🎸 If I Had a Boat • fingerstyle guitar lesson w/ tabs (Lyle Lovett)

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Hey friends! In this lesson I'm excited to teach you how to play "If I Had a Boat" by Lyle Lovett. This one came in by patron request, and it has been my pleasure to learn this song and prepare this lesson. I'll teach you a capo 9 version of this song (how Lovett plays it), focusing on a Travis fingerpicking style matching what he plays. I'll show you the chord shapes, progressions needed, explain the Travis picking basics, and break down the verse/chorus/intro sections with tabs. I hope you enjoy! Send along any other Lyle Lovett requests you may have, as I'd love to know which other songs y'all may want to hear by him.

Video timestamps:
- 0:00 Playthrough
- 0:38 Greeting & overview
- 1:17 Chords shapes needed
- 3:51 Chord progressions used
- 5:42 Travis picking basics
- 8:03 Intro tab
- 13:08 Chorus tab
- 15:59 Verse tab
- 17:52 Farewell & play-along cover

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