Crazy, Crazy For You and Crazy Love Chords

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I thought I'd post several songs here: 
Crazy, Crazy For You and Crazy Love.

Crazy: Willie Nelson

C   C   F   F   Fmaj7   Em7   Dm7   G7
[intro]
C     C    A7        A7         Dm     Dm(#7)   Dm7   Dm7
Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
    G7    G7   G7        G7     C        C#dim7   Dm7   G7
I'm crazy,     crazy for feeling so blue
C     C      A7         A7          Dm     Dm(#7)   Dm7   Dm7
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
         G7     G7         G7           G7       C   F   C   C7
And then someday     you'd leave me for somebody new
F     F   F        F          C      C   C7   C7
Worry,    why do I let myself worry?
D7       D7   D7          D7        G7    Dm7   G7   G7
Wond'ring     what in the world did I do?
C    C    A7            A7            Dm       Dm(#7)   Dm7   Dm7
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
    Fmaj7     Em7        Dm7       Cmaj7
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
        Dm7       G7        C   Ab
And I'm crazy for loving you
C#   C#   Bb7           Bb7           Ebm      Ebm(#7)   Ebm7   Ebm7
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
    F#maj7    Fm7        Ebm7      C#maj7
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
        Ebm7      Ab7       C#   C#   F#   F#   C# .
And I'm crazy for loving you.

Same song in the Key of F, Piano Chords:

F        D7                 Gm     
Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
    C7                 F        F#dim   Gm7   C7
I'm crazy,     crazy for feeling so blue
F                   D7          Gm     
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
         C7              F          Gm7  C7
And then someday     you'd leave me for somebody new
F     F   F        F          C      C   C7   C7
Worry,    why do I let myself worry?
G7       C7   C7          C7        Gm7    
Wond'ring     what in the world did I do?
F        D7            D7           Gm       
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
    Bbmaj7     Am7        Gm7       Fmaj7
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
        Gm7       C7        F
And I'm crazy for loving you

NSYNC

Crazy For You

Composer:

Christian Hamm, Alain Bertoni

Lyricist:

Christian Hamm

Performer:

*Nsync

Genre:

Pop

Chorus

                   Fmaj7              E7
Wherever I go, whatever I do,
Am7                                                   D9
Whenever my heart is crying out for you
                   Fmaj7               E7
Wherever I go, whatever I do

I'm crazy for you


Verse

 Am                 Dm/A  E7/G#  Am7
It's not easy to be alone
                        Dm/A
It's not easy to fall in love
           Bdim/A                            E7sus/A
Every night I just get down and pray
 E7/G#                    Am  E7sus E7  Am
That you come my way
 
                          Dm/A    E7/G#  Am7
I've never had a girl like you
                                      Dm/A
I've never known what love could do
                             Bdim/A              E7/sus/A
Wish you'd come baby and set me free
 E7/G#         Am  E7sus
I can't let it be, yeah

Van Morrison: Crazy Love

A              C#min
I can feel her heartbeat
D               A
from a thousand miles
A               C#min
And the heavens open
D              A
every time she smiles
A                  C#min
And when I come to her
D              A
that's where I belong
A                 C#min
Yeah, I'm running to her
D              A
like a river's song

Chorus 

A                 E    F#min E     D     E
She gives me love love love  love, crazy love
A                 E    F#min E     D     A
She gives me love love love  love, crazy love

She's got a fine sense of humor when I'm feeling low down
And when I come to her when the sun goes down
She take away my trouble take away my grief
Take away my heartache, I go right to sleep ..CHORUS

BRIDGE

  E     D              A
Yes I need her in the daytime
  E     D              A
Yes I need her in the night
  E   D                 A           C#m
Yes I want to throw my arms around her
  E                D                A    E
Kiss her hug her kiss her hug her tight

And when I'm returning from so far away
She gives me some sweet lovin brightens up my day
Yes it makes me righteous, yes it makes me whole
Yes it makes me mellow down into my soul ...CHORUS TWICE 

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All of My Days: Hillsong

 From You Are My World album, I love the song All of My Days. Listen to Hillsong here.

