How to Play: Love in Vain - Robert Johnson Lesson

[MikeHockislong]

Eric Clapton plays this song in standard tuning somewhat similar to the way you do but Robert Johnson played this in open Ab so obviously the chord shapes and the way he is playing is different from the way you explain...

[blah148]

@MikeHockislong Well, whatever works!

[karabonstein]

Good job! Thanks.

[FunzCrue]

Hey, Robert Johnson actually played this out of a G chord shape with a capo to bring it to the pitch of the recordings (he probably capoed too).

The Chords are G-G7-C-C-G-D-G-A7-D-G.

You can obviously play this a bunch of ways but it really sounds like this is what Johnson was doing anyway.

[MrSchmidt11571]

your vids really help!

[chortle12345]

Thanks so much for this; it is more complex than most versions! Well done!

[Jerrylnai]

Good job!!