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How To Play Help The Poor On Guitar | Eric Clapton & B.B. King Guitar Lesson + Tutorial

In this video we are going to break down how to play "Help The Poor" as recorded by B.B. King and Eric Clapton on guitar from their 2000 studio album release Riding With The King.

This song is a funky blues in the key of Dm and has a 16-bar chord progression and then a bridge. We are going to go through it 8 bars at a time so when you are done with this lesson you'll have everything you need to go and play this guitar part right along with the original recording.

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