don’t be afraid There’s no reason to be afraid My chest is burning My heart is yearning for love For the fair and told me she loved me My brain is a million million years old And the power of the night comes upon us when we [Music] love Malcolm Todd by the hit band Chest Pain I love you It I love I don’t love you specifically I just love in general as he once said Who malcolm Todd of course That’s who we’re here to discuss today Welcome to the Malcolm Todd Show featuring Stuart Alexander Layman Brown and the rest of the Marin Music Center crew So thrilled just with everything just in general The overall amount of passion in my life is thrilling is what I’m trying to tell you I don’t understand why you don’t understand that I have good news I have bad news and I have good news The good news is this song is in standard tuning No capo The bad news is there are bar chords in this song The good news is I’m going to show you a version of the chords that does not include bar chords so that all of the fools and cowards out there have a way to play this song The bad news is the sprinkles contain potassium People of the world friends and relatives let us begin by playing the introduction to the song Chest Pain I Love by Malcolm Todd Would you please take your pointer finger and you’re going to smash it down on the fifth fret of all six strings I recommend you take your middle finger and smash down on top of your pointer finger so you have the double smash action going on Then take your ring finger put it on the seventh fret of the second string from the top Uncle Stewart my fingers don’t do this This is an impossible song for me to play Well first of all remember I told you that there was a foolish cowardly way coming up that doesn’t have bar chords So just keep your pants on Second probably your thumb is poking up over the top Bring your thumb down like this and it will become easier to stretch out your fingers That’s what she said I saying that too much I’m saying it too much This is the world famous A minor 7 chord You’re going to strum down on this chord six times One two three four five six You’re doing great Then you take your fingers those zer vein zingers that you used to play this chord and you go one two frets over So now your pointer finger is mashing down on seven of all six strings Your ring finger is going to play nine on the second string from the top You’re going to have to separate your middle finger from your pointer finger And your middle finger is going to play the eighth fret on the third string from the bottom So we have the top string is on seven Second string from the top on nine Third string from the top Your pointer finger is mashing down on that seven And then your middle finger is on eight of the third string from the bottom This is the world famous B7 chords A lot of famous chords in this song You’re going to strum down on this B7 chord six times So we’re doing six on the A minor 7 six on the B7 Let’s go ahead and practice those two chords Are you ready get the A minor 7 chord ready to rock You ready 1 2 3 Here I know you’re not ready You’re not even planning on playing along with me You were just going to listen to me do it And you were like "Yeah I’m going to practice it later when I have more time." What do you mean when you have more time you’re here watching this YouTube video right now you have plenty of time Let’s do it right now I’m not saying you’re not busy I’m not saying "Oh you’re just a lazy bum with nothing to do." I don’t know you I don’t know your life What I’m trying to say is this video is we all know it’s going to be at least like 26 minutes long and you sat down and clicked on it And so you have at least like 26 minutes right now Just practice the song right now Just do it right now Just play it along with me Get your chord ready But Uncle Stewart I was actually waiting for the non-bar chord version to practice Will you Will you please just at least try the bar chord version how do you know you don’t like bar chords you’ve only tried them 10,000 times Maybe you’ll love them on the 10,000 and first time you try practicing bar chords Speaking of bar chords did you know I have a free bar chord course at marinemusic.com it teaches you how to play bar chords in a fun educational exponential way Get the A minor 7 chord ready Smash your pointer finger down on the fifth fret Smash your middle finger down on top of your pointer finger Put your ring finger on the seventh fret of the second string from the top Even if it sounds terrible Even if it sounds like this Just try it Just play it with me 1 2 3 Here we go Uncle Steuart that was way too fast It was I honestly like I got a little bit motivated when you started yelling at me so aggressively but then I tried to play it along with you and it I was immediately demotivated I I’m considering giving up guitar entirely Okay let’s try it one more time but let’s slow it down You ready get the A minor chord ready I’m sorry I’m going to be a little bit nicer from thick on the ground 1 2 3 Nice and slow 1 2 3 Switch to the B7 chord And one All right Uncle Stewart When we slowed it down it was a teeny bit better but it still was miserable And I’m just going to wait for the non-bar chord version Okay that’s fine I think we’ll get to it in like 11 minutes probably Thank you for trying the bar chord version with me After the B7 chord you’re going to switch to an E minor 7 Here’s what you do You take your B minor you take your B7 chord shape and you scooch everything down one string like that So now the top string is open Pointer finger is on seven of the second string from the top And your pointer finger is mashing down on seven of the bottom five strings Your ring finger is on nine of the third string from the top And your middle finger is on eight of the second string from the bottom E minor 7 chord You’re only going to strum down three times on this one 1 2 3 Then we switch to a D chord For the D chord put your pointer finger on the fifth fret of the second string from the top There are many different ways to play the D chord much like there are many different ways to murder a cat I’m going to show you the way that I feel like showing you today Keep your pointer finger right there Put your middle finger on the seventh fret of the third string from the top Put your ring finger on the seventh fret of the third string from the bottom Put your pinky on the seventh fret of the second string from the bottom Now your pointer finger should be mashing down onto the bottom five strings but we do not care what the bottom string sounds like If it sounds like this fantastic If it sounds like this honestly