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How To Play Sleepwalk On Guitar | Santo & Johnny Guitar Lesson + Tutorial


In today's guitar lesson we are going to learn how to play the chord changes to "Sleepwalk" by Santo & Johnny.

These chords are the foundation for one of the most hypnotic sounding rock melodies of all-time.

The song is in a 6/8 time signature, and for the majority of the progression each chord lasts 6 beats. The strumming pattern uses 8th notes with a slight accent on beats 1 and 4.

One other thing worth noting with this song is the use of a minor iv chord. This minor iv is a sound and a chord movement that the Beatles used quite frequently as well. I'll break it all down for you in today's video.

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