Help The Poor by BB King Lesson

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I know that this one is well above my level but thought I would give it a go as Justin uses barre chords and it all helps! The chords are OK but I can’t figure out the strumming. I’ve looked and listened to the video lots of times now but can’t figure out the strumming, although it ends with a mute at the end. Any help appreciated.

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I didn’t watch the whole video, but the strum pattern he plays when he first goes through the chords is something like this:

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D   x D     x

where the x’s are muted strums. It’s a bit trickier than Justin makes it look!

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Thanks, and agreed!