As a young guitar player, I was obsessed with trying to make my guitar sound like a piano. Not literally, of course. I’ve since learned that what I was really after was guitar arrangements that sounded good on their own, no accompaniment needed. There are a lot of terms for that kind of guitar playing; fingerstyle, chords-and-melody - each of which carry their own connotations. But in the end, what I’d discovered was my love for arranging songs for guitar, which has carried over into my current playing.

This arrangement of Come Sail Away takes advantage of the repeating bass line, simple on piano, but a little harder to keep up with on guitar (gotta keep practicing with that right thumb!). I think it sounds great on classical guitar or steel string, but I chose to use my nylon guitar for this recording. Something about the shorter sustain of the nylon guitar just makes it sound a little better with these “piano-esque” chords and melody arrangements.

I hope you enjoy! And as always, full tabs are available on my Patreon. You can access all of my tabs by subscribing for free on Patreon!

Cheers, Dave