How To Play NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN (SIMPLIFIED!) 

I'm nearly 70 and have been finger picking guitar since I was 17. I have lost some mobility and strength in my wrists and you made it possible for me to learn and play this beautiful tune. Thank you Rob, Mike.

This piece is one of the most frustrating I have learned. One day I can play is ok with a bit of struggle, the next day I am fret buzzing like crazy. Your version is genius.

I've been a finger picker for over 55 years. My fingers are automatic. The toughest part for me with this has been teaching my fingers a new pattern. They seem to be adapting well, so, don't give up, your brain will create new pathways, (just like learning to type in typing class in the olden days. Yes, high school offered typing classes). I love this piece so much and have wanted to learn it for so long that I'm thrilled with each measure I get down pat. So, thank you Rob, for introducing an easier way to play this without the bar cord thing. Too, your downloadable charts you offer for free, easily explains how it all comes together. I never dreamed a piece so difficult could be so easy, with just a little effort. Brilliant! Thank you! Sharon, Colorado, USA

I'm 72 now Rob. Pulling out the ol' guitar again. Great encouragement ....thank you.!

What a brilliant teacher, I have been playing for some time now, only picking the guitar up when I was fifty. I have loved this tune for many years but the finger picking was always a little advanced for me as I had got into a rut strumming. The sheets of tabs I have down loaded so all good there and followed your picking rhythm, still working on that, so I feel that after time spent practicing I will get there. Can I say that yes there are other teachers giving tutorials on this tune but none come close to your absolute brilliance in getting it over to students. Thank you so much Fennah you have inspired me, I am now in my seventies and it goes to show that with the right teacher opening the right door you can teach an old dog new tricks or in my case old man. God Bless you and keep your sense of humour it makes learning so much fun. chris Hunter West Yorkshire

After a decade of failed attempts at this song I just picked this up in 15 mins. Great stuff, singing over it already. Learned the chain yesterday I've plenty of Fleetwood now:D

Thank the Lord! My fingers just can’t form the shapes required to play it the other way. Just impossible. You’re a godsend.

I own the May 1992 Guitar School Magazine with Yngwie and Nirvana on the cover and it has an excellent transcription the same way you play it by Mark Hanson . Relearning it from the same mag as back in 92 , Some music never ages .Challenging tune indeed . Excellent lesson .

you don't understand how wonderful it feels to finally learn this masterpiece without breaking my fingers, thank you for sharing everything, lots of respect!

Great minds think alike! Also discovered NGBA was a snap while fiddling around in CGDGBE (FWIW, for the purpose of attempting Richard Thompson's "Vincent Black Lightning 1952"). Great job!

I have been working on this song for 2 years (since I picked up the guitar). Apparently, I like complicated songs for a newbie….. but I wanted to say that your tutorial is THE BEST one I have watched …. Wish I had found this one 11 months ago when you posted it! I’ve been playing with capo on 4 trying to bar and stretch and I could only get to a very choppy version. This is making all the difference for me! Thank you for taking the time to write out the notes (16 pages!) and recording this tutorial!!! I’m giving this old favorite song of mine another chance!! 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️❤️

Brilliant! Thanks a bunch!

Hey brother, thanks to you I am enjoying playing this song. I also feel more confident about my guitar abilities. Much appreciated

Hi Rob. This is exactly how I play this. I capo to 4 like you and tune down low 6th & 5th to E & B respectively. Works a treat! Thanks for your wonderful post mate. Cheers from sunny Sydney Australia 🇦🇺👋🎸

You have a talent for communication, my friend. Very nicely done. I'm 75, do open mics for charity, and your work enables me to bring more music to more people, recreate the sounds and moods that people love, with minimal fistfight with adding new material. You nailed the sound, mood and feel without the contortionist thing. I fudge a lot and no one notices or cares, because the "feel" is what they came for. "Well played, my friend. Well played." :)

As a beginner, I've been learning a few of my fav songs, and this song is so good. Couldn't do it Lindsey's way, but can ALMOST do it your way - the middle part with bar on the 14th fret gives me fits...little finger not strong enough yet...but I'm determined. Thank you so much for this tutorial...you're the best!

