Go Your Own Way Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Go Your Own Way guitar lessons with chords and strumming patterns. I forgot what an amazing song this is. Great working on timing, strumming and dynamics.
If I were to sing this, I would do a lot of improvisation and accenting on the song to mimic the feel as best as possible. Let’s take a look.
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Go Your Own Way Strumming Patterns:
Again, there is A LOT going on in this song strumming-wise. Lots of variations and timing changes so it would be very good for you to listen. Here is a couple of frameworks you can work within.
Verse Strumming Pattern 1:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
...U DU U UDU U
Verse Strumming Pattern:
1 + 2+ 3+ 4+
DU DU DU DU
Chorus Strumming Pattern:
1 + 2+ 3+ 4+
DD DD DD DD
Listen for when the song is more open (strum 1) versus more aggressive (strum 2). Also, chords usually change on the last up strum of the pattern. Ultimately, if you’re going to sing, do your best to get the feel of the song.
SIDE NOTE:
The D chord often dances between D and Dsus2.
2 D 2D 2 D 2 D
+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
U U DU U U DU U
If you are looking to improve your guitar playing and learning more about strumming, chord and picking, check out my Online Beginner Guitar Course or my Strumming Course.
Go Your Own Way Guitar Lesson:
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Go Your Own Way Chord Chart:
Intro:
Electric guitar playing F power chord
Verse:
D D
Loving you,
Dsus A
isn't the right thing to do
G G G
How can I ever change things
D D
that I feel?
D
If I could,
Dsus2 A
baby I'd give you my world
G G
How can I,
G D
when you won't take it from me?
Chorus:
Bm G A
You can go your own way
A Bm
(Go your own way)
G
You can call it
A A
Another lonely day
Bm G A
You can go your own way
A
Go your own way
Verse:
D D
Tell me why,
Dsus2 A
everything turned around?
G G
Packing up,
G D
shacking up is all you wanna do
D
If I could,
Dsus2 A
baby I'd give you my world
G G
Open up,
G D
everything's waiting for you
Chorus:
Bm G A
You can go your own way
A Bm
(Go your own way)
G
You can call it
A A
Another lonely day
Bm G A
You can go your own way
A
Go your own way
Solo:
D D Dsus2 Dsus2
G G G D
D D Dsus2 Dsus2
G G G Dc
Chorus:
Bm G A
You can go your own way
A Bm
(Go your own way)
G
You can call it
A A
Another lonely day
Bm G A
You can go your own way
A
Go your own way
G
You can call it
A A
Another lonely day
Solo:
Bm G A A (X6)
Chorus:
Bm G A
You can go your own way
A Bm
(Go your own way)
G
You can call it
A A
Another lonely day
Bm G A A End on D
You can go your own way
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.
We do not distribute printable chord and lyrics charts. These charts are here only to support online learning. We highly recommend buying music from Hal Leonard or a reputable online sheet music store.