Homeward Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Homeward Bound chord and strumming lesson by Simon & Garfunkel. I love this song but I had honestly never played it on the guitar before. Some of my students in my 7 Level Guitar Program asked if I could do a lesson on this one, so here it is!
You can scroll down for a detailed video lessons on how to play Homeward Bound on guitar which details the strumming and picking patterns as well as how to play the intro.
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Homeward Guitar Chords:
You can use the regular G and Em chords if you want but I think when the fingerpicking really comes in on the second verse it sounds so much better.
Homeward Strumming Patterns:
Chorus Strumming:
1 + 2e+ a 3 + 4e + a
DD DUDU DD DU DU
If 16th notes is hard for you to count, you could always ‘double’ the pattern. For example, this strumming pattern is played over 1 chord for 1 single measure. If you find counting 8th notes easier, you could do 2 measures per chord and count.
1 2 3+ 4+ 1 2 3 + 4+
DD DU DU DD DU DU
Cool trick huh?
HOMEWARD BOUND INTRO:
G F C G
e-|------------------------------------------
B-|--0-0-h1-p0-------------------------------
G-|--0-0-h2-p0--2-----0---0--------0-----0---
D-|-------------3-----2------------2-----0---
A-|-----------------------3------------------
E-|------------------------------------------cHomeward Guitar Lesson:
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Homeward Chord Chart:
Verse: Simple bass only, then build
G
I'm sitting in the railway station.
G/F# G/F Em
Got a ticket for my destination.
|Am - - Am/G | F
On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.
G D
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.
Chorus:
G C G
Homeward bound, I wish I was
C
Homeward bound
|G F|
Home where my thought's escaping,
|G F|
Home where my music's playing,
|G F|
Home where my love lies waiting
|D G | G
Silently for me.
Verse:
G
Ev'ry day's an endless stream
G/F# G/F Em
Of cigarettes and magazines.
|Am - - Am/G | F
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
G D(crescendo on D)
And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,
Chorus:
G C G
Homeward bound, I wish I was
C
Homeward bound
|G F|
Home where my thought's escaping,
|G F|
Home where my music's playing,
|G F|
Home where my love lies waiting
|D G | G
Silently for me.
Verse:
G
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
G/F# G/F Em
I'll play the game and pretend.
|Am - - Am/G | F
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
G D (crescendo on D)
Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.
Chorus:
G C G
Homeward bound, I wish I was
C
Homeward bound
|G F|
Home where my thought's escaping,
|G F|
Home where my music's playing,
|G F|
Home where my love lies waiting
|D G | G
Silently for me.
Outro:
| D G | G (strum and hold)
Silently for me.
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