Summary: Lost In Japan
This Shawn Mendes track is a great one to transpose from piano to guitar, as it gives us some really cool interesting guitar chords to play around with. Simone takes you through all the chords and the cool percussive groove that you can play through the tune.
The Chords: The main loop
For the whole track we can use just 4 chords, all of which are 7th chords. These give the tune a really nice, relaxed feel. The 4 chords are as shown here.
The Rhythm: Fingerstyle
To get the very specific part correct in this song, you need to use your fingers with the picking hand. Simply follow along with Simone's instructions and remember to get that percussive sound in there are well, to really make the song sing! We also have a really cool set of passing chords that we can use in the rhythm. These are minor 7th chords and they are played like this (after the Emaj7 chord in the verse).
The Rhythm: Strumming
In the chorus we pick up the plectrum and start strumming! The full strumming pattern, including the ghost notes (as Simone walks through in the video) is as follows: