Don't Close Your Eyes by Keith Whitley Guitar Lesson Play Along: How to Play Country Guitar Classics

#dontcloseyoureyes #keithwhitley #countryguitarclassics #guitarlessons #howtoplaydontcloseyoureyes #countryguitarlessons #countryguitar #countryguitartutorials 0:00 Chords and Strumming Pattern 8:18 Intro Lick 14:24 Verses and Chorus Here are some of the guitar equipment that I often use on my guitar lesson videos: D'Addario Guitar Strings: https://amzn.to/3qn1KoL Super Snark Guitar Tuner https://amzn.to/2UrOXWm Kyser Quick-Change Guitar Capo https://amzn.to/3zOjQo4 In this video, Shane Thomas shows you how to play the country guitar classic Don't Close Your Eyes by Keith Whitley on the acoustic guitar. This is one of the most well known songs of country music of the 1980's and won the Billboard song of the year of 1988. Keith Whitley has many country music classics but Don't Close Your Eyes might be the best of them. Don't Close Your Eyes was written by songwriting legend Bob McDill. A songwriter who has an extensive list of classic after classic. When Keith Whitely put his wonderful voice on this song it became a classic that has endured for decades. In this country guitar lesson, you will learn the chords and the intro lick that helped make this song a modern-day staple of country music. In this guitar tutorial. you will learn the complete song section by section. Here is a performance of Keith Whitley performing Don't Close Your Eyes on the show Austin City Limits shortly after it became a hit.    • Keith Whitley  Don't close your eyes   If you want to learn how to play the guitar and hundreds of country songs on the acoustic guitar then consider subscribing to this YouTube channel and hitting that notification bell so you can get all the latest guitar song lessons and tutorials as soon as they are published! And if you have any requests or songs that you want to learn please leave in the comments below. Connect with Shane Thomas on Social Media:   / mycountryguitar     / countryguitarclassics     / countryguitarclassics   I know some of you have asked how you can support the Shane Thomas Country Guitar Classics channel and help the channel grow. For those interested a Buy Me A Coffee account has been created. Donations of any amount are appreciated and will go to help the channel improve and provide you with more resources to help you become a guitar player of country classics!! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ShaneThomas Keep Strumming and Humming, and a huge THANK YOU!