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Learn Love Will Keep Us Together

Love Will Keep Us Together: Chords l Piano Diana

One of my favorite Grammy award winning songs is a huge hit from the 70s, Love Will Keep Us Together! It's pretty straight forward and you'll be jamming in no time at all!

Love Will Keep Us Together

Words & Music by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield

Key: C
Time: 4/4 Moderately

12 chords used in this song

C Gm6/Bb

Love ... love will keep us together

A7
Think of me, babe, whenever

F
Some sweet-talking	guy comes along, singing his song

Don't mess around, you got to be strong

C Caug

Just stop... cause I really love you.

C6 C7

Stop - I'll be thinking of you

F C G7sus4 C

Look in my heart and let love keep us together

C C9

You... you belong to me now

A7
ain't gonna set you free now

When those guys start hanging around, taking me down

Hear with your heart and you won't hear a sound
C Caug

Just stop... cause I really love you

C Caug

Stop - I'll be thinking of you

F C G7sus4 C

Look in my heart and let love keep us together

Whatever

Eb Bb F G# C
Young and beautiful someday your looks will be gone;

Eb Bb F G# G7sus4

When the others turn you off who'll be turning you on?

G7sus4

I will, I will, I will

C C9
I will be there to share forever

Love will keep us together

Said it before and I'll say it again, while others pretend

I need you now and I'll need you then
C6 Caug Just stop... cause I really love you C6 C7 Stop - I'll be thinking of you F C G7sus4 C Look in my heart and let love keep us together C7 Whatever

Repeat from "I will"

Here's a video of this popular song that was sung by The Captain and Tenille.

Chord Breakdown from the above chord chart with lyrics:

C = C/EGAD

Gm6/Bb = Bb/EGBbD

A7 = A/EGAC#

F = F/FAC

Fm = F/FAbC

C = C/EGC

Caug = C/EG#C

C6 = C/EAC

C7 = C/EBbC

Dm7 = D/FAC

C = C/EGBD

Gaug = G/FAbBEb

Here's a free pdf of the song in D, Love Will Keep Us Together.

All the best,

"Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life." -- Art Blakey

Elton John: Candle In The Wind

While I was in Palm Springs visiting with my cousin to see him act in a play, I came across this stunning statue of Marilyn Monroe and it immediately reminded me of Elton John's song, Candle In The Wind. This 26 foot tall and 34,000 pound statue will be leaving Palm Springs, California and heading to Hamilton, N.J. in April. I'm glad I got to see it while it was close by.

Monday Music Quote: Elton John

"Goodbye Norma Jean. Though I never knew you at all, you had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled."

Wikipedia Says

"Candle in the Wind" is a song with music and lyrics by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe,who had died 11 years earlier.
In 1997, John performed a rewritten version of the song as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. This version of the song was released as a single and reached No. 1 in many countries, proving a much greater success than the original, officially being listed as the second best-selling single of all time.

Chords to Candle In The Wind

I have the sheet music and the song is written in the Key of E Major, played in a slow 2.

Intro

B A E/G# F#m7 E B

	E	A
	Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never	knew you at all

	E/G#	A	Asus	A
You had the grace to	hold yourself while those around you	crawled	------	--

	E	A
They crawled out of the	woodwork and they whispered	into your brain

	E/G#	A	Asus	A
They sent you on a	treadmill and they made you change your	name	------	--

Chorus:

	B	B7
And it	seems to me you lived your	life

	E	A
Like a	candle in the	wind

	E A/E E	B Bsus B
Never	knowing who to cling to when the	rain set in

	A	C#m
And I	would have liked to've known you but I was	just a kid

	B Bsus B	A	E/G#
Your candle burned out	long before your	legend ever did------

F#m7 E A E/G# F#m7 E B B7

Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played

Hollywood created a superstar and pain was the price you paid

And even when you died, oh, the press still hounded you

All the papers had to say was that Marilyn was found in the nude

Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all

You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled

Goodbye Norma Jean, from a young man in the twenty second row

Who sees you as something more than sexual, more than just our Marilyn Monroe

	B	B7
And it	seems to me you lived your	life

	E	A
Like a	candle in the	wind

	E A/E E	B Bsus B
Never	knowing who to cling to when the	rain set in

	A	C#m
And I	would have liked to've known you but I was	just a kid

	B Bsus B	A	E/G#
Your candle burned out	long before your	legend ever did------

Coda

E E7/G# A C#m B Bsus B A E/G# F#m7 E

Chord Breakdown

Intro:

L.H. / R.H.

