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Video Lesson – Buffalo Soldier

May 5, 2015 by Paul Wolfe

Here’s a video showing the bass guitar beginner how to play bass to Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley. The bass player on the original recording was of course the great Aston Family Man Barrett:

I’ve split the lesson down into 5 sections – the Intro, the Verse, the Pre-Chorus, ‘Way Yay Ai’ section and the Bridge. Here’s how to string the sections together to get through the song:

Intro

Verse

Pre Chorus

Verse

Pre Chorus

Verse

Way Yay Ai

Bridge

Verse

Way Ya Ai

Verse

Way Ya Ai (Repeat and Fade)

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