Thank you! My arthritis was really making this a painful experience, this version has made it a lot less painful!

You are a beacon of hope. Thank you a thousandfold❤

Love this lesson and the way you teach it. I love the song too, but as a beginner, it is still intimidating with the tempo and finger picking. One thing I found is that in the settings I can slow the play speed right down and helps me focus and play along on the right hand picking. Just thought I would share for other beginners who might not know 🎸

I've been working on this song for a couple of months but just could not get to that bar chord with the large gap fast enough no matter how long I practiced. Wow, this is great, now I can play it easily. Thanks! Nice sounding guitar by the way!

Okay, mate,I subscribed immediately after this tutorial.if you can simplify one of the most notoriously hardest and beautiful tunes to play, then you are a bonafide legend. Thank you❤

That was ingenius! Never thought I'd be able to play the likes of this song but this lesson made it possible. Thanks you, Rob!

I believe his knickname is the kascading kidd he definately plays a lot of them in his music and probably why it always sounds lively and happy i do dig what youve done with it ,i still working on it and will be forever but damn i just love this tune ( honestly i couldnt stand it ) until i picked up a guitar and started learning ,i came to quickly adore this circus of picking tune thanks everyone

You're an angel. thank you

I love you!! I found you this morning playing Never going back again! Brilliant started playing right away… my hand thanks you too!!!

Very kind to be putting this out here for free. Excellent human being . Thankyou

I tried learning this song from other channels.....very hard. I finally learned it here from Rob with the easy tabs...... this is the best way for sure for me , keep up the great teaching bud !!

You are by far the best guitar teacher on RU-vid. You make it so easy to understand what to do, and the rest is muscle memory! Thank you x

Morning morning have a fantastic care free day please play Vincent thanks,, the best teacher

Brilliant. Avoids the insane s-t-r-e-t-c-h for smaller fingers. And I've been playing for 30 years and can play songs like Solsbury Hill note for note.

Rob - Thanks so much for the tabs and brilliant lesson. You let this over 50 beginner guitarist in on one of the best-picking songs out there.

Love your version at the six capo position with tuning CG

I just jumped over here from your prior, and laughed right out loud watching the business with the first, then second, guitar. I'm new-ish and all for easier to learn complicated fingering. Cheers.

I have just recently discovered you on RU-vid Rob. In 3 words, Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant. Thank you so much

You are a life saver. Not only with your brilliant tuning arrangement, but your explanation and notation in the tabs of the exact picking pattern with the timing changed got me playing this song in a few hours. Sounds spot on.

What a great guy. So generous to share this. Nothing pretentious about this man. Much gratitude,

Brilliant! You saved my day, erm, my fingers! Thanks for sharing!

Watching this again … as always … fantastic ! Thank you ! : )

Thank you for this mate bless you!

This is the BEST guitar lesson ever!

One of the best guitar tutorials I've seen. Great work.

Rob... this is BRILLIANT!! I myself have a problem with keeping the G string note (2nd Fret relative to capo) from sounding MUTE during the INTRO!!! It's all because of playing the D string (4th Fret) note and E string (5th fret) simultaneously!!! Evidently, my excess fat ring finger keeps muting the G string note. Really pissing me off.. If you watch more recent (I call 10 years recent) VIDEOS of Lindsey Buckingham playing his own song, you will find it QUITE DIFFERENT from the original studio version. Hmmm I wonder if he's trying to avoid something also. But then again, it is HIS song! Who am I to judge ! Anyway.... THANKS for you help!! MUCH EASIER THIS WAY!!! Cheers, Dennis

You're the best guitar teacher I've ever encountered. That's an awesome lesson & so very clear & patently explained. I'm well impressed. I subscribed immediately.

This literally unlocked this song for me!