B/ BD#F#B

A/EABC#

G#/EG#B

F#/EAC#

E/EG#B

B/D#F#B

Verse 1

E/BEG# Goodbye Norma Jean, Though I never

A/C#EC# knew you at all, you had the grace to hold

G#E/BEB yourself while those around you crawled.

A/AC#E, A/ADE

A/AC#E They crawled out of the

E/EG#B woodwork and they whispered

A/C#E into your brain. They sent you on a

G#E/BEB treadmill and they

G#E/BA made you change your name

A/AC#E, A/ADE, A/AC#E And it

B/D#F#B seems to me you lived your

BA/D#G# life like a

E/EG#B candle in the

A/AC#E wind, Never

E/EG#B knowing who to cling

E/C#EB to

E/BEG# when the

B/BD#G# rain set in.

B/BEF#, B/D#F# and I would

A/EAC# have liked to known you, but I was

C#/C#EG# just a kid. Your candle burned out

B/BD#G# long before your

B/BEF#, B/D#F#

A/AC#E legend ever did.

G#/EB

Coda

E/G#B

G#/G#DE

A/EAC#

C#/EG#C#

B/F#BE

B/BEF#

B/BD#F#

A/AC#E

G#/EB

F#/A#C#

EE/G#BE

Option: Easy Version in C

    C                                     F
1. Goodbye England's Rose, may you ever      grow in our hearts,
                              C                                   F
    you were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart.
                           C                          F
    You called out to our country, and you whispered     to those in pain,
                        C                                  F
    now you belong to heaven and the stars spell out your name
        G                                      C             F
And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind
       C                               G
Never fading with the sunset when the rain set in
          F                                     Am
And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills  -
      C                 G                        F           C - G
Your candle burned out long before   ===   your legend ever will
     C                                       F
2.  Loveliness we've lost, those empty days    without your smile,
                             C                            F
    this torch we'll always carry for a nation's golden child.
                        C             F
    And even though we try, === the truth brings us to tears,
             \        C                                               F
    all our words cannot express the joy you brought us through the years.

 + REFR.
      C                                    F
3.  Goodbye England's Rose, may you ever     grow in our hearts,
                              C                                   F
    you were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart.
      C                                          F
    Goodbye England's Rose, from a country lost     without your soul,
                    \                 C                                F
    who'll miss the wings of your compassion more than you will ever know 

+ REFR.
             F                                     Am
+  And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills  -
          F                 G                F               - C
    Your candle burned out long before your legend ever will

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"Jazz washes away the dust of every day life." -- Art Blakey

Takin' It To The Streets: Doobie Brothers

Photo of The Doobie Brothers from the front row

Take this message to my brother

You will find him everywhere
Wherever people live together
Tied in poverty's despair

Takin' It To The Streets was written in 1976. The words and music are by Michael McDonald, one of my favorite musicians. I love this moderately fast song. Here are the chords that I have highlighted in red. You'll find some simple chord charts on line but I think this one is pretty easy to learn. I'm a Doobie fan... are you?

