When Obi-Wan takes his saber and tells you his favorite styles

Learning guitar stages Stage one - Thinking electric is better than acoustic Stage two - accepting that acoustic is better Stage three - Wearing jeans and flannels while sitting on your porch playing acoustic

Literally the first song I learned on acoustic guitar was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. It took me two years to finally learn to play Hurt by Johnny Cash. Not only am I jealous of your guitar playing, but your hair is incredible.

Wow! I’m an old beginner, making my second attempt at learning at the age of 60. I keep asking myself “why?”. THIS video was why. Those hauntingly beautiful melodies, the skill, the passion, they all came through. #7 made me want to tear and #9 just made me happy! Thanks so much for giving me a reason to persevere!

Paul, the only reason I got my first gig is because of you. you just stepped my guitar game up a lot. Thanks

Dear Paul, could you do a "10 ACOUSTIC SONGS that taught me guitar (easy to easy)" list? Thank you :)

You have such a clean way of playing. I watch your videos over and over for inspiration. I love the acoustic and classical guitars. I'm 3 chords in now. E, D and A.

Since watched this last year, I nailed 5 of them. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us, Paul!

I found this video today ... and I wish that you had been around 58 years ago when I picked up my first guitar in high school. Your style, the delivery, your easy going manner, would have made my stilted journey so much better and enjoyable, and would have taken me so much further. My only regret is that arthritis has robbed me of that ability any more. I look back at it fondly. Thank you for the generations of players you are going to bless with your talents!!!!

Hey Paul, I would like to appreciate what you do and how it affected my life. 2 year ago was the first time I touched guitar and it changed my life so did you, a partially strict guitar teacher, yes I consider you as my teacher, your approach to make student self independent is commendable, I watched your lessons even when i didn’t understand, still do and somehow managed to get something out of it. I am on the verge to become economically self independent and have decided to buy your course, I don’t know if you are reading this, stay safe, healthy, keep doing the inspiring stuffs that you do... I am grateful to have you as a part of my life. Namaste....... regards- Gaurav 😁

I can play the first 9, but oh my word the last one is something ELSE

Fleetwood Mac has always been my favorite group, and “Never Going Back Again” has always been my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. It was the reason I started finger picking. Once I could play it, I felt like I’d made it, like I was finally there. And then arthritis set in. 😬 So, now I have to cheat a little-or a lot-and drop tune the A and low E, with the capo on Fret 6, but at least I can still play it.

0:47 - Hurt 1:39 - Slow cheetah 2:46 - Is there anybody out there 3:54 - Nobody knows you when you're down & out 5:28 - Here comes the sun 6:17 - Shape of my heart 7:58 - Stop this train 9:00 - Deep river blues 10:24 - Day & age 12:22 - Never going back again

6:33 every gen z kid: I STILL SEE YOUR SHADOWS IN MY ROOM

Paul Davids, you are amazingly talented, a wonderful teacher, and an exceptional musician. Thank you for your brilliant tutorials; they are inspirational, as are you. Keep up the stellar work!

I come to hear Paul play often to A. Simply enjoy his playing and B. to keep inspiring & pushing me forward in his Learn,Practice Play Course. Listening to him play ALWAYS re-affirms that I definitely picked the BEST Teacher!

Imagine 100 people playing stairway to heaven at the same time in front of a guitar shop

Next generation guitarists' videos are gonna be like: 10 Music Memes that taught me guitar

beautiful list Paul. All of these are now on my 'to learn' list.

Paul, thank you so much for getting me inspired to play guitar again. I came across your 'Big Love' video a month ago and it got me playing and loving guitar again after losing that during pandemic life. I even ended up performing big love on a little stage last week! Now this video has given me even more inspiration. Heel erg bedankt!🤗

There is something so swwet about playing an acoustic especially an electro, yes i have a telecaster but what i love is that an acoustic has a sound that fills my lonely sad heart with love. Stay awesome paul

Paul's beard is growing to Gandalf level. Very nice, my friend. Thank you for your wonderful videos! You help us make beautiful music.

