Lauren Bateman teaches the chords to John Lennon's "Imagine" for late-beginner guitarists. She breaks down C, F, Am, Dm, and G, shows which bass strings to pick for each, and walks through a simple "bass down" rhythm pattern that repeats throughout the song.
Hey guitar enthusiasts, we're going to be learning how to play Imagine by John Lennon. We've got a C chord, we've got an F chord, but again, you can always use F major 7 if you're not great with bar chords, okay? And we also are going to have an A minor chord and a D minor chord. So using some more intricate chords here, so maybe a little bit more late beginner. All right, so the strumming pattern we're going to be using is bass down, bass down. So we're taking the lowest note of the chord. So for a C chord, it's the 5th string. If you use F major 7, it's also the 5th string. If you use the full bar, it's going to be the 6th string. Okay, for A minor, it's also the 5th string. For D minor, it's going to be the 4th string. And for the G chord, that bass note is going to be that 6th string. And we're basically going to be going bass down, bass down, bass down. 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and. Okay, just like that. Ready? Here we go. Imagine There's no help.
