This is pretty amazing actually. World renowned guitar player, one of the best in my book, takes the time to teach absolute beginners. Bravo Mr Urban.

Not only an amazing artist you are a great teacher as well. I have been playing for 40 years and still learn from you Keith. Thank you for your humanness.

It takes a special person to be able to teach. A lot of talented people can perform their art extremely well but find it difficult to find the ability to teach that art. So not only are you an exceptional guitar player, you are also blessed with the ability and patience to teach that art. I'm sure your schedule is crazy busy, so taking the time out of your day to teach others something that you love is amazing by itself. You are talented in so many ways man. I have always been a fan but have found a new respect for you as a teacher. You may be teaching the next Keith, Eric, Brad or Eddie and not even know it. Keep up the good work and God bless.

Mr. Keith Urban, this is great of you to take the time to teach on this platform, I appreciate it; and respect you more for it. Thank you

Absolutely blown away! I love his music and now he’s teaching me to play guitar. This is what it’s like to go to heaven! Thanks a million Kieth! I have to go practise , I am old but feeling younger now!

Keith Urban teaches guitar? Who knew? Love love it! Thank you Keith!!! :)

Keith you are the best sir! Taking the time to teach guitar for your fans shows what a gentleman you are. And to allow us to play along is such a nice touch. I have lots of respect for you!

Keith is a great teacher ! Everything he touches on is so important to address because it's really the main issues with anyone starting out playing guitar .Such a cool dude

Thank you so much! At 76 I have just gotten a guitar one month ago, thanks to Keith , Bad Moon Rising , is coming along!

What an awesome human being! He’s amazing, and how incredibly kind for someone with his talent to take time to teach us. Thank you so much for posting this. Thank you to Keith for being a master of his craft, and for being thoughtful, patient, and genuine in the way he teaches. This is beyond appreciated. Thank you. Much peace!

Keith is a really good instructor. Very patient and explains everything easy to understand.

Very nice and unusual that such famous musician devotes part of his valuable time to teach absolute beginners how to play a guitar with so much patience and positive attitude. Admirable indeed!

Such a relaxed and informative lesson, Keith is a natural educator with encouraging and positive delivery and presentation. I wish all my tutors in life had been like this cool chilled out dude. Happy to impart his knowledge and have fun whilst doing it. He addressed all the concerns I had as a beginner. The chords sound ok but the song comes alive when his voice kicks in. The various stages broken down, allow you to piece it all back together but with the new found knowledge of how it's supposed to fit. Great work guys, from the video production to the tab progressions.

Ladies and gentelman the difference between teaching and youtubing GREAT JOB Keith EXCELLENT!!!!

This is the best site I have seen for beginning guitar. Hats off to Keith Urban for taking the time to teach people to actually enjoy the guitar no matter their talent. What a fantastic teacher.

Holy Guacamole!!! Keith Urban's teachin me to play guitar!!! How frickin cool that!??!??......I'll tell ya......more than icebergs in the Antarctic!!!!

I've been playing for my own pleasure for over 50 years, always learning new things, these lessons are really easy, and entertaining, to follow and play along with. I play guitar and banjo mostly, in various tunings. I enjoy your easy going teaching style which encourages pupils without looking down on them.

The best and most friendly guitar lesson I ever watched. Meanwhile I am in the sixties but I have been playing this old CCR song since my student days. Unfortunately I am not a great guitar player and would be happy to play half as good as Keith Urban - not yet talking about the voice - but I learned quite soon that with just three chords and the associated minor chord you can probably play 80 percent of all songs, and with a guitar you are the king at all campfires. Singing Bad Moon Rising in D major however may be quite challenging, therefore I always used to play this song in G major, along with C and D chords, which you can perfectly complement with D7 and C7 chords and also using some single strings.

Keith and your team - what a way to give back. Simply awesome.

Keith is 110% right... Take your time. Your fingers will know where to go automatically "IN TIME"... Your fingers will also get sore and hurt, but that goes away in time also. But always use finger tips, not finger pads!!! Time and practice are the key words, and develop your own style. What works for you!!!

Just found Keiths lessons so a bit late to the party, without a doubt an amazing teacher and player, we can all benefit thanks to the time he took to make these for us beginners. Thanks Keith.

Keith Urban is a STUD in general a down too Earth guy who is beast singer and guitarist Love uncle Keith

19:32 You're the player 18:02 Play with the band 16:23 Play with John & Ben 16:01 Building your song 14:50 Chorus 12:35 Intro & verse 12:15 Song structure 11:10 "Boom chicka" Strumming 10:23 Practicing your chord transitions 8:29 A major 7:09 G major 5:40 D major 5:09 Introducing our lesson 3:31 Improving your chord transitions 0:28 Overcoming some potential problems Thanks a lot for another great lesson!

Awesome Lesson! Learn to play this song back in 1969. I thought the lyrics said " There's A Bathroom On The Right. "

Great lesson. I really like the “you’re the player” portion at the end. It really shows you the difference between holding your own, and playing your part of the song, versus just playing along with the entire track on the radio.

