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Here's how to impress anybody at your next get-together by playing a song that everyone knows and only has three chords. The song is Riptide by Vance Joy, and I'm gonna teach you how to play it in under 60 seconds. Step one: grab a guitar. Step two: grab a capo and put it on the first fret. And for step three, we're gonna go download Strum because there you can find the chords for any song out there, whether it's from Spotify or Apple Music. And only we get the chords, but you'll also get a simplified version for the chords. And since I'm a beginner, we're gonna be using the simplified version for the chords. Step four: learn the chords. Now for step four, we're gonna find the chords we actually need for this song, which are the A minor, the G chord, and finally the C chord. Then repeat! And step five: strumming. The one that I found works best for me is down, down, up, down, up. Then switch. Down, down, up, down, up. Then switch. Down, down, up, down, up. Then repeat the C chord. Down, down, up, down, up. Practice that a few times and then once you get the hang of it, you can go ahead and speed it up to match the pace of the original song. And then for step six: put it together! Two, three, four. Lady, runnin' down to the riptide, taken away to the dark side. I wanna be your left-hand man. I love you, when you're singin' that song. And I got a lump in my throat, 'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong. And there you have it. Let me know if you want any more 60 second tutorials.