This tune is the GOLD standard among finger-style guitarists! Thanks for posting this excellent tutorial.

After trying for 3 days to play it off of the guitar pro tab and getting to the point where I didn't think the human hand could make such shapes, this video was a blessing. Thank you and keep up the awesome work!

And you, my friend, are a great student. Kudos on the perseverance!

Well, actually you're right, I do have a good reason. One is that I like the look of it, kind of a "rougher" feel to the guitar than a clean-and-sleek look. Second reason is that 14 years ago a legendary jazz guitarist liked the way I played so he sat with me, taught me some techniques and even gave me a pack of his favorite guitar strings. While I played his guitar he changed the strings on my Takamine and left the excess strings this way. And I keep my strings like this ever since in tribute.

Thanks so much for using chord shapes that are possible for mere mortals! I really enjoyed this.

I don't know why 40 people wouldn't like this.... Player haters. Thanks for the free guitar lesson!!!! I appreciate it!

As a guitar player who has been to study and now has 2 degrees in music I actually found myself subbing you today, you are an awesome teacher and I enjoyed learning this today, been trying to find some quiet songs to play so I don't wake everyone up at night!

my wrist Is killing me after this, worth it.

Wonderful music by a wonderful teacher.

thanks for the slower teaching style this is the difference between a good teacher and a great teacher its the wisdom to realize that we all learn at different rates I myself have been playing and teaching for a long time and when someone rushes a piece my head just cannot keep up not everyone who plays is a born virtuoso I still use the slow and steady option with all my students

There are so many lessons for this ...i like yours because you are working out the chord names from a knowledge i dont have and the guitar sounds like an antique archtop... thank you

I really appreciate the speed at which you give your lessons and especially that you ad tabs. Thanks so much for the lesson!

Thanks for this lesson man, I find most video lessons arent a great help but this has been fantastic especially with the tab diagrams underneath and you going through it slowly afterwards picking out all the key changes. Just starting to play fingerstyle guitar and this has been so useful.

Assaf, please play all the arrangments right in the beginning of the video. Maybe not only me deciding study or not by the listening first. Anyway you are the best. Keep going!

Thank you for taking your time making this excellent tutorial. Even with tabs and for free. It's appreciated and shared.

The best tutorial. I understood everything! It's great!

You bring back my passion for music! I studied piano, then mysteriously bought myself a guitar 6 years ago - my first year I practiced between the 2 eight hours a day, 2nd year reality hit and music was stored, 3rd year irregular practice, years 4-5 hands developed a problem (bad pain), this year reclamation! you inspire me! If you can assist with any of the following (you're a great teacher): Eric Clapton - Classical Gas Patsy Cline - Crazy Crystal Gayle - Cry Me A River, Don't it make your brown eyes blue, talkin' in your sleep Plain White T's - Hey there Delilah (my son loves this one!) Foster and Allan - Old Flames... Either way I'm a great fan and humble student....Thank you! :-)

I apparently made a lick based off of this song and my guitar teacher brought it up 5 years ago when me and the other guys performed it. Coming back now to see how this song is performed years later is a trip.

Hello-you are an inspiration my friend. I feel so grateful to have found your Channel. Your playing and teaching is amazing but easy to relate to at the same time. Thank you for all the hard work!

You really deserve viewers to share your channel, I can see your effort on teaching and I very appreciate that, thank you man !!

So nice of you to give up your time and experience for free. Thanks. I subscribed

Best guitar teacher that there is right here. Have had many. Have played for eons. This dude is legit especially if you are jumping to fingerstyle from another genre. Six stars.

That's so awesome to hear. Thank you!

After watching 2 other teaching lessons on Mr. Sandman.... Yours is the simplest to follow... Great job and thanks

Great tutorial and fun to play!

This made the song so much easier to play. All of the other tutorials do some really strange stretches. Thank you!

thank you so very much for this tutorial!! i play guitar for 20 years (mostly e-guitar with pickup) and never took too much care about tricky fingerstyle picking on the acoustic guitar.. my motivation was kind of low to start with this new "chapter"because i didnt really know how to start training this thumb-bass-and-rest-of-fingers-picking-stuff without boring traing stuff... but this tutorial really made me curious for that technique... when i tried to play it at the beginning i thought it's kind of impossible for me. felt like when i was 8 years old and just started to find out which finger belongs to which string at this fingerstyle technique.. but i started to train it and now after 4 weeks dayly trying i really can play it. and it's kind of a gate to a new world of playing guitar for me. thank you so much, you do a really great job dude. your tutorials are really professional and it's cool that also guys who are not so sophisticated in music theory (guys like me for example:)) can work with it and also learn more about it by doing it. thank you very much.

Your channel and site opens a world full of possibilities for me!! Your vids are a challenge for my level but i'm very excited! Cheers!!

Really good lesson, clearly explained. Thanks for taking the time to write the tab underneath :)

You are a great teacher. Thank you for all these lesons!

Thank you so much for all the videos! Love this lesson.

