The most beautiful acoustic sounding song ever written.

I have been working on this all week, then I learn that Dickie passed. The big jam in the sky got another one. R.I.P. brother!

I like using my same three fingers for the 1st three chords. Much easier transition!

Best Lesson I've seen for this song. The play along is SOOOOO helpful with the sequence and timing. This is one of many lessons by Shane that I have viewed to learn songs and techniques. Thank You and keep them coming.

Been playing this song for 30+ years and see I’ve been playing a couple chords a little wrong. Never too old to learn.

I have been away on vaca, but I missed your teaching. Ty 4 playing my same Taylor814ce. It's my caddilac of 9 guitars. Listen to this guy, he is great.

Most accurate lesson I've found yet for the way Greg plays the song. Good job! You're the only one that correctly included the correct sus chords!! Thank you so much! Please remember that any chord showing /E is called "over E" such as F#m/E is F sharp minor over E. It's absolutely correct that that /E means with the E as the bass note!

Always played Cmaj7 and then B as the final chords in line 5. This version sounds great and reading the comments, may be more accurate to the way Greg played it. Thank you very much as always.

if everyone had the passion you teach us about playing...there would be peace in the world...thank you

I love this style of lesson with the drum machine/play along while you call out the chords and have the song segment posted on the video screen. It really helps to learn it faster and more accurately. Thanks a bunch, Shane!

Cheers! You're a marvelous teacher.

Shane you really are such a great teacher. You bring such passion and fun to your instruction.

Great job of explaining. Love the song. My girl is Melissa now I can play to her like a rock star. Lol. Thanks again great job.

I like the way you explained the a minor slide up . Makes it easier to understand for many beginners .

Many thanks Shane. Great song. You found your calling. Your a great instructor. Thank you.

Awesome. I love the Allman Brothers. Getting my guitar out now. This will be a fun one to play. Thanks

Another way to play this chord progression, which I find easier, is to finger the E with middle/ring/pinky, and that way the ring and pinky never move between strings, just up/down frets. Just switch the finger on the B string between index and middle as you move the pattern up/down. Great lesson regardless; this is just a suggestion.

LOVE this song! Never played it until today and thoroughly enjoyed it. Play-along is great and much appreciated!

After years of trying to sort through youtube help, I have settled on a system of using 3 or 4 different coaches for each song. You are now a certainty to make the cut. THANKS!

I always enjoy your videos and lessons. Your song selection is very good and I’ve learned numerous songs from you as a result. Thank you.

One of the best tutorials I've ever seen. Great playing tips and clear instruction on strum patern and positioning. Thanks

Just started checking this man out. Incredible ! I am all in for learning by him. Thx Shane.

Best Lesson by Far, and I've seen a boatload of them.., Great Explanation of Strum Rudiments etc..Thank You Sir!

Fantastic lesson. Thanks for making this video.

Been wanting to learn this for awhile now. I really like your teaching style. Teaching it in segments really makes a difference. Much appreciated!

Thanks Shane, great job on this ,best on youtube...playalong is fantastic,thanks for your time in showing this Shane.

Dude! I so appreciate your expidious delivery. I have always loved the chord sounds in this song. Still have a fond memory of Betts leads.

Many thanks for this... A favorite song of mine, always wanted to play it, now I'm on my way.... Like your teaching style...

Your amazing! Love the energy level. Lesson hit the bullseye! Play along is fun. You nailed it!

Great little tutorial…. I have been working on this for a month now and came across this. That little 3 not #M you use in F and g I discovered last year and it has made a difference.. I have arthritis in my left hand thumb and find it hard to repeat "barr" chords through a song.. the original version of this that I found did not have the /E. added in and also your BM I like also.. Because of the arthritis I tend to " shorten " all chords that "should be" played as a full barr chord. This position you are using does not work for each and every fret as you work your way up the neck but does work for most…. Im 70, so this is not only a love of music but an attempt to keep my hands moving. I started focusing on Fingerpicking in the last two years and find this same pattern for this song.. works very well in a fingerpicking format. I have loved this song since it first came out. It really is a great piece of music.. thanks for this.. your the only other person I have seen besides Bob dylan who uses this 3 note movable chord pattern.. Im working on a two guitar version of this song and thats how I started looking again…………. one strumming and one fingerpicking.. Im hoping it will sound great. LOL.. ONce again.. thanks very much. love this video.

