The Beatles: Oh Darling

English: Paul McCartney, George Harrison and J...
English: Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon during a Beatles performance for Dutch television Nederlands: Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon tijdens een Beatlesoptreden voor de Nederlandse televisie. Hrvatski: Paul McCartney, George Harrison i John Lennon tijekom Beatles performansa za nizozemsku televiziju. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is such a cool song, Oh darling!, with words and music by John Lennon and Paul Mc Cartney.
It's played slowly with a 12/8 time signature in the Key of A. Remember that an eighth note gets one count. Here are the chords to the song and I'll follow with slash chords afterwards.


E+
              A                          E
       Oh, darling, please believe me
       F#m                         D
       I'll never do you no harm
           Bm7                      E7
       Believe me when I tell you
       Bm7        E7         A       D  A  E
       I'll never do you no harm

       Oh, darling, if you leave me
       I'll never make it alone
       Believe me when I thank you, ooo
       BM7         E7               A       D  A A7
       Don't ever leave me alone

                                  D                  F7
                        When you told me you didn't need me anymore
                                   A
                        Well, you know I nearly broke down and cried
                                    B7
                        When you told me you didn't need me anymore
                                   E7                 F7-5     E7   E+              
                        Well, you know I nearly broke down and died

       Oh, darling, if you leave me
       I'll never make it alone
       Believe me when I tell you
       Bm          E              A    D A                             A7
       I'll never do you no harm - believe me darling

                        When you told me you didn't need me anymore
                        Well, you know I nearly broke down and cried
                        When you told me you didn't need me anymore
                        Well, you know I nearly broke down and died

       Oh, darling, please believe me
       I'll never let you down - oh, believe me darling
       Believe me when I tell you, ooo
       Bm7          E7              A        D  A  Bb7  A7
       I'll never do you no harm...
When I play this song, I'm pouncing on the chords, rock n' roll style with quick eighth notes.

Chord = l.h. notes/ right hand notes

E+ = EE/ G#EG#B# Oh

A = A/ AC#F# darling, please be-


E = E/ G#BE leave me

F#m = F#/ AC#F# I'll never do you no

D = D/ F#A harm, Be-

Bm7 = B/ADF# lieve me when I tell

E7 = E/ G#BE you

Bm7 = B/ F#DF# I'll never

E7 = E/ G#BE do you no

A = AC#/ A harm

A7 = AC#EG/ G When you

D =  D/ DF#B told me you didn't

F7 = F/ EbAC need me anymore, Well you

A = A/ C#EA know I nearly broke down and cried.  When you

B7 = B/ D#F#AB told me you didn't need me anymore Well you

E7 = E/ DEG#B know, I nearly

F7-5 = F/ EbFAB fell down and

E7 = E/DEG#B

E+ = E/ G#B#E  Oh,

A = A/ AC#F# darling, If you

E = E/ G#BE leave me,

F#m = F#/ AC#F# I'll never make it a-

D = D/ DF# lone, be-

Bm7 = B/ F#DF# lieve me when I tell

E7 = E/ G#BE you

Bm7 = B/ F#DF# I'll never

E7 = E/ G#BE do you no

A = AC#/ A harm

D = D/ F#A

Bb7 = Bb/ AbDF

A7 = A/ GC#E

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Using Chords for Accompaniment

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 Using Chords for Accompaniment

The most common use of chords is as an accompaniment to a melody. The melody could be sung, played by another instrument or by the right hand on the keyboard. If you are playing the melody with your right hand, you can play chords with your left hand. To become a good keyboard player, you will need to be comfortable playing chords with either hand. When accompanying yourself, it is often necessary to find chord voicings which are close together. Have you struggled a bit with this? I know it's not easy grabbing 3 notes at the same time but practice these simple ones and in time, you'll get the hang of it. Be patient with yourself.

Chords can be arranged in many different ways. As long as the correct notes are contained in the chord, the notes can be arranged in any order. The order of the notes is often called an inversion or voicing. The following example shows the chords C, F, and G played by the left hand using inversions which are close together for ease of playing. The arrangement of notes in each chord is shown below.

