Here’s how that classic country rhythm guitar part goes over many open chords and how you can move that to other chords as well. The idea is to have the root of the chord on the 1 and the 5th of the chord on the 3.

The Rhythm I use is:
B d u B d u
1 2 + 3 4 +

Hope this helps!

-Related Lessons-

0:37 – Rhythms – Strumming the Guitar | BO 5/10
0:57 – Building Chords?! | UGT 2/8
1:21 – Playing Open Chords | BO 4/10

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Country Rhythm Guitar Tab, Rhythms, Open Chords, 7th Chords & CAGED Arpeggio Shapes, CAGED Chord Shapes, CAGED Scale Shapes, CAGED Pentatonic Scale Shapes