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How to Play La Vie en rose by Édith Piaf – Fingerstyle Guitar Tutorial and TAB

Édith Piaf

SONG DETAILS

DIFFICULTY:

4

TUNING:

Standard

CAPO:

2nd fret

In this lesson we’re going to learn how to play a fun fingerstyle arrangement of La Vie en rose.

La Vie en rose, which is French for ‘Life in pink’ and more accurately translates to life seen through rose tinted glasses, was written by Édith Piaf in 1945 and released as a single in 1947. It gained popularity in the United States in the 1950s and has been covered by many great artists, including Louis Armstrong, Dean Martin and Bing Crosby.

It’s a truly beautiful and elegant song, and works fantastically well played as acoustic fingerstyle. This arrangement is perfectly suitable for anyone around the advancing beginner – intermediate level and above.

OK, let’s pick up our guitars and dive in to how to play La Vie en rose!

 

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La Vie en rose Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson

The actual fingerpicking isn’t too involved but to be able to play this arrangement you’ll need to be comfortable with a couple of relatively basic barre chords. Other than that, you should OK so just enjoy the learning process!

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