Desire Only You: Randy and Terry Butler

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I have the song in the Key of E, you know 4 sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#),
with 4/4 time signature. This beautiful worship song was written in 1990.
So many of you have shared with me how you desire to improve your
piano playing and become a church pianist. Wishing you much continued
success and blessings on your ministry.

Desire Only You
Terry Butler, Randy Butler

Key: E
Verse 1:
       B/E             E      B/C#     C#m
We approach your throne, contrite of heart
Amaj7   B/A      F#m7 B7sus       E
Crying out to you          in repentance
      B/E       E        B/C#  C#m
Overwhelm us now in your holiness
Amaj7  B/A         F#m7 B/A       E
Reig - nite the flame       within us


Chorus:
          A         B      E
We seek cleansing and forgiveness
         A             B    E
For our hearts, they turn away
     A       B       C#m
Restore us to the place
             Amaj7 B/A  Amaj7   F#m7      B7sus
Where we desire    only you, desire only you


Verse 2:
Fill our hearts O Lord with your righteousness
Renew in us the joy of salvation
Overwhelm us now in your holiness
Reignite the flame within us

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Here are the piano chords I am using on the song. You can 

play the song at a slow pace using an air pad setting and 

just lay on the block chords. I've played it on the piano 

as well, pulling in the melody as a solo. If you are back-

ing up a singer, then lay off of lots of right hand single 

notes and let the voice cover that. I think the seventh 

chords give a jazz feel to the song. 

L.H. / R.H. 

E/AD#F#  We approach your

EBE/G#E  throne, con-

C#C#/F#BF# trite of

C#G#C#/G#C#E  heart,

A/BC#EG# crying

A/BD#F#  out to

F#C#/AC#E you,

B/AC#E  in repen-

EBE/G#B  tance. Over-

EB/G#BD#  whelm us

EBE/G#E  now in your

C#C#/BD#F#  holi-

C#G#C#/G#C#E  ness,

A/BC#EG#  reig-

A/BD#F#  nite the 

F#C#/AC#E  flame

B/AC#F#  within

EBE/G#EF#  us. We seek

AEA/EC#  cleansing and

BF#/D#B  forgive-

EBE/BEG#  ness, for our

AEA/EC#  hearts, they turn

BF#B/D#G#B a-

EBE/BEG#  way. Re-

AEA/EC#  store us to

BF#/D#B  the

C#G#C#/BEG#  place, where we de-

A/BC#EG#  sire on-

A/BD#F#  ly

AEA/BC#E you, de-

F#/AC#EG#  sire on-

F#C#F#/AC#E  you, de-

A/BC#EG#  sire on-

A/BD#F#  ly

AEA/BC#E  you, de-

F#/AC#EG#  sire on-

F#/BD#F#  ly

F#C#F#/AC#E  you de-

A/BC#EG# si-

A/BD#F# re

A/BC#E  on-

B/ABC#E  ly

E/G#BE

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Learn To Play: You've Got A Friend

I love my song book, The Best of James Taylor. The words and music to You've Got A Friend was written by Carole King in 1971; one of my favorites! You might want to look at 10 Best James Taylor Songs

Chord Chart: You've Got A Friend
                                                      

4/4 (capo 2nd)  G/C Cd/Gsus4 G/F#m7 B7

                Em      B7             Em     B7          Em7
When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand,
    Am7          D7sus4                G     Gsus4   G
and nothing, oh, nothing is going right,
F#m7                    B7          Em        B7         Em7
close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
   Am7         Bm7                    D7sus4 /D7
to brighten up even your darkest night.

             G          Gmaj7       Cmaj7             Am7 
You just call out my name,  and you know wherever I am,
D7sus4       Gmaj7                 D7sus4
I'll come running to see you again.
G                          Gmaj7  Cmaj7                   Em7     
             
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,  all you got to do is call
         Cmaj7    Bm7              Am7  D7sus4
and I'll be there,     yeah, yeah, yeah.  (2nd time -->*)
D7sus4             G/C Cd/Gsus4 G/F#m7 
You've got a friend.

B7        Em    B7               Em       B7            Em7 
If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds,
         Am7       D7sus4                   G  Gsus4  G
and that old north wind should begin to blow,
F#m7                 B7     Em          B7       Em7
keep your head together and call my name out loud.
Am7          Bm7                    D7sus4
Soon I'll be knocking upon your door.  ------>(**)

*         Cf         F         C       
Hey ain't it good to know that you've got a friend when 
G           Gsus4    Gmaj7         C                  F7
people can be so cold.     They'll hurt you and desert you.
              Em7                       A7
Well, they'll take your soul if you let them.
                  D7sus4         D13
Oh yeah, but don't you let them.

             G          Gmaj7       Cmaj7             Am7 
You just call out my name,  and you know wherever I am,
D7sus4       Gmaj7                 D7sus4
I'll come running to see you again.
G                          Gmaj7  Cmaj7                   Em7     
             
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,  all you got to do is call
         C         Gb  Am7   D7sus4
and I'll be there, yes I will.
                  G  C             G
You've got a friend.  You've got a friend.
C                            G
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
              C                           G
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
         C                           Gsus4  G
Oh, yeah, yeah.  You've got a friend.

