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Two Rhythm Pitfalls
Think you’ve got a rhythm disability? Don’t worry. Chances are, you’re just making these misakes:
1. Thinking, “It Should Be Easier!”
Learning rhythms is hard, especially when you didn’t grow up playing music or dancing.
2. Practicing Wrong
Learning rhythms is stressful and exhausting unless you’re able to focus. Yet most beginners try to play along with song recordings where it’s hard to hear the guitar part, or they battle confusing diagrams or notation.
There’s a Better Way
My strumming videos enable you to learn rhythms naturally, without distractions. IT’S SO MUCH EASIER.
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Each video shows you what your song’s strum pattern should sound like. It loops so that you can play along.
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One Pattern for Lots of Songs
Once you’ve learned a strumming pattern, you can use it to play all kinds of songs. The table on this page shows you which songs go with each strum pattern.
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Strum Pattern Table
Organized by Pattern, Song, and Artist, once you learn one it opens the door to play similar songs that use the same strum pattern. The table also cross references additional strum patterns and includes helpful Comments. Learn even faster by subscribing to my Strum Videos.
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# | Pattern | Song | Artist | Other | Comment | Video |
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1 | B D U B D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Roses | Arbo, Rani and Daisy Mayhem | Often played with alternating bass in country songs. | ||
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer | Brooks, Randy | |||||
Can the Circle Be Unbroken | Carter Family | |||||
Folsom Prison Blues | Cash, Johnny | |||||
Ring of Fire | Cash, Johnny | 3, 4 | ||||
I Will Follow You Into the Dark | Death Cab for Cutie | 7 | ||||
Follow Me | Denver, John | |||||
Borders | Diehl, Bruce and Kevin McCue | |||||
Friend of the Devil | Grateful Dead | 33 | ||||
Gulf Coast Highway | Griffith, Nanci | |||||
Your Song (as performed by Ellie Goulding) | John, Elton | 69 | ||||
That's the Way the World Goes 'Round | Prine, John | |||||
New Slang | Shins, The | |||||
There Ain't No Bugs On Me | ||||||
White Daisy Passing | Votolato, Rocky | |||||
Orphan Girl | Welch, Gillian | |||||
Thrasher | Young, Neil | 18 | ||||
1 | B D U B D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Roses | Arbo, Rani and Daisy Mayhem | Often played with alternating bass in country songs. | ||
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer | Brooks, Randy | |||||
Can the Circle Be Unbroken | Carter Family | |||||
Folsom Prison Blues | Cash, Johnny | |||||
Ring of Fire | Cash, Johnny | 3, 4 | ||||
I Will Follow You Into the Dark | Death Cab for Cutie | 7 | ||||
Follow Me | Denver, John | |||||
Borders | Diehl, Bruce and Kevin McCue | |||||
Friend of the Devil | Grateful Dead | 33 | ||||
Gulf Coast Highway | Griffith, Nanci | |||||
Your Song (as performed by Ellie Goulding) | John, Elton | 69 | ||||
That's the Way the World Goes 'Round | Prine, John | |||||
New Slang | Shins, The | |||||
There Ain't No Bugs On Me | ||||||
White Daisy Passing | Votolato, Rocky | |||||
Orphan Girl | Welch, Gillian | |||||
Thrasher | Young, Neil | 18 | ||||
2 | D d D d D d D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Eleanor Rigby | Beatles, The | |||
Hey Jude | Beatles, The | |||||
Walk Away | Clarkson, Kelly | 32 | ||||
Bluebird | Perri, Christina | |||||
3 | D D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Ring of Fire | Cash, Johnny | 1, 4 | ||
Over My Head (Cable Car) | Fray, The | 4 | ||||
A Million Dreams | from The Greatest Showman | |||||
Shes a Rebel | Green Day | 25 | ||||
I Don't Believe You | Magnetic Fields, The | |||||
American Pie | McLean, Don | 4 | ||||
Wonderwall | Oasis | 84, 151 | ||||
Steady As She Goes | Raconteurs, The | 61, 91, 92 | ||||
Frosty the Snowman | Rollins, Walter and Steve Nelson | 33 | ||||
Deck the Halls | Traditional | 33 | ||||
Kumbaya | Traditional | |||||
The Twelve Days of Christmas | Traditional | 22 | ||||
Shes Not There | Zombies, The | 4, 11 | ||||
4 | D D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Summer of 69 | Adams, Bryan | This is what I call the Folk Strum. Used in a ton of songs, not just folk songs. | ||
Ramblin Man | Allman Brothers, The | |||||
