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and welcome to another Swiftlessons Song Tutorial! In today's lesson, I'll break down The Beatles 1969 classic "Across the Universe" from their Let It Be LP. I'll take you through John's iconic acoustic guitar intro, before breaking down the chord progressions and strumming techniques for the verse and chorus sections. Let's get started!


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How to Play The Beatles "Across the Universe" Easy Guitar Lesson

Get early access to TABS, exclusive tutorials and other awesome supporter perks at http://www.patreon.com/swiftlessons Hello friends, and welcome to another Swiftlessons Song Tutorial! In today's lesson, I'll break down The Beatles 1969 classic "Across the Universe" from their Let It Be LP. I'll take you through John's iconic acoustic guitar intro, before breaking down the chord progressions and strumming techniques for the verse and chorus sections. Let's get started! Tabs for this lesson at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-play-easy-7159819 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links: Facebook: http://facebook.com/swiftguitarlessons Instagram: https://instagram.com/swiftguitarlessons Twitter: https://twitter.com/swiftlessons Request a song at: http://Swiftguitar.com/request

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Anonymous

Too bad it's not fingerstyle :(

Anonymous

Very Nice lesson! Thanks Rob.

Anonymous

Rob, this is so sweet! Hey, what exactly does "Jai Guru Deva Om" mean? Ha! :-) You Rock, thanks so much. B.

Anonymous

I stick in my own lyrics over John's weird chorus -- only time I've ever done this, but rest of song is so on it. I know it probably seemed like a good idea at the time, but that's the same question everyone asks.

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Hey thanks Buddy, Jai means "thanks" or "Hail," "Guru" means "Teacher" or "spiritual guide," "Deva" means "God," "om" is the source of all existence that comes from vibration, which is why it is repeated during meditation. The Beatles traveled to India to study spirituality with the Maharishi, Guru Dev was the Maharishi's teacher.

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Yeah, I never really got the sense that John fully embraced the spirituality that George found in India. He probably just thought it sounded cool?

Anonymous

Well then, "Jai Guru Deva Om", my Teacher... 🎸🎼👍🏻😎

Anonymous

That's great. Song requests Here Comes the Sun, Hotel California.

Anonymous

Rob, you do very nice lessons, very thorough. Thanks man!!