Learn How To Play "Everything I Do I Do it For You" by Bryan Adams On Guitar!

This lesson will explore how to play Everything I Do I Do It For You by Bryan Adams on the acoustic guitar! The original recording mainly uses the piano, but this arrangement sounds beautiful on the guitar.

💡 This song plays during the closing credits of the 1991 movie Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. Allegedly, it only took an hour to write!

Loads of stuff going on in this 90s hit song! You’ll encounter barre chords, slash chords, sus chords, and different strumming options to level up your sound. Grab your guitar, and let’s dive in.

Main Chord Progressions

To play this song, we’ll start by playing a C chord. The barre chord version sounds excellent here, but you can get away with playing a simple open C.

Since this is an adaptation of the original piano version, that means loads of Sus chords to put into practice! Especially during the verses, so make sure you work on separate bits. Once you feel confident, you can add them together and play to the whole song.

The guitar solo is pretty simple to play! It’s worth exploring by yourself and sounds excellent on the guitar. Go ahead and transcribe to incorporate all those lovely embellishments.

Strumming And Adding Accents

Since this is a piano song, you can experiment with your strumming. You can play a fingerstyle version, but an 8th strumming pattern will sound amazing!

To add some dynamics, use downstrums to pay the bass note. Slightly slowing things down and playing hard on the 1st beat will keep things exciting and moving.

This is tricky to sing in tune, but if you got the range - go for it - it's a stunning ballad. It's a perfect song to serenade that special person in your life. :)

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