Slight Figure of Speech | Avett Brothers | |||||
Drive My Car | Beatles, The | |||||
Lonely Boy | Black Keys, The | |||||
You Belong to Me | Bruni, Carla | |||||
Everything | Buble, Michael | |||||
For What It's Worth | Buffalo Springfield | |||||
Margaritaville | Buffett, Jimmy | |||||
Ring of Fire | Cash, Johnny | 1, 3 | ||||
Songbird | Cassidy, Eva | |||||
Someday Soon | Collins, Judy | 126 | ||||
Soak up the Sun | Crow, Sheryl | |||||
Calamity Song | Decemberists, The | |||||
Smoke on the Water | Deep Purple | 26 | ||||
Leaving on a Jet Plane | Denver, John | |||||
Already Gone (in A) | Eagles, The | |||||
I Know You Well | Fountains of Wayne | |||||
Over My Head (Cable Car) | Fray, The | 3 | ||||
Babylon | Gray, David | |||||
Good Riddance | Green Day | |||||
Wake Me Up When September Ends | Green Day | 9 | ||||
Sweet Child O' Mine | Guns N' Roses | 64, 65, 66 | ||||
Amsterdam | Guster | 67 | ||||
Lately | Helio Sequence | 11 | ||||
Brown Eyed Handsome Man | Jennings, Waylon | |||||
The Middle | Jimmy Eat World | |||||
A Hold on Me | Jones, Diana | |||||
Don't Stop Believing | Journey | 141 | ||||
Dust in the Wind | Kansas | |||||
End of the Day | Kaplansky, Lucy | 61 | ||||
Sunflower | Malone, Post and Swae Lee | |||||
American Pie | McLean, Don | 3 | ||||
Cherry Bomb | Mellencamp, John | |||||
Stitches | Mendes, Shawn | 131 | ||||
Kids | MGMT | |||||
The Way I Am | Michaelson, Ingrid | |||||
Beds are Burning | Midnight Oil | 26 | ||||
Brown Eyed Girl | Morrison, Van | |||||
Always Love | Nada Surf | 9 | ||||
Come As You Are in Em | Nirvana | |||||
Hey Ya! | Outkast | |||||
Arizona | Pedro the Lion | 11 | ||||
I Am Always the One Who Calls | Pedro the Lion | 11 | ||||
Firework | Perry, Katy | 29 | ||||
Hot N Cold | Perry, Katy | 11, 26 | ||||
Puff the Magic Dragon | Peter, Paul, and Mary | |||||
Listen to Her Heart | Petty, Tom | |||||
Girl's Mind | Play | 11 | ||||
Every Breath You Take | Police, The | |||||
Rainbow Road | Recess Monkey | |||||
(Don't Go Back to) Rockville | REM | |||||
Disturbia | Rihanna | |||||
Windfall | Son Volt | |||||
Thunder Road | Springsteen, Bruce | |||||
Two for the Road | Springsteen, Bruce | |||||
Maggie May | Stewart, Rod | |||||
Fields of Gold | Sting | |||||
Love Story | Swift, Taylor | |||||
Teardrops on My Guitar | Swift, Taylor | |||||
You Belong With Me | Swift, Taylor | |||||
Roy G Biv | They Might Be Giants | |||||
One | U2 | 47 | ||||
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten | Williams, Lucinda | |||||
Blue | Williams, Lucinda | |||||
Shes Not There | Zombies, The | 3, 11 | ||||
5 | > > B D U D U D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + | Hallelujah | Buckley, Jeff | |||
What If, No Matter | Paxton, Tom | |||||
The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades | Stevens, Sufjan | |||||
O Holy Night | Traditional | |||||
Love Rescue Me | U2 | |||||
6 | B D DUB D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | When You Say Nothing At All | Keating, Ronan | |||
Karma Police | Radiohead | |||||
7 | B D U B U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Hard Way Home | Carlile, Brandi | |||
I Will Follow You Into the Dark | Death Cab for Cutie | 1 | ||||
Pilgrim on this Road | Earle, Steve | |||||
Sweet Dreams | Eurythmics | |||||
Me and Bobby McGee | Kristofferson, Kris | |||||
8 | D B D B D B D B 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Beautiful | Aguilera, Christina | 9 | ||
Sunshine (Go Away Today) | Edwards, Jonathan | 50, 54 | ||||
Imagine | Lennon, John | |||||
9 | D D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Beautiful | Aguilera, Christina | 8 | "The Punk Strum" with a little up-strum at the end. | |
It Ends Tonight | All-American Rejects, The | 129 | ||||
1985 | Bowling for Soup | 24, 25, 26 | ||||
What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding | Costello, Elvis | 39, 40, 41 | ||||
Wake Me Up When September Ends | Green Day | 4 | ||||
Paparazzi | Lady Gaga | 55 | ||||
Always Love | Nada Surf | 4 | ||||
Blizzard of '77 | Nada Surf | |||||
I'm Always in Love | Wilco | 123 | ||||
10 | D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Swing, Swing | All-American Rejects, The | 11, 25 | ||
11 | D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Swing, Swing | All-American Rejects, The | 10, 25 | What I call "The Punk Strum." Simple, straight, ready to dominate. | |
Down by the Water | Decemberists, The | |||||
Times Like These | Foo Fighters | 133 | ||||
Crazy | Gnarls Barkley | 51, 55, 56 | ||||
