How to Play "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd on Guitar

Hi, I am Bob from Toronto, Canada. This guitar lesson is about how to play Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd from the Wham. The song can be broken down into three parts Verse I, Verse II, and Verse III.

Here is how to play verse one. Starts with the Bm chord.

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And then E chord.

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G.

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And play the top string, II fret, just one note. That is F#.

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An Em.

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And back to Bm.

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So, once again Verse I, Em.

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A.

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G.

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F#.

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Em.

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Bm.

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Next is Verse II. That starts with D.

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A chord.

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Back to D.

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A again.

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Then throw in one note which is II fret, fifth string, which is the B.

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And it is C.

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G.

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C.

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G.

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So, once again Verse II goes D.

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A.

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D.

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A.

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And you go C.

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G.

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C.

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G.

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Finally, Verse III is A.

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And add one note which is II fret of the fifth string.

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C.

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Now there if you want, you can add III fret, second string.

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That is D note because that is part of the vocal line. D is singing D.

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Then it is G.

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Then D chord.

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So, once again Verse III is A.

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B note.

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G - D.

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Now the structure of a song goes as follows; Verse I, Verse I, Verse I, Verse II, Verse II, Verse III, and over the first solo is Verse II then Verse III. And then the song goes back to Verse I, Verse I, Verse II, Verse II and then Verse III again. And the song ends with Verse I playing over and over again and fades.

I also have a video on YouTube, how to play the solo from Comfortably Numb and if you need help of chords. I also have on my YouTube channel, “Introduction to Chords” and Introduction to Barre Chords”.

So, hopefully this video has been helpful and thanks for watching.