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So, here's how I play the song on the piano.

intro:    A     D     D/E Asus4     A  

         C#7   F#m    C#7              F#m    C#7    F#m7
When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand
    Bm7       E7sus4            A     Asus4 A 
And nothing, nothing is going right 
G#m7                 C#7              F#m    C#7      F#m7 
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
   Bm7          C#m7                E7sus4  B7 
To brighten up even your darkest nights

Chorus:
                A      Amaj7        Dmaj7            Bm7 
You just call out my name, and you know, wherever I am,
E7sus4    Amj7                      E7sus4   
I'll come running to see you again 
A                       Amaj7  Dmaj7               F#m7 
Winter spring summer or fall all you got to do is call
         Dmaj7 C#m7        Bm7  E7sus4
And I'll be there, yes I will
            A 
You've got a friend  

        F#m      C#7          F#m    C#7    F#m7
If the sky above you grows dark and full of clouds, 
Bm7          E7sus4              A  Asus4 A
and that old north wind begins to blow 
G#m7                 C#7        F#m          C#7   F#m7
Keep your head together, and call my name out loud 
Bm7            C#m7                  E7sus4   E7
Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door


Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
Bm7            E7sus4
You've got a friend
D/G                  G            D
Now ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
     A           Asus4     Amaj7 
When people can be so cold
        D                 G7             F#m7                   B7 
They'll hurt you, yes and desert you and take your soul if you let them
               E7sus4 E13 
But don't you let them

Repeat Chorus

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Here's the chord breakdown:

F#C#A/ C#AC#  When your down

 C#E#/ C#BC#  and troubled and you

F#C#A/ AC#A  need a

C#/ E#BG#  helping

F#/ EF#AC# hand and

B/ DAD  nothing, oh

ED/ ADF#  nothing is going

AEA/ EAC#  right  A/C#A

G#F#B/ C#C# close your eyes, and think

C#G#E#/ C#BC# of me and

F#C#A/ AC#A soon I will

C#/G#BG# be

F#C#A/ C#EAC# there to

BF#A/ DAD brighten up

C#G#E/ EBF# even your darkest

EBE/ DEAB night EBE/ DEG#B

AEA/ EAC#E you just call out my

AEA/ EG#C#E name and you

DAF#/ F#C#F# know wherever I

BB/ ADF#  am,

EE/ ADF#  I'll come

AA/G#C#F# running  AA/ G#C#E

EAE/ ADEB to see you again.

AA/ EAC#E  winter, spring, summer or

AEA/ G#AC#F#  fall,

DD/ AC#F#  all you got to

DD/ C#F#D  is

F#C#A/ AEA  call and I'll

DAD/ C#F#C#  be there  C#B/ EBA yeah, yeah

BA/ DF#C#  yeah, you've got a

AEA/ EE  friend

Another song that I love by James Taylor is "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight." Here I am
playing on the small Yamaha keyboard I use for my students.

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Beginner's Corner: Ledger Lines

Ledger line example (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 Ledger Lines

Sometimes the five lines of the treble clef and the five lines of the bass clef are
not enough to write down all the notes a composer wants to use.

The really low and really high notes go above or below the staff, but they can't
just hang in empty space. To make room for notes that don't fit on the staff musicians
use ledger lines.

They are short lines stacked above or below the regular lines of each staff. Think of
ledger lines as additional steps above or below the staff. A definition and picture is
demonstrated at http://www.thefreedictionary.com

By adding the staff, ledger lines provide means for indicating pitches either higher or
lower than the limits of the five-line staff.

A note on the space above or the space below the staff does not require a ledger line.
So, at times a musical sounds may be either higher or lower than those pitches represented
by lines and spaces of the staff. The means of writing such pitches are provided by ledger lines.

I think it's probably a good idea to learn how to read ledger lines, especially for those high
octave endings and low bass tone endings. A foundation for learning the staff, clefs and ledger
lines can be found at http://www.8notes.com

In the above photo, the higher note is called "High C" but no, it's not the highest C
on the piano. Remember that the line notes, starting with the first line, is E, G, B, D, F.
Therefore, the first ledger line is A and the note sitting on the 2nd line is C.

Now, the lower note is resting on the A line. The first line is Middle C and counting the music alphabet backwards we arrive at A. I think one of the coolest photos to explain all this theory
can be found at http://www.dummies.com

For more additional online information regarding ledger lines, visit http://www.tedvieira.com/onlinelessons/sightreading101

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 A very valuable print out to use for testing yourself and students is the use of flash cards.
Some great ones can be found, here

Ledger lines in different languages are called:

• linea aggiunta (It)
• ligne ajoutée / supplémentaire (Fr)
• Hilfslinie (Ger)

They are important to learn how to read them and where to play those note on the piano,
especially when you see the octave sign, 8va (meaning a note or section will be played an
octave higher.)

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Have a great week ahead!





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