Imagine by John Lennon - Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar solo

"Imagine" was originally released in 1971, exactly 40 years ago by John Lennon. The fingerpicking piece is based on an arrangement from legendary guitar master Chet Atkins, with Drop D (DADGBE) tuning.

Tab can be found in my Free Acoustic Fingerstyle Tabs section.

Performance Notes
It took me some practice to get those Sliding/Hammer On/Pull Off down. There are three main verses, for the first and second I'm connecting with two hammer ons on fret 2 (B string)
- h (hammer on)
- p (pull off)
- s (slide)

  E|-------------------------- 
  B|-------------------01h2h--
  D|-----0----0------0--------
  A|--------------------------
  D|--5-----------5-----------

On the third verse, I follow Chet's tab and connecting with three hammer ons:

  E|--------------------------
  B|-------------------0h1h2h3
  G|--------0-----------------
  D|-----0----0------0--------
  A|--------------------------
  D|--5-----------5-----------

I also added sliding to the forth D string,  from fret 2 to 4, and pull offs from fret 2 to 0.

  E|--------------------------
  B|--------------------22p0--
  G|--------2-----2-----22p0--
  D|----2s4----4------0--------
  A|--------------------------
  D|--0-----------0-----------

Guitar used Taylor Guitars 514ce Grand Auditorium Acoustic Electric Guitar
Recorded with Roland Edirol R-09HR High-Resolution WAVE/MP3 Recorder and GarageBand cable

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