Lately | Helio Sequence | 4 | ||||
Beat It | Jackson, Michael | |||||
Time to Pretend | MGMT | 47, 29 | ||||
You're Gonna Go Far, Kid | Offspring, The | 25, 86, 87 | ||||
Arizona | Pedro the Lion | 4 | ||||
I Am Always the One Who Calls | Pedro the Lion | 4 | ||||
Hot N Cold | Perry, Katy | 4, 26 | ||||
Free Falling | Petty, Tom | 32, 71 | ||||
Girl's Mind | Play | 4 | ||||
Naked and Famous | Presidents of the United States of America, The | 130, 149 | ||||
The Littlest Monkey | Recess Monkey | 61, 98, 99 | ||||
Let it Rock | Rudolf, Kevin | |||||
All Star | Smash Mouth | 52 | ||||
Undone (The Sweater Song) | Weezer | 123 | ||||
Shes Not There | Zombies, The | 3, 4 | ||||
12 | D D UD D UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Melissa | Allman Brothers, The | Tough! | ||
13 | D D DUM D M D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUM D M D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Memories of East Texas | Shocked, Michelle | Hard! | ||
14 | w/swing feel: D B D DUD B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | The Weight | Band, The | |||
15 | D d D DUD d D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Here There And Everywhere | Beatles, The | |||
Let it Be | Beatles, The | |||||
Ziggy Stardust | Bowie, David | |||||
Sunny Came Home | Colvin, Shawn | 52, 130 | ||||
Knockin on Heavens Door | Dylan, Bob | |||||
Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Green Day | |||||
Take Me to Church | Hozier | |||||
Memphis Lives in Me (in E) | Memphis | |||||
Seven Spanish Angels | Nelson, Willie | |||||
Father and Son | Stevens, Cat | 38 | ||||
Other Side of the World | Tunstall, KT | 114 | ||||
16 | w/swing feel: D D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | With a Little Help From My Friends | Beatles, The | 17 | ||
Holiday | Green Day | 115 | ||||
17 | w/swing feel: D D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | With a Little Help From My Friends | Beatles, The | 16 | The Folk Strum w/swing feel. | |
You Were Meant For Me | Jewel | |||||
Happy Together | Turtles, The | 115 | ||||
18 | B D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Girl | Beck | 19 | A variation on the Folk Strum Pattern | |
Ten Year Night | Kaplansky, Lucy | |||||
Powderfinger | Young, Neil | |||||
Thrasher | Young, Neil | 1 | ||||
19 | D D U U D UD 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D U U D UD 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Girl | Beck | 18 | A tricky pattern that interrupts your normal up-down movement. Play the first measure of the pattern only at the beginning, then repeat the second measure over and over. | |
20 | D D UD D UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D UDUD UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | The Golden Age | Beck | 42 | ||
21 | D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | California Stars | Bragg, Billy and Wilco | |||
22 | D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + | Norwegian Wood | Beatles, The | Probably the most common strum pattern I use for songs in 3/4. | ||
One By One | Bragg, Billy and Wilco | |||||
What Can I Say | Carlile, Brandi | |||||
Annie's Song | Denver, John | |||||
Iris | Goo Goo Dolls | |||||
Nothingman | Pearl Jam | |||||
Swing Life Away (Acoustic Version) | Rise Against | |||||
The Twelve Days of Christmas | Traditional | 3 | ||||
We Wish You a Merry Christmas | Traditional | |||||
Steal the Crumbs | Uncle Tupelo | 119 | ||||
23 | D B D DU UD UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | You're Beautiful | Blunt, James | |||
24 | D U X X D U X X 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1985 | Bowling for Soup | 9, 25, 26 | ||
25 | D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Swing, Swing | All-American Rejects, The | 10, 11 | ||
1985 | Bowling for Soup | 9, 24, 26 | ||||
Shes a Rebel | Green Day | 3 | ||||
You're Gonna Go Far, Kid | Offspring, The | 11, 86, 87 | ||||
26 | w/Palm Mute: D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1985 | Bowling for Soup | 9, 24, 25 | What I call the "Punk Strum" with a palm mute added. | |
Smoke on the Water | Deep Purple | 4 | ||||
Creeper | Islands | |||||
Beds are Burning | Midnight Oil | 4 | ||||
Hot N Cold | Perry, Katy | 4, 11 | ||||
Some Postman | Presidents of the United States of America, The | 38 | ||||
27 | w/swing feel: B B D DUB B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Bubbly | Caillat, Colbie | |||
Wasting Time | Johnson, Jack | |||||
