Seven lessons, three open chords, three transitions, and a song you can actually play all the way through. No ads, no autoplay recommendations. Just a curated track from Jerry, a professional bass guitarist who tutored bass and piano students in Nigeria.
Two takes of Amarillo by Morning. Same song, two reels. Your soundtrack for the next few weeks. That's where this course is taking you.
Right now this might look impossible. That's the point. Seven lessons from now this is you, start to finish, no rewinds.
You'll learn one song first: The Cowboy Rides Away. Send a tape, get the green light, then this one unlocks.
I rendered these on my company's GPUs from Thaniel's LinkedIn photo. Two takes, same person.
Most beginner-friendly country songs sit on these three open chords. Once your fingers know the shapes, the rest is rhythm.
Filled dots = where your fingers go · O = open string · × = don't play this string
Signed, Jerry
Hi. I'm Jerry, a professional bass guitarist. I've played jazz concerts at Swarthmore and gigs across NYC. Before I moved to the US, I tutored bass and piano students one-on-one back in Nigeria. So when I say I picked the videos on this site, I mean I sat with every one of them with the eye of somebody who's actually put a chord under a beginner's fingers and watched them get it.
This is an accelerated path to playing your first country music song. Skip the rabbit holes; play The Cowboy Rides Away by week two if you put in 30 minutes a day.
There are thousands of beginner guitar videos online. Most of them assume you already know things you don't. The ones here are the ones I'd hand a student. Clear, in the right order, no surprise prerequisites buried halfway through, nothing that wastes your first hour with a guitar in your hand.
Three open chords, three transitions, and a real country song you can actually play. No interruptions, no “watch this next” algorithm, no ad breaks in the middle of a strumming pattern.
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Both George Strait. Both 100% playable on a beginner's three-chord toolkit. Side B opens after Jerry grades your tape of Side A.
Your first complete song. C, G, and D — exactly what you've been practicing. Dad Rock Dojo's easy-strum version.
“I listened to a bunch of George Strait songs. This one is the easiest to start with. The rest get harder pretty fast, so we start here.”
Ready after grading. Send Jeremiah a tape of you playing The Cowboy Rides Away — once it gets the green light, the Amarillo by Morning chord breakdown unlocks here.