![]() ![]() The original has some great rockabilly licks that, if you’re learning this style of guitar, they’re essential licks to learn! Below are the tabs for this song. ![]() Roy was even known to perform this song at various tempos. It has a swampy blues rhythm and sounds great at both slow and faster tempos. This song was released again by Sun Records. This is yet another classic, well-known tune by a classic artist. This would be a good version to learn because it’s the one that most people will recognize. It has a driving bluesy rhythm, which is easy to strum.īelow are the chords to Elvis Presley’s version of the song. This song is very easy to play because it’s mostly stop and go chords. It was released only a year after the Carl Perkins version. This is a very well-known rockabilly song released in 1955, made infamous by the one and only, Elvis Presley. The chords are played with piano but there are guitar licks and chord figures strumming throughout. Below are the tabs for the guitar parts. The song acutely has its compositional origins from a pianist and club owner named Dave “Curlee” Williams – however, Lewis had been performing it and he released it on his recording session for Sun Records which made it hit the Billboard magazine charts. This is another great tune that was a hit in 1957. ![]() The easy part about this song is that you can almost get away with playing the chords by using only the top and the bottom string. Below is the intro riff and the chord charts.Ĥ) Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On by Jerry Lee Lewis The well-known band The Yardbirds, with guitarists Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, also made this song well-known in the late 60s. This song was considered almost a rite of passage for bands to play in the 70s and 80s. It begins with a rockin’ guitar lick and strummed chords with the rumbling sound and rhythm of a train. This is a great song because it really shows the rebellious side of the rockabilly sound and its true roots as the precursor to rock and roll. It’s a very easy song to learn because of its slow tempo.ģ) Train Kept A-Rollin’ by Johnny Burnette and The Rock and Roll Trio The strumming is a very simple down strum on the beat of a 4/4 rhythm. It has a very swampy but typical singing style with country-influenced twangy guitar sounds. This song is a classic and probably one of the slower tunes of the rockabilly scene. You just have to get that good country guitar rhythm down, and then there’s a short but sweet solo to learn.Ģ) Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps You’ll notice most of the song is played with chords. Although it’s one of the later and poppier songs in our timeline of rockabilly music, this song is easy to play on the guitar and makes for a good intro to the musical style.īelow is a guitar tab showing how to play it. This song was recorded and released in 1961 in California. Here are seven rockabilly songs that are easy to learn and will teach you how to play rockabilly guitar. If you want to play rock and roll the way famous guitarists such as Jimi Page, Jeff Beck, and Jimi Hendrix did, then you have to learn, at minimum, the basics and some songs by the very first rock and rollers who played rockabilly. The style started a legacy of rock and roll which spawned a variety of sub-styles and influencing styles such as punk rock. The first major artists to be associated playing rockabilly music were Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Bob Luman, and Jerry Lee Lewis. It also tends to have fast lyrics and distorted guitars, which gives it a progressive feel, thus attractibg the ears of young listeners. The style’s defining features include strong rhythms, vocal twangs, and often the use of tape echo. It was a style which was, in a sense, a rite of passage to play if you wanted to play rock and roll. This style was very important for the development of rock and roll music, and it was the basis and influence of many famous bands from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. The style’s name in itself comes from the combination of “rock” (from the 1950s) and “hillbilly” music, a common term being used to describe country music of the 40s and 50s. It’s a blend of sounds from Western musical styles like country, sometimes bluegrass styles, and that of rhythm and blues. It dates back to the early 1950’s and comes from the good ol’ USA, especially from the south. The rock and roll style, dubbed rockabilly, is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. Ready to learn about rock and roll’s cousin from the south? If so, you’re in the right place! In this article, music teacher Christopher S. explores some of the most influential rockabilly songs of our time and shows you how to play them on guitar… The History of Rockabilly ![]()
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