Maybe I'm Amazed Guitar Lesson - Paul McCartney

Originally released in 1970 and later released as a live single from the 1976 Wings Over America album, "Maybe I'm Amazed" is well known as being one of Paul McCartney's greatest love songs. In fact, McCartney recently stated in an interview that "Maybe I'm Amazed" is the main song that he would like to be remembered for.

In this Maybe I'm Amazed guitar lesson video, I will show you a nice guitar arrangement of original piano recording. In the second video lesson, I will show you how to play the guitar solos. So let's get to it!

The intro of the song uses a simple but beautiful chord progression ending in free time to set up the main progression to come.

When the song kicks in the guitar transcription requires only a simple finger-picked pattern to accompany a really nice chord progression. Paul McCartney uses a lot of chord inversions to make the bass line more interesting and the harmony less predictable. It all flows extremely well. Halfway through there is a quick little chromatic scale lick. I picked this all with my right hand thumb but feel free to use whatever finger feel the most comfortable to you.

The next section is easier to play and I use just a simple strumming pattern. However, there is a cool piano lick in this section so I transcribe that for guitar as well. :)

All-in-all the piano parts work really nicely on the guitar. They sound nice and full and aren't very difficult to play as long as you can play simple barre chords.

In the second video lesson I will cover the guitar solos. Paul played these solos himself on the original recording. In fact, he played every part by every instrument!

These solos are extremely melodic and are just as important to the song as the lyrics and vocal melody. They demonstrate how to truly write a guitar solo that will have a lasting impression on the audience. You can pretty much hum the solos after just hearing them played once. That is how melodic they are.

So enjoy learning this great love song by the legendary Paul McCartney! Hopefully you can impress your friends a bit by playing the whole thing on the guitar. :)

Carl...

[markh.]

Great ! Some of the strumming reminds me of "Tears In Heaven" Thanks for the post!!!

[joeltruj]

Great lesson!! I always wanted to learn this song.. Thanks Carl !! very much appreciated.

[MrRhyno]

Awesome lesson Carl..Thanks so much for your lesson posts..There all top notch and very much appreciated..Peace JR..

[lowriderman]

You have so many amazing videos! Carl you are the best teacher ever!

[raulrodrigueznyc]

Hello,


I am coming into this awfully late and was very happy to find your version. At first the opening A major chord really through me off as I am use to playing with a D but as I followed along, I really grew to appreciate your approach. Because the majority part of this verse, the chords are more like 5ths (Bb F C G), that has a much rocker feel to it. I like how you soften it to let the melody come through.


With that said, one thing that makes sense to me (and I hear the bass on the live album do this), is on the turnaround from G/C back to Bb (5:15 on the video), I like to play the notes G (6th string 3rd fret) and open A before I start back on the Bb. For me that sort of gives the song more of a foundation and is a bit of a simple bridge.
Thanks!!!


Raul

[philfriden]

Nice job, sounds terrific! Do happen to have tab to make it easier to follow where we are in the song? I'm confused as to what verse/chorus we're being shown here. Thank you in advance for all your help and support. Really nice work here.

[yankeeblues]

Really nice teaching here. Excellent chord voicing IMO. Clear instruction. Thank you.

[ryangarven]

great lesson, look forward to seeing the guitar solo!

[saulazo]

I'm amazed with your interpretation. .!..excellent ..!

[keyscook]

Thanks for the great lesson - Cheers from Seattle!

[jaybirdheinz]

Hey man, Carl,,youve got a great Ear!! wonderful arrangement!! I've been messing around with this for some time and I took a few tips from you so thank you! Jay👍👍✌️🎸🎶

[-amitkalderon]

Fantastic lesson. Sounds great on guitar!

[leeferguson]

Great lesson, you've got my subscription!

[theempyrean]

Carl, you're damn good. Thanks for sharing this.

[blueskygal]

What a beautiful rendition of a beautiful song. This is the song I am starting to work on. Glad I found this. Beautiful!

[elvampiro.]

Good night tonight..
Wings lesson, please..!!

[Eliteguitarschool]

I really love your work! You save me a ton of time. Where can i donate?

[analuciadasilva]

hi...Please teach the song "MY LOVE", Paul Mccartney...thanks...I'm from Brazil.

[mikesenko]

hay carl can you do a lesion on Robert plants big logg

[fleezuschrist]

Ahm carl can u do Paul Mccartney my valentine solo 😁