Lady Antebellum - How To Play "American Honey" on Guitar

[admiral123123123]

Ahhhhhhhhh! Thank you so much!!!! I'm SO HAPPY that I FINALLY know this song- all thanks to you! I love this song!!!!!!!! O my gosh thanks so much!

[glittergurl0714]

Dave you are AWESOME! Thanks for taking the time to show us how to play these! I would love to see more :) Please

[madisonlynn1221]

Wow! Thanks so much for posting this!!!! I've never learned a song as hard as this one and have been playing for a little over a year.....anyway, this makes it easier than the chord websites. Thanks again!

~Madi

[sh24ka]

LOVE YOU DAVE <33

[taekwondion26]

What an awesome tutorial Dave! I love your band and especially this song--I'm going to perform it at school while singing but I don't think I can multi-task like this! Great tutorial though, I'm going to play it on my spare time but for now, I'm going to stick with standard tuning! Thanks, this has been awesome! :D

[noamaniqbal]

Amazing!! :D

[itsmecarlton]

Thanks Dave ....

[cstewart94]

Dave... that was awesome... thanks for taking the time to show us!  You are TOO cool!

[carmzgurrea]

wow... so nice..

[10til2]

Thank you Dave for the lesson and for being real.

[GoLdEnPaPeRcLiP11]

Thumbs Up If you Love Dave!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

[EvanConnellyNovacek]

DAVE much thanks!!!!!

May God Bless You!!!! :D :D

[xkatiexjanex1993x]

I feel like I'm just chilling and jammin' with Dave :D This is so cool!! :D

Thank you so much!

[kayhutt]

THANKS DAVE!! this is so fun to play, thanks so much for teaching me!! This is my favorite Lady A song by far and now I can play it myself! And it's cool to say "oh ya this song? DAVE HAYWOOD taught me how to play it! " thanks again! I owe you some sour patch kids :)

[LuvMyGuitar1220]

Gosh I know you've already heard this from thousands of people, but thanks for actually sitting down and teaching us fans of yours how to play your songs on guitar! It means a lot to us. Especially the really dedicated guitar players out there such as myself who look at guitar as something more than a hobby. At least now we don't have to worry about playing the song incorrectly with all the wrong chords! :) Thanks again!

♥Hunter♥

[jaredash94]

This video is awesome. Thanks for taking the time to make videos like this. The only thing I need help with is the strumming pattern for this song. I can’t seem to get it.

[Hollywoodgirl1010]

I love this thank you so much dave!! but i have a question so is dadgad is half a step down from the normal tuning? and then C# G# C# F# G# C# is half a step down from dadgad? so basically one step down from the normal tuning? someone please awnser :p This is kinda of a really important song to me! thanks! xxx

[zeehee]

@Hollywoodgirl1010 DADGAD is just an alternate form of tuning. The A, D, G (3rd, 4th, 5th) strings remain the same like in standard EADGBE. Only 1st (E), 2nd(B) and 6th(E) strings need to be re-tuned to D, A and D respectively. Then, once u get DADGAD, u tune every string a half-step down to C# G# C# F# G# C#. Hope this helps. :)

[Hollywoodgirl1010]

@zeehee Hey thanks so much! I actually got it tuned the way dave does it! This helped alot! :D

[benlonghighway]

Nice one!! Could you teach us "I Run To You?"

[wagner03mustang]

hot damn, nice tutorial

[KenMesch]

Dave, you are awesome to do this for your fans! Thank you so much!  Ken Mesch

[missyprissytv]

that was easy<3 :D

[tabonefamily]

I share everyone's views and thank with you Dave. But let me say also, that we love your album. Infact my daughter absolutely love American Honey, so to have this video is awesome. We sang the song to my mum who loves country music full stop. She is only 9 years old but she is your number one fan!!! :) thank you so much!!!

[sparky99945]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

[TheDocboxer]

interesting tune...

why did n t i figure that out before.....löl

[lovejohn316]

Great Video!

Would someone please message me the strumming pattern? That would be great!

[imlookingforalask100]

Got it downnnn!

[jchrisperdue]

Dave, really awesome of you to take the time to do this. Thanks!!

[musicandhalle]

i am playing this song at a festival, if it wasn't for this, i would have neverr been able to do that. thank youu.

[5tofu]

What is the strumming pattern? He says the chords and everything else but i cant figure out the patter.

