i learned this song last week... watched the video reference in the thread (great video btw). after about 2 weeks on stop this train, heart of life i feel like i have this down. i also went back to why georgia which is a song that i could never get the feel for but after learning this "slap and strum with the index finger" move why georgia seems to flow better for me now. this seems to be the key to JM's acoustic style - he slaps the thum on the 2 and 4 beats in almost all of his acoustic songs and this technique allows for a slap without muting which adds the percussive feel but also keeps the melody going... brilliant. - probably works on neon, clarity etc etc... very cool and definitely worth learning this!
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