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Two Less Lonely People In The World

Let’s start with the video illustration….
I did not include the intro to the song in this video, but if you are interested, the progression for the intro goes like this…
I –> IV –> I –> III4 –> III
The song is in the key of E. The above is translated therefore as:
E –> A –> E [...]

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Mandy by Barry Manilow

I have done this song the “cheat” way — in the C key and using only the 3 basic chords (on the right hand). I hope a beginner, especially an adult beginner, will find this easy to follow.
The progression for the verse goes like this (played twice):
C –> G/C –> F/D –> F/C –> F/Bb [...]

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Stupid For You by Marie Digby

The 2 different chord progressions in this song are quite obvious. So, without having to say where these 2 are used (you should be able to tell by listening to the song), I will show my video here to illustrate the 2 progressions:
Progression 1 goes like this:
I –> I/7b –> IV –> IVm/M
See “The M [...]

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1 May 2013
This is the 3-finger version of the video:

These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1a: A2 - C#m7 - F#m7 - C#m7
Part 1b: D2 - E/D - C#m7 - F#m7
Part 1c: Bm7 - E11 - E
Part 2a: A2 - E/G# - F#m7 - C#m7
Part 2b: D2 - E/D - C#m7 - F#m7
Part 2c(i): [...]

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