28 | w/swing feel: B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + | Blue Eyes | Cary Brothers | |||
My Remembrance of You | Jones, Diana | |||||
Angel | McLachlan, Sarah | |||||
29 | D d D d D d D d 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Hurt | Cash, Johnny | |||
Marching Bands of Manhattan | Death Cab for Cutie | |||||
Redemption Song | Marley, Bob | 79 | ||||
Time to Pretend | MGMT | 47, 11 | ||||
Firework | Perry, Katy | 4 | ||||
Every Breath You Take | Police, The | |||||
Videotape | Radiohead | |||||
30 | w/swing feel: D U D U D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | D'artagnan's Theme | Citizen Cope | Hard! The guitar groove sounds like alternating bars of 3/4 and 5/4, but the drums play 4/4, so that's how I wrote it out. | ||
31 | w/swing feel: D D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Son's Gonna Rise | Citizen Cope | |||
32 | D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Walk Away | Clarkson, Kelly | 2 | ||
Free Falling | Petty, Tom | 11, 71 | ||||
33 | B D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer | Brooks, Randy | |||
Should I Stay or Should I Go | Clash, The | |||||
Take Me Home, Country Roads | Denver, John | |||||
Pulaski | Drive-By Truckers | |||||
Blowin' in the Wind | Dylan, Bob | |||||
Emmylou | First Aid Kit | |||||
Blue Ridge Mountains | Fleet Foxes | |||||
Friend of the Devil | Grateful Dead | 1 | ||||
Closer to Fine | Indigo Girls | |||||
Early Morning Rain | Lightfoot, Gordon | |||||
Jingle Bells | Pierpont, James Lord | |||||
It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine) | REM | |||||
Frosty the Snowman | Rollins, Walter and Steve Nelson | 3 | ||||
Deck the Halls | Traditional | 3 | ||||
Society | Vedder, Eddie | |||||
Sugar Mountain | Young, Neil | |||||
34 | > > > D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Glycerine | Bush | I call this distinctive pattern the "Clocks" rhythm. | ||
Clocks | Coldplay | |||||
Sax Rohmer 1 | Mountain Goats, The | |||||
Downtown Train | Waits, Tom | |||||
35 | D B D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Fix You | Coldplay | |||
The First Cut is the Deepest | Crow, Sheryl | |||||
Savin' Me | Nickelback | |||||
36 | D D U U D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D U U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Warning Sign | Coldplay | |||
37 | D UD D UD DUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | I Don't Know Why | Colvin, Shawn | 38 | ||
38 | D D DUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | I Don't Know Why | Colvin, Shawn | 37 | ||
Some Postman | Presidents of the United States of America, The | 26 | ||||
Angel From Montgomery | Prine, John | 111 | ||||
Father and Son | Stevens, Cat | 15 | ||||
Stone Thrown | Turin Brakes | |||||
39 | D U U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D U U D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding | Costello, Elvis | 9, 40, 41 | ||
40 | D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding | Costello, Elvis | 9, 39, 41 | ||
41 | D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + M D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding | Costello, Elvis | 9, 39, 40 | ||
42 | D DUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | The Golden Age | Beck | 20 | ||
43 | D D U U X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Oh Marie | Crow, Sheryl | The Folk Strum with a little percussion thrown in. | ||
44 | D U U 1 + 2 + 3 + D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + | Riverwide | Crow, Sheryl | |||
45 | D D D DU U UDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | The Sporting Life | Decemberists, The | 46 | ||
46 | D U UD U UDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | The Sporting Life | Decemberists, The | 45 | ||
47 | D D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Travelin' Soldier | Dixie Chicks | |||
Three Little Birds | Marley, Bob | |||||
Time to Pretend | MGMT | 29, 11 | ||||
Maybe | Michaelson, Ingrid | 144, 145 | ||||
Shine A Light | Rolling Stones, The | |||||
Come To Jesus | Smith, Mindy | |||||
One | U2 | 4 | ||||
48 | D DU UD DU UDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Pink Moon | Drake, Nick | |||
49 | w/swing feel: B D U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Simple Twist of Fate | Dylan, Bob | 132 | ||
50 | D D X DUD D X DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Sunshine (Go Away Today) | Edwards, Jonathan | 8, 54 | ||