Keith...thank you thank thank you for telling like it is...sore fingers the lot. I needed to hear this when I first started playing 30 years ago and I just thought it was me being a baby about it all. But as you explained its all perfectly normal when you first start. too many people give up the first few days becuase of sore fingers. Thanks dude for the great lesson...you are a truly masterful player..clean and precise!!

magic lesson ---perfect tuition given in an easily understood fashion and the part at the end playing with the band is really cool thanks for uploading this Keith best of luck to you and the guys

Wow never expected to see Keith Urban teaching beginner guitar..thanks for going to bat to inspire folks Mr. Urban.

I’ve been playing guitar for 50 years .. thank you for sharing & inspiration others to play this beautiful instrument.. I love the feeling of the strings on my fingers & nailing a riff of lead solo. My advice be patient, don’t rush, play slow for starters, get you fingers used to the chord shapes, you will eventually develop chord memory in your hands. You can do it! Practice, practice, practice!

Keith, it’s fantastic you are doing these videos. Thanks.

Great teaching video, very well done. Thank you Keith for taking the time to make these videos.

Absolutely off the charts for follow along and play along. I was a teenager when this song came out.

Finally ……….!!!!! A guitar 🎸 lesson that works!!! Thank you Keith Urban 🙌🎶❤️👍😄

BEST LESSON EVER !! I Love you Keith Urban !!

Thanks Keith, awesome that you would take the time to give a lesson like this.

2021...watching beside my new guitar...he is so kind and lovely aaaannd, of course, a skilled person.

Thank you Keith and Band and all the technicians, just like a personal lesson ! Great teaching and very generous of you all. cheers, Phil

Admire U as a musician. Admire U more as a teacher,keeping it simple for us trying to master the guitar

wow, Keith , thank you for this tutorial... love you Keith

I just started playing 2 months ago to the day on an electric guitar. I''ve only recently started working on chords, strumming and chord progression. I tried chords in the beginning but I literally could not practice beyond about 2-3 minutes of playing due to finger pain. So, while I knew the shape of ADE and G, I didn't play/practice them for just under 2 month but instead worked on scales (A minor pentatonic and Blues) up and down the entire fretboard as well as learned some easy licks. It was much more "gentle" on my fingertips. But over the 2 months my finger tips have toughened up. Today I played/practiced chords, strumming patterns, various simple chord progressions for over 60 minutes non-stop. I stopped after that, not so much because of pain but fingers were getting tired. Had one of my best days today as far as progressing with chords which I really just started working on about 5 days ago...along with using a metronome. Once your fingers toughen up and lose nerve sensitivity is when you can really have fun practicing as well as a greater level of accomplishments. I haven't even yet learned any songs on the guitar after two months....well a few simple one involving mostly picking rather than chords. But now I plan to get Bad Moon Rising down!

I think the singer is in LOVE with the guitar player.Cant stop looking at him..

Omg! What a grand celebrity and such a sweet music guru...so humble!! My heart feels so warm right now!

@Keithurban this is the best guitar tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you 4 all u do.

Not only teaching people to play guitars but baritone ukuleles as well. Thankyou!

Big thumbs up to Keith Urban, a superstar taking the time to teach others guitar. Classy man. 🎸

Nice job, Mr Urban. I like the room you are in. Good collection of guitars and amps. Thanks for taking your time to get aspiring musicians up and running. I like your songs. Best wishes to you and your family.

Gracias por la leccion de guitarra.. Esta es la mejor clase de guitarra que yo e tenido.. Felecidades a todos por compartir su talento musical

This is awesome. What a generous thing for him to do...

I can't really express how awesome it is for Keith and his buddies to put this together! The quality of the production, the knowledge, the presentation by Keith, the fact that they did this in the first place, at this level, is completely incredible!!! Who else would take the time, energy etc to put this together for beginniners??!! Simply stunning!! I don't know much about him, but seems like a great guy to me!!!!!!!!!!!

Omg! I just grabbed my Squier, plugged in my tuner, and played along. First time I’ve played this in a while. 🎸

This is awesome. Thank you Keith Urban and thank you KZfaq.

Wow! Keith thank you so much. You have exceeded my already high expectations. Thank you for including song structure and the band play along. You sir are an exceptional teacher, thank you so very much!

Great tutor! Simple to understand, enthusiastic and encouraging! Nice job man !

I must admit i m not familiar with your music but I must say its a very nice thing you're doing taking the time to share your knowledge of the guitar. God bless you my friend, good job giving back.

Thank you very much. This is an excellent lesson. Your description of the last three songs has been succinct and easily understood for us beginners.

Howdy Kieth,i first met you up in Tamworth back in 1991 you backed me on a few Hank Williams and Slim Dusty songs,with a lady on the keyboard,i can't think of her name,i was up there with Jack Munting one of the Tasmanian country pioneers,and loved the way you played that guitar and your music and still do,,you do a great job my friend thank you for sharing these lessons,stay safe and God Bless, Don Maroney

Thank you so much for these lessons. We all really appreciate it.

