Lauren BatemanGuitar Teacher; Founder of the 7 Level Guitar System

Can't Help Falling In Love

30 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Lauren Bateman. This content was uploaded by Lauren Bateman. This is a YouTube instructional video titled "Can't Help Falling In Love" (created 2026-03-30T16:01:15Z, last edited 2026-04-01T08:02:57Z) featuring Lauren Bateman teaching a guitar arrangement of the Elvis Presley song. The clip is a solo tutorial in which Lauren explains setup (capo at 2nd fret), the chords used (C, E minor, A minor, G, and an F barre or optional Fmaj7), the arpeggiated picking pattern (bass note followed by strings 3,2,1,2,3 or 6,3,2,1,2,3 for 6-string chords), and the 6/8 timing/counting.

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Hey guitar enthusiasts, we're going to be doing a classic by Elvis Presley called Can't Help Falling in Love. I have a capo at the 2nd fret. Now the chords we're going to be using are C major chord, E minor chord, A minor chord. I also have a G chord and I do— oh, I have an F bar chord, but you can always use F major 7 if you can't play bar chords to play this song. Now I'm going to be arpeggiating the chords. What does that mean? I'm going to be picking the bass note. So I'm playing a C chord here, so I'm going to play the lowest note of the chord On a C chord, that would be your 5th string or A string. And then we're going to play the strings 3, 2, 1, 2, 3. All right, and our timing, we're going to be counting in 6/8 time. We're going to count to 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. And you're playing the bass note. 5, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3. 5, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3. Now on 6-string chords like G, G would be 6, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3. 6, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3. Same for