This Is (Aslan) Guitar Lesson with TAB

This Is Guitar Lesson + TAB
In this guitar lesson, you get TAB for how to play the three sections of This Is, all arranged for one acoustic guitar!


This Is | TAB


The incredible This Is just wouldn’t get out of my head for days so I transcribed it in order to be able to move on!

Here’s the verse TAB.

This Is TAB, verse.

The movement is I – III – II – IV – V in the key of D. I like the voicing of the F#m7, it’s more like an A/F# and works well when there is only one guitar.

The chorus starts on chord IV and almost feels like a bridge at first.

This Is TAB, chorus.


Finally, for the middle 8, I felt this needed a picked part to calm things down when it’s only played on one guitar, how about something like this?

This Is TAB, middle 8.

Practise each section on it’s own before you play along with the original or even live recording.



This Is TAB | Related Pages


This Is | Chords + Lyrics

This Is chords lesson.

You can learn to play This Is by Aslan using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and the original recording.

D | D |
These are the hands of a tired man…


Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics

When you can play the TAB for This Is, try these five tunes from the songbook.


Aslan tunes

Aslan wrote This Is.

Aslan is a rock band from Dublin Ireland that formed in the early ’80s, broke up after the debut album and then reunited to release their signature song.

Their best tunes include This Is, Crazy World, and covers of Angie, Jealous Guy, Maggie May and Wish You Were Here.


Aslan on the web

Listen to Aslan on Spotify.


About me | Dan Lundholm

Dan Lundholm wrote this guitar lesson and TAB for This is.

This guitar lesson by Dan Lundholm features TAB and covers This is. Discover more about him and how you can learn guitar with Spytunes.

Most importantly, find out why you should learn guitar through playing tunes, not practising scales, and studying theory in isolation.


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