51 | > > > > D DUD DUD DUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Second Hand News | Fleetwood Mac | 52 | Called the "Galloping" rhythm because it sounds like a galloping horse. No wonder it was used in the first measure of the Bonanza theme song. | |
Crazy | Gnarls Barkley | 11, 55, 56 | ||||
52 | B B D DUB B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | If I Die Young | Band Perry, The | I call this the "Neil Young" strum. He uses this groove throughout the Harvest album. | ||
Sunny Came Home | Colvin, Shawn | 15, 130 | ||||
A Long December | Counting Crows | |||||
Long As I Can See the Light | Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) | |||||
I Shall Be Released | Dylan, Bob | |||||
Second Hand News | Fleetwood Mac | 51 | ||||
Hey Joe | Hendrix, Jimi | |||||
And It Stoned Me | Morrison, Van | 82, 108 | ||||
Alright | Pilate | 152, 153, 154 | ||||
All Star | Smash Mouth | 11 | ||||
Say Yes | Smith, Elliott | 108 | ||||
The Joker | Steve Miller Band | |||||
Wayside | Back in Time | Welch, Gillian | |||||
Heart of Gold | Young, Neil | 80 | ||||
Old Man | Young, Neil | |||||
Out on the Weekend | Young, Neil | |||||
53 | w/swing feel: B D U B D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Shame | Avett Brothers | |||
The Cape | Clark, Guy | |||||
Rhubarb Pie | Fogerty, John | |||||
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Marks, Johnny | |||||
54 | D U X U D U X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | As Long As You Love Me | Backstreet Boys, The | |||
Judy and the Dream of Horses | Belle and Sebastian | |||||
Lodi | Creedence Clearwater Revival | |||||
Sunshine (Go Away Today) | Edwards, Jonathan | 8, 50 | ||||
I Heard it Through the Grapevine | Gladys Knight and the Pips | |||||
Whippin' Piccadilly | Gomez | |||||
The Lazy Song | Mars, Bruno | |||||
55 | w/bounce mute: B B D D B B D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Crazy | Gnarls Barkley | 11, 51, 56 | ||
Paparazzi | Lady Gaga | 9 | ||||
56 | D X U D X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Crazy | Gnarls Barkley | 11, 51, 55 | I call this the "Joni Mitchell Strum"--she uses it in several songs. | |
Feels Like Rain | Hiatt, John | |||||
Is She Really Going Out With Him? | Jackson, Joe | 70 | ||||
A Case of You | Mitchell, Joni | |||||
'Til I Gain Control Again | Nelson, Willie and Emmylou Harris | |||||
57 | w/swing feel: B D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Ripple | Grateful Dead | Another variation on the Folk Strum Pattern | ||
Harvest Moon | Young, Neil | |||||
58 | B D DU UB DU U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Sail Away | Gray, David | |||
59 | B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Lukey | Great Big Sea | |||
60 | w/swing feel: D U X U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | A Mad Mission | Griffin, Patty | |||
61 | D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Patience | Guns N' Roses | 62, 63 | ||
End of the Day | Kaplansky, Lucy | 4 | ||||
Steady As She Goes | Raconteurs, The | 3, 91, 92 | ||||
The Littlest Monkey | Recess Monkey | 11, 98, 99 | ||||
62 | > D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Patience | Guns N' Roses | 61, 63 | ||
Lost in My Mind | Head and the Heart, The | |||||
63 | D D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Patience | Guns N' Roses | 61, 62 | ||
64 | D M U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Sweet Child O' Mine | Guns N' Roses | 4, 65, 66 | ||
65 | D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Sweet Child O' Mine | Guns N' Roses | 4, 64, 66 | ||
66 | D D U D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Sweet Child O' Mine | Guns N' Roses | 4, 64, 65 | ||
67 | D U U U U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U U U U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Amsterdam | Guster | 4 | ||
68 | D DU UD DU UDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUDU U U U UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Romeo and Juliet | Indigo Girls | |||
69 | D d D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | A Million Dreams | from The Greatest Showman | |||
Radioactive | Imagine Dragons | 134 | ||||
Remember When | Jackson, Alan | |||||
Your Song (as performed by Ellie Goulding) | John, Elton | 1 | ||||
I Will Remember You | McLachlan, Sarah | 81, 130 | ||||
70 | > > D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Is She Really Going Out With Him? | Jackson, Joe | 56 | ||
