Pink Bullets - The Shins (Songs Guitar Lesson ST-506) How to play

[gatorgreen44]

I did not have a capo so I used the cords from the "CAGED" system using my first finger like a capo. Was really excited when I played the rest of the video and I was right on the verse even the "twiddles", not so good on the chorus though. I had the G and the F but kept trying to put C in the wrong place to use up all the cords.

Thank you for the exercise.

[SoiledErmine]

Great video. Thanks! You're awesome... I worked it out, just needed the fills bit. Oh, and the name of the Shins guy is .... work it out .... it is ... really, work it out.... okay: James Mercer.

[recycledpaper120]

I watched all your videos about a year ago when i was starting. its really awesome to watch them again now and totally be able to do stuff that was impossible just a year ago.

[twotonguestalking713]

and i d look back f as a g haha go job though dude.

[retropancakeful]

is the Capo a must to play this song?

[pedwell]

no one seems to be able to play the lead guitar part for this song

[thesexysithguy]

"tied to a D, sweet as an F" haha made me bust up!

[jaxxon1021]

dude..you are just awesome. THANKS!!!

[templetrickster]

great! twidley bits, haha...wish i had a cool south african vocab~

[spoonsandforks]

i like this guy (:

[holyheartattack]

this is so great! thank you so much!

[asyrafridza]

hey, nice lesson! but i still didnt get a part which in A chord.. how to make the additional sound? when i do the same thing that justin do, it does not sound like justin do. the sound it different when he picking slowly. it happened same thing when i picking faster. is his acoustic guitar effect the sound? help me! thx again to justin!!!

[lpkn2304]

you might not be the best guitarist in the world but you're one of the best guitar teachers on the net.Thank you=)

[getluke]

i think he is among the greatest, and the teaching is THE GREATEST!

[Lockeness88]

tied to a d sweet as an f hahahahahahahha. laughed so hard, but good fucking job.

[divineid]

Just wanna say you give the best lesson on you tube keep up the good work thanks

[TheDarss]

you rock man

[tinch77]

Wow, thank you very much for this. Very helpful!!

[ajkpchee1]

lol cahpo

[ash0ppingcart]

DUDE I LOVE YOU!

[DaTimeHat]

You've got a nice sound coming out of that guitar.

Can anyone tell me what make it is?

[BubblesKnowsNothing]

I never wanted to bother with a capo before but after seeing this it just makes me feel that this song is worth it

[jprithvi]

oh sweet..I've been trying to figure out the chords on this song for years...man you are a godsend to the newbie guitarist.

[nigeecoconutt]

nicely done.

ps. UR SEXY :D

[waichita]

you're a good teacher.Thanks for posting this.

[rynomacamillion]

His F is way different then mine, whats up with that?

[tarheel8494]

probably the capo?

[PrinceCailoo]

He plays a Baree F, wich is, ofcourse, a bit different then the normal one. But if you count the notes on both cords, ya see they are quite the same ^^ its just what you prefer really. the normal F sounds a bit cleaner to me, but like i said, just do what you feel best at doing ^^

[LCFCTravis]

Awesome band, The Shins. Only discovered them within the last year myself. Thanks a lot Justin. And i've written some notes down and will be trying to work this out myself over the next few days. :)

[hayles0336]

that was great, can you please post the little intro riff at the start as well. PLEASE????

[diedus86]

hey! thanks for the lesson! you can see what i've made of it on my account! if u have any comments, feel free to post them! Grtz from Holland

[enjoyivan]

oh my god, i love the shins =) damn to late to buy a capo today =/ gettin one tomorrow morning, first thing to do ;) thanks for the lesson man, looking forward to learn this song as soon as i have my capo^^

greets from austria!

[Feltlenn]

your great for doing this, thanks man :D

[spm08588]

brilliant

[yetimach]

I watched this yesterday, but I actually turned if off when he said to. Then I wrote down the chords he said, went and bought a capo and played around with it last night, though without the song to listen to. I didn't figure much out, but that's because I'm a little slow. Now that I've seen the rest I'm eager to try it out again. I love guitar more everyday! And these lessons are awsome :)

[navyation]

the scent of your "D"...finally backfired on you justin...haha

[Theunseen86]

Hey Justin, Thanks for taking the time to do these lessons. I really enjoy your style of teaching. You really make it fun, while sticking with the lesson at hand. You just seem so geniune and easy to understand, I can't explain exactly what it is, but I like all your videos.

[kileycakes]

twiddly bits

[chuckles0692]

i cant get the thing he does with his pinky to make it sound cool..

[saykarp]

lol.... funny and helpful.......thanks

[r0cknp0l]

hi! i love your guitar lessons but can you teach the electric part of this song please?

[ceolceol]

Hey man, love your lessons and song choices, any chance of a video on SRV 'Pride and Joy'? Cheers,

[arek4217145]

You are great xD

[azafhl]

sweet dude.