[kristalinalasina]

cool

[sabriel1969]

Just when I thought Lady A couldn't go any higher in my estimation, I find this. How cool to be able to say that Dave Haywood taught me how to play American Honey! Love you guys... come back to the UK soon!

[linnnddsss]

i was tuning along with you in the video...and the last string snapped on me. I FAIL.

[esthela1997]

it's really cool that you are helping your fans!! I have never seen something like that!! Awesome

[esthela1997]

Owwww cool!!!!

[NBoston11]

Your guitar is awesome man, love the red- I have a red Takamine! Thanks for the thorough instruction- always good to get tips straight from the creator.. keep up the good work LA

[TiaraCiesielski]

Thank you soo much! This was soo helpful! I love how you took your time and didn`t rush, and you made it easier because you explained everything! Thank you! I love you guys! :) <3

[22dixiechick]

I really don't like pop country but this song is awesome

[srhennesy1]

what's the songs strum pattern? i'm kind of getting the hang of it by just listening to the track but i can't get it right.

[usmcgurlfriend]

come someone please explain to me the fret order for the beginning riff? icant get that down!! great video though!!! I've only been playing for about a week and this is sososo helpful

[srhennesy1]

@usmcgurlfriend i'm pretty sure it's 7th frett, 9th, 11th, 9th, 7th. not for sure though.

[SS57SS]

hey dave. thanks for taking the time.

i've been hooked on dadgad for a few weeks now.

would be great if you had time to explain the strumming a bit.

i've got it sounding ok but just not quite right.

thanks again. :-))

[srhennesy1]

I'm very, very new to learning how to play the guitar but this video really explained how to play the chords. I guess most songs aren't this complicated (i really don't know?) but I wish there were more videos like this to explain the songs.

[y0usef91]

Wow ....

really admire how u can write a song that sounds so good with weird tuning and ur own chords XD

amazing !

[mkenziea]

wow, so much respect for someone who can take the time tohelp others and share like this. thanks so much dave! AWESOME teaching skills. had it down in like 1 hour.

[TuNeDbRiTtAnY]

strumming pattern?

[foreverbeautykj]

Wow I love this song!! Congratulations on all the grammys!!! :D

[mowatt50]

Awesome! but what would the strumming pattern be?

[naanunnai]

thanks man..

[camarro41]

You guys are awesome for helping me out! Keep up the great work, and good job at the Grammys tonight!

[Mrclosetfreak]

This will be the first complete song I will ever learn to play. Thank you for taking the time to show us this Dave and can't wait to see you live again.

[MrJonnyboy9991]

WAt r the chords.....

[what2010]

how do u strum it

[what2010]

im a very very beginner and i got a korg guitar and bass tuner. how do i know its a C#?

[AngieDreamz]

WOOOOOOOOO! gonna learn this!! Thankyou sooo much!

U r the best! <3

[oleshotokan]

Thanks man, awesome :-)

[hkrboy]

awesome

[mich925]

Absolutely the best instruction Ive ever seen. Thank you so much for taking your time and helping me out!

[jcarma44]

This was awesome! I almost have it down just after a few hours! Thanks Dave!!!!

[socco445]

i think its so great that a pro musician like yourself would take time out to teach his material to whoever wants to learn it. i salute you. i just learned "need you now" from your other video teaching it and it makes me like the song that much more, to be shown how to play it by the artist himself.

[memo8guiller]

Can't believe! I had always wanted to learn how to play this song and thank you I learned it now!

[69mh07]

can't add to much more than what was already said...just thanks for your time. You ROCK dude. You've taken me into an entirely different direction...bless you.

(o:

[Guitarshreder]

thank you so much Dave! I would have never figured out how to play that with the right tuning haha!

[142isabella]

GO DAVE! (:

[dipujm]

Dave is great guy. Even they are much busy with their tours and album but still he takes the time for us..Thanks Dave...I am sure you are such a great human being

[knightrangert]

Dave, it’s been said many times on here but I had to say it once again, Thank You! NO ONE else does this. It means a lot to your fans, who not only love to listen to your music but want to play it too, for you to take your time and show us how. It’s such a great thing. It seems that maybe you "get it" just a little bit more than others in your position.

[TheStratatelepaul]

Dave, thanks for making these videos for those of us who only dream of what you are achieving. I look forward to hearing more from you and Lady A in the future.

