Lauren Bateman teaches the verse of Melissa Etheridge's "I Want to Come Over" using E, D, and A major chords. She breaks down an eighth-note strumming pattern with palm muting, accenting the first beat and the "and" of two, then plays the line to show how it sounds.
Hey guitar enthusiasts, I'm going to show you very quickly how to play the verse of a song, I Want to Come Over, by Melissa Etheridge, who is one of my favorites. The chords we're going to be using for this song are an E major chord, a D major chord, and an A major chord. All right, so the strumming pattern we're going to use is all eighth notes. Okay, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. But what I'm going to do is I'm going to palm mute that rhythm so I get this kind of chunky beat, because I'm going to do is I'm going to put accents on the 1 in the and of 2. It's going to sound like this: 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and. All right, so if you're not familiar with palm muting, I have videos over on YouTube that you can go watch. But let's get into how to play the song and you'll hear how it sounds. I know you're home, you left your light on, you know I'm here, and that is the
