While My Guitar Gently Weeps Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my While My Guitar Gently Weeps chords and guitar lesson by The Beatles. Such a great Beatles song. I have two video lessons below to play this song in two different ways.

Video one goes through the song and minimizes the use of barre chords, bass walkdowns and simplifies the strumming.

Video two goes more in depth on how to approach different sections of the song including how to incorporate some picking to change the feel to sound more like the recording.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps Guitar Chords:

While My Guitar Gently Weeps Strumming Patterns:

Strum:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D   D   D U D U

While My Guitar Gently Weeps Guitar Lesson:

Below are two videos. The one the left is more of a late beginner video, while the one on the left goes through all the bells and whistles. Choose the best version for you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA_lKaSBjRk

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps Chord Chart:

Intro
Am Am/G  D/F# Fmaj7
Am G          D          E

Verse
Am                  Am/G            D/F#                         Fmaj7
I look at you all,   see the love there that's sleeping
Am                   G                        D       E
   While my guitar gently weeps
    Am                Am/G      D/F#                   Fmaj7
I look at the floor, and I see it needs sweeping
Am               G                        D      E
    Still my guitar gently weeps

Chorus
A                          C#m    F#m                     C#m
  I don't know why-y-y-y        nobody told you
Bm                        Bm            E               E
      How to unfold your love
A                            C#m    F#m                             C#m
   I don't know how-ow           someone controlled you
Bm                                Bm    E         E
  They bought and sold you

Verse
     Am             Am/G           D/F#            Fmaj7
I look at the world, and I notice it's turning
Am                   G                        D            E
   While my guitar gently weeps
              Am     Am/G                      D/F#        Fmaj7
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Am               G                        C      E
   Still my guitar gently weeps

Instrumental
Am    Am/G    D/F#    Fmaj7
Am    G     D     E
Am    Am/G    D/F#    Fmaj7
Am    G    D     E

Chorus
A                            C#m    F#m                   C#m
   I don't know how-ow       you were diverted
Bm                         Bm      E       E
   You were perverted too
A                         C#m    F#m                       C#m
 I don't know how-ow         you were inverted
Bm              Bm        E       E
  No one alerted you

Verse:
  Am           Am/G                 D/F#                           Fmaj7
I look at you all,    see the love there that's sleeping
Am                 G                         D        E
  While my guitar gently weeps
Am               Am/G      D/F#      Fmaj7
Look at you all...
Am             G                        C             E
  Still my guitar gently weeps

Outro
Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7
Am G D E
Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7
Am G C E

This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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