Double Your Pleasure – A Guide to the Twelve-String Guitar

These are links to video lessons I make for specific songs and upload to YouTube.

BEGINNERS (Level 1)

These are song lessons designed specifically for players new to the guitar or with very limited experience. The songs are arranged to use simple open chords as much as possible, and may often use a capo to help with this (the ‘capo’ column tells you which fret you need to place your capo on). The chord changes are generally not too fast and for the most part they only use the basic chords you will learn early on.

ARTIST SONG CAPO OPEN CHORDS POWER CHORDS BARRE CHORDS 4 Non Blondes 2 Am, C, G – – Arcade Fire – Em, G – – Beatles, The – C, D, G – – Ben E. King 2 C, D, Em, G – – Bob Dylan 2 Am7, C, D, G – – Camera Obscura – D, Em, G, A – – Chvrches 1 Cadd9, Dsus2, Em – – Daft Punk 2 C, D, Em, Am7 – – Darren Korb/Bastion Soundtrack 3 C, D, Am, B7 – – First Aid Kit 1 C, D, Em, G, A – – First Aid Kit 3 C, Cmaj7, D, Em, G, A – – Fleetwood Mac – Fmaj7, G, Am – – Florence The Machine 5 Am, C, D, Em, G – – Florence The Machine 4 D, Em, A, Asus4 – – Foster the People 1 D, Em, G, A – – Gabriella Cilmi 4 C, G, A – – Gary Jules 1 A, Em, D, G – – Green Day – A, D, G – – John Lennon 6 C, D, Em, G, G/F# – – Mazzy Star 2 C, D, G, Am – – Neil Young – A, C, Cmaj7, D, Em, G – – Nine Inch Nails – – – – Nirvana 1 C, D, G – – Norah Jones – C, Em, Am, Bm7, B7 – – Pearl Jam – C, Dsus2, E, Em, A – – Pearl Jam – C, D, Em, G – – Pearl Jam – Cadd9, D, Em, G, A – – R.E.M. – C, Dsus2, Em, G – – Ryan Adams / Taylor Swift 4Cadd9, Dsus4, Em7, G – – Ryan Adams 3 C, D, G, Am – – Tom Petty 3 D, Dsus4, Asus4 – –

BEGINNERS (Level 2)

These lessons are still fairly simple for the most part, but a few more unusual chords may be featured. Strumming might be a bit more complicated. A capo is often used to help simplify some things (the ‘capo’ column tells you which fret you need to place your capo on).

ARTIST SONG CAPO OPEN CHORDS POWER CHORDS BARRE CHORDS Alice In Chains – Cadd9, D, Em7, G/B – – Beatles, The – E, E6, E7, A, B7 – – Bioshock Infinite soundtrack/Traditional – C, G, Am – F Blind Melon – D, E, E7, G, A – – Coldplay 4 Cmaj7, D, Dm11, Em, G, Gsus4 – – Connells, The – Am, C, G – F Ed Sheeran & Passenger 9 Am7, Fmaj7, G – – Elle King – Am, B7, C, D, Em, G – – Foo Fighters – Am7, C, Cadd9, D, Em7, G/B – – National, The – D, Em, G, Am7 – – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 2 Am, A7sus4, C/G, D, Em7, G – – Oasis – Am7, C, D, Em7, G, Fadd9, Fmaj7 – – Pearl Jam – A, Cadd9, D, Em, G, G/B – – Prince (simple acoustic) 1 Asus2, Dsus2, E, F#m11 – – Radiohead – C, C7, Cadd9, D, Em, G, G/B, A C5 – Radiohead 2 C, Cadd9, D, Dsus2, Dsus4, Em, Emb6, G, Gsus4 – – Ryan Adams 2 Am, Am7, C, Fsus2, Gsus4 Silversun Pickups – Cadd9, D, Dsus4, A7sus4, G, Gmaj7 – – Simple Minds – A, C, D, E, G C5, D5, E5 – Sleepy Jackson, The 6 Am, C, Em, Fmaj7, G – – Smashing Pumpkins, The – C, Cadd9, D, D/F#, Em,Em7, G – – Stereophonics 4 Am7, C, G/B, Fmaj7 – – Stereophonics 1 A7, C, Cmaj7, Em, Emadd9, E7sus4, G – – Tom Petty 1 E, Asus2, Bsus4 – – Travis 3 C/G, Dadd4, Em, Eadd9, G, G/F# – –

BEGINNERS (Level 3)

While these songs aren’t overly difficult, a few barre chords (such as Bm and F) or power chords may be featured. Strumming might be more complex or fast. A capo may still be used to help simplify some things (the ‘capo’ column tells you which fret you need to place your capo on).

