How To Play St James Infirmary Blues For Solo Guitar
By Simon Candy
In this video, you learn how to play St James Infirmary on guitar. I am going to walk you through a simple arrangement that is easy to play and sounds great!
This tune is an 8 bar blues and has been covered by many people in many different ways. It is fun to play and is a great song to showcase your skills when someone asks you to play something for them on guitar.
In this lesson, you learn 2 choruses of St James Infirmary.
The first chorus is a very simple arrangement that puts the chords with the melody so you can play both parts at the same time. This might sound tricky, however, the arrangement you learn here is simple.
The second chorus simplifies things even further for a slightly different approach to the tune.
Both choruses complement each other nicely and go together to create a very cool arrangement of St James Infirmary you can pull out anytime you want to impress someone with your guitar playing!
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St James Infirmary Blues
• Chorus 1
Here is the arrangement of the first chorus to St James Infirmary Blues.
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• Chorus 2
Here is the arrangement of the second chorus to St James Infirmary Blues.
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St James Infirmary Blues: Full Arrangement
The following is the full arrangement of St James Infirmary Blues.
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