Cat Stevens - Father and Son - Easy Song Acoustic Guitar Lesson

[Jaaaarh]

Thanks Marty, my dad loves this song, I'm trying to get my chord changes smoother before he comes home so i can make him proud. (:

[mrJHLM]

great teacher great song!

[Syraxian]

wow man great lesson :) real easy to follow took me all of 20 mins to get the basic rift down and i'm not a very experienced player, again thx a bunch

[iop395]

Thnkxxx You Sir Martiin !!! You are So Helpfull :) and He is right you Forgot you're Hat ;)

[HaxellMence]

O' Mighty Marty! Please do the solo of this song! It doesn't seem very complicated but I haven't been playing guitar for long ( i've started with your help ) and I really wanna know how to play it. If you can't then Thanks anyway marty, keep up the great work!

[noobis18]

omg where is the hat?? ;)

[skparkinson]

Marty, You are simply the best guitar teacher on the web. I've learned everything I know from you. A great big thank you from a rookie way across "The Pond".

Keep up the great work. You're an inspiration!!!

[ashepe]

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[ashepe]

I'm not sure what it's called, but instead of the C-chord in the beginning you should play a G-chord with finger 2,3,4 and your 1st finger on the 1st fret 5th string.

So Insted of C -> G-chord + 1st fret 5th string

[FarisAhmed1972]

One picture is better than thousand words, one youtube video is better than 10,000 words, one Marty Schwarz video is better than 1,000,000 words, thanks Marty!

Small question: The D DDU strumming patter in the verse is different than chorus, right? what is the exact strumming pattern in the chorus? Dd DDU?

[patipat22]

you are good tecacher i can understand you thank you.

you best for you. From Thailand

[cookiegirl172]

i'm german and i only learned english at School for 3 Years and i only Play my Guitar for 4 month but i can understand everything He says and now i can Play this Song!! very amazing:*

[hoangnamld]

great!!! easy to learn. Thank you so much. I can play it now!

[tetichalo]

Merci beaucoup from Antibes-France

[fadedeathdealer]

marty you are awesome ... every song i want to learn you already have a video for ... thanks you are the man!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pilpous2994]

Thank you , Marty. You restore hope :-)

[MrSpondoolee]

yet another brill lesson marty!

[Splitskitsz]

i still cannot make the G to the C on the first parts of the song.

[squall1066]

@Splitskitsz nor can i, someone told me to keep on g and tap the index finger on the d sting on second fret on the last stroke, its cheeting a bit, but i cant do it either

[gablepanda]

@Splitskitsz yeah its hard hehe but im personally gonna force myself to learn it this way!

[72japon]

great video easy to understand.

[VvGamingLoungevV]

Something is missing.... Your hat!!!

[loucatuu]

@VvGamingLoungevV lol

[SHipUdEaDOnEmAnGo]

wew you got haircut ahhaa

[obrosk8234]

my mum has been wanting me to learn cat stevens 4 ever so now i've found the best online teacher i'ts so easy to learn anything

[FIREGET]

10x brotha

[saintanger24]

Justin Sandercoe and Marty Schwartz are the two best guitar teachers in youtube !

[Illyriametal]

just realized. a lot of songs i'm trying to learn at the moment are being teached by you on youtube. have you been reading my mind? get out of my head :p

[dreamdriffter]

Thumbs up for the best teacher on youtube

[1987reno]

@dreamdriffter really the best on youtube, for sure!

[Simpson1618]

Thanks a lot! Very helpful. :D

[waswillstdudennda]

youre the best!! but wheres ur hat???!!

[soguw]

thanks for all the lessons marty, you are the best!!

greetings from Chile :)

[zembervoiz]

thanks dude for giving this guitar chord, i`m Filipino but i really like this song. so thanks again dude

[hiddenangel2011]

I listen and learn from you every day!

[hiddenangel2011]

Hey Marty, you are the only person that i can learn guitar from, you make everything so simple and you are the most amazeing guitar player that i have every heard. I appreciate you shareing your talent with everyone! I want to personally thank you so much for takeing your precious time and doing this for everyone! you are the best! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! God bless you!

[Caffskater]

i didn't quiet get the strumming! Was it down down down up down all the time or is it different in the end?