OMG #8 gave me shivers. Didn't expect that song to show up in your list. Doc Watson was such an amazing and inspiring guitar player. Deep River Blues was one of the first song I learned, because it motivated me to put a lot of effort in learning. After 10 years of very casual plying, it's still the most complex one in my repertoire. Still love it :) Thanks for giving it credits here.

It bless me so much how cleanly and beatifuly this man plays every song. Feeling and mastering them.

This guy looks like he could be Connor McGregor's friendly older brother who didn't want to fight so he went into the music industry instead.

why is every john in this world so good at guitar. pissed me off

I love how you articulate those hard to explain emotions and concepts. Instead of taking the easy way out and saying, "this sucks" or "she's dumb" or "I can't do it," you actually speak through those difficulties and put great words to them. I appreciate that. I watch your videos more for this. The Lord has blessed you with great talents in multiple areas of your life.

OMG! I have to say as an old beginner, your tone is so pure and beautiful. You are such as great performer. Thank you for this, very inspiring.

I remember getting an old chord book from my dad and his old guitar with the message start with blowing in the wind by Bob Dylan. Perfect song, just basic chords and still feels nostalgic!

Plays the first second of shape of my heart. Sting: “I’m taking your house.”

Paul, I really, REALLY enjoy your videos! Thank you! I’ve been playing (and teaching) guitar for decades and find your honesty and approach refreshing - and your technique outstanding! Keep it up!

You’re such a positive person, you deserve all your subscribers. Keep up the good work!

Here's my list of just the all-fingerstyle acoustic songs in my performance repertoire. These are the ones that have actual fingerstyle arrangements, not just me randomly fingerpicking to chords while I sing. 1. Heart of Life - John Mayer 2. You Can Love Yourself - Keb’ Mo’ 3. Blackbird - Beatles 4. Don’t Think Twice, it’s Alright - Dylan 5. Deep River Blues - John William Oates, Doc Watson 6. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotton 7. Just Breathe - Pearl Jam 8. Kathy’s Song, - Paul Simon, Eva Cassidy version 9. More Than Words - Extreme 10. Never Going Back - Fleetwood Mac 11. Pacing the Cage - Bruce Cockburn 12. Life is Beautiful Keb' Mo' 13. Last Steam Engine Train 14. Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce 15. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac 16. Vestapol - Open D 17. Water is Wide - Eva Cassidy 18. Tears in Heaven - Clapton 19. Fire and Rain - James Taylor 20. Autumn Leaves - Eva Cassidy 21. Bloom - Paper Kites 22. Stop This Train - John Mayer 23. Whiter Shade of Pale - Martin Tallstrom version 24. Mother Nature’s Son - Beatles 25. For You Blue - Beatles 26. Let Her Go - Passenger 27. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman 28. Never Going Back

His voice is so smooth and relaxing somehow that I could hear him talk and play his guitar all day long. Amazing work Paul! Glad youtube recommended me your channel.

This guy is such an amazing guitar player, and the audio quality in his videos is amazing

I just love how you make your videos and your way of sharing things as well. Looking forward to your new videos

Who else always felt like he was about to start singing and then he didn’t

"Never Going Back Again" is killing me right now 😩

Another great video Paul. Your passion for the guitar is what draws me to your channel.

Your playing is so clean.. notes are so clean.. amazing..

Does anyone else notice how good his recordings are on acoustic? His acoustic recordings are better quality than most of the big name acoustic guys on KZfaq!

I think that acoustic guitar will always have a special place in my heart. That beautiful, warm, stripped- back sound paints a picture in my mind of sitting in a garden or something and playing guitar while you look at the trees glistening in the sunlight. It feels like a warm hug. Btw, awesome video!! Your playing is incredible!! 😍 I hope I can play like you one day!

"Never Going Back again" this song is a style in itself !!😍 I love it and I'd like to be able to play it as well as you ! thanks for sharing 😊👍

3:36 DESPACI...wait

“Never going back again” is seriously in my top ten favorite guitar parts. I tried playing it sometime ago, not easy at all. Your rendition is very nice.

Non guitar related compliment- he's very articulate.