Thank you for taking the time to teach. Its a great song and you lay it out perfectly. A thousand thank you"s!!!!

thank you! it's interesting that you inspire people to arrange some parts themselves. awesome

Thank you for all your videos man! You are the best

This is a great lesson. Been wanting to learn this great tune for some time.

thanx man it helped a whole lot learning the chords first then the melody with it thats how i do it

Wow thank you so much for creating this tutorial. It helped me to get into song and finally to be happy with the sound. :D :D :D Well about 4:27 and struggle with *C#7b13* x4x:445 -> In short I would propose to play it like this: *x4x:465*. ..and at 6:28 (just 2 measures ahead) about the *B13* same story play *x2x:244* instead of x2x:224. Background: * In the video ya are using a *C7-shape* xR3:7Rx [x32:31x]. Applied to C# it'll be *x43:42x*. Fiddling in the 13th and + open B-string. You get the 'You-need-this-chord': x43:405. xR3:77d _Notes about the symbols:_ _- _*_'d'_*_ is Hexa and stands for the 13; lowercase since it's flatted;_ _- R means Root_ * The 'voicing' of the *simplified chord* you prosed in the end of explaining and that's written in the sheet version is *xRx:72d*. That'll make a *C#7/9b13*. Well there is *no 3* in there; instead you've a 9 (or sus2). To me the sound is bit moody & instable. Yeah kind of tolerable but yes it's kind of a compromise. * However applying the *A7-shape* xR5:73x (x03:03x) here to C# will be x46:46x. Now adding the 13 (and as usual 'spare off' the 5th) and we got: *x4x:465* ! Voicing will be xRx:73d. And this one now is a clean *C#7b13*. Simple to play and sounds nicer too me. Okay thanks for reading. If you liked this - vote for it. That'll keep it up at the very beginning on the list of comments and preserves it form diving into the 'fog of history' as more & more new comments will arrive over the time.

you are king of the world man , my technique is growing leaps and bounds with this song

Thank you very much! I love your lessons and your dog)

Outstanding lesson! Thanks for your time!

absolutely love your channel. pls keep making content @_@

Thank YOU, my friend

thank you so much for all your lessons mate!

Great lesson, and the chord names were of great help. Thanks.

Congratulations for the tablature. It helps a lot. Thank you very much indeed.

Well played, mate. I've always wanted to learn this one. Time to get at it.

After watching and stopping for 3 hours. I got it! You are a great teacher

Thank you so much for posting these lessons, especially Chet style stuff. I've always been a rock guitarist, loud Marshall amps, Eddie Van Halen, etc., but really want to play this kind of music where a band is not necessary. Chords and rhythm are the foundation of music, IMO. Thanks again!

thank you mtabsy man great work and extra thanks for uploading the tabs

fantastic video. thank you for sharing your take on this classic.

Thank you so much! My favorite song now learned! yes!

So cool fun and difficult lesson, and thank you so much!

THANKS VERY,VERY MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO OF MR.SANDMAN!!AFTER ONE HOUR I FINALLY GOT IT!!!

just found you and you are awesome!!!! Thanks mate!

thanx for this lessons and tabs downloads. you gave me this feeling to know that everything is possible to learn and this is real great to understand, sorry for my bad english :-)

awesome job man great video

Great lesson! Intro line, first bar, when the /9 on the g-string is coming: play 4-7 (g-string), 7 (b-string) and 5 on the e-string. and the final E9 chord with 4-7-7. It's a lot easier and you have the final chrod already there when you use your 3rd and 4th finger.

you are an incredible guitarist

wow,Great lesson ,thanks. Very easy to follow and within hours I had it. thanks.

Awesome lesson! Thanks!

Awesome Job Man!

really love this thank you!

Great tutorial, well explained. Thank you so much :)

thankyou for this tutorial! i like how it's detailed without being a billion hours long

Thanks a lot for this tutorial! I thought I would never be able to learn this song, but you prooved opposite! Thanks!

Great stuff boss. Really clearly explained lesson. Cheers. I subscribed.

Wow, only just discovered your channel. This is great!

Amazing again.Thank you very much.

You are a great buddy. Thanks a ton, Robert,

Just discovered this channel and I'm very inspired by the detail and the delivery, well done. My requested track is a piece that chet did with tommy emmanuel on their collaboration album the day the fingerpickers took over the world; the track I've been trying to learn is called "to b or not to b". Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!

Thanx for all you do my man ur awesome

Thanks for the work, man

that was a great lesson. Thank you

Great, thank you for this.

Great version, thanks!

Great video. Thanks for the help.

really helpful man, thanks a lot

thanks for this one ... you won a new follower .

Thanks for this free lesson thanks you friend

Great lesson! Thanks!!!

Just wanna say thank you for all your lessons. I think you're music is great. I would like to add Walking in Memphis to your request list if it's not already there. Thanks again

Good job, man.

Thank you very much for all your information! Super! Great music very well explained!

youre awesome..thank you for the lesson

Undisputed best guitar instructor on the Interwebs right here.

muchas gracias maestro,un saludo desde Argentina

Thanks! great job with the tab under your playing and for going slow!!

Would love to see some Acoustic Alchemy Tunes ( especially from Back on the Case). Love your shows

My favourite web guitar teacher!

Thank you, so good

muchas gracias por compartir, es muy fácil aprender con tus vídeos. you are awesome!!!

Thank you so much for posting this video giving us a chance to learn and play fine music with excellent arrangement. I am very grateful to you Mr.Assaf Levavy! I posted a video with your arrangement. Thank you!

Thanks! Even an old guy like me can learn when there is a great teacher around. My late uncle would have really enjoyed your playing and teaching. He played and taught jazz guitar for many years. I will soon be 69 and have owned a guitar for most of my life but never really moved beyond a few simple chords. You've helped me a great deal with identifying (spelling) the chords. BTW you happen to have the lesson for "I'll See You In My Dreams?"

Yes! Thank you!

Thank you so much!!!

good tutorial man :D

what is a good amount of time to practice everyday, not sure how to practice to get better.thanks love your lessons and guitar playing!

Please please please could you just break down the strumming pattern here. I know it's ragtime picking and I can do that but I don't know what your specific arrangement is and yours sounds the best for the song

Your a great teacher. Thanks a million. Jimmy Cool Cap

Wow! THANKS!