               Notes in Chord               Voicing Used

C Chord:  C E G (1 3 5)                 C Chord: C E G (1 3 5)

F Chord: F A C (1 3 5)                   F Chord:  C F A (5 1 3)

G Chord: G B D (1 3 5)                  G Chord: B D G (3 5 1)

Practice playing these chords in the left hand:

C E G

C F A

C E G

B D G

C E G

C F A

B D G

C E G

So, here's an easy song to play with both hands: Banks of the Ohio (4/4 time signature)

C, C, E (single r.h. notes) /
CEG/ E (C chord) /
CEG/ C,C,D (single r.h. notes) /
BDG/ D (G chord) /

BDG/ D,D,E /
BDG/ F /
BDG/ F,G,G (r.h. single notes) /
CEG/ E /

CEG/ E, E, G (r.h. single notes) /
CEG/ G /
CEG/ E, F, G (r.h. single notes) /
CFA/ F (F chord) /

CFA/ C, C, D (r.h. single notes) /
CEG/ E (C chord) /
BDG/ D, D, D, (r.h. single notes) /
CEG/ C (C chord) /

For more information, you might want to read these articles,

 The-Three-Primary-Chords

Constructing-Simple-Chords

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Marvin Sapp: The Best in Me

Marvin Sapp
Cover of Marvin Sapp

One of the most popular songs sung on Celebration of Gospel 2010 was Marvin Sapp’s new gospel song “The Best in Me”. He sung it as part of a tribute to Steve Harvey. It’s a simple song with a powerful message. I received a request for this song from a reader. Although I wasn't able to find the entire chord progressions to the song, I think you'll be able to follow along with the video tutorials posted below. They're pretty easy and self explanatory.

Marvin Sapp
The Best In Me lyrics

Songwriters: SAPP, MARVIN L. / LINDSEY, AARON W.

[Talking throughout the song...]

Ebmaj7
He saw the best in me,
D7aug   F/G             Fm7(4)
When everyone else around me,
Bb13                       Ebmaj7
Could only see the worst in me.
[X4]

He's mine and I'm his,
It doesn't matter what I did.
He only sees me for who I am.
[X4]
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/marvin_sapp/the_best_in_me.html ]

 Bb13         Ebmaj7
He saw the best in me,
D7aug        F/G  C7   Fm7
When everyone else around me
Bb
Could only see the worst in me.

[Vamp]
He saw the best
He saw the best
He saw the best
He saw the best
The best
The best
The best
The best
The best
The best

He saw the best in me

What did He see?

He's mine and I'm his,
It doesn't matter what I did.
He only sees me for who I am.
[X4]

He saw the best


Chord Breakdown
Ebmaj7 = Eb/GBbD
D7aug = DF#C/DBbD
F/G = G/CFAC
Fm7(4) = FCF/CEbAbBb
Bb13 = Bb/AbDG
Ebmaj7 = Eb/EbGBbD then EbC/EbGBbD

D7aug(#9) = DF#/F#BbF

F/G = GDBb/FGAC

C9 = CC/EBbD

Fm7 = F/EbAbC

Bb13 = BbFAb/BDG

Ebmaj7 = EbEb/EbGBbD

D7aug - DAC/GBbD

F/G = GDBb/FGAC

C7 = CC/EBb

Fm7 = F/EbAbC

Bb = BbBb/BbDG


Another good piano tutorial can be found here.

And you can see the chord formations on this video clip,  here.

I like viewing this advanced piano breakdown with phat chords, here

Young Musician offers these music chords for us:

The key is Bb Major

Chords:

Verse = EbBbEb/GBbCF, DGbC/FBbD, GDA/BbFAC, FCG/AbEbGBb, BbAb/DFBb, EbBbEb/GBbCF, DGbC/FBbD, GDA/BbFAC,CEBb/DGC, FCG/AbEbGBb, BbAb/DFBb
Lead into chorus= AF/GCF, Bb/ACDF
Chorus = CGD/EbBbDF, DGbC/FBbD, GDA/BbFAC, FCG/AbEbGBb, BbAb/DFBb, EbBbEb/GBbCF, DGbC/FBbD, GDA/BbFAC, AF/GCF, Bb/ACDF

Back in 2009, I wrote a post on There Is None Like You and then way back in 2008 you can find chord charts to Never Would Have Made It. Posted in 2011, take a look at http://ladydpiano.blogspot.com/2011/04/piano-chords-praise-him-in-advance.html

For more information, visit http://marvinsapp.com/marvin-sapp-music/blog/

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