How to Play Won't Want For Love (A Decemberists Tutorial)

As per request, here is a tutorial of how I play Won't Want For Love. I'm pretty bad at explaining things, but I think I repeated what I was playing enough times for most people to figure it out.

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[heylookitsmac]

Great video. But a quick question: Here in the tutorial when you play the chorus (or the part where you start singing "All this stirring") You just go from the 3d fret, to the 5th. But in your cover video you play full chords. It looks like maybe a C and a G... I tried those though and they didn't sound right. So what are you playing in the cover video? Thanks!

[TrustNo121000]

@heylookitsmac hmm... good question. I had to go back and look. Basically all I'm playing is an F and a G but you can play that F and G where ever you want to. In the first video I played it as the regular F and G would be played but I took into account the drop D tuning so I blocked out the lowest string with my thumb and just played an F in the normal position and I think I did the same with the G. Hope that helps!

[130pyro]

how are you strumming during the intro?

[TrustNo121000]

@130pyro what do you mean?

[130pyro]

@TrustNo121000 when you are going down the neck of the guitar are you just strumming the high strings or what

[TrustNo121000]

@130pyro yeah, it's just the high strings.

[cancoons]

Thank you for this. It was a great help.

[heylookitsmac]

@TrustNo121000 Ah! perfection! :)

[TrustNo121000]

I have some originals, but I haven't posted any yet.

[byray]

Did you make this for me? thanks! Let me go grab my guitar!

you have posted all these wondeful covers you play. Do you have any original songs?