Shape of my heart guitar is such a masterpiece

It's been such a long time since I tried learning someone else's songs. This is a good list to choose from. Thanks Paul

Thank you for the vid. Here are my ten: House of the Rising Sun, Hey Joe... 40 years of not playing a guitar. Then ... Happy just to dance with you, Here Comes the Sun, Perfectly Good Guitar, Behind Blue Eyes, My Funny Valentine(Elvis Costello version), Life on Mars, Baby please don't go(the Lightnin Hopkins version) and Eu Sei que vou te amar(Caetano Veloso version)

Paul, I got back into playing again during the lockdown after a few years of nothing. I'm glad to see that concidentally 3 of your top 10 are among the songs that I'm trying to learn. Thanks for your great channel.

Brilliant as always

Your videos have such a peaceful vibe to them.

I can listen to this guy for hours, the way he talks, gestures, the beard, calmness...

Wahoo... there is "something" in this "version" of Slow Cheetah... it's marvelous to hear

My list: 1. Fade to Black (intro)- Metallica; first thing I ever learned 2. House of the rising Sun- The Animals; first full song I learned 3. Hurt- Johnny Cash; introduced me to playing with a pick 4. Wish you were here (intro)-Pink Floyd; taught me transitions between Chords with short melody lines 5. Zombie- The Cranberries; first campfire song I learned and first time I learned it through “sheet music”/ cord names written over the lyrics That’s pretty much it, I started playing in December of 2020 and don’t know that many songs

You are an inspiration, dude. Keep up the good work. You inspired me to start playing the guitar.

My everyday inspirations to keep practicing are "mr sandman" by chet atkins, "embryonic journey" by jefferson airplane and also "never going back again"

You sure lifted my spirits today. I have struggled with "never going back again". Especially the part in the song that almost breaks my hand in two playing it. I notice you play it differently than Mr Buckingham does on that part.

You are a beautiful person Paul. I hope you know how much joy your music gives us.

Always love watching Paul’s inspirational videos,

As a 90s teenager in Brasil, I learned all the basics playing Raul Seixas.

Overall, Frusciante's songs are great to learn, he does things with open chords, that are monumental. Past Recedes, Time Goes Back, these songs are amazing

love the pacing, the edit and the overlap on this vid

You are an OUSTANDING guitarist!! I just started learning at age 52. It is VERY hard to do the simplest of chords for me. You make everything look so easy. Keep it up!!

I feel like it happened a few days ago. I’ve went from just learning songs and understanding the songs to learning guitar and having an understanding of the instrument. It’s another level of joy. Like it’s great when you get a song down you’ve been practicing for a long time but it’s another joy altogether when you understand how the song works, why the thing you like works. It’s super fun

This is my list! I started to learn guitar to accompany my singing! I’m still learning a lot! 1: we are gonna be friends by the white stripes 2: Folsom prison blues by Johnny cash 3: house of the rising sun by the animals 4: yesterday by the Beatles 5: when I was a boy by ELO 6: I can only imagine mercy me 7: rocket man by Elton John 8: blackbird by the Beatles 9: Gold by Glen Hansard 10: say in to me now Glen Hansard

Thanks Paul, you're a great player and the sheer joy of playing shows every time - that's very motivating to aspire to! I love playing "Nothing else matters" on the acoustic (including solo), and never get tired of Stairway (still practicing solo). "Mood for a day" is another one I'm fighting with, it's just so good but very hard to master.

One more great Video from Paul. Thanks !

I’ve been playing since 1967 and one of my favorites was “mood for a day” by Steve Howe from Yes. I slowed a reel to reel to half speed to learn it back in ‘78. I can still do some of it. Anyway my favorite from you is “Neon” by John Mayer. I kind of expected it to be on your list. Blessings to you. I love your videos. I’ve learned so much, thanks!!

I was thrilled that you have “Is there anybody out there” on your list! Definitely one of the first that I learned as a young guitarist

Fun there are quite a few I want to put into rotation to enjoy. Thanks once again.

I don't think I was ever so happy as to hear that you found Never Going Back Again difficult as I struggled with that so badly , I no longer feel untalented, now I only feel less talented, which is GREAT! Love the channel

quarantine is the perfect time to ace those guitar skills 🎸💪

"Over the Hills and Far Away" for hammers and pulls. People always used to ask me to play "far away" but I never knew what they meant.

Great stuff ! Just what I need

every video by Paul is a mini concert. just wonderful...

