This is one of those rare occasions when you can use a guitar pick without me telling you off. There are many notes doubled up in this riff. One option is to make ‘running man’ shapes with your index and middle fingers. However, if you want to keep the muted the strings (by resting the edge of your picking hand lightly on the strings just above the bridge) your only option is to use a pick.
If you decide against the pick, you might prefer to play it this way:
Requested by Ray
Glad you like it, amber. Maybe I should include it as part of the Halloween series.
If one was playing this in an ensemble, you could have some folks picking out the melody, and others coming in with chords; here are the chords from the TMBG wiki. Note that even playing a two-bar fingerpicking pattern with the chord shapes alone makes a pretty good solo version. (sorry the formatting’s not monospaced)
Dm
You’re older than you’ve ever been
Gm
And now you’re even older
Dm
And now you’re even older
A7
And now you’re even older
Dm
You’re older than you’ve ever been
Gm
And now you’re even older
Dm A7 Dm
And now you’re older still
Gm Dm
Time is marching on
Gm A7
And time is still marching on
Thanks for that, Mike.
i still dont now how to do picking songs
Charles:
What do you mean?
Helpful advisor: Yes, I think that’s too large an issue to cover in comments.
Thankyou! love this song!
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This song creeps me out more than your Halloween songs. It’s the lyrics, I think. I love it.