Pat Benatar

How to play Pat Benatar by OldLyrics on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 4 you play F, G, C, Am, the shapes the player above shows.

This song is a great beginner loop because it stays in a steady, upbeat groove and keeps cycling the same few chords. You get a classic rock feel without having to learn a lot of moving parts, so it is a good one for building confidence and timing.

You will use two open shapes, A and E, plus two harder barre shapes, B and C#m. The main thing to watch is the quick move through the opening progression, especially when you leave an open shape and land on a barre shape. Keep your fretting hand relaxed so the changes stay clean.

Start by learning each shape on its own, then practice the opening progression slowly until the movement feels automatic. After that, loop the full cycle at a comfortable tempo, and only speed up when you can switch without pausing. Keep your strumming even and let the chord changes lead the rhythm.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.