blue

How to play blue by yung kai 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 pick because it stays on a small loop and lets you focus on clean changes instead of lots of new shapes. It has a steady, relaxed feel at about 120 BPM, so you can settle into the groove and build confidence while keeping the progression moving.

You will use a mix of open shapes and barre shapes, so the main challenge is moving smoothly between the easier A and E shapes and the harder B and C#m shapes. The change to watch out for is the jump in the opening progression, A - B - E - C#m, since it asks you to switch from open to barre and back again without losing time.

Start by learning each chord one at a time, then practice the opening progression slowly until the moves feel automatic. After that, loop the same cycle and gradually raise your speed, keeping your strums even and your chord changes relaxed. When you can play it cleanly at a slow tempo, bring it up to full speed and keep repeating the pattern until it feels natural.

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.