How Do I Play “Story Of My Life” By Social Distortion?
“In this segment, we’re going to talk about Social Distortion’s Story of My Life. It’s more of an open chorded song, and the riff is really recognizable. The thing you’re going to have to focus on is muting some strings and some standard chords. Let’s take a look at the guitar. The first chord we’re going to do is a G5 chord. It’s a normal G chord, but instead of playing with this finger, we’re going to take it off and lay our middle fingers down to mute that string. The only strings that should ring out are these. This one’s muted, and the rest should ring out. The next chord we’re going to play is a C add9 chord. It sounds like this. You’re going to put your middle finger on the 3rd fret of the A string, your index finger on the 2nd fret of the D string. Your G string’s going to be open, but your B string’s going to have your ring finger on it, like this. Only focus on those four strings. Hook your thumb over to mute the low string, and use your pinky on your right hand to strum them
