How To Play Norwegian Wood

One of my high school students is coming for a piano lesson this afternoon. She enjoys playing popular songs from Disney movies. Her first choice are the Beatles music! Towards the end of this post, you will find a plethora of other Beatle songs that include chord charts for your enjoyment.

Norwegian Wood

Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
1965

Key: Em
Time: 12/8 Moderately

E Bm7 A E

E                                 Bm7        A   E
I once had a girl or should I say she once had me
E                                    Bm7    A    E
She showed me her room isn't it good Norwegian wood

Em                                             A
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
Em                                               F#m7  B7
But I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair

E                             Bm7        A   E
I sat on a rug biding my time drinking her wine
E                                     Bm7         A   E
We talked until two and then she said it's time for bed

Em                                                   A
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh
Em                                                 F#m7  B7
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath

E                            Bm7        A   E
And when I awoke I was alone this bird had flown
E                             Bm7     A   E
So I lit a fire isn't it good Norwegian wood

Piano Chord Breakdown

E = E/EB
Bm7 = E/BDF#A
A = A/AC#
E = E/G#B
Em = E/BGB
A = A/C#EA
F#m7 = F#/C#EA
B7 = B/D#F#

Intro Right Hand Chords

EBE, EC#E, EBE, EAE, EG#E, EF#B,EAB, EG#B / BEB, BD, F#A, C#E, BE, BE

Intro Left Hand Single Notes

E, E, B, E (4x) per measure

Outro Right Hand Chords

EBE, EC#E, EBE, EAE, EG#E, EF#B, EAB, EG#B / BEB, BDF#A, AC#, G#B

Outro Left Hand Single Notes

E, E, B, E (5 times), last measure E, E, B, E, B, A, EE



Norwegian Wood (version 2)

D Dsus4 D C  G  D

D Dsus4      D                      C        G   D
I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me
D   Dsus4         D                    C    G    D
She showed me her room, isn't it good, Norwegian wood

    Dm                                         G
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
Dm                                               Em   A
But I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair

D Dsus4    D                    C        G   D
I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
D  Dsus4        D                       C         G   D
We talked until two, and then she said, it's time for bed

    Dm                                               G
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh
Dm                                                  Em   A
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/beatles/273722.html ]
D   Dsus4   D                       C    G   D
And when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown
D   Dsus4   D                    C    G    D
So, I lit a fire, isn't it good, Norwegian wood

http://www.guitaretab.com/b/beatles/273722.html

Other Beatle Posts

All You Need Is Love (414)

Blackbird (1, 818 hits)

Eleanor Rigby (388 hits)

Help (57 hits)

Hey Jude (29 hits)

Let It Be (45, 882 hits)

Oh Darling (309 hits)



As you can see, Blackbird and Let It Be are the most popular song choices on my blog right now.
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Wishing you a great week of practice!

-- LadyD
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

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How to Play: All You Need Is Love

I have always been a fan of The Beatles. I join multitudes of folks in celebrating this
enormous wave of popularity in the songwriting team of Lennon and McCartney. The
Beatles music is timeless. Awhile back, I blogged about a song Let It Be. You might want
to check it out.

So, I got to thinking about special needs children and how they have Special Olympics
for them. It's wonderful to cheer folks on to victory. Everyone needs love... that's what I think. Another song that comes to mind, All You need Is Love, is a good one. Do you remember it?

The song has some bass walk ups and walk downs. A walk down involves starting on the
 first chord, then playing a transitional chord, and then arriving at the destination chord. When
 I play this particular Beatle song in my l.h., I'm playing G, F# then E. Sometimes the walk will
be these single notes, A, G, to F#. Other times, listen and you'll hear a longer walk down, like A,
G, F#, E, D, C.

The guitar chord chart goes something like this:

G                                    D/F#                 Em
There's nothing you can do that can't be done

G                                   D/F#                    Em 
Theres nothing you can sing that can't be sung

D7/A                   G                      D/F#                    
Nothing you can say but you can learn to
               D7/A
play the game

D7/A      D7
It's          easy


There's nothing you can make that can't be made
No one  you can save that can't be saved
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
It's easy


CHORUS:

G          A7       D7
All you need is love

G          A7       D7
All you need is love

G          B7       Em         G/D 
All you need is love        love

C             D7      G
Love is all you need


There's nothing you can know that isn't known
Nothing you can see that isn't shown
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
Its easy

CHORUS

C           D7      G
Love is all you need   

G          A7       D7
All you need is love

D7                         G          A7       D7
All together now   All you need is love

D7                        G          A7       D7
Everybody now   All you need is love 

G      D     G  
Love is all you need   (repeats a few times)

I'm playing these chords:

L.H./R.H.