 Piano Chords to All of My Days

Intro:  E  |  Esus4  |  E  |  Esus4  |  E  |  Esus4  |  E  |  Esus4 

Verse 1:

     E                 Esus4        E   Esus4  E          Esus4     E   Esus4
Proclaim Your awesome power     Tell of mighty deeds
     E               Esus4    E   Esus4           E    Esus4     E   Esus4
Declare Your future Kingdom     Of everlasting peace

Bridge:
              A2                           E/G#   B
And my eyes they look unto You always
          A2                              E/G#  B
And I am captured by Your Majesty

Chorus:

E/G#        A2            C#m7             B 
All of my days  I will sing of Your greatness
E/G#        A2            C#m7               B
All of my days I will speak of Your grace
E              B/D#        A/C#            Ab7          A2
All of my days I will tell of Your wondrous love
         B               A2               B
Your love in my life     Your love

Verse 2:

E            Esus4           E         Esus4             E           Esus4           E    Esus4
All Your works will praise You     Your children bless Your name
      E            Esus4       E     Esus4           E           Esus4      E    Esus4
We speak of all Your goodness     We walk in fields of grace

Instrumental:  A2  |  B

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Here's what I'm playing:

E=E/G#BE

Esus=E/ABE

A2=A/ABC#E

B=B/BD#F# 

C#m7=C#/BC#EG#

G#7= G#7/G#C#F

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

"The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (or simply Ninja Turtles) are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists. From their home in the storm sewers of New York City, they battle petty criminals, evil megalomaniacs, and alien invaders, all while remaining isolated from society at large. The characters initially appeared in comic books before being licensed for toys, cartoons, video games, films, and other merchandise. During the peak of its popularity in the late 1980s through early 1990s, the franchise gained considerable worldwide success and fame."

Whenever I stay with a song, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, that has straight rhythm... then
I like to practice with Back Pocket Band Software

So, Ben Landis has lots of sheet music (for free) of video, game music and cartoon shows. If you're interested in this style, visit http://www.benlandis.com

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bass Line

4/4 Time 100bpm

1.  2 measures of C to C (Broken Octave)
2.  2 measures of Eb to Eb
3.  1 measure F to F
4.  Ab to Ab, then Bb to Bb
5.  2 measures C to C
6. 1 measure Ab to Ab
7. 1 measure Bb to Bb
8. 2 measures C to C
9. 1 measure Ab to Ab
10. 1 measure Bb to Bb
11. 2 measures C to C
12. 1 measure Ab to Ab
13. 1 measure Bb to Bb
14. 1 measure Ab to Ab
15. 1 measure Bb to Bb
16. 2 measures C to C
17. 2 measures Eb to Eb
18. 1 measure F to F
19. 1 measure Ab to Ab, then Bb to Bb.
20. 1 measure C to C played together, then G to G played together
21. 1 measure C to C played together 3 times.

Right Hand Notes

Absolute C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

1. Play EG together, then EA. Do it several times to get the feel.

Absolute C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

2. Then play these notes, GBb and change to GC. Practice several times.

Absolute C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B C

3. Now you play CEb together, then change to CF. Play these intervals back and forth, end on C.

Did you know that Errol Garner, the jazz pianist, was left-handed? So, I got to thinking about left-hand parts on the piano and how much time I have invested in piano practice to improve and strengthen my bass lines in music.

I've always been comfortable playing a melodic line with my right hand but when it comes to playing Alberti bass or Waltz bass, I seemed to need the extra practice, playing left hand notes separately until they were polished and then adding both hands together to hear a more balanced sound.
To achieve this, let's take a look at music and see how a composer will write harmony parts in many different ways.

1. Block chords look like all of the notes are stacked together, like a snow- man, and you play them together at once. You will find many blocked chords for your left hand in rock and roll and hymns, too.

2. Broken chords are when the left-hand plays the notes of a chord but one at a time. You can approach this by playing oom-pah rhythm or some say, boom-chick, like a repeated pattern of a single note followed by a chord. You will hear this in Ragtime in Scott Joplin music.

3. Arpeggiated chords make up notes of a chord that are played one at a time, like an arpeggio. They are found in Classical piano music and Pop music.

4. Alberti bass is when the notes of each chord is played starting with the bottom note, on to the top note, middle note and then up to the top note again.

5. Waltz bass is where the first note of the chord is on the down beat, the first beat of the measure and followed by the other notes on beats 2 and 3. It is played with a strong beat in a 3/4 time signature. This ballad style allows your right hand the freedom to pull out the melody line and just let it flow.

This is the basic introduction to left-hand movement. More advanced rhythmic patterns would include off-beats, swing and slow jazz waltz, to name a few. Plus, there is Latin rhythm to learn, such as Bossa Nova, Mambo Tango, Cha Cha, Rhumba and Samba.
No matter what level you are on, with many of the left-hand parts listed above, you can incorporate them into your music for rhythm practice.

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