[herodeck312]

dude do cat scratch fever

[dbassfour]

hey just a quickie - I beleive this song is on "Wincing the night away" not Chutes too narrow. buy both tho :)

thanks for the vid. :)

[mcgrathy101]

naw its on chutes too narrow

[dbassfour]

ur right, i had it incorrectly labeled! oops.

[pauklzorz1985]

nope its on chutes too narrow...

[kingny17]

singing the chords in the lyrics was cool move.

[7dwyerm]

Does anybody know the tuning of the harmonica that mercer uses in this song?

[CokeMachineGlo]

My guess is G

[Daznerus]

Actually I think it's Bb, there's been a discussion on that on a Pink Bullets live video somewhere here and Bb "got most votes".

[RadioWar1212]

Ahh i was wondering why it sounded weird

[ilovecrad]

yay comment #100

[ziineb333]

hes alredy explaining the harder wich is the WHOLE song u can find the mutes urself dopp

[7dwyerm]

i agree he needs to explain the mutes

[mysilentplea]

the mutes during the verse are what makes this riff. I was hoping he'd explain those.

[xxxHouseloverxxx]

ot would be soo great if you could teach us new slabg by the shins!

[mikyzok]

Please can you teach us a few more Shins songs :)

[meaghandarwent]

Thank you for doing this; I have a simple mind and I really appreciate clear instruction! Peace ;)

[neatfreeek]

i wanna hear you try james morison, he is amazing, i dare you

[sidewinder123]

What's the strumming pattern for the chorus(G, D, etc?)? I can't seem to get it right!

[baxter411]

This guy really needs to publish DVD's I would buy 'em in a second especially if he has the Shins' new slang

[Gostate7779]

he has DVD's but I don't think any more shins.

[OhmyGuava]

As sweet as an F xD hahahah, you're awesome.

[hendrix6]

lol i really triead do it by ear at first but then i just gave up and looked at the lesson then i see he has a fucking capo. and i was like

-.- DOH!

[winniewang720]

hey, you really giving good guitar lessons, please keep it up! nice face too, lol.

[fejest]

Dude you play it mush better then the original song :D

[00fle00fle]

I could sure do with some warm D on a winters' day...

[eragon19]

lol.

[Iderivedfromanimls]

Good with everything except the fact that at the very end there is 3 lines added onto the last chorus and i can't seem to figure out the chords that go with it.... help?

[jbudd]

C but this D is here G like you to C

[subliminalblip56]

awe thanx man u help alot-i no its not nice to ask this but could u try and teach us how to play such great heights-iron and wine's cover on guitar-thank you!

[brianfrench1]

How about "Pink Moon" by Nick Drake??

[WhammySammy]

hahaha "as sweet as an F"

[emDeff]

thanks so much for that ... really, really good! i just have to learn how to sing now ...

[mack1oh]

search - Luke Watters

Great Original Songs

[milkychris]

Thank you for the lesson! You're a great teacher!  explaining everything in terms and ways i could understand. thanks again from australia!

[ccastonguay07]

def. mad world would be amazing

[natebennett]

mad world is easy dude..

[mellowyells]

thanks so much!!!

[cliffp40]

thx man, any chance of caring is creepy

[magicnut21]

Thanks again justin, most helpfull m8. Can I give a second vote for Mad World PLEEAASSSSE?

[Moniker179]

can you do the guitar solo from indgadadavida by iron butterfly?

[msabinshins]

if i may make a request, can you have a tutorial for a comet appears : )

i just cant get the picking pattern he does

[jongaiii]

looking and definatly learning thnx proper ya m8y hee hee :)

[msabinshins]

thank you sooooo much...i would have never gotten the little riffs without you

[jhanes313]

ps... He does a similar slidey thing on a track called "The Past and Pending". It's on the G in the verse. But, I would guess by listening it may be a bend?

Also, that track has a similar strumming pattern as "Pink Bullets". Simple and nice song as well.

[cracks21229]

Thanks for these lessons. I really appreciate it.

[JustinSandercoe]

thanks y'all - glad you dig it . I love The Shins , will try and do some more of their stuff soon :)

---- by the way aroneous - the pronunciation of words if different outside the US - we speak English in the UK :) lol... so I say Cap-o you say k-po... lets call the whole thing off... hahahahaha

[Indiejarrod]

good on you for trying to make people work it our yourself. It really helps your musical ear.

[jhanes313]

Awesome lesson as always! Love this lil song ;-)

[aroneous]

it's k-po, not cap-po.

[gigglingella]

naughty?

[guitarplayerepiSG]

Thanks, bro. Keep doing what you do.

[Linds155]

thank you soooo much!! :D

[ezpei]

definitely my favorite shins song.  thanks for this and all the other instructional videos, justin.

[dgwilym]

hi, great lesson there pal, any chance you could knock up a lesson on the song Mad World by gary jules / tears for fears?

And i HATE THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE NEGATIVE COMMENTS.