Brilliant! Thanks for the tutorial!👍👍👍

Brilliant! I was almost giving up the original is so hard, thanks, now I think I can learn it!

Rob you are a true renaissance man...love the attitude or lack of I should say.....YOUR GREAT

Excellent,Thank you ..

I honestly thought that this was two guitars 🤓 I can't believe I'm slowly playing along with this 😎 almost cracked it. Top man , great teacher; I will be looking back at some of your previous lessons once I've cracked this one. Thanks

You are amazing i am so bad but you give me hope because your instruction is so simple and relatable. Maybe i can learn to play

Brilliant! This will change my life. I've been trying to get this down for years. Cheers Rob, from another Wirralian Rob.

Good to see a tutorial that acknowledges that using "D" chord forms is a pain in the arse. I also think dropping the 6th string to "C" is a pain in the arse, so I choose to leave the 6th string open when placing the capo. Buckingham's voice has got deeper with age so he prefers playing and singing it in "E" or "F". I put capo on 4th fret and sing it in "E" so no need to retune the 6th string!

Hi Rob. Thank goodness I found your vids. I’ve been trying to learn this one for ages but those bloody chord shapes always put me off - and I’m a fairly experienced player. The fingerpicking i can do cuz I’m a blues picker already but the original chords just pissed me off lol. I only found you yesterday and I’ve pretty much got the gist of it. Thanks for making it so much more accessible!

Brilliant teacher now I may be able to play in a few weeks,!!

wow, I didn't think i'd ever play that, thanks

Bloody brilliant! So much easier to do it your way.And you made me laugh...!

The best,you are the best!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Rob you absolutely rock! Great stuff and looking forward to get working on this.

That bar was killing me. So glad I came across this arrangement. Still having trouble keeping the thumb going throughout, but maybe if I play it a couple hundred more times I’ll get it down lol

Great lesson and a great S&P guitar!

Thank you for your time mister.

thanks, great help for a tricky tune

Thank you so much this is incredible! I’m actually playing it!!

Brilliant

Yeah Big Brother I would liike to thankyou for the lesson,AWESOME!!!!!!

thank you! I've finally found a lefty version of this song. Now I can stop struggling to learn the original (probably will still try tho).

This helped a lot. cheers

Cheers! I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge for the love of the music and not for money!

Spot on with the rhythm, your right thumb is like a metronome!

I love your humor!

Pretty much same comment as BGrovian77, I can almost play this tune thanks to your version, thanks a bunch!

So grateful for this! Also been struggling for ages

Great version and lesson 👍

What a wonderful lesson for a magnificent tune. Thank you so much.

you are the BEST! Thank you so much!

Enjoying Learning Rob... sooperb!!!

You are a freaking genius...Einstein of music 🎶

Cheers Rob... all your time, skill and effort is truly appreciated.

hey rob you make the boring theory very interested to everyone thanks for this

Thank you sir.

brilliant tutorial thank you

Thanks

Exactly. After struggling with impossible way for years, I figured that dropping the 2 strings was the best way!

Hi Rob. You are right that if I had to play that capo 4 version I would give up, (or never start). But with your version I am tackling it and I think I'm going to get it. 1000 thanks!

Mate you are a genius !

Omw! This is Gold !

First time viewer, well impressed. Thank you.

Glad I found your channel great lesson I’ve been playing the hard way for years but I’ve finally mastered it with this version , and it sounds actually more like the original 😀many thanks for this

OMG this solves everything!

Totally awesome

Good idea Fennah Rob

Brilliant!

Great lesson! would you consider adding a lesson covering the Lindsey Buckingham solo he does on live performances with this tuning?

Absolutely Brilliant teaching -- the best I've seen ! THANK YOU

Great idea!

Great

This is brilliant!

Brilliant! Thanks dude!

Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into this great tutorial Rob ! You truly have a gift for teaching and playing the guitar. Thank you for the guitar tabs too. 😊

I tried all sorts .... but your method is definately the easiest yet. GOOD MAN. Keep it coming .