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learn Thank You Girl

How To Play “Thank You Girl”

“Thank You Girl” is a song by the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (Lennon–McCartney) was issued as the B-side of the single “From Me to You”, which was recorded on the same day (5 March 1963).

Lennon said the song was originally intended as a single: “‘Thank You Girl’ was one of our efforts at writing a single that didn’t work. So it became a B-side or an album track.”[5] In April 1972, he told Hit Parader, “[The song was written by] Paul and me. This was just a silly song we knocked off.” McCartney seemed to agree describing it as “a bit of a hack song, but all good practice.”

On this post, we will learn how to play this song on the guitar.

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How To Play “I Feel Fine”

“I Feel Fine” is a riff-driven rock song written by John Lennon and released in 1964 by the Beatles as the A-side of their eighth British single. The song is notable for being one of the first uses of guitar feedback in popular music.

I Feel Fine was recorded during the sessions for the Beatles For Sale album, although it was a stand-alone release.

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How To Play “This Boy”

“This Boy” is a song by English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon-McCartney). It was released in November 1963 as the B-side of the British Parlophone single “I Want to Hold Your Hand”.

The Beatles performed it live on 16 February 1964 for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. It also appears as the third track on side one of the American release, Meet the Beatles!.

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how to play day tripper beatles

How to Play “Day Tripper”

“Day Tripper” is a song by the Beatles, released as a double A-side single with “We Can Work It Out”. Both songs were recorded during the sessions for the Rubber Soul album. The single topped the UK Singles Chart and the song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1966.

Learn to play one of the greatest guitar riff of all time (forget that Smoke on the Water shit). This guitar riff is the classic one from The Beatles! The song is the other side of We Can Work It Out! What is it? It’s Day Tripper!

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