[Tmalaca]

If it werent for you I woldn't even know what a guitar is!!!!

[Gurman4ik]

Thanks for the song!! Very cool))

Tell me please:

on the 4th min...he's starting to play...what is drumming there???

[peolalfa]

Thanks Marty! You rock!

@ChemtrailsEire proper spelling also makes better sense. Check you dictionary will you?

[wildwestpoint]

Thanks marty! you're one of the best, if not the best guitar teacher in youtube.

[heki92]

omg, i love you marty, u learned me how to play guitar !!

[ChemtrailsEire]

@heki92 he TAUGHT you Heki. Forgive me for pulling you up on that, but proper grammer makes better sense.

No offence meant. :O))

[bonfirejovi]

where are the m7s?

[eikgutt]

is it, down, down, up, down, in the intro ?

[DeathNote3331]

you´re cool man

[puazgordo]

GREAT SONG , GREAT COVER That song make cry me always i love this song

[Flinchandy]

haha... MARTY has to go away.. LOL^^

[iLackPotassium]

it would be cool if you could probably post the lyrics up with the chords?

[aj14127]

THE LAND OF A7!!

[pirillojm]

Marty, you're the funniest teacher on Youtube. Not to mention, the best.

[MikeGold281]

Thanks A lot Marty...

[ProudHonoredMuslim]

whats the strumming pattern when he does the riff part? New at this hehee

[emarini83]

you're that great that you can teach even when you're tipsy :)

[xAtDxFender]

After the last E minor of the 2cnd part what chord is it??

Nice lesson tho^^

[berndosos]

wie immer cool erklärt!!!

[jesijames32]

another awesome tutorial marty!

[manifestdestiny17]

hahahah 1:55 down up down do hahah

[mana1full]

ITS FUCKING HARD YO BITCH

[MikeGold281]

@mana1full WHAT THIS ISN'T HARD!!! MAYBE YOU NEED TO STUDY YOUR CHORDS WELL!!!

[SOCerberus94]

whats the strumming pattern? xD

[Whaffel]

@SOCerberus94 strumming pattern for the verse is down,(a lil' pause) down, up, down. at least in the original.. doesn't matter though. unless u want it exactly like that

[SOCerberus94]

@Whaffel hehe thx :D

[SlittyDrake]

how do i tune my acoustic!!! help!

[afaw130495]

@SlittyDrake i dont know if this will help but i downloaded this really great tuner on to my computer its called ip tuner i think.

[freakybob13579]

You body language says that you dont like to be number 2 in any race :)

U r the Leader !!!

[777CASTEL777]

Abonniert!!!

[roni16122000]

you have a amazing voice!!!

[Dimeshit666]

LOl you're maried !

[saadabdulaziz]

great thanks bro, so how many of you believe that God is nothing of this world , he is the creator of the universe?

is God a nature or a human, is he a moon or a sun or is he the creator of the universe?

[ComradeDragon]

@saadabdulaziz Gods are the creation of the human mind, on order to give us comfort and to bring us a purpose of our lives. Gods are, what you want them to be, when you need them to be, all, that you care, wish, hope and pray for.

[saadabdulaziz]

@ComradeDragon Belief in God makes us human, or we are nothing different then animals. If some fool like darwin dumb ass think him self animal then that person is an animal. now the world elite , the one world order wants people to loose faith in God so they could be manipulated and enslave people by their own desires.

do you really think bush and obama and the rest of the bankers and government official and their all bad evil deeds will just vanish in thin air once they die?no justice? wake

[richeymarley]

nice singin' marty. not often we are privileged.

thanks for the many lessons

[RajiAdam2008]

Thankss Friend So Niic

[BreeboneftShanickah]

thanks a lot bro.. its really nice...

[Mihnea700]

man you are the best

[viktorjohann]

Hi. Very well done. Though It would be great for us completely newbies if you would like to type down the chords in the textbox. I wrote them down myself. But wasn't able to follow you. Could partly be because I really do suck at guitar!:)

[ddogg7]

wheres the solo!

[dajc76]

how can you be doing a lesson when you cant even play the opening right yourself

[regulis]

Lovely song. Excellent lesson.

[GeexEpix]

Thanks a ton!

You're great at tutorials.