CRAZY by Patsy Cline (open chords / capo 3) – Song Lessons

May 18, 2024 | Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons, Song Lessons | 0 comments

Crazy by Patsy Cline is an absolutely beautiful song. Today I will do my very best to have you singing your heart out by the end of this lesson.

In order that we can play the song in the same key as the recording I’ve used the capo on Fret number 3 and we’re using open chords for the entire song.

I’ve broken the song down into three parts:

SECTION 1:

The main chords we need are G E7 Aminor and D7. These will see you nicely through the section. I’ve also included some transition chords that bring out the Jazz harmonies so if you want to get your teeth into those we can include:

Abminorb5 (diminished), Bbdim7 and Bm7

The Picking – the pattern we’re using is a very gentle and easy-paced thumb/fingers picking pattern. The basic principle for this is that the thumb will play the root note of each chord which is the first note that you would strum on the chord and the index finger will up-strum and play the higher strings. We’re in 4/4 so the basic feel is one (thumb) & (Index finger) two (Thumb) & (finger) three (Thumb) & (finger) four (Thumb) & (finger). This is a swung rhythm so it has a little bit of a lull/bounce to it.

Follow the chord chart below. Play 4 beats per bar. When you get to the final 2 bars you can either play the transition chords or stay on the G chord. You will play G for two bars.

SECTION 2:

The chords we need here are C G A7 & D7

This is all you need for this section. If you do want to add in the tasty little transition at the G chord we again are going to be using the Abminorb5

The motif plays the following chords –

This is the bulk of the song. In the recording at this point there is a semitone key change for a short ending. In order to keep this lesson simple today we’re going to remain in the same key.

THE ENDING:

Play the following bars.

This is a short sweet beautiful song to sing.

If you need some visual references please watch the video tutorial and the full acoustic play-through.

Enjoy!

Tutorial Video