"All my friends are Heathens take it slow...wait for them to ask you who you know...please
don't make any sudden moves...you don't know the half of the abused..."
What's up guys?!
Today's lesson is going to be "Heathens" by Twenty One Pilots.
This song is amazing and it's actually really easy to play.
So, we are in standard tuning with no capo.
And not only are we going to go over chords and strumming, but I actually have an awesome
picking pattern in here for you guys that kind of mimics the piano that you hear in
the beginning of the song.
So, we're gonna go over that, but first we're actually going to get into chords and we are
going to start with a C major.
Our second chord is an A minor.
Then, we have an E major.
An E minor.
And our last chord is actually a barre chord.
I know some of you are gonna be like: Ugh.
Bye, Guitar Goddess.
Bye.
Alright!
So, we are going to build a Bsus2, so just make sure you're barring it nicely.
Then, have your other fingers over here.
And, strum down from the A string.
Alright!
Onto strumming patternss!
I have 4 different patterns for you guys.
So, let's start with the intro/verse section.
So, you have the option of either doing the picking pattern that I'm going to show you
after this or you can actually do a simple down strum that just sounds like this.
So, you're like: "All my friends are Heathens..."
If you wanna continue with picking in the verse, you totally can, but it actually starts
picking up a beat.
So, what I recommend doing is some palm-muting!
I'm gonna show you two different options here.
The first one is the easiest one.
So, it's just down strums.
But, not like this.
We want them to be muted like this.
And we're gonna be doing 8 down strums per chord, so it's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8.
Now, the second pattern is my personal favorite just because it has a little bit more umpf
to it.
So, it actually sounds like this.
So, to achieve that, it's one up strum.
So, up, mute, mute, down.
And you're going to do that twice for each chord.
So.
Alright!
And our last pattern is going to be Down, down, down, down, up.
And this actually goes with the chorus.
So, it's down, down, down, down, up.
Really simple, easy pattern, but that is pretty much it for all of our strumming patterns.
If you don't wanna use any of these, you can totally make up your own or just do whatever
you like.
Alright guys!
Real quick before we actually get into the song.
I just wanna let you know I have a printable PDF lesson for "Heathens".
So, if you would like to have the lyrics and the chords together as well as the picking
pattern on the reverse side, this is available on my Patreon page.
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Alright!
Now let's go ahead and jump into a close-up and look at that picking pattern!
Alright!
So, the picking in this song is actually really simple.
So, I'm starting off on the C major chord and the picking that I'm gonna show you for
the C major applies exactly the same to the A minor chord as well.
So, just keep that in mind.
So, starting with my thumb, I'm going pluck here on the A string.
Then, my pinky on the high e string.
Then, my index finger on the G string.
And then, my middle finger...I don't wanna flick you guys off, haha!
The b string.
So, all together it'll sound like this.
And then for A minor, the same exact thing.
Alright!
And the last chord that we're actually going to pick is the E major and this one's just
a little bit different because, we're actually going to be repeating the last 3 strings.
So, it's going to sound like this.
So taking that nice and slow...E e G B e G B.
So, the full pattern will sound like this.
"All my friends are Heathens take it slow. Wait for them to ask you who you know. Please
don't make any sudden moves. You don't know the half of the abused."
Welcome to the room of people who have rooms of people that they loved one day, docked away. Just because we
check the guns at the door doesn't mean our brains will change from hand grenades. You
don't know the psychopath sitting next to you. You don't know the murderer sitting next
to you. You'll wonder how I'd get here sitting next to you and after all I said, please don't
forget.
All my friends are Heathens take it slow. Wait for them to ask you who you know. Please
don't make any sudden moves. You don't know the half of the abused. And then, you go into
the second verse. So, it's...
Same thing as the first. But, we're actually just gonna go ahead and just blow on over
to the very last part of the verse because it's so repetitive. Alright! So, starting
with that last line in the second verse, it's goes..."You'll wonder how I'd get here sitting
next to you. And after all I said, please don't forget."
"All my friends are Heathens take it slow. Wait for them to ask you who you know. All
my friends are Heathens take it slow. Wait for them to ask you who you know. Alright!
So, that part that I just did where it's the chorus, but I sang it a little bit higher,
umm it's the same exact chords. So, it's "All my friends are Heathens take it slow. Watch
it!" So, what I did was I just muted it, so at the very last strum on that E major, I
went strum...kill it. So, I immediately come back! So. Alright! And then the very last
part of the song is just the outro and it's actually the same chord progression as the
chorus. So, C major, A minor, E major...so it's going to go..."Why'd you go, you knew
you should have stayed? I tried to warn you just to stay away. And now, there outside
ready to bust. It looks like you might be one of us."
Alright! So, that's how you play "Heathens" by Twenty One Pilots! I hope you guys enjoyed
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out!