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Time to take a D - G - A chord progression and make some magic! Take it slow, beat by beat, and work yourself up to Cat Stevens speed, and you'll be having a lot of fun with this great tune in no time. 

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Fingerpicking

Sus chords

Odd time signatures (5/4 and 2/4)

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The Wind - Cat Stevens - Finger Picking Ukulele Tutorial

The Wind - Cat Stevens - Finger Picking Ukulele Tutorial Today we are going back to a fingerpicking master class with a song from the finger picking master himself, Mr. Cat Stevens, also known today as Yusuf Islam. This pattern is 100% correct, so once you really get grooving with it you get it up to speed and play along with the tune. The chorus can be a little tricky as it has one measure of 5/4 and another of 2/4 in class Cat Stevens defiance of conventional song writing rules, song writers you used to be so much cooler than today! Subscribe and learn, new Ukulele every Wednesday and Saturday.

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Robie Sprouse

Don;'t know if I ever mentioned this before but I LOVE LOVE LOVE Cat Stevens. If you ever do another Cat Stevens might I recommend Moonshadow? Thanks so much for this one man, this just gets me in all the right spots.

Tyler Austenfeld

In all our music chit-chats I don't think we ever talk about Cat. Of course Wild World is on the list, but Moonshadow is also a must do and my personal favorite If You Wanna Sing Out