How I fingerpick Hello In There by John Prine

I am NOT not qualified to teach guitar by any means, and I screw up at least once in this video just to prove it! I'm posting this for a fellow Prine fan, dinger59, who asked about how I played the song. That's why the vid is deliberately titled "How I..." rather than "How To..."

I apparently use thumb, forefinger and then assign the middle finger to the top two treble strings. I believe that *proper* technique would have me using my forefinger on the G string, middle finger on the B string and ring finger for the high E string. John Prine, as I have just learned, plays it with just his thumb and forefinger.

I play the same chords Prine does, but: he used to play it with a capo on the fifth fret. I play with the capo on the third fret. More recently, as the years have gone by, John plays it with his capo on the second fret.

The chords:
Intro/instrumental and verse: G Am D7 (play twice) then D6, which is xx0432, then C G and D.

Chorus: F G F G D6 C G D G.

I hope that this video, such that it is, is of some value to those interested in learning to play this wonderful John Prine song.

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