An example of Open D tuning. Special thanks to the writer and copyright holder, Van Morrison and Exile Records for allowing us to present this instructional guitar lesson to you.

24 thoughts on “Van Morrison – Into the Mystic – Guitar Lesson

  1. Open D, You can sing man, you have a guitar voice, beautyifull

  2. Many mahalos, i love the simplified beauty of this. Request for Sara by Fleetwood Mac, please.

  3. You are just freaking awesome. Love watching you teach this stuff… can’t do it on this end but nice to see somebody out there sharing his love of great music.

  4. Thanks, that was great. Love this song…open D sounds nice.
    

  5. I was thinking the same thing! That is exactly how Warren Haynes plays it when Gov’t Mule covers it. Lose the Capone’s.

  6. Dude I have a question for you. Riddle me this…Why don’t you just tune it to open E and forget the cappo?

  7. oh this is awesome! I know its a simple song but this makes its really easy to learn!

  8. cant seem to get the f sharp right..love the tuning and how open it sounds in d, but the fsharp is not working…what is the exact tab for that?

  9. thank you, thank you, thank you. I was waiting for a good breakdown of this one. Gave up on it a few times not finding a sample that I thought worthy of the song.

  10. Same chords in a slightly different order.. Use your ears to find ’em!
    One of the joys of playing Van’s songs is most of them fit about six different chord sequences! (in various keys)

  11. I would like to talk to you I am wrighting a song a tribute to the florida black bear no john anderson seminole wind. I want a kick off you may address me at susanaf@comcast.net / as for van morrision you’d better love him and count yourself among the priviledge to have lived an heard that music same as all the loved one john prine roy o iz and on and on and where does the love end……………you got that right………..never ending love………….

  12. awesome thanks for the lesson. this one is my favorites from van morrison as well, today is the first time i’ve attempted to play it

  13. Thanks Steve. great post, nice an relaxed ….fnice for the not so young!
    Do you by any chance also have the chords of Listen to the Lion?

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