How to Play Never Say Never by the Fray - Part 1/1 Video

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How to Play Never Say Never by the Fray - Part 1/1

Hey, what’s up everybody. It’s Aaron Gallagher from freeandeasyguitar.com. This lesson right now is one of the songs by The Fray called Never Say Never. I listened to this one and kind of picked most of it by ear. And I’m going to give you the chords that I use. I want you to—you can play it without a capo but I recommend playing it with the capo. If you don’t have any capo and you’re a beginner, you go buy one, you’re going to need it. It makes a lot of stuff a lot easier. So I’m going to teach you this the beginner way. So with the capo, I’ll play a little bit of it, like I said, Never Say Never by The Fray. I’ll play the intro, this are the chords. You start out with a [demonstration] G to an E, to an E minor two measures, to a Cadd9 two measures, to a G, to a D/F#. I’m going to go over—okay so, I guess I can play the little verse. [Demonstration] That’s the verse you got for sure for that song. So one thing that I’m going to go over is for the verse, I’m going to show you a progression of chords and you’re going to play it to one count, it’s a little bit different, not all these chords are held to the exact same time. What I want you to understand is the top of this tab I have the verse, the chords you play in order, so it’s eight measures, okay. So you have—the G is your first measure [demonstration], the D is your second measure, E minor is your third measure, E minor is your forth measure , Cadd9 is your fifth measure, Cadd9 is your sixth measure, G is your seventh measure, and the D/F# is your eighth measure, okay. So the strumming that I do use for each of these chords is down, down, down, up. Now switch, so starting at G to D to E minor twice. I will just show you the chord. [Demonstration] And that’s the first chord, you’ll have Cadd9 twice, G. Like I said, the strum pattern for each chord, I’m just repeating it is down, down, down, up, okay. So for the verse, I’ll play really, really slow, okay. The verse, start out with the [demonstration] G, D, play the E minor twice, switch to Cadd9, that’s a G, D/F#. Oh, the D/F# is a D chord. We are all trying the bass note, okay. So that slash means to D chord slash, and whatever comes after the slash means, it’s a different bass note. So if you’re playing a D chord, you’re playing D/F#, where you can get an F sharp note, come to low E and got your—F note is the first one F sharp. That’s relative with a capo. So that’s your D/F#. You can also play a G/F# if you make a G chord and then just [demonstration]. It doesn’t matter, okay. So that’s for the verse. I will play again one more time. The strum pattern of the verse is down, down, down, up, down, down, down, up, switch chords, keep switching, down, down, down, up, E minor again, down, down, down, up. What to do with that, Cadd9, down, down, down, up. Again, just hold it, down, down, down, up. “Smile,” G, down, down, down, up, D/F#, down, down, down, up. “We’re falling in and out of love, ashamed and proud of, together all the while,” is just repeat that same little chord progression we did for the first part of the verse. The pre-chorus is. [Demonstration] And that goes in the chorus. So the chords you’re going to use for the pre-chorus is a [demonstration] G, D, E minor, E minor twice, Cadd9 twice, G. So if you’re paying attention, that’s actually the same chord progression as we use in the verse, it’s just G, to D to E minor twice to Cadd9 twice, to G, to D/F#, okay. So then the chords is just four chords, it’s a [demonstration] G, the B minor, to an E minor, to a Cadd9. Okay the strum pattern I used there is just, down, down, down, up, up, down, down, up, down, up, switch to your B minor, remember to put the—these are the first and your bar is the last. Down, down, down, up, up, down, down, up, down, up. The third chord is an E minor, down, down, down, up, up, down, down, up, down, up. Finish on a Cadd9 down, down, down, up, up, down, down, up, down, up, okay. That’s all it is for that. It’s like. [Demonstration] Repeat that second time for the chorus, okay. Let me page you down to the bridge. The bridge is the only thing different and that’s a, “Were falling apart.” [Demonstration] So the fourth chord you use is just an A minor to an E minor to a D. A minor, to an E minor to a D, and then you finish to, “Pull it together, together again,” on Cadd9, okay. And that D is two measures, so the E minor, you can just. [Demonstration] It’s like that. Okay, the strum pattern I use is down, up down, up, switch to E minor down, up down, up, switch to D down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, A minor, E minor, D, finish with Cadd9. One thing is the good song to realize this, I keep saying this in videos, but I can’t say it in every video because I forget it, but strum patterns are made to be broken, it’s like a rule. Nothing should break rules, but anyway, you can play it anywhere you want with the strum pattern, you can play all down strums, all up strums, anything you want to make as long as you keep with the rhythm. We’re going to practice that and just strum along with the song. So I want you guys to—I made a cover of this because I’m not going to have time in this video, but I want you guys to see the whole thing all the way through. So check out my cover not because I have a good voice, but because I want you to see the song flows all together. So all right, check out freeeandasyguitar.com for a couple of lessons. We actually—well over 15 million lessons given with Free And Easy Guitar by YouTube and with my 5min, it’s a large stuff. So check it out, freeandeasyguitar.com and spread the word on your friends and I hope you guys learn to guitar. Take care.

