar to what we did in day two,
let's try doing something we call 8th strumming and we're going to do this all with down strums.
So essentially, for one bar, rather than strumming four times, we're going to strum eight.
And twice as fast, that looks like this, that's how we split the bar up now.
one and two and three and four and
Because we have to, in music we can't just count to eight, we have to always count to four.
And count the offbeats as 'and'.
So: one and two and thee and four and.
One bar of A would therefor sound like
one and two and three and four and
So because this should be fairly easy for you
Let's go straight for this harder strumming, get stuck into this easy song.
And if you want to play along with me, I will shout out the changes for you.
But we're strumming at around this temper
one and two and three and four and
So ready on our A chord everyone.
Let's give this a go in
two
and three
and four
one
and two
and three
About a thing
two
Change to the D
'Cause every little
two
and three
Back to an A chord.
two
and three
and four
and
Let's have one more go at that same line, because it happens twice for this chorus.
three
and four
Don't worry
two
and three
about a thing
and two
and three
and D
'Cause every little thing
Back to an A
A
and two
and three
and four
and
Now we need that to happen twice, straight away on the bounce.
If the change was a little hard to you, just pause the video briefly to do some individual changes
Strumming the A chord changing to the D
give it a strum, change back to the A.
If you're unfamiliar with this change, check out day two where I explain how to play these chords in depth.
And why we're playing this version of an A
rather than the three in a line A that some of you may be more familiar with.
The idea is this anchor finger basically.
So let's go for this one more time, we're basically going for the same line again
but we're going straight for both lines.
And I'll kind of sing the chorus so you get an idea of how it all fits together.
then we'll end the verse, so same again
two
and three
and four
Don't worry
two
and three
about a thing
and two
and three
to a D chord
every little thing
back to an A chord there
and two
we stay on the A
Don't worry
two
and three
and four
a thing
and two
and three
to a D
'Cause every little thing
back to an A
and two
and three
and four
and
Perfect.
That is how to play the chorus.
We then have the verse, which is this next section I'm about to show you.
And then we go back to a chorus.
Typical song structure usually starts with a verse
then goes to chorus, verse, chorus.
But this one starts straight away with the chorus, which is why we did that first.
The verse, a little bit trickier, because we do also change to this E chord.
But we're going to start off with the A.
I''l just give you a little demo of it first.
Rise up this mornin'
Smiled with the rising sun
three little
A chord
Then to a D chord.
So that's the first line, the second line is really similar.
But we're going to change, every chord is for a bar.
A
E
A
and D
The way I kind of like to think about it with these chord sequences is A chord is kind of in the middle
so then we come to the thickest strings.
go back to the middle
and then to D, which is on the thinner strings for this one.
So if you remember: middle, thickest strings, middle, then high.
It can be easier than trying to remember the letter names, remember what your fingers are doing
to remember along the chord sequence, and it helps you visualise it.
So let's play this together, I'll shout out the chord sequence
but it's also on the screen for you if you need it.
From the A chord.
Straight for eighth strumming, I'm sure you can do this guys,
keep going with me.
two
and three
and four
and
Mornin'
Smiled with the rising sun.
three
and to an A
A chord
two
and three
and
then a D chord
two
and three
and
pause there
Let's go for that one more time for that one guys, really good if you've kept up with that.
But let's do it one more time to make sure.
In two
and three
and Rise up this mornin'
E chord
two and
three and
A chord there
and two
and three
on my doorstep
two
and three
and four
and
And then it's almost the same, but the D and the A chord are swapped around for the last two bars
So it's a bar of A
E
straight to a D chord
and then back to A
So it's just the last two chords swapped around, it's on the screen for you.
Let's try and go for this straight away from the A chord, the second line.
three
and four
and
E chord
pure and true
D chord, bigger change
Let's give this a bit more time, there we go D chord
this is a message to
A chord
you
And then we would be straight into the chorus, but we're just going to go for that one one more time.
So let's go for the whole thing, the whole verse.
And I'll shout out each chord as it comes to you
And we'll pause a little bit on the changes, to make sure everyone can keep up.
From the A chord, top of the verse in
two
and three
and rise up this mornin'
two and
three and
four, E chord
rising sun
and
three and
three little A chord
then to a D
on my doorstep
two and
three, back to an A chord, second line
sweet songs
with melodies
E chord
pure and true
D chord this time, singing
D, this is a message to
A
And that is the end of our verse.
So to have a full playthrough now, we want to play through the chorus
come to the verse, and then end on that chorus.
And that is absolutely plenty for this song.
But there is another couple of other verses aswell, if you want to keep that pattern going.
It's always the same, even if the lyrics change in a verse.
It's the same chord sequence, so your count is the same.
Let's have a playthrough then, full playthrough from the top now.
I'll sing a little bit, but I'll also shout out the chords to make it easier for you.
Join in with me from your A chord, straight into a chorus, in
one
two
three
and four
Don't worry
two
three
pass down the A chord
then it's a D
GO!
'cause
D chord
Back to an A
A
two
three
Start again
don't worry, second line
about a thing
two
and three
to a D
'cause every little thing
back to an A
verse
Rise up this mornin'
two and
three
smile, E chord
rising sun
three
A chord
birds
two and
three and
then to a D
D
two and
Singing
A chord
Two and three
four
pure and true
three, D chord this time
Bigger change
message to
A chord
two
three, chorus, chorus
Don't worry
two and
three and
about a thing
two
three
four
'cause every little thing
three and
four and
one and
two and
three and
tell me don't worry, last line now
about a thing
two and
three and
D, 'cause every little thing
is gonna be alright.
two and
three and
four and
So that's how to play 'Three little birds' and that's the end of this day three
of this ten day guitar starter course.
If you haven't checked out days one and two, please do, especially day two
we've got a little melody with that when I'll teach you how to play 'Born in the USA'
by Bruce Springsteen.
But if you've already done those, you can practice this 'Three little birds'.
And then get straight on, join me tomorrow for day four where we'll be checking out an easy riff.
With these three chords, and a riff is very short and recognisable.
So you're going to want to join me tomorrow
for day four of this ten day guitar starter course.
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Thank you very much for watching, and I'll see you soon guys.
Take care of yourselves and bye for now.