Can't Find My Way Home Guitar Lesson (Blind Faith)

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How to Play Can't Find My Way Home on Guitar

Today I want to share with you how to play “Can’t Find My Way Home” on guitar. This song has a beautiful chord progression to it that has been used in countless classic rock songs. Once you learn this progression you’ll immediately start to recognize it as a familiar sound from other songs as well.

There are many ways to approach the guitar part in this song, in fact, all of the other lessons online focus on playing this song with a flatpick. However, to me, it sounds like fingerstyle on the recording. So for this lesson, I will be focusing on a fingerpicking approach. This approach is very similar to how Eric Clapton later played many tunes from his iconic Unplugged record.

Who wrote Can’t Find My Way Home?
"Can't Find My Way Home" is a timeless classic, written by Steve Winwood and originally performed by the band Blind Faith. It was first released on their self-titled album in 1969. "Can't Find My Way Home" has been covered by a ton of great artists over the years. It really shows the song's enduring appeal and its ability to resonate with musicians across different genres.

What tuning is Can't Find My Way Home in?
"Can't Find My Way Home" is in a drop d tuning. To get there from standard tuning lower your 6th string down from E to D.

6th string = D

5th string = A

4th string = D

3rd string = G

2nd string = B

1st string = E

The rest of the strings stay the same.

Can't Find My Way Home Chords
The main progression to “Can’t Find My Way Home” is all designed around a descending chord progression, and uses 7 chords total. These chords in order are Csus2, G/B, Bb6, D5/A then F, G, and D5.

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