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Sam Cooke Songs

Sam Cooke
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Caren will show you an acoustic guitar accompaniment to the soulful pop classic, "You Send Me" originally made famous by the legendary Sam Cooke. A dreamy love song with a simple chord progression, a swinging beat & catchy lyrics. This song uses basic guitar chords, is easy strum along with, and fun to sing.

Published: 01/21/2015 Upgrade

Caren will show you how to strum an acoustic guitar part along with this classic pop tune.

Published: 01/21/2015 Upgrade

Caren will show you how to play along with this classic crooner love song. You'll use a capo and an acoustic guitar to play a simple chord progression. A bonus lesson shows you how to approach the song without the capo.

Published: 10/12/2015 Upgrade

Mike will show you the 2 clean electric guitars featured in this song. Guitar 1 plays the chord progressions throughout using strums and backbeat staccato stabs. Guitar 2 plays a melodic solo, and also adapts the brief piano line in the intro.

Published: 07/29/2021 Upgrade

Mike will show you the single clean electric guitar in this song that plays the chord progressions throughout using a swinging strum groove. There’s also another electric guitar that we’ll use to adapt the sax solos to the guitar.

Published: 08/12/2021 Upgrade

Mike will show you the 2 clean electric guitar in this song. Guitar 1 strums and arpeggiates the chord progression, while Guitar 2 digs into staccato stabs on the backbeat.

Published: 09/02/2021 Upgrade

There is one clean electric guitar playing steady eighth note staccato strums throughout. This song uses upper string voicings, staccato strums on the backbeat, and a 6/8 feel.

Published: 10/27/2022 Upgrade

There is 1 clean electric guitar in this tune, playing R&B style chords, lines, and fills. This songs uses double stops, staccato backbeat stabs, and some textbook R&B style rhythm guitar approaches.

Published: 01/12/2023 Upgrade

There is 1 clean electric guitar in this tune, playing single note R&B lines and double stop riffs. This song uses single note R&B lines, double stop riffing, and playing with a 6/8 groove.

Published: 01/19/2023 Upgrade

There is 1 clean electric guitar in this song that strums the progressions with slight embellishments throughout. This song uses triads, chord arpeggiations and embellishments, staccato strums, and a 6/8 groove.

Published: 02/23/2023 Upgrade

There is 1 clean electric guitar in this song that strums the progressions and adds chord embellishments throughout. This song uses barre chords, chord embellishments, staccato strums, and a 12/8 groove.

Published: 03/30/2023 Upgrade

There is 1 clean electric guitar in this song that strums the progressions with a laid back swing groove. This song uses barre chords and seventh chords, and steady strums with a swing groove.

Published: 10/12/2023 Upgrade

There is 1 clean electric guitar in this song that strums the progressions with a laid back swing groove. This song uses barre chords and extended chords, and steady strums with a swing groove.

Published: 10/19/2023 Upgrade

A 12 string acoustic guitar was used on the original recording, but any guitar - acoustic or electric can be used to play this song. This song uses barre chords and open chords, chord arpeggiation, and steady strumming approaches.

Published: 11/22/2023 Upgrade

There is 1 acoustic guitar that lays down the foundation of the tune with chords and strumming. This song uses barre chords and steady strumming techniques.

Published: 03/22/2024 Upgrade