G/BG                                    F#/DA    E/BE
There's nothing you can do that can't be done

G/BD                    F#/ADA             E/BE
Theres nothing you can sing that can't be sung

A/CDF#          G/BDA            F#/CD                    
Nothing you can say but you can learn to
            E/CDF#A
play the game

D7/A      D7
It's          easy


There's nothing you can make that can't be made
No one  you can save that can't be saved
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
It's easy


CHORUS:

G/DGB    A/EGAD    D/F#AD
All you need is love

G/GBD    A/EGAD    D/F#AD
All you need is love

G/DGBD   B/F#AD#   E/GB        D/DG 
All you need is love        love

C/CEG     D/CA    D/CDG
Love is all you need


There's this cool intro:

Pick up notes(single notes in r.h. D, then CD)

G/BDG, G/BDG

D/DF#A, D/DF#A

G/GBD, B/BDG, B/BDG, D/DGB, B/BDG

C/ACE, D/DF#AC... then play a trill (you know, a rapid moving back 

and forth of two separate notes. At this point in the music, move notes 

A and G back and forth in your right hand. 

There's another cool part in the song that has a triplet 

(using three notes in the place for two. It's after the part, 

"All you need is love" and you hear "Everybody". It goes rather quickly 

like this:

D/CF#A

D/DF#, E/C#F

Triplet: G/CE, A/CEb and G/BD

The outro or ending just repeats and fades away.

Looking to play along and having your practice time not 

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Enjoy! 

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

How To Play Blackbird

Photo credit: Guitar Noise

I receive many requests from readers who love all of the Beatles songs and want to play them for their own enjoyment. I have posted some of their popular songs in the past and you can see All You Need Is Love , Let It be and Help

.

One lovely song, Blackbird that was written in 1968, is to be played slowly and smoothly. Here is the chord chart to the song I found online. I think it is quite helpful for beginners.

Chords; A,Am,C,D,Dm,Em,F,G.


G         Am             G  
Blackbird singing in the dead of night

C                  D                 Em
Take these broken wings and learn to fly

D           C
All your    life

G               A                D         G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise



Link 1; C G A   D  G



G         Am             G
Blackbird singing in the dead of night

C                 D                 Em
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see

D           C
All your    life

G             A                D            G
You were only waiting for this moment to be free




F     Dm      C
Black-bird,   Fly

F     Dm      C    A
Black-bird,   Fly

           D                      G
Into the light of the dark black night



Link 2; G Am G  G G    C D   Em   D C C C   G A   D G


F     Dm      C
Black-bird    Fly

F     Dm      C     A
Black-bird    Fly

          D                    G    
Into the light of a dark black night



Link 3; G Am G  G G    C D   Em   D C C C   G A   D G


G         Am             G
Blackbird singing in the dead of night

C                 D                  Em
Take these broken wings and learn to fly

D          C
All your   life

G             A                D         G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

C        G    A                D         G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

C        G    A                D         G   
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

I love birds and I love this song. 

How about you? Anyways, I wanted to share with 

you the chords I am using in the video.

Chords; G, Am G/B G


G         Am7             G/B  
Blackbird singing in the dead of night

C           A7/C#   D7       B7/D#   Em  Cm/Eb
Take these broken wings and learn to fly

G/D  A7/C#   Am7/C Cm
All your    life

G/B           A7                Am7/D  D7    G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise



Link 1; C G/B A7   D7  G



G         Am7             G/B
Blackbird singing in the dead of night

C          A7/C#    D7      B7/D#   Em  Cm/Eb
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see

G/D  A7/C#    Am7/C  Cm
All your    life

G/B           A7                Am7/D  D7     G
You were only waiting for this moment to be free




F  C/E   Dm      C Bb  C
Black-bird,   Fly

F  C/E   Dm      C  Bb  A7
Black-bird,   Fly

           D7                      G
Into the light of the dark black night



Link 2; G Am7 G/B  G G    C  A7/C# D7 B7/D#   Em Cm/Eb

        Gmaj7/D  A7/C#  Am7/C Cm  G/B A7  D7  G


F   C/E  Dm      C Bb B
Black-bird    Fly

F   C/E  Dm      C  Bb   A7
Black-bird    Fly

          D7                    G    
Into the light of a dark black night



Link 3; G Am7 G/B  G G    G A7  G/B  A7  C G/B A7


G         Am7             G/B
Blackbird singing in the dead of night

C          A7/C#    D7      B7/D#        Em  Cm/Eb
Take these broken wings and learn to fly

G/D   A7/C#  Am7/C  Cm
All your   life

C         G/B    A7             Am7/D  D7       G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

C        G/B    A7             Am7/D   D7      G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

C        G/B    A7              Am7/D  D7       G   
You were only waiting for this moment to arise 

Don't you just love all the sheet music around 

my keyboard?! lol

Be sure and check out Finding The Key to Any Song

How To Decorate Types of Pianos

Upright and Grand Pianos 

Patriotic Piano

Grand pianos are also called horizontal pianos, because the strings run horizontally (parallel to the floor). They have longer strings and bigger soundboards than upright pianos, which gives them richer, deeper, and stronger sound. They can measure from 4 1/2 to 10 feet long.

What is a Grand Piano, you ask?

