Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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Hey all! This week I’m showing you the simplest possible chord progression for "What a Wonderful World" I could come up without sacrificing any of the important harmony or melody lines. There’s minimal use of barre chords, the chord voicings are all common ones you’ll encounter everywhere, and it’s performed at a nice slow tempo, so it’s a great tune for working up your rhythm playing. It’s also played at weddings and get-togethers the world ‘round, making it a great starting point for anyone looking to build up their guitar songbank.
This is also my first installment of a new lesson series I’m starting called Strum Chum Sessions. The idea behind it is to take well-known pop songs, especially those that don’t have obvious guitar parts; distill them into simple, strummable, and accurate arrangements; and then present them to you in the clearest, most succinct way to get you singing and playing your favorite songs as quickly as possible. Learning these songs will be fast, it’ll be easy, and it’ll be fun.
For more lessons, from song transcriptions to theory to technique, along with original songs and gear reviews, check out my Patreon! patreon.com/tonilindgren
Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:18 Strum pattern
0:37 Song form
0:47 Lesson and playthrough
3:03 Outro
#strumchumsessions #guitarlesson #guitarforbeginners
Chord/lyric sheet (free!) ▶ tonilindgren.com/tabs
Patreon ▶ patreon.com
Subscribe ▶ bit.ly/subtoni
More free guitar lessons ▶ bit.ly/3vF1Lpo
Hey all! This week I’m showing you the simplest possible chord progression for "What a Wonderful World" I could come up without sacrificing any of the important harmony or melody lines. There’s minimal use of barre chords, the chord voicings are all common ones you’ll encounter everywhere, and it’s performed at a nice slow tempo, so it’s a great tune for working up your rhythm playing. It’s also played at weddings and get-togethers the world ‘round, making it a great starting point for anyone looking to build up their guitar songbank.
This is also my first installment of a new lesson series I’m starting called Strum Chum Sessions. The idea behind it is to take well-known pop songs, especially those that don’t have obvious guitar parts; distill them into simple, strummable, and accurate arrangements; and then present them to you in the clearest, most succinct way to get you singing and playing your favorite songs as quickly as possible. Learning these songs will be fast, it’ll be easy, and it’ll be fun.
For more lessons, from song transcriptions to theory to technique, along with original songs and gear reviews, check out my Patreon! patreon.com/tonilindgren
Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:18 Strum pattern
0:37 Song form
0:47 Lesson and playthrough
3:03 Outro
#strumchumsessions #guitarlesson #guitarforbeginners