71 | D DUD D DUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Lemon Grove Avenue | Jennings, Mason | 72 | ||
Free Falling | Petty, Tom | 11, 32 | ||||
72 | D DUD DUD DUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Lemon Grove Avenue | Jennings, Mason | 71 | ||
73 | D D DU D DU U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Move On | Jet | 74, 75 | ||
74 | B B D U D DU U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Move On | Jet | 73, 75 | ||
75 | DUD D DU UD DU U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Move On | Jet | 73, 74 | ||
76 | w/swing feel: > > B U D U B U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Horse With No Name | America | |||
Paranoia in B Major | Avett Brothers | |||||
Let Me Love You Baby | Guy, Buddy | |||||
Neighbor of the Beast | Kings of Mongrel Folk, The | |||||
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Martin, Hugh and Ralph Blaine | |||||
North Side Gal | McPherson, JD | |||||
Im Yours | Mraz, Jason | |||||
Sweet Virginia | Rolling Stones, The | |||||
77 | B D B D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Be Prepared | Lehrer, Tom | |||
I Hear Them All | Old Crow Medicine Show | |||||
Hey There Delilah | Plain White T's | |||||
Lil Red Riding Hood | Seyfried, Amanda | |||||
78 | w/swing feel: D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + | All My Mistakes | Avett Brothers, The | |||
If You Were to Wake Up | Lovett, Lyle | |||||
Daughters | Mayer, John | |||||
Love Has No Pride | Raitt, Bonnie | |||||
San Diego Serenade | Waits, Tom | 121 | ||||
79 | > > D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Redemption Song | Marley, Bob | 29 | ||
80 | D D M D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D M D B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Heart of Gold | Young, Neil | 52 | ||
81 | D D M D d D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | I Will Remember You | McLachlan, Sarah | 69, 130 | ||
82 | D DUX D B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | And It Stoned Me | Morrison, Van | 52, 108 | ||
83 | D d D DU UD DUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Fast Car | Chapman, Tracy | |||
A Million Dreams | from The Greatest Showman | |||||
Sometimes | James | |||||
Into the Mystic | Morrison, Van | |||||
84 | D d D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + UD D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Wonderwall | Oasis | 151 | ||
85 | > D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + > D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + > D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + > D U D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + | Black Boys on Mopeds | O'Connor, Sinead | |||
86 | Strums under dots are palm muted: .. .. .. .. DUD DUD DUD DUD 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | You're Gonna Go Far, Kid | Offspring, The | 11, 25, 87 | ||
87 | D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | You're Gonna Go Far, Kid | Offspring, The | 11, 25, 86 | ||
88 | D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Lumina | Osborne, Joan | |||
89 | B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + | The Ballad of Love and Hate | Avett Brothers, The | |||
Wave Over Wave | Payne, Jim | |||||
90 | w/swing feel: B D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + | Donald and Lydia | Prine, John | |||
91 | D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Steady As She Goes | Raconteurs, The | 3, 61, 92 | ||
92 | D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Steady As She Goes | Raconteurs, The | 3, 61, 91 | ||
93 | D D UD D UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUD D UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Creep (Acoustic Version) | Radiohead | |||
94 | D U U D U U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + D U U U D U U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + | How To Disappear Completely | Radiohead | This gets my vote for the hardest strum pattern in the collection. | ||
95 | D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Journey to the End of the East Bay | Rancid | 96, 97 | ||
96 | D D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Journey to the End of the East Bay | Rancid | 95, 97 | ||
97 | < < D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + < D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Journey to the End of the East Bay | Rancid | 95, 96 | ||
98 | D D M D D M 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | The Littlest Monkey | Recess Monkey | 11, 61, 99 | ||
