hi guys this is how to play hello the
brand new song by adele to play along to
the original you'll need to have a kappa
at first fret to make this super easy
nice easy chords straightforward
strumming everyone on my channel should
be able to have a go at this but i'm
going to demo the lesson without a capo
which only makes a slight difference to
the tune and it won't sound a lot
different you'll be able to play and
sing sing absolutely fine
but to play along to the original put a
cap of first fret so we just have three
different sections to this song we're
gonna start with the first verse the
chords for this are e
minor g major
d major
and c major
because these are mimicking piano chords
you could add
a c add 9 or any other fingering you
know how to do an e minor some people
feel more comfortable doing an e minor
with their middle two fingers for
example oh that's totally fine but we
want to just play single strums of these
to the following rhythm
one
two and three
four
one
two and three four one two and three
four
one
two and three
four so the g and the c and a little bit
before the next beat for example so let
me just demo that again
the verses are quite sparse in terms of
any notes or strumming so i really
recommend just strumming those single
chords in the verse we'll cover the
chords for each section and then look at
some strumming at the end to sort of
liven all this up a little bit so the
verse takes us through hello
it's me
and it's that exact same chord sequence
it just continues until the pre-chorus
which goes like this there's such a
difference
between us okay there we had
e minor
d this time but to the same rhythm
and then a g slash b so this is a normal
g chord either with a third and little
finger or just your third finger either
totally fine i just prefer the sound of
the third and little finger being down
but to play g slash b we don't have your
middle finger down we just strum from
string five
so we're giving the g chord a b
root note
and then we go to a c and the most
comfortable change that is definitely to
a c add nine so e minor d
g slash b
to c
and that means we've got a far more
comfortable change for guitar
that one more time it only happens the
once but one more time e minor d
g slash b
so a g without your middle finger
c add nine the easier c chord
change
and to finish off that pre-chorus
so that pre-chorus one more time and
there will be a chord sequence in the
description below if you follow the
links to my website um that pre-chorus
one more time e minor d
and then the chorus is a four chord song
so we've got the familiar four chords e
minor c
g
d
and i'm calling this a four chord song
chord sequence because it is a a well
used chord sequence over the years of
how to have a hit song basically um
that's not to say that it's a bad chord
sequence it just simply allows the
vocalist to sort of shine on top of it
and the chords kind of keep out of the
way as it were but still move the song
along so e minor c
g
d
hello from the other side
i must
okay so that's
e minor
middle finger can stay down when we go
to the c chord
g
and d
and a song it sounds really similar to
in my eyes is um
till now
i've always got by on my own i never
really cared until i met you
very similar genre song but that is
that's a song from the 80s so if you're
kind of in your teens you won't have
heard that one i guess but these similar
chord sequences will come up time and
time again the more that you learn these
basic pop songs basically and if you're
aware of that you can be a bit ahead of
the game and it is easier to learn so
there are all the three sections in this
song uh let's cover a bit of strumming
now to see how we can make this a bit
more interesting um so just single
strums of each chord is the way to do it
authentic to the record and that will
allow the vocal to shine that classic
adele vocal
but specifically for the chorus i would
really recommend getting some extra
strumming in there and let me show you
let me demonstrate first of all the
strumming that i'd kind of recommend
so that is essentially
eighth all down strumming
so one and two and three and four but on
the last one one and two and three and
four and ah we're just adding the one up
strum and we've got a change again on
the and so
one and two and
that's where we go to that c chord just
for the chorus i'm demoing this one you
could do it for the whole song but let
me demo it one more time
one and two and three and four down up
and on that up strum you wanna lift off
of your chord and get to that next chord
in your sequence just a demo
one and
two down
you can see when i lift down up one and
two and three and four and lift
and that lift
on that last up strum gives you time
just a little bit of time to get to that
next chord basically and there all the
then all the chords in this song so with
that knowledge you should be able to
follow your chord sheet and be able to
play the brand new adele song remember i
do have a loads of beginner songs all
structured in an order and you can find
those songs by subscribing by clicking
the link in the bottom corner or by
heading to my website following the link
in the description andyguitar.com.uk
loads of beginner songs and i'm going to
be uploading a couple of new adele song
cenas adele is back as well i think
enrolling in the deep is going to be the
first one that i upload um just to make
get a few more easy adele songs on on my
website to let you guys play along to
but that is how to play the new adele
song as always thank you very much for
watching and i hope to see you again in
one of my lessons take care of
yourselves and bye for now