[MeMagMe]

Dave. Thank you so much. You don't realize how much this means to your fans. I usually just get on YouTube to find a cover someone made and then try to learn from there but for a big time band to make videos on how to play their songs is amazing! I love Lady A so much more than I already did! :) -3

And can you please help with the strumming patter for the riff? Please and thank youu. :)

[WoodCanada]

for beginners who don't want to retune for one song, you can use

verse....C...Am...F...Dm....C

Chorus...F...C...Am...G

Bridge....Am...G...F....Dm....­C

not my version, just something I found that words good as a cheat online

Love the original version in this video though

[krisallenisawesome]

@WoodCanada with a capo on the 1st fret. don't forget to mention that :p

[TKIllini20]

This is seriously so amazing!!!!! I'm a diehard Lady A fan, and my band (Boothill Ridge) covers this song and I learned it forever ago by ear. But NOW seeing this, I'm excited because I was right for about 98% of it! Thanks a lot Dave, this is amazing!!!

[fb78621]

This video just goes to show how dedicated Lady A is to their fans! I have a whole new level of respect for you guys!

[buxman28]

Big time star showing his tricks and explaining it step by step? You sir, are a whole new level of awesome! I'm gonna buy the whole album cause of this - too cool.

[Axion3812]

You play it almost as good as the actual band... HAHA jk =) Appreciate it Dave. Love your guys' band you have.

[cielleeree]

dave ur great! Lady ANtebellum rocks!!!

[ChaosInAGlassCage]

i love this. i wish more artists would be so open to thier fans. thats so awesome. ♥

this makes me want to practice my guitar so much more. i'm just now getting tough fingers. lol. i'm definately taking the time to learn the real version.

[SuperMonsterdrinker]

Beautiful!!

[irishfamilyseven]

Very simple yet complex tuning..... beautiful progression though. Riff is simple yet nice sound to it. And alot of covers ive heard do not do this tuning which is sad cause it takes alot away from the overall sound. Well done Dave. Keep producing this kinda music dont get away from it. God Bless

[PeaceAllOver1996]

Thank you!!! :D

[neilarmstrong5421]

That really did help. I think this has been the video i've gotten the easiest. Thanks! (:

[lafleur21]

This is incredible, I've not seen a lot of artists do that ! You are just great for that ! Plus the song is incredibly good. I think everybody appreciates it and will appreciate the ones you'll do in the future !

[mkempton77]

Thanks Dave! Very cool of you to do this!

[Ninzzz127]

cool! i found another original tutorial vid! this time it's from Lady A! I'm so LUCKY!!!

[wvbeatle44]

Thank You Dave!!! I thought you were in an alternate tuning. Now I can realse this girl on your guys song.. Thank You once more!!

[Canzz2533]

This sounds great, but its just difficult for beginners

[sixstringobsession]

Thanks so much for taking the time to show us how to play your tune! Best of luck to you and the band! Jeff

[EmileeAllan]

Wonderful, nice to see artists take the time to do this, I sing this song , love lyrics and music behind it. Thanks Dave

[cld1223]

Awesome.... I have not seen any other artists take the time and help there fans.

[WarmthOfYourSmile19]

perfect :)

[WillieD7311]

does anybody know if for chord 2he barres the 9th fret or if he just puts it on the e low string?

[WillieD7311]

does anybody know if he for chord 2 he barres the 9th fret or if he just puts it on the e low string?

[babymana88]

Dave thanks a lot for sharing this...this is awesome!

[o0OPatriciaO0o]

Ahh! Thanks thanks. I have no idea to play the guitar but I play the viola... Nothing to do does it? Don't care I'll try anyways, jajaja

Thanks again Dave, you're absolutely great

[upndown12]

Dave thank you so much for not only teaching how to play it but actually taking the time to explain how to tune and giving the extra details that us hobby players need. This song will sound great coming out of my new Talyor 214 i cant wait until my wife can sing along as i play.I love the music yall are putting out there,keep up the good work and THANKS again.

[Jordanwinston1776]

you are awesome. no other artist would do this .. thank you SO much

[countrygirl943]

THankyou so much for that!! It is very helpful for us musicians to learn something to inspire us to keep going! It was GREAT of you to take the time!

I love Lady A!

[Fearlessly13]

I now love Lady A a hundred times more because Dave is generous enough to take time to make a how to. Major props, dude. Thank you.

[pameclarkson]

thanks dave...we love u

[moyse001]

I LOVE YOU DAVE! THANKYOU!!