Beverly Hills | Weezer | |||||
99 | D M U D M U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | The Littlest Monkey | Recess Monkey | 11, 61, 98 | Like the "Joni" strum, but you mute the strings instead of strumming a"scratch." | |
100 | D DUX D UB D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUX D X D UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUX D UB D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUX D UB D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 101, 102 | ||
101 | XXD M D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + DUDUX D B D XX 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 100, 102 | ||
102 | D DUDUD DUD DUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 100, 101 | ||
103 | D D DUDU UD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D DUDU UD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D DUDU UD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DU UD DU UDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Find the River | REM | 104 | ||
104 | D D DUDU UD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Find the River | REM | 103 | ||
105 | D M U M U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Honky Tonk Women | Rolling Stones, The | |||
106 | < < D D D D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Kissing the Lipless | Shins, The | |||
107 | B B D DU UB DU U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Pieces of Me | Simpson, Ashlee | |||
108 | B B D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | And It Stoned Me | Morrison, Van | 52, 82 | ||
Say Yes | Smith, Elliott | 52 | ||||
Im the Man Who Loves You | Wilco | |||||
109 | D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + | Waltz No 2 (XO) | Smith, Elliott | |||
110 | w/swing feel: B D B D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + B D B U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Reason to Believe by Bruce Springsteen | Mann, Aimee and Michael Penn | Actually in 2/4--but I wrote the pattern in 4/4 to make it easier to read. | ||
111 | D D D D DU 1 2 3 1 + 2 + | Angel From Montgomery | Prine, John | 38 | Here's the hiccup in "Angel From Montgomery" that causes chaos every time strangers get together to play this around the campfire. It's a measure of 3/8 followed by a measure of 2/4. You count like this: "One two three one and two and." Good luck! | |
112 | D B D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Drift Away | Stewart, Rod | |||
113 | D U UD D UD 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | I Am | Train | |||
114 | D D DU U U U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Other Side of the World | Tunstall, KT | 15 | ||
115 | w/swing feel: D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Holiday | Green Day | 16 | ||
What I've Been Looking For | High School Musical | |||||
Happy Together | Turtles, The | 17 | ||||
116 | D D U U D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Desire | U2 | |||
117 | D DUD DUDU UD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Red Hill Mining Town | U2 | |||
118 | > > > D DUDUD DUDUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Screen Door | Uncle Tupelo | |||
119 | D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + | Steal the Crumbs | Uncle Tupelo | 22 | ||
120 | B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Still Be Around | Uncle Tupelo | |||
121 | B D D 1 + 2 + 3 + | Silent Night | Gruber, Franz Xaver and Father Joseph Mohr | |||
Away in a Manger | Traditional | |||||
The First Noel | Traditional | |||||
San Diego Serenade | Waits, Tom | 78 | ||||
122 | D D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Island in the Sun | Weezer | |||
123 | D D D DUD D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Undone (The Sweater Song) | Weezer | 11 | ||
I'm Always in Love | Wilco | 9 | ||||
124 | w/swing feel: B D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Look at Miss Ohio | Welch, Gillian | |||
125 | D D D UD D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Same Boy You've Always Known | White Stripes, The | |||
126 | D X U D U X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Someday Soon | Collins, Judy | 4 | ||
Jesus Etc | Wilco | |||||
127 | D D DU UD DUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Purple Rain | Prince | |||
Scar Tissue | Red Hot Chili Peppers | |||||
Crystal Village | Yorn, Pete | |||||
128 | > > D D U D U D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + | Happy Xmas (War is Over) | Lennon, John | |||
