Learn to play Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison on guitar.
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Justin Guitar
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In this easy guitar lesson, we’ll learn how to play Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison, an awesome song for beginners! You only need 4 open chords, using mostly G, C, and D. Enjoy!
Video Chapters
00:00 Demonstration
01:24 Introduction
01:45 Chord Progression 1
03:10 Play through
04:50 Chord Progression 2
06:20 Strumming Pattern
08:15 Playing Tips
09:09 Intro Riff
12:29 Conclusion
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Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da! Okay enough singing, let’s learn this super easy Van Morrison song that will make you the king of the campfire, quad, or party! Follow my easy to learn techniques and lessons to strum the acoustic guitar in style.
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Released in 1967, Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” became an instant classic that is still heard all over classic rock radio and television to this day.
In this Brown Eyed Girl guitar lesson I will demonstrate how to play all the chords that make up this 60’s classic, plus we will take an in-depth look at the intro as well.
The song starts with a catchy melody harmonized in thirds for the most part. It is a great way to usher in this classic feel good song. This intro can be a little bit tricky for a couple of reasons. First, it requires you to shift pretty quickly up and down the fretboard. But this is also a great opportunity to practice that sort of technique. Second, it requires you to play pretty high up on the fretboard. If you are playing this on an acoustic guitar it can be a little daunting to play that high up on the fretboard, especially if you don’t have a cutaway.
After the intro, the rest of the song employs a series of simple chords that are very easy to play and don’t require any type of complex rhythms at all.
The verse contains just the basic open position G C and D chords. This is great because this makes “Brown Eyed Girl” excellent for even the beginning guitarist to learn.
The chorus also uses only simple chords but make sure you pay attention in the video lesson when I describe how the last chord in the chorus changes the second time around. That new chord will be a D7 chord. Still very easy to play so don’t worry.
The only other part of the song would be the bridge or Sha la la la la section. Once again the chords and rhythms are quite simple and shouldn’t be much of a challenge for anyone except for the absolute beginner.
So take a few minutes and learn this one. It is a great for just about any occasion!