The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - Acoustic Guitar Lesson

The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night – Acoustic Guitar Lesson

March 23rd, 2009 · 25 Comments · Acoustic Guitar Lessons, Backing Tracks, Beatles Guitar Lessons, Free Video Guitar Lessons, Song Guitar Lessons, Video Guitar Lessons

“A Hard Day’s Night” is the title track to the Beatles first movie of the same name which was released in 1964.

According to Ringo during a 1964 interview the title to the song was taken from an expression he used to say.

“”We went to do a job, and we’d worked all day and we happened to work all night. I came up still thinking it was day I suppose, and I said, ‘It’s been a hard day…’ and I looked around and saw it was dark so I said, ‘Night!’ So we came to ‘A Hard Day’s Night.’”

The song is in the key of G and uses open chords for the most part. I have also included a backing track. A fun song to play.

A Hard Day’s Night Backing Track

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Tags: a hard days night·Acoustic Guitar Lesson·backing track·beatles

25 responses so far ↓

1 mihoa3 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

nice tutorial its so awsome u rock and thx
2 viesparemixed // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

dur
3 OllerMaller // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

That was funny: Make me g5.
4 diego4815 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

nice epiphone! great vid..
5 tawtu // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

I herd that the chord was an Fadd9
6 Endrow78 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

Well done dude!
7 penspiller // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

good playing along
8 goldhat3 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

1) I haven’t heard anything about it either.
2) A Hard Days Night was another Ringo-ism. It was discussed in anthology that they did write the song in a couple hours based on the phrase.
9 bill3979 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

Beautiful job, goldhat. Just two questions, since you obviously know your Beatles. 1)Did George ever discuss how he came up with that brilliant opening chord? I’ve never read anything where he talked about it. 2)Do you know how much truth there is to the rumor that John and Paul wrote the song in just a few hours toward the end of filming the movie, when a producer supposedly sheepishly told them the decision had been made to title it “A Hard Day’s Night” and they needed a song by that name?
10 atlanticus // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

great tutorial man, I’ve got the same guitar, thanks!
11 llovdw // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

not bad at all
12 Bitt50 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

Thanks
13 goldhat3 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

This one is an Epiphone acoustic 150. On the album the Beatles used a rickenbacher 12 string electric guitar and a gibson acoustic.
14 artienp // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

Very nice, what guitar brand and model is that ? What’s the best electric guitar to play just like the album (of course apart from the talent, lol) ?
15 goldhat3 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

The chord on the record was played on a 12 string electric guitar, so it sounds a little different.
16 grandpalarsen // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

I feel the strength of this video is the singing. Also the detailed explication of the opening chord. My only question is, why doesn’t the opening chord as you teach it seem to sound anything like the record?
17 Linkoide // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

you rule:3
thanks;D
18 PaulBeatles808 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

Wow!
Thanks a lot. This is one of my fave songs by them and ive always wanted to play it on my acoustic guitar
Ur great and u help a lot
and u have fun with it 2… which u shud do!

ITS THE BEATLES GUYS! THE BEST BAND EVER!!

not a bad singer either :D
19 AbbeyRoadRocks // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

cool.
20 mileycyrusrocks999 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

g sus hahaha lol good job!!!!!!!!!!
21 Darylvb // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

I should have stated that I play it by adding the B string on the ‘fifth’ string and not the second string and muffling the sixth with my thumb. It’s a d7sus4 adding the B. Not sure if that’s the way Lennon played it but I think it’s sounds pretty close.
22 stratboy69 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

thanks! I didn’t know the first chord, and now i do!
23 Darylvb // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

The famous chord is pretty close to Gsus but just adding that A note makes it D7sus4 like several have said. I’ve always played it by adding the B on the second string and muffling the sixth sting and hitting all the stings with one blow.
24 shibe123 // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

sorry dude wrong chord D7 sus4 is the one you want. play it on a rickenbacker 360/12 with an echo effect
25 zrexrob // Mar 23, 2009 at 5:30 am

hey your pretty good at this stuff!

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