Lauren Bateman teaches the CCR classic with two versions: a slow, steady strum and a faster syncopated one. She walks through chord switches, a walk-down, and how to sing while playing by making your strumming hand automatic.
I will know have you ever seen the rain.
Going down sunny day.
Hey everybody, welcome back. This is my Play along series. We're doing a super fun song that I have requests for which is have you ever seen the rain By Cece R. Fantastic song. A little bit more in the intermediate realm. This is not a lesson video. If you haven't learned this song, I would recommend going to the link below this video. Go and watch the lesson video where I show you all the different strumming patterns and all the different connections for this song because it is a little bit more on an intermediate level. Now in these play along series, what I do is I usually play it through the first time a little bit more simplified, maybe even a little bit slower. And then I'll play it through a second time a little bit faster and a little bit more complicated. Probably how I would play the song live if I was going to perform it. So overall, this song isn't too, too crazy, but it has a lot of intricacies which push it up kind of of a little bit out of the beginner realm. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to start with the intro and we're not going to switch between a bunch of crazy different strumming patterns. We're going to try and keep it non syncopated. So we're going to keep to the.
1, 2, 3 and 4, and 1, 2, 3 and 4,. And 1, 2, 3 and 4.
I'm going to do that for pretty much the entire song. I don't know, I might change it on the chorus. Let me see.
I'm gonna keep it the same on the chorus too. The only part I'll change is when we do the walk down in the chorus. I will do the down down ups for that. All right, so let's start with our intro. I'll play through a little bit slower and then I'll play it up to speed the second time through. All right, so if you haven't gone to alarmbatement.com go download the chord chart. And here we go. 1, 2, 1, 2.
Someone told me long ago.
There's a come before the storm and I know.
It'S been coming for some time.
When it's over soon they say.
Fade away the sun of day and I know.
Shining down like water.
I will know have you ever seen the rain?
I won't know have you ever seen a day.
Coming down? Sunday.
Yesterday days before.
Sun is cold the rain is hot and low.
Then I wait for all my time.
I know.
I Can't stop the wonder.
I won't know have you ever seen rain?
I want to know.
And there you have it. Have you ever seen the rain? Now we're gonna do it a little bit faster. I'm gonna use some syncopated strumming. I'm gonna use some strumming on the downbeats. It'll get a little bit more funky. So if you want to try bumping it up to that next level, try playing along with me. If not, just keep the same strumming pattern. I'm just gonna play a little bit faster. Not much faster. And maybe a little bit faster. Okay, a little bit faster. So here we go. One, two. One, two, three, four.
Shining down like water.
I will know have you ever seen a man.
I will know have you ever seen a man.
Coming down? Sunny day.
It's the day days before the sun is gold and rain it's smiling I know it's been long way for all my time.
So wherever on it goes through the circumstances all I know.
And I can't stop when I wonder.
I will know have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know have you ever seen the rain?
Coming now on Sunday.
One more time. Ready?
I will know have you ever seen a rain.
I will know.
That's how you like do a big ending. You just strum really fast. Awesome. Well, there you go. That is. Have you ever seen the rain? I love this. One of my favorite songs to play and play live. It's just a really super, super fun song. So there you go. That was a little bit more. You can see the intricacies of switching between strumming patterns. This is a very, very hard song to sing and play at the same time. So people ask me a lot. Lauren, how do I go about singing and playing this song at the same time? I would recommend starting with a non syncopated strumming pattern so not so much ups. But you really, really, really have to slow it down. This hand has got to be on autopilot. You can't even be thinking about the strumming in this song. It just has to happen. So if we go back to just a short lesson on singing and playing.
Someone told me long ago.
And you might even have to go than that.
This is a very, very difficult song to sing and play at the same time. I would say this is very, very hard. Just because of the syncopations. The entire verse is on Upstroms, which is a real disconnect between your brain and your hand. Which is why I say the mechanics of your strumming for this song definitely have to be on autopilot. I mean, whenever you try and sing and play a song, the mechanics of your strumming should be on autopilot. But for this song, as soon as you start thinking about the strumming, something's going to mess up and trip up. So this is a song where you definitely this hand is just going to be doing its own. Yes, you need to think about what strumming pattern is coming next, but your hand just has to to play it and it can take a lot of practice to get there. So you just got it. It's really just a practice thing. You got to keep doing it over and over again and eventually you'll be able to play and sing just like me. So there you go. Quick little side lesson on singing and playing at the same time. So I hope you guys enjoyed this lesson. I'll see you in the next.