just as good Doesn’t even matter Try not to play the top string This is the D chord Great You’re going to strum it three times After you play the D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D chord three times we’re going to switch to a C major 7 chord Pointer finger third fret second string from the top Ring finger fifth fret third string from the top Middle finger fourth fret third string from the bottom Pinky fifth fret second string from the bottom Pointer finger is mashing down Sounds like this Oh beautiful You’re going to strum this chord six times Guys let’s review every single chord that we’ve done in slow excruciating detail A minor 7 chord mass down on five ring finger on seven Six strums Then move it up to the seventh fret and put your middle finger on eight of the third string from the bottom This is a B7 chord six strums Scooch every finger down one string This is an E minor 7 Strum it three times Then move to 577 Strum three times for this D as in Darthy Gale from the Wizard of Oz Strum three times Then move to 3 five four five C major 7 chord Six strums That is the first section of the song which just happens to be the first part of the chorus to the song Let’s go ahead and practice those chords slowly all the way through Are you ready get your A minor 7 bar chord ready to go 1 2 3 Here we go One two three Switch to the B7 chord You’re doing fine E minor 7 D and C major 7 Oh you have to do that twice in a row I think that we should practice it twice in a row right now because uh because I’m the teacher and I say so 1 2 3 here we go Switch to the B7 chord Then E minor D and C major 7 Start it over Okay All right Okay Oh yeah [Music] That was my Little John impression Did you like it after you play that twice we move into the second part of the chorus which is the part where he’s singing I Love Guys I have great news for you For the second part of the chorus you play the exact same thing as you did for the first part of the chorus Exact same chords exact same strumming You play it twice in a row literally exactly the same Then it’s time to learn the verse to the song Chest Pain I Love by Malcolm Todd Same chords for the first half of the verse but the strumming is going to be different Go ahead and get your A minor 7 chord ready A Uncle Stewart I really thought we were going to learn the non bar chord version now Well you’re just going to have to wait We’re going to learn the non-bar chord version when we get to the bridge On the A minor 7 chord you’re going to go like this Please play the top string by itself then second string by itself then play third string from the top by itself and then you’re gonna do a big hard strum of all the strings but then immediately chop off the sound So it’s like this So it’s Are you ready try it One two three This is fun Then switch to the B7 chord Do the exact same thing Then go to the E minor 7 chord You’re going to play second string from the top Then play third string from the top And then do the hard strum Then switch to the D chord Play second string from the top Third string from the top And then hard strum So that was then go to the C major 7 chord Play second string from the top third string from the top third string from the bottom And then do a hard strum Guys that first part of the verse goes like this You go one two three hard One two three hard and one two one two one two three hard You do that two times in a row Now full transparency he doesn’t do this exactly the same both times but he does it basically the same So we’re basically just not going to talk about it anymore Then we move on to the second half of the verse The second half of the verse he does a little John Fchante impression He goes like this He goes "I wrote it down Hang on." He [Music] goes "Ah I messed I messed everything up." And but but it’s only because I wasn’t trying hard enough Here we go Boom [Music] Oh so good Would you please play for me seventh fret on the third string from the top You’re going to hold it out for three beats 1 2 3 Then play five on the third string from the bottom Immediately very quickly hammer on to seven with your ring finger and then pull off to five So it’s a little like that Classic John Fchante who did not play guitar on this song or have anything to do with this song Then you’re going to play seven on the third string from the top and then play five on the third string from the bottom So it goes like this It goes [Music] seven Play it with me Here we go seven and boom Then you’re going to slide on the third string from the bottom Play two and immediately slide up to four Then we’re going to play a little chord You’re going to smash down on seven of the bottom two strings with your pointer finger and play eight on the third string from the bottom with your middle finger and just very slowly strum the bottom three strings So that goes like this Here we go Seven [Music] Okay Then you’re going to with your middle finger play seven on the third string from the top but immediately slide it up to nine Then you’re going to play nine on the next string and then play eight on the next string So it goes like [Music] this Then you’re going to play five on the third string from the top but immediately slide it up to seven and then mash down on seven of those same three strings and you’re going to go so it’s slide seven seven So we just went n then go to five five and five on those same three strings and just go pluck pluck pluck So that whole thing right there went back a stinky butt Great job Okay Then we go on to the final chunk of the verse On the third string from the top play five but immediately slide it up to seven Hold it out for three beats Then play it again Hold it out for three beats So it’s just 1 2 3 1 2 3 Then play seven again but slide up to nine Then it’s time for a chord Ring fingers on nine of the third string from the top Middle fingers on eight of the third string from the bottom pointer fingers mash down on seven of the bottom two strings and you’re going to strum the bottom four strings So that was like this It was seven seven n strum It’s my favorite part of the whole last part of the verse You’re going to play seven on the third string from the bottom and six on the second string from the bottom You’re going to strum those two strings but immediately slide them up to nine and eight like this Oh I love it Then you’re going to play seven and seven on the second and third string from the bottom Then you’re going to play five and five on the second and third string from the bottom So that last little part was guys the whole second half of the verse the John Fanteesque part goes