How To Play Bad Moon Rising By Creedance Clearwater Revival On Guitar

In this lesson our lead guitar tutor James Mulligan is going to be teaching a 60′s classic -How to play Bad Moon Rising on guitar by Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song Bad Moon Rising involves 3 chords D Major, A Major and G Major…The most difficult part about this song is not the chords, it’s the strumming and the speed of the chord changes…

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Performance Notes For Bad Moon Rising

In this lesson our lead guitar tutor James Mulligan is going to be teaching a 60′s classic -How to play Bad Moon Rising on guitar by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The song Bad Moon Rising involves 3 chords D Major, A Major and G Major…The most difficult part about this song is not the chords, it’s the strumming and the speed of the chord changes…

The strumming uses a very basic simplistic strumming approach of a down-down-up-down

How To Play Bad Moon Rising Introduction / Verse | Chords And Chord Changes

The first chord of the introduction and the verse is D Major, and here is how you play D Major:

Put your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret high E string, then your 3rd finger on the 3rd fret B string and finally your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret G string. Remember to play 4 strings on the guitar. Now for the intro and verse of bad moon rising make sure you strum this strumming pattern Down Down Up Down

The second chord in the verse is A Major, and here is how you play A Major:

Put your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret D string, then your 3rd finger on the 2nd fret G string and finally your 4th finger on the 2nd fret B string. This time play 5 strings on the guitar. After you’ve strummed the D Major pattern, strum this pattern for A Major Down Down Up.

The 3rd chord of the verse is G Major, and here is how you play G Major: Put your 2nd finger on the 3rd fret Low E string, then your 1st finger on the 2nd fret A string, 3rd finger on the 3rd fret B string and finally your 4th finger on the 3rd high E string. This time play 6 strings on the guitar…
After you’ve strummed the D Major and A major pattern – strum this pattern for G Major Down Down Up.

How To Play Bad Moon Rising Chorus | Chords And Chord Changes

The chorus of bad moon rising uses the same chords as the verse just in a different order.

To play the chorus start off by going back to the G Major chord and strum this pattern Down Down Up Down Up, Down Down Up Down Up.

After you have completed the G Major strumming, its time to move on to the next chord – D Major

Go back to the D Major chord and strum this pattern Down Down Up Down Up, Down Down Up Down Up.

After you have completed the D Major strumming, its time to move on to the next chord – A Major

Your basically strumming the same strumming pattern as the verse for the D Major chord – Down Down Up Down Up

After you have completed the A Major strumming, its time to move on to the last chord chord of the chorus – G Major Again.

Your basically strumming the same strumming pattern as the A Major chord Down Down Up Down Up.

That’s all the parts to how to play bad moon rising on guitar by Creedence Clearwater revival.We hope you’ve got a lot from this guitar lesson…and have improved your strumming and chord changes. – Your Guitar Success

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