DOWN BY THE BAY – Guitar Lesson

A wonderful opportunity for kids to enjoy the creativity of rhyming. Here's an easy Down by the Bay guitar lesson!

          D                          A7
Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

                          D
Back to my home, I dare not go

       G                  D
For if I do, my mother would say,

D
"Have you ever seen a bear combing his hair?"

A7        D
Down by the bay.

 

rest of the verses are created with rhyme!

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Steve March 20, 2012 at 8:29 PM

I've been having trouble trying to pick up the strumming pattern you are using for Down by the bay.  I'm still a beginner and just not picking it up from listening to the video.  Can you help explain both the simple and more complex strumming pattern.
Thank you.

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admin March 21, 2012 at 1:53 AM

Hi Steve …. the simple pattern would involve a pick down on the root note (chord name) then one strum down … the second would be root note then a quick down/up …. hope that helps!

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