"Is there anybody out there" Is such a simple song, but its beautiful and still one of my favorites!

learning how to play is there anybody out there and playing it for my mother whos a huge pink Floyd fan on mother's day was the crown achievement of me playing guitar and like paul, i had nightmares of how hard that song can be to get the nuance of it just right. Cheers paul for putting that one in here

Just what I need, I really appreciate, thanks for this video.

You are SOOO fun to watch!! Love it!!

Classical Gas has always been one of my favorites.

My list (Im from Spain): Dust in the wind-Kansas 26-Paramore Shape of my heart-Sting Mi vida entera-Morat A dios le pido-Juanes Let her go-Passenger La camisa negra-Juanes Here comes the sun-The Beatles I see fire-Ed Sheeran Yo no merezco volver-Morat

Always love your videos. Great song choices and beautifully played!

Loved watching that... and some great songs

I've been playing for about a year, so I'm not the best, but here's my list: 1. Say you won't let go, by James Arthur (ik it's one of them pop songs but it was the first song I learnt cos I went straight to fingerpicking) 2. Literally any song with up and down arpeggios (e.g hurt, can't help falling in love, house of the rising sun, various random pop songs etc) 3. More Than Words, by Extreme 4. Tears in Heaven, by Eric Clapton 5. Here comes the sun, by The Beatles 6. Stop This Train by John Mayer 7. I am currently learning Neon, but obviously it's really hard. I got the chord shapes down for the main riff except from that fourth one with the thumb since I have small fingers. The slapping part needs work because for me whenever I do it, it's purely by luck and not skill so it's a hit or miss, but using only the thumb and index isn't really a challenge for me. I am also trying to learn electric, but I don't have an electric so until then, I've used my acoustic. I've learnt Under the Bridge by RHCP and I'm working on Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix and I got everything down except the solo. Bending isn't too hard, even though I got 12 gauge strings on mine, but it's hard to reach the frets obviously. I'm also trying to work on improvising with scales, but I'm still learning

Your playing and explanations are just mesmerizing. I can't decide if I am inspired to play better or ready to give up playing and just listen to folks like you. But thank you for sharing your expertise so freely.

Man you’re an amazing guitarrist and teacher!! Always great

Your passion for music is inspiring

This video should be titled as- "Top 10 acoustic songs you hear in Paul David's videos and don't know their name"

the 10 acoustic songs that taught me guitar were: (No particular order) 1: stairways to heaven - Led zeppelin (obvious reasons,) 2: nothing else matters - metallica (you was cool if you could play this) 3: road tripping - RHCP (one of the best intros into finger picking) 4: when children cry - whitelion (packed full of nice chords and arpeggios shapes) 5: love song - tesla (simple but beautiful sounding) 6: snow - RHCP ( such a simple progression yet hard to master) 7: A-team - Ed Sheeran (don't hate but the strumming pattern in this taught me alot) 8: Jared Dine "Biggest Shred Collab" - polyphia - tim henson (honestly one of the greatest acoustic style riffs i've heard yet. makes me want to give up lol) 9: dust in the wind - Kansas ( this song was one of my proudest moments when i learnt guitar many years ago) 10: kiss the rain - Yiruma ( the finger style arrangement is such a great piece and taught me no matter how simple it is, it can sound beautiful) ohh, here's a bonus one for you. Tribute - tenacious D ( you can write the "best song in the world" by mainly using Am".

Love this list and so beautifully explained. The sound of the Martin is to die for (to say nothing of the aesthetics).

This was such a great video. Very inspiring. Going to get on some of these immediately. Thank you!

Just started learning, currently got my A chord nearly down. I can play twinkle twinkle little star for my little nephew if that is progress 😂

brilliant list, also big bill broonzy style was a great influence for me I would add bankers blues (rory gallagher version is super)

I think, Paul has made one of the best guitar channels ever! Thank you for an amazing job you do, Man!

You're the best, Paul!

Lindsay buckingham is so underrated as a guitarist.

As someone who practices just on my own with random videos, I can’t even imagine ever being this good. Or coming even close. Total genius in my eyes.

Thanks for sharing Paul.

Paul you're a great teacher and much appreciated. Best wishes always and Have a Merry Christmas