My dad picked up playing guitar at 70, we plan on playing this song together. I'm also new, just got my first guitar at the age of 45 after learning how to play the piano, i'm ready for this duet with my dad. Thank you for an awesome and fun lesson!

not got a bad voice for a guitar teacher whoever you are you def have a future ...thanks for the lesson man.

That is so cool your showing how to play guitar!! Btw.. I love your music 🎶🎵🎶

Thanks Keith. I really like the Doom Chicka!!

Guitar Pilgrim does this song and he says Fogerty plays it on a guitar tuned down two steps so the D chord is actually an E, it gives it a fuller sound.

what an awesome site....you guys are so much fun....

You ARE very ENCOURAGING 🎸👍🏾🕺🏾🎸👍🏾🕺🏾

He plays so well that he can even make a wrong d chord sound right. Oops! Sorry, had to edit some more as i watch this video. OMG! This video is very well made and it stars a quality human being with awesome sense of humor. I'm loving it.

i am impressed! Nooo...is he the who is teaching? my respcets to Keith! wow atthe end there is a backing track!!! Great musician and great educator, very charismatic!! you have my respect forever! By the way, I loved your version of Brand new man!

This is so awesome! Thank you Keith Urban you are amazing

Very Very Cool... outstanding instruction!

I am very impressed with this channel! I was astonished when my chord transitions were literately, after months of practice, one instant awkward and the next instant flawless! I friend told me it's the same with playing the piano and even learning a language. Practice = muscle memory.

I stumbled across this by chance, but this is FANTASTIC!!!! I'm anxious to see more.

Thanks Keith! Great video with some really good tips.

That was really good...! That is the best way to learn a song....Thank you so much...!

Thanks for coming on line to teach guitar during Covid..Loved you on American Idol.Hope you return someday

Hey, your the best man! I hope that one I can meet up with you and shake your hand and talk about guitars and bend a few strings, but till then keep on playing.

Perfect lesson!! Thx a lot. Cheers from Bavaria/Germany

thanks ....always great to see Keith....legend!

Thank Keith and guys for that lesson it was the best one I seen and learned more than I have in the past year of playing thank

60 years old yust starting playing 😊😊thanks

Very clear. Of course real song has two guitars - one playing kind of the same as Keith played and the other has a guitar tuned down 1 tone and he is playing E-B-A shapes (but because downturns it ends up as D-A-G). Added this to show, you can basically play same thing and really make it sound different with little tricks when you get in band situ.

The best guitar tutorial on KZfaq

One of my favorite tunes to play.

Love your teaching too love from Perth.

you're a good teacher really good teacher not to mention you are pretty good singer or two

String 4,3,2 is D,G,B which is the G chord. So you don’t even need to fret anything for G chord in the first part of the song which makes it way easier for beginners.

Keith, you are doing an amazing job here. I've been playing for...well, more that 60 years, yet I still enjoy listening to you breaking it down. BTW, I saw you years ago at Sturgis with my business partner, Andrew Kastner of Jack Mack and the Heart Attack, and after you played, he commented, "How is anyone going to follow that?" Keep being a guiding-light.

Thanks K.U .Nicely taught and very Generous with your time ..

The band towards the end were so gifted and talented these guys go on tour I would see them QUALITY!

Omgosh.. tku for nailing my biggest obstacle, switching chords.. GAME CHANGER ! I’ve heard this but I’ve always carried so much doubt of my ability. I’m now feeling hopeful 🙏💕

Great job!! Obrigaduuu! Saudações do Brasil!! This is so awesome! Thank you Keith Urban you are amazing Omg Señor mas Hermoso 😍

Thank You! Great tuto. Pretty cool the way you make them!

When Keith was showing how the beat went, he described it as boom chick-a-boom. Its resembling in the drum world as the train beat, that signature drum beat that W.S.Holland used when he backed up Johnny Cash from 59, til the end. Combined with the double half beat on the lead guitar. That was the magic that resonated with the vocals for that never heard sound. Even Sam Phillips knew it was special while at the same time knowing that Luther Perkins was a new player with little or no experience. It was magic and it had potential, more importantly it was original and something new.

Very nice lesson! And I've googled and found out the instructor is a famous singer in Australia and the husband of Nicole Kidman!☀️

its so hard to do on a crappy guitar that doesn't keep tune, but i wont give up!! thanks Keith!

Thanks Keith. I like that studio :)

OMG, this is so good, I was playing along no problem, loved the bit at the end where we can play over the other band members, thanks so much.

I play guitar. I love your music. Thank you.

First time watching I love this what good help you give us thanks !👍

Good advice Keith , I'm teaching my son at the mo , think I'll point him your way........

Tip for soft fingers. Carefully use a drop of super glue on finger tips and let dry.

Get Lesson Keith. A good friend of mine Joey Amenta taught me this very song a few years back and said if I could get the strumming down on this it would help me overall and it did. He also said the trick to playing the guitar is all in the right hand as once you master the strumming the left hand will follow suit. Keep up the great lesson.