A beginner-focused guitar lesson video by Lauren Bateman teaching 'Can't You See' (Marshall Tucker Band). The lesson emphasizes a single, repeating four-chord progression (D, C, G, D) and demonstrates multiple strumming patterns of increasing complexity, plus playthroughs with lyrics for practice.
Hey, guitar enthusiasts, welcome back. Lauren Bateman. Here in this lesson video, we're going to be doing a very simple song by Marshall Tucker band called can't you see. Let's get into the video.
Now. The great thing about this Marshall Tucker Band song is that it's the same chord progression from the beginning of the song all the way through to the end. So it makes it really great for beginners. And it's all open chords and it's a D chord, a C chord, and a G chord. That's the only three chords we need for this song. And you can use my simple two finger chords if you need to do that. So if you need the chords and lyrics to follow along to go to my website, laurenbateman.com and you can pull that up on one side, leave the video up and play along with me here. So before we get into the actual song, I'm just going to show you three different strummings that you could use on this song, depending on your level. So we're going to start with the easiest. Or maybe I'm going to give you four. Because the absolute easiest would just be do whole note strumming. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1, 2, 3, four. Okay, that would be the absolute easiest. But the next one is just do four strums per chord.
One, two, three, four.
Down, down, down, down, down. Okay.
So if you're an absolute beginner, that's how I would do it. Just four down strums. All right. And I'll do a playthrough for you guys kind of at the end a little bit. The second strumming pattern, this one gives it a little bit more flavor. So this is kind of like a later beginner strumming pattern. So if I do that D chord again, this is going to be 1, 2, 3 and 4. And I think it brings a little bit more life to the song.
So we got 1, 2, 3 and 4, and 1, 2, 3 and 4, and 1, 2, 3 and four and.
Kind of sounds like Proud Mary, because proud Mary has a lot of D chords in it again. So we got down, down, down, up, down, up, down, down, down, up, down, up, down, down, down, up, down, up.
So hopefully you can feel that and hear that. So that would be the kind of beginner rhythm. If you're better with your strumming and you can do 16th note rhythms, I consider 16th note strumming a little.
Maybe you can figure it out. I'll let you give you an option. This is usually what I would play for this song. It's 1, 2 and a 3, 4 and a down, down, down, up, down, down, down, up.
That's what it sounds like.
1, 2 and a 3, 4 and a down, down, down.
So if I put these strumming patterns over the chord progression. So the chord progression, like I said, it's the same for the entire song. Which makes it awesome for beginners because you don't have to go about memorizing a lot of chords. It's four chords over and over again. So we have a D chord, a C chord, a G chord and a D chord. That's the chord progression stays the same beginning to end. Whether you're on the verse, whether you're on the chorus, it's all the same. Okay, I can spice up the rhythm more, but we're going to keep this rhythm very simple. Hey guys, before I get into playing the song real quick, if you're enjoying this lesson, don't forget to subscribe to my channel. Turn on those notifications. This way you know, when I release more videos just like this one. Okay, so D, C, D C, G, D. Okay, I'm going to do, I'm going to start with rhythm. One, two, three and four. I'm going to just do a couple playthroughs and then I'll do the 16th note rhythm and I'll do a couple playthroughs. Ready? So we got 1, 2, 3, 4.
1, 2, 3 and 4 and 1, 2, 3 and 4and 1, 2, 3 and 4& 1, 2.
Alright, I'm gonna do the downs.
Down, down, down, up, down, up, down, down, down, up, down, up, down, down.
Down, up, down, up, down.
One more time.
Okay, so that's the first rhythm and here's the second rhythm now. So we got one, two and a three, four and a one, two and.
A three, 4 and a one, two and a 3, 4 and a 1, 2 and a 3, 4 and a one, 2 and a three, 4 and a 1.
So let's do a little bit here. I'm gonna do a verse and a chorus for you guys. Ready? I'm gonna use the more intricate strumming pattern, but you guys use whichever one works best for you. So we got 1, 2, 3, 4.
I'm gonna take a freight train down to the station.
I don't know where it goes.
I'm gonna climb me a mountain the highest oh and I'm gonna jump off Nobody gonna know.
Well can't you see.
Can'T you see.
What that woman she been doing to me?
Here's four strums ready.
Can't you see?
Can't you see what that woman, she been doing?
And there you go. That is it. It's a super, super simple song. Great song for beginners, if you're just getting started. Make sure to give me a thumbs up if you like this lesson. YouTube's gonna pop up a couple more videos over there. Go check those out and I'll see you guys in another lesson video very soon.
