that was such a pleasure to hear you sing, you can hit those high notes so easily and with clarity. you match the sentiment and ability of both 10cc and will to power's version. i would like to hear you stand up and belt the whole song out start to finish. keep up the good work!

This is a fantastic tutorial. One of the most thorough that I have ever seen. Love your vocals as well. Really nailed the vibe on that. Thanks for sharing!

This is excellent. For those of us who need you to go into the detail, this is much appreciated. Well done, best tutorial I've seen.

Great arrangement. Great voice. Great lesson. Awesome graphics. Thanks!

Thanks so much! I'm really happy that you liked this. I was concerned when I first recorded a cover of this song considering how processed the original is. Those vocals! But I'm glad I went ahead and did it anyhow. thanks again.

Thanks a lot for taking the time to show us your version of this beautiful song, Elliott .. one of my favorites .. and I really like your version.. I’m now a Subscriber… Tom W.

i bought a guitar 9 years ago, this is first guitar tutorial i watch on youtube, thanks for being a part of my childhood!

I absolutely agree with "WidgetMJL". This was the best tutorial I've seen to date. I'm a regularly gigging solo acoustic musician, and I'm constantly coming to KZfaq for inspiration when I want to add a song to my repertoire. Thank-you so much for posting this. I will be checking out your other videos. Great Job!!!

was flipping around looking for different fingering opinions on this song - thanks for putting this out there. Good stuff indeed. I was surprised to hear what a great voice you have; was not expecting that at all. Rock on!

Another great video! In a swiftly moving world, it's great that you take the time to do such a full video, rich in commentary, graphics and good humor! Ongoing thanks... from many of us! Brian

Awesome tutorial! Really enjoyed the in depth explanation of the chord variations. Great voice, too. You really do this song justice, which is hard given how processed the original 10 cc version is.

Hi guy!!!!Thanks a lot for your lessons...My name is Vagner Souza, I have been working like a Police Officer in Brazil for almost 25 years...I love music and when I play songs like this makes my life better.... God blees you!!!! "Be tough is my Karma...without loose my feelings..." A big Hug Vagner

thanks for the tutorial.. chords were easy. played it on a 12 string and blew my friends away... your teaching method is awesome!!

Hey Elliot, I stumbled upon this lesson and I'm glad that I did...I've been playing guitar for years but I never tried to play this song. I love it, it reminds me of when I was a kid, took me to happy place. Thank you so much

Great tutorial..not only the chords which sound very well, but your capability of explaining. Many thanks.

You say the song's not really a guitar based song so how come you make it sound as if that's exactly what it is , that was absolute class mate , now saved in my favourites look forward to more of your excellent lessons , please do us all a favour and keep up the great work.

Damn, dude. I've watched a lot of guitar tutorials and hardly any of them can sing (which is irrelevant to the tutorial), but you've got some pipes. Great vocals. Oh, and thanks for the tutorial.

Roman, that's excellent! I'm so glad that this video helped. Enjoy playing this, my friend. Keep smiling there in Poland.

@faffytunes Yes, if you happen to be in that kind of situation, it sums it up quite nicely. Beautiful song, one of my favourites from the time period. Thanks for watching.

Paul, it's totally my pleasure to do the tutorial and I'm really glad if you appreciated it. no problem, i'd be happy to watch your video.

Thanks so much for posting. This was the easiest tutorial to follow. I wish other people posting such videos would take a leaf out of your book to make things so easy to follow and learn!

Great tutorial. I'm in my sixties and grew up with this music. I recently started playing guitar. You have excellent guitar skills and voicing. I have learned a lot from your lesson. Many thanks

@cluelocker Great! I'm really glad you liked it. Yes, the Gmaj7 works so well.

What a brilliant tutorial ,first time I see your tutorials and it is great way of showing how to play this beautiful song , also a compliment on your great vocals and how masterfully you explain it ,making it easy to learn even for dummys like me ! thank you ,I am subscribing to your channel sir !

Very nice. Great tutorial. I remember listening to this on AM radio back in the day. Thanks

Hi Richard. Well thanks so much for watching anyhow and for your comment.

Thanks so much. There are so many tutorials for so many songs out there. Some good, some bad, and some fit me better that others. Had I not seen this, I probably would have never tried this song. But now I can entertain some friends with it and SURPRISE them. Gracias

My apologies but I’ve only just come across you! Great tutorial as well as clear description of chords ‘up the neck’ and how they’re constructed. Thank you, I’ve now subscribed!

