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The singing part I didn’t find too bad, it was when Linda hums that I found really difficult and it took me ages to get that.

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There’s humming? I suppose I ought to listen to the original. But I suspect you don’t have to hum if you don’t want to.

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Yes, the humming comes between the pre-chorus and the chorus but give the original a listen. Of course not, remember you’re making it your own.

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Rebecca its more woohoo ooing than humming but its certainly not words. Definitely worth a listen to the original, not only for that but the whole vibe of the song.

Edit for the live official vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc

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The music video is very helpful because if you watch carefully you can see she is not using an A barre cord at the 5th fret as Justin surmised, but is instead using more of a hybrid traditional/power A chord on the 2nd fret with her thumb wrapped over the top to mute the low E string. But Justin’s video description of how she is letting the open strings ring out in the chord transitions seems bang on. What an awesome song!

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Hi David welcome to the forum and glad the video helped. Always good to put things into persepective.

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A great tune and another excellent lesson by Justin. I am now playing in a band and this song is in our set. I am currently trying to learn the lead line on my electric guitar.

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