Piano Cheats

This song by Taeyang is in D.
There are only 2 chords throughout the song.
Nevertheless, I’ve marked the video into 5 parts according to the melody.
You will notice that, though the chords are the same for each part, the styles of playing vary slightly as I progress from Part 1 towards Part 5.



These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1: GM7 - A - GM7 - A
Part 2, 3, 4, 5: same as Part 1
Ending: GM7

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This song by Michael W. Smith is in C.



These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1a: C - F/C - C - F/C
Part 1b: C2 - G/B - Am7 - Am7/G
Part 1c: F - Am - G4 - G
Part 2a: C2 - G/B - Am7 - C/E
Part 2b: F - Am - G4 - G

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This song by Clint Eastwood & Jamie Cullum is in C and C# (The part by Clint Eastwood in the beginning is in G).
Part 4, 5 & 6 are equivalent of Part 1, 2 & 3, played in the higher key.



These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1: C - Dm7 - F/G - C
Part 2a: FM7 - Em7 - Dm7 - Bb
Part 2b: FM7 - Em7 - D - C/G
Part 3: FM7 - Am7 - Em7 - FM7 - C-F-F-C-C-F-G-C-F-G-G-F-F-G-C/G
Part 4: C# - D#m7 - F#/G# - C#
Part 5a: F#M7 - Fm7 - D#m7 - B
Part 5b: F#M7 - Fm7 - D# - C#/G#
Part 6: F#M7 - A#m7 - Fm7 - F#M7 - C#-F#-F#-C#-C#-F#-G#-C#-F#-G#-G#-F#-F#-G#-C#/G#

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I just realized from a recent USD1 donation I received, that PayPal took away a-third of that amount! That is because of a certain minimum amount of fee PayPal charges for using the service.

For that reason, it doesn’t make sense anymore to ask for a USD1 donation, with about 33 cents going to someone else!

Therefore, I’ve just changed my donation request to USD3. You can see this on the right panel of this site.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank again and acknowledge those who have donated to this site. They are:

• Shaolina Noir
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Thank you!

This song by Survivor is in Eb.



These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Intro: Cm - Bb - Cm - Bb - Cm - Eb/G - Ab - (Cm)
Part 1a: Cm(add2) - Ab/C - Bb/C - Cm
Part 1b: Cm(add2) - Ab - Bb - Cm
Part 2a: Fm7 - Eb/G - Bb
Part 2b: Fm7 - Cm7 - Bb
Part 2c: same as Part 2a
Part 2d: Fm7 - Eb - Fm7 - Eb/G - Fm7 - Eb/G - Ab
Ending: Cm

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