Piano Cheats

I have been so busy lately that I have not been able to update this blog. Needless to say, the requests for songs have been piling up, and the following songs are all requests from readers, some from the blog, some from YouTube.

This song is in the key of D. I realize that this song is sung by a lot of people. This one is based on the version sung by Journey.

These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1: D2 - A/C# - D2/B - Bm7 - A - G2
Part 2: Em7 - Bm7 - A/C# - D2 - A - G - A/G - G - A/G
Part 3: D2 - A/C# - G - Gm - C - G/A - A (-D2)

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This is a request by a reader. The song is in the key of C. I did not play the intro in the video. Anyway, in case anyone is interested to know, the intro actually uses the same chord progression as Part 2b.

I have divided the verse in to 4 parts: 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d; so that it is easier to learn a smaller chunk at a time.

These are the “cheat” chords I played:
Part 1a: C - C/F - G/A - C
Part 1b: FM7 - C/E - D4 - D/F# - F/G - G
Part 1c: FM7 - C/E - E4 - E/G# - Am7 - Dm7 - F/G - C - C/E
Part 2a: FM7 - Em7 - Am7 - Dm7 - C/E - F - F/G
Part 2b: FM7 - Em7 - Am7 - Dm7 - F/G - G - C

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This is a request by a reader. The song is in E.

Part 1 in the video is the intro. Part 2 is the verse. Part 3 is the chorus. Part 4 is the bridge.

These are the “cheat” chords I played in the video…
Part 1: A2 - E/G# - A2 - B4
- B

Part 2a: E/G# - A2 - B4 - C#m7 - E/G# - A2 - B4 - B
Part 2b: E/G# - A2 - B4 - C#m7 - A2 - B4 - B
Part 3: E - B/D# - C#m7 - E/G# - A2 - B4 - B
Part 4: A2 - B4 - C#m7 - A2 - C#m7 - B4 - B

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This song by Jason Mraz is a request by a reader.

Part 1a and Part 1b are actually the same except for that additional bit at the end of Part 1b.

Part 2 is an interlude. So in fact the whole song can be played using just Part 1a.

These are the “cheat” chords I played…

Part 1a: B - F# - G#m7 - E2
Part 1b: B - F# - G#m7 - E2 - C#/F
Part 2: B - F#/A# - G#m7 - G#m7/F# - E2 - C#/F

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This is another song requested by a YouTube viewer.

The song is in the key of Bb.

These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1: Bb – Gm7 – EbM7 – F/A
Part 2: Gm7 – EbM7 – Bb – F/A
Part 3: Bb – F/A – Gm7 – EbM7

Thanks to Blue for pointing out that I hadn’t published the chords earlier.

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