Fm6/G      F/G C/G             D7/G  G7sus4
You don't know me but I'm your brother

Fm6    F/G   C/G          D7/G   G7sus4
I was raised here in this living hell

Fm6       F/G  C/G         D7/G G7sus4
You don't know my kind in your world

Fm6/G  F/G  C/G          D7/G   G7sus4
Fairly soon the time will tell
C    C/Bb F         F/A   Fm/Ab      G7sus4      C  C/Bb
You,    telling me the things you're gonna do for me
F/A                   Fm/Ab          G7sus4
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see 

C7/E     F6    D7-5/F#    C/G F/G
Takin' it to the streets

C7/E     F6    D7-5/F#    C/G F/G
Takin' it to the streets

C7/E    F6   D7-5/F#     C/G  F/G
Takin' it to the streets

C7/E    F6   D7-5/F#     C/G  F/G
Takin' it to the streets

Verse 2

 
Fm6/G     F/G    C/G     D7/G  G7sus4
Take this message to my brother

Fm6/G     F/G    C/G     D7/G  G7sus4
You will find him everywhere

Fm6/G     F/G    C/G     D7/G  G7sus4
Wherever people live together

Fm6/G     F/G    C/G     D7/G  G7sus4
Tied in poverty's despair
C    C/Bb7 F/A         Fm/Ab         G7sus4       C  C/Bb
You,    telling me the things you're gonna do for me
F/A               Fm/Ab             G7sus4
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see 

C7/E    F6    D7-5/F#  C/G F/G
Takin' it to the streets

C7/E    F6    D7-5/F#  C/G F/G
Takin' it to the streets

C7/E    F6    D7-5/F#  C/G F/G
Takin' it to the streets

C7/E    F6    D7-5/F#  C/G F/G
Takin' it to the streets

Repeat and Fade

Basically I'm playing these chords:

G/AbDF = Fm6/G

G/ACF = F/G

G/GCE = C/G

G/F#CD = D7/G

G/FCD = G7sus4

Ending:

E/EBbC
F/DAC
F#/DFbC
G/EGC
G/FAC

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All the best,

"Jazz washes away the dust of every day life." -- Art Blakey

Learn To Play: IF

David Gates, Songwriter

David Ashworth Gates (born December 11, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the tops of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. One of my favorite songs that is so soothing and picturesque is called IF. Remember the group, Bread and I wondered... do you have a favorite hit song from them?

This one is played slowly with lots of arpeggiated, broken chords in the left hand.

Key of F

     F                C                 Cm               F7 Bb
if a picture paints a thousand words then why can't i paint you?
    Bbm               F        Bbm6              C7sus4 C7
the words will never show the you i've come to know
     F                  C                 Cm          F7  Bb
if a face could launch a thousand ships the where am i to go?
         Bbm            F             Bbm6             C7 C#dim
there's no one home but you, you're all that's left me to
     Dm    Db+        F            Bb6
and when my love for life is running dry
     Am7-5      D7   Gm7 Gm7-5  C7
you come and pour yourself on me
      F             C             Cm      F7        Bb
if a man could be two places at one time i'd be with you
  Bbm          F      Bbm6             C7sus4 C7
tomorrow and today beside you all the way
       F                       C             Cm     F7     Bb
if the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die
     Bbm                F     Bbm6                   C7 C#dim
i'd spend the end with you and when the world was through
     Dm     C#+     F                  Bb6
then one by one the stars would all go out
      Am7-5   D7      Gm7    C7sus  C7 F Gm7 Gm7-5 F
then you and i would simply fly away...

Key of A

intro: A-AM7-A7-D-Dm-A-Dm6-E7
     A                AM7                 A7               D
if a picture paints a thousand words then why can't i paint you?
    Dm               A        Dm6                E7
the words will never show the you i've come to know
     A                   AM7                 A7           D
if a face could launch a thousand ships the where am i to go?
         Dm            A             Dm6                E7
there's no one home but you, you're all that's left me to
     F#m    F#m+M7    F#m7            D6
and when my love for life is running dry
     C#m7      F#7   Bm7        E7
you come and pour yourself on me
      A             AM7             A7               D
if a man could be two places at one time i'd be with you
  Dm          A      Dm6                   E7
tomorrow and today beside you all the way
     A                        AM7             A7            D
if the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die
     Dm                 A     Dm6                   E7
i'd spend the end with you and when the world was through
     F#m    F#m+M7   F#m7              D6
then one by one the stars would all go out
      C#m7   F#7      Bm7    E7  A D Dm6 A
then you and i would simply fly away...

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"Jazz washes away the dust of every day life." -- Art Blakey