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Today's new video is a rock n roll/rockabilly classic: Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track) by Johnny Burnette & The Rock n Roll trio. I particularly love the solo to this one, played by Nashville session ace Grady Martin. Great touch and rhythm, and loads of nice rock n roll licks to steal. If you don't already know it, the whole rock n roll trio album is well worth checking out. Jimmy Page was a fan - Led Zep used to do a great version of their Train kept a rollin'. 

Underneath is the backing track I play over at the start of the video. I've looped it to make it a bit longer. Use it to practice the solo, the entire song, or just have fun jamming along using G minor or major pentatonic, or the G blues scale. There's a PDF of the tab, which includes the verse 1 & 2 parts which aren't on my site. And finally the Guitar Pro file for the tab. Guitar Pro can be a great practice tool, particularly for working on rhythms - switch the metronome on and play along at whatever tempo you're comfortable with, or loop individual phrases to practice them over and over. Have fun, speak next week!

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Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track) | Classic Rockabilly Guitar Lesson

Here's a rock n roll/rockabilly classic from Johnny Burnette & the Rock n Roll trio. Free music/tab for this lesson can be found here: https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk/lonesome-train/ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anyonecanplayguitar Interested in private lessons/Skype lessons?: http://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk/private-lessons/ Please subscribe here for many more YouTube lessons: https://www.youtube.com/c/anyonecanplayguitarcouk Check out my website: https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Interact with me through the power of social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/acpgtr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acpgtr/

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Michael Martí Menzel

Hello Adrian. I was amazed to find your videos, because your musical tastes are very similar to mine (at least from what I have seen so far). I have a question regarding this TAB, because I don't quite understand the chord sequence. After the intro it starts with six bars G - 2 bars D7, but from bar 14 on it is 5 bars G and 1 bar D7! And after that 8 bars G and 2 bars D7! If I were to just play rhythm guitar I would be screwing it up all the time!

anyonecanplayguitar

Hi Michael - great to have you here! Yes, it's quite an unusual chord sequence. After the intro I think it's a 16 bar form - G (6 bars), D7 (2 bars), G (5 bars), D7 (1 bar) G (2 bars) - then it all repeats. It is a bit odd - it helps me to think of the words and melody to the tune as I play it, then I'm changing when it feels right rather than counting bars. Hope you continue to enjoy the videos!

Baljit Kalsi

Fabulous tutorial, as always; so clearly explained. I like also how you show chord theory to help understand the structure of the song. Thank you Adrian! Bal