Basically, it’s bigger than a baby grand piano. It provides more sound and more volume because it will measure up to at least six feet and as I mentioned earlier, it has better tone and more projection. So the Grand Piano displays well in a very large room.
In upright pianos the strings run vertically (up and down) and are shorter than on grand pianos. They sound softer and are not as big: almost 5 feet wide and between 3 and 5 feet tall.

Zebra Piano

I can take mine apart and see the action of the hammers flying by horizontally to hit a string. Uprights are designed to fit up against the wall thus creating an indirect sound.
The difference between an upright and grand is mainly due to the action. Uprights have a horizontal action, while Grand pianos have a vertical action.

Cristofori built an early piano in 1726 called pianoforte, later to be named the “piano.” It may be noted that I wrote about him in an earlier intel. Indeed, he was a good guy in music history.

Pink Piano

It’s true that pianos are placed into 4 groups or classifications according to their size: 

1. Spinet
2. Console
3. Studio
4. Upright

Purple Piano

An interesting side note is that many shapes and sizes of pianos are no longer made today. But an early type of upright piano was called a “birdcage piano”, suggesting that its dampers were like a birdcage.

As you have read in the news lately, a piano played by the Beatles, Pink Floyd and other popular bands sold for 150,000 pounds ($29,000.00) in an auction in Britain.

Feeling Groovy

They say the piano had been used and abused, covered with coffee stains and cigarette burns. But the Beatles did regularly use the piano and recorded certain songs like Paperback Writer and Tomorrow Never Knows using this piano. It still plays well and sounds great.
I’ll admit that I haven’t seen a piano decorated with a water theme but you’ll find one at Fitton Center for creative arts in Hamilton, Ohio.
It is really no surprise that many pianos are decorated in honor of Liberace.
If you are planning to go to NYC, you might see brightly painted upright pianos on the street of NYC in the summertime.

Summertime Piano

Tropical Piano

You can add a personal touch to any room in your home that houses any type of piano or you can literally paint, stain or just leave your piano alone in its original condition.

Adding a mirror adds a certain amount of class to any room. Placing one above a spinet or an upright piano adds an elegant touch and makes the room seem a bit larger.
Another idea to consider is using several sconces directly over your piano on a small wall for added height and great detail.

Of course having framed music and your favorite wall art is a classic decorative element, too. It is one that I have used many times and have changed on numerous occasions in my music studio.

I like to think that no matter the size or look of ones magnificent musical instrument, the piano will look great in any room. I have no doubt that the piano will be played for many years for your own enjoyment, especially around holiday time, everyone loves to hear the piano.
http://www.qondio.com/piano-types-and-how-to-decorate-them

Tomorrow Never Knows

This is a song from the Album Revolver by the Beatles. The composers of this song are
Lennon & Paul McCartney. 

C

Turn off your mind relax and float downstream

          Bb               C

It is not dying  It is not dying

Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void

      Bb             C

It is shining  It is shining

That you may see the meaning of within

      Bb           C

It is being  It is being

That love is all and love is everyone

      Bb            C

It is knowing  It is knowing

That ignorance and haste may mourn the dead

      Bb               C

It is believing  It is believing

But listen to the colour of your dream

          Bb                C

It is not living  It is not living

Or play the game of existence to the end

       Bb                C                 Bb                C

Of the beginning  Of the beginning  Of the beginning  Of the beginning 

Tomorrow Never Knows Chords

The Beatles--Paperback Writer

     N/C
 Pa - per - back  wri - ter,   pa - per - back wri - ter,
      G7
 Dear Sir or Mad-am will you read my book?
 G7
 It took me years to write  will you take a look?
 G7
 It's based on a nov-el by a man named Lear
 G7                                             C
 and I need a job so I want to be a pa-per-back writ - er
             G7
 pa - per - back writ - er.
 G7
 It's the dir-ty sto-ry of a dirt-y man and his cling-ing wife
 G7
 does-n't un-der-stand. His son is work - ing for the dai-ly Mail
 G7                                                  C
 It's a stead-y job but he wants to be a pa-per-back writ-er
               G7
 pa - per-back writ - er.
 G7
 It's a thousand pag-es give or take a few, I'll be writ-ing more
 G7
 in a week or two. I can make long-er if you like the style,
 G7                                                   C
 I can change it round and I want to be a pa-per-back writ - er
               G7
 pa - per-back writ - er.
 G7
 If you real - ly like it you can have the rights,
 G7
 it could make a mil - lion for you o-ver-night.
 G7
 If you must re - turn it you can send it  here,
 G7                                                C
 But I need a break and I want to be a pa-per-back writ - er
               G7
 pa - per-back writ - er.
 N/C
--------------------------------| Pa  -  per-back   writ  -  er  pa-per-back  writ  -  er
 G7-----Repeat and fade---------|
 Pa  -  per- back   writ  -  er

Paperback Writer Chords 

Happy November 1st... All Saints Day! 
I have thankful for friends and dear readers online!
Thanks for stopping by,


-- LadyD
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

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