Never had a thing for men (still don't) BUT, I think I love you. After first stumbling onto your If You Could Read My Mind lesson (after watching the Rick Beato "What Makes This Song Great video), then this, I can see that you really do have a knack for being concise, and you really get the student moving right along. Now that I've subscribed to your channel I am looking to so much more from you. Thanks for sharing the love!

I would like to thank you for your element lessons I've learned many songs through your lessons once again your through in every way thank you and I'm looking for more guitar lessons.

This has to be one of the happiest guys in the world !!

Great lesson Shane! One of the few songs that I can half ass play. I believe that Greg was 16 when he wrote that song. The story goes that he was out late shopping at a local grocery store and some lady was chasing her child around yelling "Melissa" the whole time. As soon as he got home, he proceeded to write the song and melodies on the guitar. Amazing musical genius for sure. Thanks for the lesson and hope that you are doing well! 👍👍😉😉🎸🎸🎸🎸

Hey thanks for your videos always enjoy 😊

Real nice recovery at 15:10! Love your videos, they have really been helpful in my journey of learning the guitar….

Thanks Shane. This song gave me the inspiration to name my daughter Melissa. She’s a clinical pharmacist at a large hospital now.

I'm a new subscriber and I'm loving the lessons! You're an excellent teacher! Thank you!!

you are a fantastic teacher, thank you! :)

Ok this is one of my favourites, glad you did it. Loved it so much I signed up! Thanks Shane.

Wow.. Another down to earth teacher ..

Shane, what a great teaching style you have. I look forward to your posts. kevin O'Rourke

Awesome cover, thank you! It's great how you include strumming guidance plus chord theory details on bass note guidance for chord definitions. The playing insights for variations and where you can make it yours is very nice too. Hats off!

Another great lesson Shane! Keep 'em coming!!

Thank you Shane, absolutely a great classic tune 👍😁

Just ran across you for the first time. Love playing acoustic. I found you very informative and easy to follow along. Thanks. Will be watching more of you're videos in the near future. Right now, I'm going to learn Melissa. I've always loved this song.

Thanks for this lesson Shane. Love the chord voicings. Inspired me to get out my acoustic and even change the strings!

No stopping , love it 💫

Nice to see a real teacher on line . Great job 👍

Excellent lesson. I've seen this song demonstrated WRONG by some of the better known instructors on KZfaq. Thanks for clarifying the chords and for the play along.

I suck at guitar. The more I practice, the more I think and wonder how guys like you get or got so good. Practice, Practice, Practice.......................so our parents used to say. In grade school there was only right handed scissors. I did not realize it at the time that there was a difference between rt handed and lft hand scissors. Just tried to make the best of what I had. I think the term back then was a slow leaner. Some things in life just don't work like Rt. handed scissors for left handed people. Life goes on. One day, my dream comes true. I am gifted a guitar by my parents. Yeh!!!!!! I was so happy that I told my parents I would never ask for anything again. I never caught on to it. It seemed to come like ease to my classmates in 9th grade. I was so frustrated in trying to memorize the cords. I was left handed and given right handed stringed guitar. I gave up. Things did not make sense to me between my hands and brain in addition to reading music. Nevertheless, my love for music never died. I am an old man now and my love for music and guitar has never died. The way you teach and call out the cords is original. There are many people in the world like me who do not know if we are left handed or right handed when it comes to reading, writing and playing music. Your touched my heart, my sole, my hands, my ears, and many years of frustrations when you called out the cords and explained things in simplified terms. Thank you so very much for making my left brain/right brain and fingers work together in this video. Thank you You Tube for introducing me to this man to the world. He is a great teacher without a doubt.

Soooo easy to listen to and follow!!

The Taylor sounds enormously spectacularly warm, but the yellow smiley cup in the background might be an issue of the schema. Thanks for introducing a new language and the valuable insight to strumming a never-aging classic.

Another great lesson!! Thank you sir!!

Hi Shane! Your old student Melissa's brother. We recorded a song with you once and I am looking forward to learning how to play this song for Melly! Love keeping up with your videos.

I like your energy!!

