 Hi guys. So let's learn Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Backstreet Boys who are back in action. So this song basically has a very repetitive motif which is just four chords which just happen pretty much throughout the song except the bridge section which I'll tell you. And the motif is at a very interesting rhythmic phrasing which I'm also going to tell you. So let's first look at the chords. The chords are A minor, G major, C over E and then F. So what happens is in the span of one bar you need to play all these four chords one E and two E and two E and a G. So then you hold on to this F chord for an entire bar. So for an entire bar there's nothing. Let me just show that to you again. One you saw that. It's a very irregular movement of chords. Generally when you have a four chord progression it's basically going to be every chord evenly. Two counts, two counts or four counts, four counts. In this case it's very unevenly played. So let me just show you guys how you can count it. So the first thing you need to keep going in your mind is the 16th note pulse where the beat is getting divided by four. So one E and a two E and a three E and a four E and a one E and a two E and so the first chord A minor comes in at the two. One E and a two E and a three and a four E and a right. So these are how the four chords come in and the last chord F will be held every every time it's pressed. So you hold it every alternate bar there's just no chord. It's just the sustain of the F chord which is going on for the bar. So that's again one E and one E and a minor G C with E base F. Okay and these notes, these chords rather G and F are on the off beat. That means you're going to play them at the E of the bar. That's a little trickier than the end. The end would have been that would have been normal, this one is a bit more interesting where he goes So that's 2e and a, so 1e and a, 2e and a, 3e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and a, 4e and 2e and 3e and 4e and 1e and 2e and 3e and 4e and 1e and 2e and 3e so you get a feel of that right 1e and 2e and 3e and 4e and 1e and 2e and 3e and 3e and 1e and 3e right and the left hand could basically one rhythm is you can just copy the right hand 1e and hold it and this happens in the verse as well as the pre chorus as well as the chorus so it happens pretty much in every section of the song right let's go through that a little slower if possible 1e and 2e and 3e and 4e and every chord till the next chord comes into play 1e and 2e and especially that F chord and there's one additional thing which they do which is that synth line which happens at the pre chorus as well as the chorus where it gets very loud that's just this hook which I wrote here feca so that's at every 16 1e and 2e and 3e so what you could do could play the base notes in the left hand right so that's option one option two is you could play the the chords themselves so those are the two variations one is with chords the other is with that synth lick and if you're finding it difficult to play the entire chords you can just play the base notes of the chord so it requires a little bit of independence between the between the right hand and the left hand also do follow the shapes or the voicings or the inversions of the chords which I've written these are just other ways to play the chord in a more easier or sometimes a more catchy way as the song demands so from what I heard in the song it's ac for a minor dgb for g major eg c for c major with an e bass that's very important so it's c major chord without the c it's with the e okay a minor g major c with e f major normal f major right and there's one small section which happens basically once in the song that's the bridge which is this part so that's c major d minor a minor f then c major d minor and then stay on a minor right and this last d minor is interesting because it has an added four so it's d minor with a g and again just hold it it's pretty much that's the idea so I would first advise you guys to follow the like if you have a shaker with you just try and keep the timing going right so that is extremely important and when you practice this song try to do it with the maybe one hand and shaker and then you can do it with two hands or you can just try to say one e and or could could definitely work for you so you can have that shaker approach going on and I've mentioned this very clearly in in a lesson of mine where I've talked about how you can count the 16th note phrase very well with a very popular a r m on song so we'll share that link in the description do head over and check that out if you if you feel you're having some problems with counting and if you need to play 16th notes also with a little bit of what do you say a little bit of enjoyment right so that's about it guys so this is don't go breaking my heart by the backstreet boys hope you found the lesson useful and as always see you in the next one cheers