Thanks. Loving your lessons. Found your site looking for a Can’t Fight The Feeling Lesson and enjoying loads of the stuff you have on there. Thanks again. 🎸

astonishing transposing for guitar, guitar playing, singing and teaching ! Many thanks for sharing !

Brilliant lesson which really helped me to get a few of the chords nailed on. Many thanks for putting the effort into this!

Really very well presented with song and instrument. Excellent tutorial to learn this beautiful song

Great Tutorial and really great cover. Never stop!

No tenéis nada k agradecer... esa canción tan bella y vuestra voz, es la combinación perfecta definitivamente...

Vagner, that must be a tough and somewhat dangerous job. Congratulations on the way you serve your community. And thank you very much for your comments on my video tutorial. I'm glad it helped. Enjoy your music.

This song popped back into my life last week (I'm 62)...had to learn it. Great voice!! Thanks!

The great thing about playing guitar is we can all play it the way we like and feel it right? So many diffferent styles and ways to play a guitar whether it's techincally right or not. Great tutorial. you make a great teacher my buddy Elliot,you sure know your music and guitar. You're a maestro,I wish I could play like you! Maybe in a 100 years if I study hard enough. ;) I learned from this. Go get em my bro,show us Earthlings how it's done! and Neptunian in my case. lol ;) Great singing!

Absolutely...in retrospect I should have referred to it that way instead of the A/B in bass...but the way I had explained the chord being based off an A major with B in the bass seemed to lend itself more to calling it A/B. But I probably should have mentioned the B11. Thanks a lot for your attention to detail.

Good vocals as well, keep it up. I'll be watching and learning. You are indeed a teacher.

@pascalpundit Congratulations on being better able to sing and play at the same time. That's tough, i know. Thanks for watching and best of luck with your guitar.

Hey, really great! I learned it by ear from your first Vid! We talked about it, I'm playin' it with a capo on 2nd fret and so I can change between G and A, and so on! I wanted to put my version here, but no time at all! YOUR VERSION IS DEFINITELY THE BEST HERE THAT I SAW, YET! THANX AGAIN AND KEEP ON DOING TUTORIALS! THIS ONE IS AS GOOD AS YOUR PREVIOUS VID! W.k.r. Lothar

Thanks Elliot. I have just watched the best tutorial I ever saw on youtube. I have no range to sing this, but I'll try anyway. If I get it, I'll make a video and post back to you. Thanks for the lesson. Paul

Salvatore, thank you my friend! I greatly appreciate your comments.

@cboldt65 Great! Glad you liked the video and thanks for adding your own twists to it. Yes, I saw that mistake in the G#7, frustrating to see that. anyways thanks very much for writing.

@BretMicheals2002tour Sure thing, will try to do that. thanks for watching this one.

You sir, have a great voice! thanks for the tutorial! Love this song

Great lesson you clearly have a lot of talent....thanks for sharing.

@GLS4321 Great! I'm really glad you liked it and my pleasure to do it.

your tutorial was awesome. I enjoyed watching it. I like that Gmaj7 touch

I know what you mean. I had the same experience with my cover of "I guess that's why they call it the blues". It's tough sometimes to do a decent cover on guitar for a piano song (also with "mandy" by manilow). but we do what we can right? thank you very much for your comment, much appreciated.

Sure thing. Yes I do although I recorded it quite a while ago. Please have a look in my "Covers" playlist, you should find it there. Hope you like it. thanks

Absolutely awesome mate. Thank you. just subscribed to your channel. Just about nailed this after an hour

Great tutorial and great vocals. Very informative. Inspiring. Thanks mate. Sounds good to a NZer!

Thank you! Yes, you are probably right, I don't need some of that info about the chords. It might be useful to some, possibly boring to others. But thanks, I'm glad you agree and appreciate it for what it is. As for singing...thanks also for your compliment, I really appreciate that. Wish I could say I had a coach but nope. Just sing all the time in lots of different environments. Oh I was a street musician for years, that helped. Good luck and come back again.

Thank you. Yes, as I hear the song in my head, the Ab sounds just great. I also like the E major with G# bass. Would be especially good if two guitars played E/G# and Ab minor. I appreciate your contribution on this.

Awesome Zerobio, you're a great teacher. Cheers for posting!

@psycho4808 That's really nice to hear, thank you. And yes, I will keep going.

@02920292vico Hi Victor from puebla. Thank you very much for watching and leaving me this nice comment. i appreciate your support.

@MrSunikem Thanks very much. And yes, I will keep going.

FANTASTIC tutorial, zerobio!!!!