[Char475]

I love this song!! The Shins are awesome and you played it:D now i can play it too (H) thnx man.

you're awesome (and very good-looking(A))! greetz from the netherlands:P

[coaltraintripn]

The last two seconds of the video - heelarious! The rest is great as well. Thanks for outstanding instruction and a great sense of humor.

[tomanrey]

thanks a lot justin, you do a very good job.

i was probably the worst guitar player...

but now i've got a few songs to play.

you're very helpfull.

thanks.

[tomanrey]

thanks a lot justin, you do a very good job.

i was probably the worst guitar player...

but now i've got a few songs to play.

you're very helpfull.

thanks.

[tomanrey]

this guy could teach playing guitar to anybody, i was just a beginner and i was playing very bad . but now with this method, i've got a few song to play. and the most important is that i understand the tunes and the strummings.

thanks a lot justin, you do a very good job.

[thaflinger]

I think this is a great approach to helping people develop an ear for music. I'm sure that you will be able to help a lot of people this way.

[cell86]

Check me out pushing little kids!!!(authorized video)

[D3athCr33ps]

its kAy-po not cap-o

[iamwindykay]

well first of all, the shins is one of my all time favorites.

your voice is amazing.

and youre good looking.

[cenarsystems]

Change & Experience

[asroamsayeh]

good

[Barkeybark]

maaann.. you make playing soo easy... thanks justin.. you rock man!!

[matt182uk]

good work, thanks!! the shins are incredible!

[Chaser53pin]

never heard of the shins before kewl. nice sence of humor.

[mygad]

Singer, songwriter and guitarists James Russell Mercer of the Shins -via Wikipedia. Great tutorial, I found the two stops for 'going off to the web and figuring it out yourself' a bit annoying though.

[Dijkie1337]

You rock, Justin. Thanks for this awesome song lesson!

[matmill1]

I think the harp solo in the song is on a Bb harp, just in case you care.

[Nexx16]

justin thx !!!

But can u PLEASE tell me what strings u use on that guitar?

I want them so badly :)

Greetz

[mygad]

drstrings - you can find the link at justins site - through the products page I would imagine. They say they are handmade strings from New Jersey

[vincentvanwerd]

hey nexx16, in one of his videos, he tells us that he often uses DR Strings. I think it was in the video "how to change strings on a acoustic"

[tolucamex18]

Thank You. I just wish u did "New Slang" instead.

[GeneralGripweed]

Justin, all of your videos are SO fantastic. Great job, and thank you so much.

Your guitar sounds GLORIOUS.

[AnotherGuitarHero]

Thanks

[4GuitaRGuY4]

"and I D look back F as a G" :D

[Seantheakhundov]

Justin you rock. Thanks you helped me alot. yore the best from all of the online vids. i had some problems with some songs, thanks very much again

[TheFunkle]

I've been waiting for this since you had to take it off. Thanks for reuploading.

[Ingeniosis]

dude, every one of your videos.. rock my sox! keep em up dude, i wanna see three or four hundred. lol. great job! keep at it!

[charleye123]

Hey, thanks so much for your awesome tab. Is there anyway you can make a video for "To Be Alone With You" by Sufjan Stevens?

[pumpkinzer0]

cheers m8 (^_^)

[SCISLOVE]

can you do a tab for john mayer's NEON?!

please?

[billybunter10]

god bless ya bro quality as ever

[sepulamb]

Thanks for 3 things

THE VID

THe forcing of transcribing i actually got the verse down but the chorus i couldnt hear any chords....

AND Thanks for making me discover this band i reallly like them

[ClassicIdeological]

Lol you said f me.

[luccascorrea]

hahaha

by the way great video, i have been watching all of your videos for a long while now!

[koenigskind71]

Very nice lesson and easy cords. I will try this one next - for shure. Thanks for sharing!

[JungleJoker]

Isn't this a reupload? Stille, great lessons! Keep up the good work Justin!

[binary0011]

Justin is da mang. thumbs up, thanks.

[wazzock331]

tks justin...super stuff as always..

[habbokulen1]

Nice as always justin! :D 5*

[isaacsace]

ha ha, i didnt go work out it myself, i just watched the video!

[EstebanCambiassoARG]

LOL, win.

[stanislauj]

thanks Justin. Keep the good job.

[mygad]

Nice to wake up to this song lesson. I've never heard of these guys before but I'll look for them now. Thanks kindly for the effort and the time.

[dcabfc]

Yay song from my favo band!

[hockeysnow]

YESSS i love the shins!!!!

[JonlEl]

I was kind of close :)

[acoustiMatt]

Easily one of my favorite bands of the times. Nearly every song is good.

[Guitaaaaaar]

Great lesson as always.

Thanks again Justin. Good work.

Go on....off...go work it out ha ha ha

[albertaboyz]

Wow. That was great. Thanks so much.

[superbookaman]

superb!!

[viwas002]

first comment ^^

u rock justin!

[dosttemam]

yay another song lesson :D And the first to comment! Justin, you have no idea how much your videos help me, you are AWESOME!