Romeo & Juliet • Easy guitar lesson (no capo, standard tuning) (Dire Straits)

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Hey there friends! Here's my lesson for the Dire Straits song "Romeo & Juliet". I'll be showing you an "easy" way to pick up your guitar and play this song, specifically (1) using no capo, (2) in standard tuning, and (3) using a simplified version of the intro. All this together allows you to quickly jump into the song, hopefully keeping things accessible. As per normal, I'll explain the chord shapes, the verse & chorus progressions, talk about strumming, and then break down the intro riff step-by-step.

0:00 Greeting & overview
1:42 Capo & tuning notes
3:00 Chord shapes needed
4:18 Chord progressions & strumming
11:17 Playthrough of verse & chorus
13:12 Intro tab, step by step
21:41 Farewell

My other lessons for a few different chord techniques I mention in my video lesson can be found here:

How to learn the B-minor chord
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How to play A-major with one barred finger
   • How to play A-major with one finger (barre...  

Looking for an open-G tuning, capo 3rd fret lesson of this song? I recommend Justin Sandercoe's version which is top-notch (though a bit more difficult to play than what I show here, I think).    • How to play Romeo and Juliet on guitar | D...  

I hope y'all enjoy! Thanks to all of you who have requested this one over the past year. Have a great weekend,

David

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