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Hey, what’s up everybody. It’s Aaron Gallagher from freeandeasyguitar.com. This lesson right now is one of the songs by The Fray called Never Say Never. I listened to this one and kind of picked most of it by ear. And I’m going to give you the chords that I use. I want you to—you can play it without a capo but I recommend playing it with the capo. If you don’t have any capo and you’re a beginner, you go buy one, you’re going to need it. It makes a lot of stuff a lot easier. So I’m going to teach you this the beginner way. So with the capo, I’ll play a little bit of it, like I said, Never Say Never by The Fray. I’ll play the intro, this are the chords. You start out with a [demonstration] G to an E, to an E minor two measures, to a Cadd9 two measures, to a G, to a D/F#. I’m going to go over—okay so, I guess I can play the little verse.

[Demonstration]

That’s the verse you got for sure for that song. So one thing that I’m going to go over is for the verse, I’m going to show you a progression of chords and you’re going to play it to one count, it’s a little bit different, not all these chords are held to the exact same time. What I want you to understand is the top of this tab I have the verse, the chords you play in order, so it’s eight measures, okay. So you have—the G is your first measure [demonstration], the D is your second measure, E minor is your third measure, E minor is your forth measure , Cadd9 is your fifth measure, Cadd9 is your sixth measure, G is your seventh measure, and the D/F# is your eighth measure, okay.

So the strumming that I do use for each of these chords is down, down, down, up. Now switch, so starting at G to D to E minor twice. I will just show you the chord.

[Demonstration]

And that’s the first chord, you’ll have Cadd9 twice, G. Like I said, the strum pattern for each chord, I’m just repeating it is down, down, down, up, okay. So for the verse, I’ll play really, really slow, okay. The verse, start out with the [demonstration] G, D, play the E minor twice, switch to Cadd9, that’s a G, D/F#. Oh, the D/F# is a D chord. We are all trying the bass note, okay. So that slash means to D chord slash, and whatever comes after the slash means, it’s a different bass note. So if you’re playing a D chord, you’re playing D/F#, where you can get an F sharp note, come to low E and got your—F note is the first one F sharp. That’s relative with a capo. So that’s your D/F#. You can also play a G/F# if you make a G chord and then just [demonstration]. It doesn’t matter, okay.

So that’s for the verse. I will play again one more time. The strum pattern of the verse is down, down, down, up, down, down, down, up, switch chords, keep switching, down, down, down, up, E minor again, down, down, down, up. What to do with that, Cadd9, down, down, down, up. Again, just hold it, down, down, down, up. “Smile,” G, down, down, down, up, D/F#, down, down, down, up. “We’re falling in and out of love, ashamed and proud of, together all the while,” is just repeat that same little chord progression we did for the first part of the verse.

The pre-chorus is.

[Demonstration]

And that goes in the chorus. So the chords you’re going to use for the pre-chorus is a [demonstration] G, D, E minor, E minor twice, Cadd9 twice, G. So if you’re paying attention, that’s actually the same chord progression as we use in the verse, it’s just G, to D to E minor twice to Cadd9 twice, to G, to D/F#, okay. So then the chords is just four chords, it’s a [demonstration] G, the B minor, to an E minor, to a Cadd9.

Okay the strum pattern I used there is just, down, down, down, up, up, down, down, up, down, up, switch to your B minor, remember to put the—these are the first and your bar is the last. Down, down, down, up, up, down, down, up, down, up. The third chord is an E minor, down, down, down, up, up, down, down, up, down, up. Finish on a Cadd9 down, down, down, up, up, down, down, up, down, up, okay. That’s all it is for that. It’s like.

[Demonstration]

Repeat that second time for the chorus, okay. Let me page you down to the bridge. The bridge is the only thing different and that’s a, “Were falling apart.”

[Demonstration]

So the fourth chord you use is just an A minor to an E minor to a D. A minor, to an E minor to a D, and then you finish to, “Pull it together, together again,” on Cadd9, okay. And that D is two measures, so the E minor, you can just.

[Demonstration]

It’s like that. Okay, the strum pattern I use is down, up down, up, switch to E minor down, up down, up, switch to D down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, A minor, E minor, D, finish with Cadd9.

One thing is the good song to realize this, I keep saying this in videos, but I can’t say it in every video because I forget it, but strum patterns are made to be broken, it’s like a rule. Nothing should break rules, but anyway, you can play it anywhere you want with the strum pattern, you can play all down strums, all up strums, anything you want to make as long as you keep with the rhythm. We’re going to practice that and just strum along with the song.

So I want you guys to—I made a cover of this because I’m not going to have time in this video, but I want you guys to see the whole thing all the way through. So check out my cover not because I have a good voice, but because I want you to see the song flows all together.

So all right, check out freeeandasyguitar.com for a couple of lessons. We actually—well over 15 million lessons given with Free And Easy Guitar by YouTube and with my 5min, it’s a large stuff. So check it out, freeandeasyguitar.com and spread the word on your friends and I hope you guys learn to guitar. Take care.

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