Recorded on October 12, 1965 for the “Rubber Soul” album and written by John Lennon, ” Norwegian Wood” is the first pop song to feature a sitar.
During an interview in the late seventies, John Lennon had the following to say about the song:
“I was trying to write about an affair without letting my wife know I was having one. I was sort of writing from my experiences – girl’s flats, things like that. I was very careful and paranoid because I didn’t want my wife, Cyn, to know that there really was something going on outside of the household. I’d always had some kind of affairs going on, so I was trying to be sophisticated in writing about an affair, but in such a smoke-screen way that you couldn’t tell. But I can’t remember any specific woman it had to do with.”
A great campfire song, the rhythm can be a little tricky on this tune but overall you shouldn’t have too many problems. So get out that acoustic …
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25 responses so far ↓
1 salvadorock1 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
please publica mi video gracias hellogoodbye
2 theunkster // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
arent you suppose to use a capo ?
3 Coldfire6699 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
cheers champ
4 vector168 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
thank you
5 colinmeister // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
yeah 2nd fret to play in the same key as the record
6 goddogcattac696 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
its capoed init?
7 mlite84 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
that was a big help great lesson thank you
8 aaronleeschroeder // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
nice i love this song
9 Ecointube // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
that guitars got a hell of a twang
10 BobJJ9999 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Thanks for your time and tips!
11 wogs99 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
how many guitars do you have! anyway great lesson ty
12 MartinGuitarLover1 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
very nice lesson, Is that a D-15??
13 andaacagar07 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
gracias por su gran paciencia al enseñar,usted transcribe mucha seguridad y denota ser un hombre bondadoso. thank you very very much
14 DayTripperLennon // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Also did you know at the end when John sings “So I lit a fire,..” He’s talking about smoking a joint. Also..John plays this with a capo on the II fret.
15 zuton100 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
thanks very informative entertaining and easy to follow.
16 spotonplastering // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
top guy i always look to this guy for beatles tracks good vice too keep it up man!!
17 Clubkabuki // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Thanks for posting the how-to video. I just recently heard the song for the first time. I was wondering how it was played. I want to lean to play it myself Thanks!
18 ScullyboyDX // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
lol arent we all
19 smietunet0507 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
excellent. thanks from a buddy guitar player
20 skynug // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I can play it now…thanks. Nice sounding guitar.
21 royboykie // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
great and simple
You the man!
22 bluugrass // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
thank you that was very helpful. one of my favorite beatles songs
23 islestyl9 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
You Da Man… Thanks a lot.. I still can’t play it, but I’ll keep watching this and practice it til I can.
24 glevernmv // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Nice Job! Thank you for posting that!
25 BeatlesFan1962 // Mar 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
thank you sooo much! this is one of my favs and now i can play it!
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