Hey friends! Here’s a brand new lesson showing you an acoustic version of Cheap Trick’s 1978 classic “Surrender”. In this tutorial, I’ll show you a slightly simplified version of this tune, arranged to work well on a solo acoustic guitar. While the spirit of this song is retained in this version, I’ll cut a few small corners — mainly, changing the key so we’ll be using more typical acoustic chords (key of C, and then key of D in the final verse).
Aside from the usual chord shapes, progressions, and strumming tips — I’ll also show you a full tab for the verse & chorus sections, allowing you to play the notes matching the vocal melody while simultaneously strumming the chords. Whether you want to noodle on this, or combine it while singing & fully strumming — the tabs I provide in my PDF will give you what you need. This is one of my favorite rock songs ever… I hope you enjoy the lesson!
Video timestamps:
– 0:00 Preview & lesson overview
– 2:45 Chord shapes needed
– 4:48 Chord progressions (verse & chorus)
– 7:07 Strumming patterns
– 10:44 Final verse key change (to key of D)
– 12:14 Melody tab (key of C)
– 19:11 Melody tab (key of D)
– 24:12 Full playthrough
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