Don’t Close Your Eyes

Back in 1988 Keith Whitley wrote and made famous his song, Don’t Close Your Eyes. It is a beautiful song and it is easy to play and fun to learn. It has only four chords. They are G, C, D, and Em. Even better, the chords follow an easy pattern that repeats so learning Don’t Close Your Eyes will be a part of your repertoire in one sitting. In this guitar lesson we show you the patterns that you will need to quickly learn this great song, and we also show you a couple shortcuts. In every song there are always little parts where the patterns deviate from the regular chord structure. We use these deviations as “sign posts” to help you learn the song, and to remember how to play Don’t Close Your Eyes.