129 | B B D B B D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | It Ends Tonight | All-American Rejects, The | 9 | ||
130 | D d D DU UD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Sunny Came Home | Colvin, Shawn | 15, 52 | ||
Knockin on Heavens Door | Dylan, Bob | |||||
Price Tag | Jessie J | |||||
I Will Remember You | McLachlan, Sarah | 69, 81 | ||||
Fireflies | Owl City | |||||
Naked and Famous | Presidents of the United States of America, The | 11, 149 | ||||
Storm in a Teacup | Red Hot Chili Peppers | |||||
131 | D X U U X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | If You See Her, Say Hello | Dylan, Bob | |||
Pumped Up Kicks | Foster the People | |||||
Don't Know Why | Jones, Norah | |||||
Stitches | Mendes, Shawn | 4 | ||||
Wild for You Baby | Raitt, Bonnie | |||||
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay | Redding, Otis | |||||
Speak Now | Swift, Taylor | |||||
132 | w/swing feel: < < < < < BUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Simple Twist of Fate | Dylan, Bob | 49 | ||
133 | D U D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D U D D U DM 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Times Like These | Foo Fighters | 11 | ||
134 | > d D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | You Remind Me of Home | Gibbard, Ben | |||
Radioactive | Imagine Dragons | 69 | ||||
Brand New Set of Wings | Purdy, Joe | |||||
135 | D DUD DU UD DUDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Branching Out | Gorka, John | |||
136 | D X U D X U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D U D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Welcome to Paradise | Green Day | 137, 138, 139 | ||
137 | D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D U U D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Welcome to Paradise | Green Day | 136, 138, 139 | ||
138 | D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + U D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Welcome to Paradise | Green Day | 136, 137, 139 | ||
139 | D D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Welcome to Paradise | Green Day | 136, 137, 138 | ||
140 | B D U X U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Iz (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) | |||
141 | D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Don't Stop Believing | Journey | 4 | For maximum punch, strum all down strokes. | |
142 | w/swing feel: D X U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | She Moves in Her Own Way | Kooks, The | It's hard to swing as fast as they do in the Kooks song. | ||
143 | D d D DUDUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Killing the Blues | Plant, Robert and Alison Krauss | |||
144 | D XxxxD Xxxx 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Maybe | Michaelson, Ingrid | 47, 145 | The upper-case "X" is a standard "scratch" strum. The lower-case "x" is a strum muted by the fretting hand. | |
145 | D XxxxD Xxxx 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D DUX D Xxxx 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Maybe | Michaelson, Ingrid | 47, 144 | The upper-case "X" is a standard "scratch" strum. The lower-case "x" is a strum muted by the fretting hand. | |
146 | (w/palm mute): D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Misery Business | Paramore | 147, 148 | ||
147 | D D D U D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Misery Business | Paramore | 146, 148 | ||
148 | D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Misery Business | Paramore | 146, 147 | ||
149 | D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Naked and Famous | Presidents of the United States of America, The | 11, 130 | ||
150 | w/swing feel: > > D DUD DUDUDU UDU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | The Only Living Boy in New York | Simon and Garfunkel | |||
151 | D DUD DUD DUD DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Wonderwall | Oasis | 84 | ||
152 | D D D D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Alright | Pilate | 52, 153, 154 | ||
153 | D D DUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Alright | Pilate | 52, 152, 154 | ||
154 | B B D DUDUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Alright | Pilate | 52, 152, 153 | ||
155 | D D DUDUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd | 156 | ||
156 | B D B B D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd | 155 |