like this 1 2 3 here we go [Music] Seven booma Then seven seven n and strum slide Yeah guys Oh we’ve concluded the verse to the song We’ve made it to the second chorus The second chorus is literally exactly the same as the first chorus Just the [Music] It’s just those same exact chords We finally made it to the bridge of the song The bridge is basically like another verse except there’s no singing and and it sounds different So the bridge is not like the verse but the bridge has the same chords as the verse But I thought this would be a great opportunity for you and I to learn the nonbar chord versions of the chords Here’s what I’m saying What I’m telling you is that up until now I have shown you the authentic versions of the chords that Malcolm Todd actually uses But now I am going to show you a foolish cowardly way to play the chords which by the way is the way I would have played the chords for the first many many years I played guitar So I’m I am being completely I don’t actually know what the word facitious means I think facicious just means you’re lying but you hope people know that you’re lying But that’s the same as sarcasm Is sarcasm the same as facicism here’s our non-bar chord version of the A minor 7 chord Please put your middle finger on the second fret of the third string from the top Put your pointer finger on the first fret of the second string from the bottom Strum it Oh beautiful guys A minor 7 chord not a bar chord For the bridge let’s just do one strum of this chord We’re just going to go one two three four five six Then time for a B7 chord Put your middle finger on the second fret of the second string from the top Pointer finger first fret third string from the top Ring finger second fret third string from the bottom and pinky second fret bottom string It’s a little bit of a handful but I know you and I know that you’re able to handle a handful all the time I watch you do it I see you all the time handling handfuls And I’m like how’d that guy get in here and then um I don’t know that’s what she said Something else happens B7 chord Only strum the bottom five strings Great job E minor guys I want you just have the top string open second fret second string from the top second fret third string from the top E minor chord And then a D chord Classic D Very famous chord One of the most famous I would argue Please put your middle finger on the second fret of the bottom string Ring finger third fret Second string from the bottom Pointer finger second fret Third string from the bottom Do not play the top two strings In fact it would be wise and wisdomly if you would take your thumb and bring it up over the top of the neck and just touch the top string to mute it This is the D chord And then C major 7 Put your ring finger on three of the second string from the top Put your middle finger on two of the third string from the top C major 7 Yes it’s true I rushed through the discards very quickly But I only rushed through them so quickly because I respect and value your time so much Let’s go ahead and play the bridge all the way through I’ll tell you what you don’t have to play this along with me You can just watch and listen if you want and then you can practice it on your own time I’m going to start with that A minor 7 1 2 3 Here we go 1 2 3 then the B7 chord Then the E minor D and the C major 7 We’re going to play it again but I forget what they are so never mind We’re just going to do it the one time Uh for the actual bridge you play a dose times in a row That’s Spanish for two Surprise you didn’t know that Then we go to the third chorus for the song For the chorus the third chorus we’re going to start off by doing the exact same chords we did for the first and second chorus but we’re just going to strum each one one time So we’re just gonna go one two three two three honky And you do that two times Then we get to the second half of the third chorus And it’s going to be pretty fun if we’re if we’re being honest with each other And I feel like we have a relationship that lends itself to us being completely honest with each other This is pretty fun Goes like [Music] this It’s cute right we’re going to play some palm muted arpeggios You’re going to play the same chords you’ve been playing for the rest of the song So if you’re doing the bar chord version it’s going to be a minor B7 yada yada etc Ple of unum If you are not doing the bar chord version then you do the non bar I’ve just really I I was having so much fun at the beginning of this video and then I don’t know what happened I think I just kind of like I think I just started thinking about other stuff I think it was like "Ah this video is going to be over and then I’m gonna have to I don’t know You know how it goes." Okay See I told you this part was going to be fun So you are going to take this part of your hand the karate chop part of your hand and you’re just going to set it down right here And you’re just going to play three strings Like you could use a top three probably just top three strings You go one two three And it’s got that little muted sound An arpeggio is just when you play a chord one note at a time And palm muting is what we’re doing right here when you cry each chop the strings So we’re going one two three Then I play bing bang just three other strings going up the other way So we’re going like great job Doesn’t really matter what strings you play Then go to the B7 Do the same thing Or if you’re not playing the bar chord version you can go like this See it works fine You’re going to go through every single chord doing that Okay play it with me Give it a try One two three Here we [Music] go So much fun I told you you do that twice in a row Then there are three beats of rest of silence and then we’ve made it to the ending of the song The ending goes like this One two three [Music] Oh it actually goes pretty close to that Would you please slide on the third string from the top slide from seven up to nine Then on the third string from the top you’re going to play seven five seven five Then play seven on the second string from the top So it’s slide bangy Then you start it over You go slide binky binky But instead of going to seven on the second string from the top you play four on the third string from the top So it’s then you play the first part again Then you start it over one fourth and final time B and you slide N 75 Then you then like then what happens is there’s just some noise and then the song is over That’s I’m I’m dead serious You think I’m lying do I look like I’m lying do I look like a person who would lie to you [Music]
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