Lauren BatemanGuitar Teacher; Founder of the 7 Level Guitar System

Who’ll Stop The Rain

4 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief instructional video, Lauren Bateman walks guitar enthusiasts through the verse of Creedence Clearwater Revival's classic "Who'll Stop the Rain." She outlines the four open chords used—G, C, D, and E minor—highlighting that they are her favorite and can be played with easy two‑finger versions. Lauren then demonstrates the rhythmic foundation: an alternating down‑up eighth‑note strumming pattern (1 and 2 and 3 and 4). A second speaker joins to sing a portion of the lyrics, applying the chords and strumming pattern in real time, giving viewers a clear example of how to play the verse.

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Hey guitar enthusiasts, we're gonna be doing very quickly the verse section of Who'll Stop the Rain by CCR. We have just a bunch of open chords. We have a G chord, we have a C chord, we have a D chord, and an E minor chord— my 4 favorite chords. So you can use my easy 2-finger versions if you know those. So the strumming pattern for this is gonna be a down-up, down-up alternating eighth notes. So it's 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and down-up, down-up, down-up, down-up.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and down-up, down-up. Here we go. Long As long as I remember, the rain been coming down. Clouds of mystery pouring, confusion on the ground. Good men through the ages trying to find the sun. And I wonder, still I wonder,