Come on. Old Country rock starts out with a lick plate over the one or the D goes like this. As we play that are alternating bass is a six, four, and those are both open strings so that that rings out pretty good. And we're gonna start with the slide. The way I play as I start with my first finger on the third fret of the first string, and I kick into the song by pinching the sixth string, the open six and then sliding that first finger to the fifth fret. As I come down with my thumb on the fourth string, so we got this then it's just a question of playing This this melody We got this.

So as we get the alternating bass Go on, we're gonna stay on the fifth fret of the first string. I'm gonna do a band with my first finger still anchored on the fifth fret of the first string. I'm gonna use my second finger and bend up on the sixth fret of the second string. And I'm going to get the seventh fret of the first string, then again, and then the fifth fret, check the tab. And throughout the 10, if you listen to the original recording, he does two or three different variations on this. Let me play those for you right here and right now.

So we got this That's one and then the other time he's gonna go to that seventh fret twice he does this which you can do. And then there's another one called one way gal also by William Moore where he the guitar is almost exactly the same as old country rock. And in that tune, he does this little delay on the band before he heads into the forecourt like this. And then it goes in to the four. So those are three variations on the same idea, but that's all played over the one. So let's play that one more time.

Now, we'll get over the the G seven chord, the four and it's kind of a tricky swing Going from playing the licks over the D, getting to that chord position, especially where the pinkies involved. And the way I do and I, when I have trouble with chords, I try to figure out a shortcut or a trick or a way to get to that chord and play it right. And what I do here is I quickly move my second finger to the second fret of the fifth string. And I've got a pinch the open fifth and the open for I'm sorry, the fifth string and the open first with the downstroke. So we got then we put our pinky in. And we have the g7.

So in context, let's take it from the D, the D ref. See how I get into that. And trust me that's gonna make this a lot easier than trying to move right into that cord. While you're trying to keep the rhythm going, it's not easy. So we got this that's probably the hardest lick of the song, we're gonna band or pinch. We're doing this little open first string, first fret of the first string to the third fret of the second string.

Then we're gonna come here to the first fret of the fifth string, and then an open sixth string. So watch this as I play it with the alternating bass. Check the tab on that Look, I think I'll confuse you more if I try to explain it because it's kind of hard. You just have to kind of some of these chord licks, you just got to play them until you can get the feel of it and make it work. And this is one that I just kind of played with until I finally got it. So we got this.

So let's play everything we have so far for old country rock. Let's take it from the top. Then right here We're going to go into an IE seventh chord. We're going to do this little thumb finger roll. And what I'm doing is making the seventh chord. I'm playing the alternating bass on the fifth and the fourth strings.

And then picking with my first finger, check the tab to see exactly what you're getting here to E seven. Now we're going to go to an A. with a pinch, I'm going to have my open fifth string and my eighth position. pinching the open fifth string with the second and third strings which are fretted of the a CT. Now we're going to get back to our ID. Let's play old country rock the verse all the way through one more time and I'll play it slowly. I've said go around a couple times and I'll play the variations over the D there. So here we go.

So there you have it. Basic verse for old country rock and really that's what he does throughout the throughout the tune. Now if you listened to the original, you'll hear some slight variations on the picking, and even a little bit of the left hand work but that's that's pretty much what the tune is. Now there is a bridge part and let's let's work on that.