Free Fallin Guitar Lesson - Fun 3 Chord Song

Learn how to play Free Fallin by Tom Petty on guitar. This is a 3 chord song that is fun to play and sing.

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00:00 Intro
00:54 How to play the chords in Free Fallin'
02:24 How to play the chord progression to Free Fallin'
02:55 Strum Pattern number 1
04:12 The Main strum pattern to Free Fallin'
08:16 Instrumental break strum pattern

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[GreggDixon-kh]

Brilliant thank you. I was really struggling with this on another YouTube lesson. Made it so much easier for me

[threepedalrebel]

Love your lessons!!! Can you tackle "someone like you" by Van Morrison would love to play it for my wife, it was our wedding song and our 20th anniversary is this summer, thanks again for the laid back style and great lessons

[petermatthew]

Great lesson. Like your relaxed style!

[paulsalvas]

This is great, going on my playlist, you guys are fun!!! Love the comments from the camera wife!!!!

[marycarr]

Hi Kevin. I absolutely love your teaching and even though I have bought another YouTube instructor’s lessons, I’m seriously thinking about buying into yours as well. One thing I have to actually get off my chest though. You have a habit of starting to play, then stopping and start talking. I, in the meantime, will start playing along with you to try and pick up the lesson, and when you stop and start talking, that makes me lose all concentration. I know that at any time I can just stop the video and rewind, but it becomes frustrating after too many times. You are very congenial and very talkative, and I will just learn to live with it, and just rewind.

[Baxior]

Thank you very much, I think I've found the best tutorial. I will definitely use it. Bless

[mikeryan]

Mini bars are great but it’s Open Bars that we all love.

[blueser]

I’m not generally a big Petty fan but this song is accessible and fun to play. Thanks for the cool lesson. Hope Maggie gets back on track with her treats soon. 😊

[willbro]

Great tutorial - easy to follow as a beginner. At the 5:30 mark, the "4_DA", the D is shown on count 3, but it sounds like you play it with the D on count 2 like "4D_A". The way you play it sounds right, but doesn't match the visual (if I'm reading it right).

[steveandreahanson]

Really enjoying the lessons man! This is a great one. Much appreciated. Will definitely be practicing this one.

[baggiebird]

Great lesson mate, love your vids and methods, I know you’re busy but would love to see a lesson on one of my favourite Gerry Rafferty songs “Don’t Give Up on Me”
Cheers if you can do it, Rob…..

[jimadams]

tx Kevin. BTW Your lesson on changing chords using muscle memory you referred me to has helped a lot for the barre cords! I've made more progress in 3 days than I have in 3 months. Still have a way to go but if I play real slow I can actually swap from an open G to a B minor and the strings don't go dead! Tx very much! Better get a treat upgrade for Maggie LOL!

[bobpratt]

Having fun learning this but have trouble barring the A chord with the index finger. I find it easier to leave the first finger on the second fret third string and just swivel the index and third finger across. Give Maggie May a pat from me.

[mcman]

I was just trying this song today. The guy went too fast for me to keep up. Thanks for breaking it down

[RyanD-wv]

Thank you for this. Do you have any tips for barring the A chord (aka mini bar)? Seems like a useful little cheat code, but my fingers are kinda fat and clumsy.

[modelsandtrains]

Loving these lessons I learnt so much…..would there be any chance of David Soul’s Silver Lady

[ronramacher]

Thank you for the awesome lesson. I was wondering what that hammer-on trilly, pull-off thing is? Is that done on the bass?

[lesterdavidoff]

Asking about up strumming. When you strum up do you intentionally miss the high e string? Or do you just aim for the bottom 3 strings or what? PS Thanks for the video

[WildBill]

Do you mute the high e on the A chord; or the low E? It sounded like you said high e. 🤔

[danthaman]

Hey are you aware your dog shares the same name as a Rod Stewart song.
True story.