An easy beginner guitar tutorial to help you learn the song Back To December by Taylor Swift on guitar fast with easy chords options, no complicated theory and without a capo (if you don’t have one or don’t want to use one). Learn how to play and sing this song in 2 easy steps.
STEP 1: WATCH THE GUITAR TUTORIAL
Click here to watch the video on YouTube
STEP 2: REFER TO TUTORIAL NOTES
INTRO: G Em C x2
- G Em C G D
- G Em C G D
- Em D G C
- Em D C
- G Bm C G D
- G Bm C G D C
- Em D
- G Em C x2
[VERSE 2] (Same chords as the first verse)
[PRE-CHORUS 2] (Same chords as the first PRE-CHORUS)
[CHORUS 2] (Same chords as the first CHORUS)
[INTERLUDE]
- Em C G D
- Em C G D
- Em C G D
- Em D C
- Em D C
- G Bm C G D
- G Bm C G D C
- G D C
- Em D
- G Em C
- G Em C
BEGINNER TIPS:
Playing Bm might be difficult for some people, so an alternative is to simply replace Bm with D in the song. It won’t sound as accurate but it will still sound pretty good. This way you can play the song with 4 chords instead of 5.
If you have trouble with chord changes, replace the D, Em and C chords with Dsus4, Em7 and Cadd9 respectively. Using these chords make chord changes much easier for beginners and in some cases even makes the song sound better than if you just used the normal chords.
The original key of the song is D so capo the 7th fret and use the chords below if you want to play in the same key as the original song.
CHORDS USED (5): G D Em Bm C
Easier Chord Options (4): G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9
- Tutorial Song Key: G
- Original Song Key: D (Capo 7th fret)
STRUMMING PATTERN
- down down DOWN down | down down DOWN down
- down down DOWN (down up) | down down DOWN (down up)
TIP – Alternate strumming for Intro and Interludes:
For the intro and interludes, instead of just using the standard strumming pattern, you can use the following instead. It will make it sound more similar to the way it’s played in Taylor Swifts original version. Refer to the tutorial video to get the timing:
- Em – down down DOWN (down up) down down DOWN (down up)
- C – down down (down up)
- G – (down___) down (down up) (down up)
Help Me Dude – I’m a COMPLETE beginner and still need help
- Check out the Free Beginner Guitar Course and Lessons on the site to see if they help
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woa! this is so cool! it’s easy to understand for us, beginners. thank you
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all my questions are answered!!! WOW!
thank you so much
Can you make some tutorials for One Direction songs like (Little things – One Thing ..etc)
BTW loved your tutorials Thumps Up
I love you buddy!!! Your so humble and you have indeed taught this song easy in guitar.. hope you could teach me personally at home!! lolz
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