Difficulty: This one's pretty manageable.

Lesson Length: 15:27

Instructor: George Goodman

This lesson is in the key of G.

Takamine EG541SC
I am playing my black tak in this one.

This is a Takamine G Series EG541SC bought in North Carolina when I was playing in a band called Double Take.
Specs:
Top - Solid Spruce
Back - Nato
Sides - Nato
Finger Board - Rosewood
Electronics - TK40
Finish - Gloss Black
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The song is in Am, so when using a C harmonica puts you in fourth position. A G harmonica in third position would also work well.

I liked the riff I came up with on the C harmonica so stuck with that on this song.
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A C harmonica is the first one you need to follow along with the lessons on the site. I often play a Hohner Special 20 Harmonica in the key of C through a Shure Green Bullet microphone Model 5200 and Fender Super Champ amplifier

Hohner Harmonica Holder

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The following link supplies the chords, lyrics and the harmonica tabs for Like A Rolling Stone: Like A Rolling Stone - Chords, Lyrics and Tabs download pdf link - for educational purposes only.

00:17 - Introduction

Hi, George here. Welcome to this video where I go through Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone on guitar and harmonica.

I start off by going through the guitar chords and talk a little bit about strumming patterns. Then I’m going to get into the harmonica and talk about what Bob does on that and talk a little about what Al Kooper is playing on the organ and steal one of his riffs. And then we jam through it.

00:49 - History and the Original Key

Originally recorded in the key of C, I am transposing the song down a perfect fourth to the key of G which is in an easier lower range for my voice.

01:36 - Guitar Chords and Progression

Though I'm playing in G, this can be easily transcribed back to C...

05:25 - Strumming Rhythm

There are a number of different rhythms that work well here.

06:08 - Harmonica

This version of Like A Rolling Stone is in the key of G and I am playing in first position and so am using a harmonica in the key of G.

I am basically playing 3 different riffs in the song. The first two are lifted from Al Kooper’s organ and the other is from Bob.

Riff 1:

7 -6 6 -6 6

Riff 2:

7 -6 7 -6 6

Riff 3:

789 -6-7-8 789 -6-7-8 789 -6-7-8 789 -6-7-8 789 -6-7-8 789

08:48 - Jam On Harmonica and Guitar

Make sure your guitar's in tune and use a G harmonica.
Don't mind my goofups.
Have fun