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America – Horse With No Name – Acoustic Guitar Lesson

April 21st, 2009 · 25 Comments · Acoustic Guitar Lessons, Beginner Guitar Lessons, Easy Guitar Songs, Free Video Guitar Lessons, Song Guitar Lessons, Video Guitar Lessons

America was formed in England by sons of US servicemen who were stationed there. Lead singer Dewey Bunnell wrote this when he was 19.

He claims that he based the images in the lyrics on things he saw while visiting the US.

An easy song to learn and a must know for the campfire.

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25 responses so far ↓

  • 1 chronodude10 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    nice tutorial

  • 2 jordancr // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    hey thanks so much men, i’m left handed too so its kinda helpfull!!

  • 3 jumpinthedog // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    thanks soo much man!

  • 4 jovan1152 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Im left handed, I gave up and ive been playing right handed for over a year now.

  • 5 crazzer123 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    I dont blame you.

  • 6 Xelif37 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    It’s like a bloody mirror for right handed people, where is all the fuss? xD

  • 7 lazyfret // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    I learned from right handed players but I didn’t use a mirror !

  • 8 lazyfret // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    How do you think we lefthanders feel living in a right hand world !

  • 9 Music159753 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Love it!
    Thank you so much.

    Greetz, from Belgium

  • 10 Xircuits // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    I’m a new left handed guitarist so I couldn’t believe the luck I had when I found this video. Thank you again! I’m definitely bookmarking the video, adding to the favourites, and subscribing.

  • 11 Whis3 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    best video on horse with no name for BEGINNERS on youtube. thank you

  • 12 wilhorstman // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    I am very sorry, but a left-handed makes me also uneasy. I had a lefthanded student once..it drove me crazy!..,

  • 13 MadMedic9 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Great vid, but it makes me uncomfortable to watch a lefty. So I got a little mirror and …. ..lol.
    Also I learned it
    Em DD DUDU
    D+9 DUDU UDU
    BUT REALLY LOVE THE PART WHERE YOU ADD PICKING. Awesome.

  • 14 mabbie328 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    this is so helpfull! I’m a beginner and i love this song! thanx for posting man!

  • 15 Blas1962 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    It been very helpfull, thanks.

  • 16 Paulatoo2002 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Real beginner here…and an old geezer to boot. Thanks so much for posting this lesson.

  • 17 jedimind24 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    DEATH TO LEFTYS

  • 18 cptfox // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Thank you very much.

  • 19 jazbii // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    ima lefty too (:
    i got an epiphone :P

  • 20 downhillshotkills // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Nice, though i play it different.

    Em: down-down-up-down-up-down-up
    – Switch to Dadd6add9 –
    Dadd6add9: down-up-down-up-*up-up-down-up

    * littl break here,
    I know America is playing the Dadd6add9 different although this is how I learned it.

    But still I also like yours :)

    Sorry for bad English

  • 21 giasal1 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Hi Thank you very much, you explain very easy and that’s good for me!

  • 22 pokerslut530 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Thanks for this. Took about 15 minutes for me to learn this!! The strumming tips you give about hitting the bass string solely first as your down strum is exactly the part I couldn’t figure out by simply reading the chords! Thanks!!

  • 23 killajose55 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    yo nice playing man i got a ibanez guitar:D

  • 24 esther444 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Veri nice.

  • 25 skatetolive101 // Apr 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    this guy has a gnarly accent!!!!11

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