ARTIST SONG CAPO OPEN CHORDS POWER CHORDS BARRE CHORDS 4 Non Blondes – A, D – Bm Alice In Chains – Aadd9, Badd11, E, G6 – – Beatles, The – A, D, E, G – Bm Beatles, The – C, D, Dsus2, Dsus4, D/C, Fadd9, G, G/B – F Creedence Clearwater Revival – – – G, C, D, F David Bowie – Am, C, D, Em, G – B, F David Bowie – A, Am, C, C/G, E, Em, Fmaj7, G – F David Bowie –  A, E, G –  B, C, D, F  Ed Sheeran & Passenger 2 – – Em, Dadd11, C Fleet Foxes – A, Amaj7, B7, E – F#m Manic Street Preachers – C, Dm, Em, G, Am – F Mazzy Star – A, E, D – Bm Modest Mouse 6 C, Em, Fmaj7 – – Norah Jones – Am, C, D, E, E7, Em, G – C#m Norah Jones 2 C, D, Dsus4, Dm, G, Am – Cm Paramore 4 Cmaj7, C, D, Dm, G, Am – F Passenger – C, D, Em, G – Bm Pearl Jam – – C5, Db5, Eb5, F5, Gb5, Ab5, Bb5 – Pearl Jam 3 Am, Asus2, Asus4, C, Csus2, D, Dm, Em, Fadd9, G – F Queen 2 C, Cmaj7, D, D7, Em, G, Asus2 – F Queen – C, D, Em, G B5, C5 – Radiohead – Asus2, E, Esus4, F#m11 E5, F#, G# – Radiohead – A, Amaj7, Asus4, Dmaj9/F#, Dsus2,Dsus2/B, E6 – – Red Hot Chili Peppers – A, C, D, Dsus2, E, Em, G – C#m/G# Rocky Horror – A, C, D, E, G – B, F Shins, The 2 C, D, E, Em, G, Am – F Silversun Pickups 3 C, D, Em, Am B5 – Smashing Pumpkins, The 1 C, D, Em, G, Am – Bm Sundays, The – Cadd9, Cadd9#11, Gmaj7 – – Tommy James & the Shondells 2 C, D, Em, G – Bm, F

INTERMEDIATE

Here we have song lessons designed for players with more experience. The songs here are often arranged “as is” and I try to play them using the same chords that the original artists used on their recordings. Barre chords may feature heavily. Capos are generally only used here if the original recording used them.

ARTIST SONG CAPO OPEN CHORDS POWER CHORDS BARRE CHORDS Chris Cornell – A, C, D, Dm, DmMaj7, Dm7, G – F Danger Mouse feat. Norah Jones – C, D, D7, Dm – Bm, Bb, F, Gm David Bowie – A/E, Am, C/G, D, D7, E7, Em, Em7, G E5 A, C, F, Fm, G Eddie Vedder – A, D, G – Bm Elton John 3 A, A7, B7, C, C7, D, Em7, G – Bb, Bm, F, F#, F#m, Gm Fleetwood Mac 5 Am, C, Csus2, G, Gsus4 – F, Fsus2 George Harrison 2 A, B7, Bdim7, D, D7, D#dim7, E, Em – B, Bm, C#m, F#m Nerf Herder – Am, Em E5 Bm, B7, D, D#, E, G Pearl Jam – A, A7, C, D, E, G – A, Asus4, B, B7, Esus2, F, F# Queen 1 Am, B7, C, Cmaj7, D, Dsus4, E, Em, G – A, Bb, Cm, Eb, Eb(#11), Eb6, F, F#m Queen – Cadd9, D, G, G/B A5, D5, E5, G5 – Radiohead – Am, C, D, Dadd4, Em, E, G, G/B – Bm, F, F#, G Smashing Pumpkins, The – – C5, D5, Eb5, F5, G5, Ab5, Bb5 C, Ebsus2, Ab, Bb Tommy James & the Shondells – – A5, D5, E5 A, C#m, D, E, F#m, G