{"id":125798,"date":"2026-01-16T09:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?page_id=125798"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:37:52","slug":"my-my-hey-hey-out-of-the-blue-guitar-lesson-neil-young-chords-and-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/my-my-hey-hey-out-of-the-blue-guitar-lesson-neil-young-chords-and-rhythm\/","title":{"rendered":"My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) &#8211; Guitar Lesson &#8211; Neil Young &#8211; Chords and Rhythm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 30px;color: #091acc;text-align: center;font-family:Open Sans;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) by Neil Young<\/h2><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-1008880\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rzq-Ck-ogiY?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 16px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Here&#8217;s my guitar lesson for My My Hey Hey by Neil Young.<\/p>\n<p>To play in the original key (on the recording) you must tune all your strings down a WHOLE STEP.<\/p>\n<p>This means:<\/p>\n<p>E goes down to D<\/p>\n<p>A to G<\/p>\n<p>D &#8211; C<\/p>\n<p>G &#8211; F<\/p>\n<p>B &#8211; A<\/p>\n<p>E &#8211; D<\/p>\n<p>I love the riff used in this song. Such a simple yet effective use of bass notes.<\/p>\n<p>Getting the rhythm right (especially the rhythm of the Fmaj7 chord in-between the riffs) really brings this song to life.<\/p>\n<p>Keep on playing \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 30px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-5180411\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i6RZY4Ar3fw?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) by Neil Young Here's my guitar lesson for My My Hey Hey [...]","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":125799,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125798","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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