There is a video on youtube that documents how they made the song; pretty amazing given the technology of the time. Don't think it has ever been duplicated, but with digital technology, probably don't have to. Thanks again!

I'd have to watch the video again to see if I actually said the song was in "A", I hope I didn't because the dominant key here is E. There is, of course, a G# in the E inversion I play in the verse and possibly I did a full-on G# bar chord as well, not sure. Your G (which does not HAVE to be in a song, even if it was in A), does show up in the chorus but likely I did Gmaj7. I don't recall a G at the end, did I do that? Let me check it out again.

I'm not sure what you said...but I hope it was something nice. Thank you for watching. :)

@ShallowSouthBay61 Fantastic! So glad you spent your time like that and I hope you're doing great.

Dude you are rockin this tutorial. Thanks so much.

👏👏👏great guitar technique and voice to go with it. Thankyou, so entertaining🎵

@sst4270 Fantastic! I'm really glad you liked the video and very happy to do it. Good luck with your gigs and hope you check back here again.

@BretMicheals2002tour Sure thing, my pleasure. Always happy to contribute. Love to hear your piano version.

Just an outstanding tutorial. Thank you so much !

Great lesson man, awesome stuff. Really helped me understand the song :)

@WidgetMJL Right on! I'm so glad you think so. Hey you are totally welcome to the elderberry cover. thanks a lot

My pleasure to do it and thank you very much for your feedback on this.

Very good lesson and excellent comments, besides than very very explained whole, thank you very much from Mexico

Yo, nice job. I'm always trying to figure out guitar parts for songs that don't really have a guitar part. Having taught myself by ear its not always easy. But I think your rendition here sounds a little better than what I had come up with. And of course, the key to this tune is good vocals, which you also have. Thanks for taking the time to post. Peace...

Although I did the tutorial and sometimes post chords in the info section, I feel a bit odd writing out the lyrics and chords because it isn't my song. Somehow I feel as if it's not my place to do that although I sometimes make exceptions. I hope you understand and thank you very much for the compliments.

Thanks from France for this video. I've never been able to sing while playing guitar since today. Think to your video and to your voice, now i can fater years of alone guitar learning. Juste a little remark, i can't accord with G7#, but if i put my finguer on G string instead of D string, it sounds very good for me.

What a beautiful voice you have. Good lesson. Thank you so much.

I'm so glad you found this helpful! Go on and play it for sure. Thanks for the kind words.

One of the best lessons I've seen on here, if not the best! Just bought an Eastwood electric acoustic, now if I could just sing as good as you life would be perfect and I'd probably get my girlfriend back with this little diddy!

Rich informations ..new shape of E chord for me..loved it...Really appreciate it..

Hey thank you! And it was my pleasure, happy to contribute.

Thanks El, I always enjoy seeing you. Singing or not Great tutorial my friend.............Carl

Excellent job bro!!! Thank you for this!

Excellent lesson and great voice! U rock.

Sr:Zerobio. muy buen tutorial,mucha paciencia,le puso lo mejor de ud. estoy seguro que este tutorial va a ayudar a muchos como me ayudo ami. 1001 gracias por compartir su tiempo,su paciencia,y su conocimiento.

Great lessons, and voice to boot!!

@sst4270 Hey I really appreciate the support, can't thank you enough for that and please do check out the other videos. good luck with your music too.

Many thanks for your great lesson and btw very good vocals!

A major A minor G# minor G# major C# minor sounds better to me, but not sure which is the correct 10cc version.

OH DUDE just lovely ;-) my stubby little fingers are having a hard time with bar chords but this is making me perservere until I hopefully nail it a great lil' tutorial - thank you

I really appreciate the comment. Thanks.

You're an amazing teacher and thank you.

excellent - easy to follow and learning new ways of playing chords

He thanks you for a good tutorial with a voice that is perfect for the song I agree Great Job

One of the best tutorial i ever seen:D, could you do another 10cc song? Dreadlock holiday would be nice since its a cool song but there isn't one good tab or lesson available... Rock on

@mdmiller64 Cool! I have a list of them to get through. Thanks for dropping by.

Thanks for sharing this great tune and great teaching 😉

Explaining the song note by note and singing at the same time! Wow!

zerobio!!! wonderful tutorial!!! as i watched it i started to play along the entire song easily. Years searching these chords!! thanks a lot!! What about the year of the cat?

No sé mucho ingles, busqué en el traductor: To see if my husband is encouraged to learn this beautiful song. You have beautiful voice.