[DanielleErin257]

i love him!!!!! :)

[MariaSarah2]

That's awesome!!!! I appreciate it infinity!!!:)

Hugs, Maria Sarah!!:)

[tugquarles]

Dave,

That's really cool that you took the time to teach your music. I really appreciate it. Did you grow up in Martinez? (mart n ez)

[AlyssaGalbraith]

this is the best, very easy instructions, and I can now play the full song :) Big fan of Lady A!!! Love you guys :)

[kathrynanderson1]

Thanks so so much for this Dave! American Honey is one of my favourite songs at the moment. And now I can play it too! See you in London next month!! :D

[Weyenberg22]

I would really appreciate it if you would post the "how to" for the solo. My band plays this song but we haven't quite figured out the solo. Thanks

[WithLoveOliviaRae]

Could you teach us Things People Say, please?

[tiffclo]

@WithLoveOliviaRae Things people Say is my all time favorite song!!

[WithLoveOliviaRae]

@tiffclo I know, it's so, wow!

[mrfatfatjelly]

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tootmysteamboats]

Dude, you're awesome on teaching how to play guitar. Keep on jammin' man.

[thelength1]

@kathywmusic Gutting :( i always do that at the most inappropriate times, like when I need to play my guitar the most. :(

[dall2341]

id like to see one on our kind of love

[megabass91]

Dave you rock!!! I've learned more off your how to vid's than I have any other way.

Thanks for taking the time to do these for us!!!

Dave

[dall2341]

@megabass91 your right that shows how devoted lady a are thanks lady a

[rdsipes]

another great job Dave !! Thanks for sharing.

[anonima15]

Wow! You are awesome! thanks so much for make this tutorial. I've learnt this song so fast and is so sweet and perfect for stay in a beach with a guitar.

Thanks! Love from Spain!

[emailstoamber]

Just wanted to say thanks so much for doing these clips! They are so helpful!  You are a WONDERFUL person!!

[hammet411]

what's the name of this tuning

[Banditisgay]

watch?v=07hgqgtsJHo a great tribute!!! A 16 year old does a pretty good job on the song playing guitar and his sister sings....

[yepuhuh]

Fantasic lesson. I knocked it out in only 3 days...LOL.

[mwalls3]

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out the strumming pattern. Can anyone help me?

[carebear198483]

Gosh Dave is so talented!!!! Glad he took time to do this, love Lady Antebellum!!

[morgicimo28mj]

this is gunna be a challenge, but i am determined to learn this song!!!!

[banditforluv]

Dave, you have done something totally un-heard of, for a recording artist to do,And I really appreicate what you have done teaching this to all of us who Love the song,and wanted to learn it......Thank-You soo much....You are way cool....

[r8chls]

Does anyone happen to know what the strum pattern for this is?

[HeavensSweetHearts]

Ive never taken a guitar lesson by anyone in my life. I just picked up a guitar a few months ago (I was 14) and started messing around with it. I acualy got all of this! Even the whole tuning and struming! Your a great teacher, thanks for taking the time to do this<3

[dracoblade97]

this awesome! very helpful! thanks Dave!!!!!!!!!!!

[superdweeb95]

hey, I love you!

[theatrenewt]

This is so awesome. You guys are amazing (I almost cried the first time I heard this song because it Was me!) Thank you so much. Wish you were here to give lessons in person! (...I hope that's not as creepy as it sounds. You just seem like a neat person :D )

[JoelleNicole95]

Your awesome! It's awesome how you take time to do these how to's for us!!!

[carlafg1]

This song is great, but the difficulty is in the chords. Hehehe. Thanks!

[dunebuggy569]

Thank you so much dave, ive loved this song and love to sing this one. now i can play it and have my friend sing it. We are actually going to your bands concert this saturday in Dallas, i cant wait to see you there.

Thank you for all the poetic songs Lady Antebellum have composed.

Thank you for all of your effort. May god always be with you.

[carmenNshane4life]

There's a reason why dave here actually shows us how to play their songs.. obviously they must love what they do for what they do instead of jus for the money. Lady Antebellum is most definately the BEST band out there... EVER... And for many reason.. like how true they are to their fans.. for any musician to take time to do this... I think it deserves an award... :) Thanx Dave, ur awesome!..

[rippedking]

Thanks Dave!!! Saw this bout month ago! Practiced and now sounds great...er not as good as u but u know. The old lady love it when I played 4 her :)!!!

[derkokks]

Very niiice :) But question i cant really figure out when to go up an down with ur hand. is it D D U D D U ...?