Great lesson again - always enjoying your lessons. Your play-alongs are really great., So much better to bring a song ‘alive’ during a play-along and improves confidence that you can keep up while playing a song. Your teaching style is great. Always try to teach to stay relax while playing and even when you miss a chord - don’t panic. Perfect is the enemy of good. I like your beat box - what type of device it it. It helps keeping the rhythm if you play on your own.

Nice breakdown, Shane. Agreed that when players slow too much during demo instruction, one can feel/get sidetracked. Can't wait to play this for my older siblings of about 60 yrs young. A classic all know and love. One note: you display the name of the chord, and I think it'd be helpful to display a small graphic of the tab beneath listed chords. Multiple camera angles are helpful, thank you. Keep up the greatly, and gratefully simplified instructions. God bless. 🙏

Thank you Shane i Would have never made it through quarantine with out your videos🌺

🙏🙏🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brilliant song from the Allman brothers 👍🏽✌🏼

Very nice and your method is great!!

Really enjoyed this. Have been playing it for awhile albeit with more ambitious chord voicing. Like your selection a whole lot better. Now to relearn. 😎

What a great player & teacher!!@

Thank you so much

Luv u man. You really have helped me go to the next level with your videos. U da man, best guitar player on U tube. Ty

Thank you so much for the awesome lesson! Great teacher.. so relaxed. Aloha 🤙

Another great guitar lesson. Thank you so much!

i like how you call out the chord changes as you go along. the guy who taught me how to play 25 years ago used to do that with me. Id lose the drum machine tho.

this was has been on my list for awhile, thx for getting me there

Shaaaaaane! Love this song and these videos. Your vid's n song choices remind me over n over that I really should go buy a guitar ;)

Great lesson ! Thanks !

easy peasy brother thank you

I enjoyed the lesson from the start but you really got me at the “walk a chicken”!!!

Thanks for putting this up. I'd been watching several other videos, and each had their own take, but the chords in the 2nd phrase never sounded quite right. Something was missing. Then I ran across your video, and it's the first one that really sounds like the way it was recorded. Thanks.

great lesson!!

I've been playing Melissa since it 1st came our. I'm 68. I also played some songs by Bread from the '70s. I'm NOT saying one was influenced by the other but the overall feel is the same. Of course Melissa shortly goes in a different direction ( after 4 bars) plus the bridge. I've not played Make it With You I'm years since I can't speak the the specific chords as I don't even remember what key it's in. I think Gregg Allman started this song back in The Hourglass days but was stuck on the final "punchline". He heard a Hispanic woman in Fla. calling to her daughter Melissa and thought "that's it" ! He profusely thanked the woman but she had no clue as to what he was talking about. Steve Alimo at one point partially owned the song as he 1st published it.

Thanks for the lesson, love this song. Wokachinken for the win!!

Just love these play along... awesome simply awesome

Great lesson!

Excellent lesson as usual. Can't tell exactly what you're doing after the two A's in the bridge, but many many thanks regardless. The third verse is a super improvement over what I've been doing.

Love your lessons, Shane. Bsus4 tough with short pinky(:

I just ran across tutor I'm very impressed

The KZfaq algorithm must know guitar chords. I'd never heard of an F#m/E chord before - ever - and now I've gotten two videos in a row with it. You'll Accomp'ny Me by Bob Seger, and this one. LOL!

Nice, that’s a great sounding song! 🇨🇦

I have to try this

Top man, top teacher. Hope you're well dude

Thank you…excellent tutorial

Your an awesome instructor 😎👍

Great lesson, thanks Shane!

Another classic song that seems to have a similar chord structure is "Make It With You" by Bread. But you would know for sure. I think they both came out in 1970. I wonder if either band was influenced by the other's song?

Great lesson, thanks!!!

Absolutely wonderful Lesson and Song, Cheers from Munich :)

Nice smooth playing Shane

So good

Thank you :)

Great lesson....for sure! 🙂

Stellar as usual 😎

Love it! Great job!

I just stumbled in on your video, liked it a lot so I subscribed. Nicely taught,thank you.

Recent subscriber here. I love your teaching style and appreciate the play along at the end of lesson for one of my favorite songs. So much fun! Out of curiosity, what strings are you using on your Taylor? Nice sounding guitar. Look forward to your next lesson.