[lildrumergirl07]

I think it is absolutely INCREDIBLE that you took the time to make this video. It just shows how much you appreciate your fans. I love your group but my respect and adoration went up when I found this video. I've never seen or heard of another artist doing this. Thank you. =]

[isthename]

Love DAVE!!!!

[stevenguitarmaster8]

man, i love this song. this is definately song of the century! thank you soo much for this video!

[mylifemystage]

this is so nice of you take the time to teach this. i really appreciate it :)

[mexicutioner45]

wow your awesome. you think sometime you could do a lesson on somethin bout a woman???

[sammabry]

thank you so much for sharing! :)

[ellefung10]

Thank u Dave. You're so kind! Even when you're so busy you still make this super precise video!

[rcooper52]

i love how you post these videos!! thank you so much!

[pepelepew9798]

Dude....you need to get into the guitar DVD instructional market; you have a great gift for not only playing but being able to teach in a way that is easily understandable...just like my guitar hero Pete Huttlinger.

[fillintheblankk]

this took me about 20 minutes to learn! thank you!:)

[stone9kung]

HI Dave i like this video and singing to the song

My doll sings i in her head

Thanks

And also i have that song on your cd Need YOU Now from becky

[Ton3deaff]

wow that was really nice of you guys to take time to show us that, now i know how. :'D thanlk a lot dave and everyone.

[aubreyschannel]

your amazing for doing this I wish all bands did this! I'd love them as much as I love you:)@!

[ShortieKJW]

love this!!

anyone know the strummiing pattern?

[quacktab]

question: can you just put a capo on the first fret? is that the same as what you tuned it down to?

[scottshot78]

I saw Slim capo on 1 when they played this song on Ellen.

[xJJProductionsx]

i love it!!! i learned american honey from ultimate guitar, but ur way is so much cooler and sounds alot better. but i didnt feel like tuning my guitar all over whenever i wanted to play it. but i love the harmonic and the way it sounds when u play. I LOVE LADY A!! :D keep writing music!

[CDJcomedy]

Great vid thx for doing it! But question...when doing the opening riff, what strings get strummed? all of them< or just bottom three?

[JoJosMusic1986]

Thanks for the info on the down tuning. I was attempting it with standard tuning and was beginning to thing that you had super powers to make that work and still look so easy. This makes SO much more sense.

[coleduke81092]

this is so amazing. i learned it so quick! this is an amazing song! one of my favorites at the moment

[MikeNRoll808]

Dude, thank you so much for posting this. I couldn't find any tabs for this song. Having the original artist show you how to play it is EPIC! Thank you for taking the time to tutor your guitar playing fans.

P.S. Come to Hawaii

[tfrain01]

Seriously man. Totally cool of you to take the time to do this. I was impressed that you would show how to do Need You Now and then I login and see this song as well. Seriously. Very Awesome of you. I don't know of any other band that would do this for folks trying to learn your songs. I really do appreciate it. Tom

[tfrain01]

Seriously man. Totally cool of you to take the time to do this. I was impressed that you would show how to do Need You Now and then I login and see this song as well. Seriously. Very Awesome of you. I don't know of any other band that would do this for folks trying to learn your songs. I really do appreciate it. Tom

[mikie8361]

this is awesome dave! great song and thanks for taking the time to show us how to play this song...never seen an artist do this!

[acousticguitarist201]

Dave ur amazing tnx. now i can play this song but with flaws but yea ill practice! tnx again dave

[mulletgut]

Great thanks Dave.

It shows how much you love your fans by giving us these lessons on how to play your songs.

Lovely chords, lovely song. Thanks again. Getting my Maton and the tuner out now.

Come to Australia please!

[sophwolves]

Hey! Are you a fan of the incredible Lady Antebellum, and from the UK?? Then please please follow @LadyAUK on twitter! We MUST get Lady A into the UK! :)

[megsaj]

I think it's so great that you share how to actually play your songs. Thanks

[lovela21]

wow haha so good! i hope i can be this good some day!! so awesome of you to do this!! maybe one day... haha

huge fan of lady a! <3

[Kaydan1011]

Thank you ssooo much! You guys are great role models:)

[stevemekler]

Does anyone know what kind of guitar this is? I know its a Gibson Standard, but model wise? It looks like a custom since the red-wine fade color isnt marketed mainstream on acoustic...

Any help would be amazing!

-Steve

[NickSayle]

Dave, I would love to here this on a Dobro, love the tuning