The Chords Used:

Am
I am a poor wayfaring stranger

                Dm                    Am
While traveling through this world of woe

                                 D7
Yet there's no sickness toil nor danger

               Dm    G          Am
In that bright world to which I go

          F               C
I'm going there to see my Father
          F     C          E7
I'm going there no more to roam
         Am
I'm only going over Jordan
         Dm    E7   Am
I'm only going over home

I know dark clouds will gather round me
          Dm               Am
I know my way is rough and steep
                            D7
Yet beauteous fields rise before me
          Dm            G       Am
Where God redeems their vigil's keep

          F               C
I'm going there to see my mother
               F    C         E7
She said she'd meet me when I come
         Am
I'm only going over Jordan
         Dm         Am
I'm only going over home

A great Irish traditional sung by many people like Johnny Cash, Luka Bloom Danny Boy (trad)

The Chords used in the song:

C:

Cmaj7:

F:

Fm:

G:

  C Cmaj7                        F            Fm         
Oh Danny boy,    the pipes, the pipes are calling

         C         Am               D7                   G  
From glen to glen and down the mountain side

             C Cmaj7              F     Fm
The summer's gone and all the roses dying

               C   Am      Dm     G               C
'Tis you, 'tis you    must go and I must bide

G   Am     C         F               C
But come ye   back when summer's in the meadow

G  Am    Am      F          C          D7   G
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow

            C  F               C    Am    Fm
And I'll be here in sunshine or in sha-dow

         C       Am    Dm    G        C      G7
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy I love you so

          C Cmaj7              F     Fm
But if he come and all the roses dying
         C    Am            G
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
                C Cmaj7  C7               F     Fm
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
              C  Am    F   G         C
And kneel and say   an Ave there for me

G  Am    C            F               C

And I shall feel, though soft you tread above me
G   Am   Am    F                                 G 
And then my grave will richer, sweeter be
G                  C          D                C    Am 
For you will bend and tell me that you lo---ve    me
            C       Am      Dm      G       C   G7
And I shall rest in peace until you come to me

            C       Am7                  C/G
And I shall rest in peace until you come to me

Many pop songs are written in C Major Scale. When you know how to play these basic chords and progressions it becomes a lot easier to recognize them in songs !

It is common to number the chords, starting with the I (roman 1) for the first chord in the scale.

For C major, the I chord is obviously C major.

A chord progression that is seen in a lot of pop and blues songs is I-IV-V

In the scale of see this would be:

I: C Major

IV: F Major

V: G Major

Have a go at playing these chords and it will probably immediately sound familiar ! :)

Hey there,

Hello by Adele is a great song to play on the piano. It’s easy to learn and it sounds great! In this tutorial i’ll teach you how to play this song by using simple chord diagrams, it’s similar to the tabs for guitar are written down. You don’t need to be able to read music to understand.

Have fun !

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First, there the intro that has these chords (they are also the chords use in the rest of the song ! Really easy !): Em G D C

These images show how to place your fingers:
Em

G

D

C

Em G D C

Hello, it’s me.

Em G D C Em G

I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet, to go over.

D C Em G

Everything they say that time’s supposed to heal you,

D C

but I ain’t done much healing.

Em G D C

Hello, can you hear me?

Em G D C Em G D C

I’m in California dreaming Gout who we used to be when we were younger and free.

Em G D C

I’ve forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet.

Bm

G D Bm C

There’s such a difference between us

G D C

and a million miles.

Em C G D Em C G D Em

Hello from the other side, I must’ve called a thousand times to tell you

C G D Em C G D

I’m sorry, for everything that I’ve done, but when I call you never seem to be home.

Em C G D Em C G D Em

Hello from the outside, at least I can say that I’ve tried to tell you

C G D Em

I’m sorry, for breaking your heart, but it don’t matter,

C G D Em G D C

it clearly doesn’t tear you apart anymore.

Em G D C Em G D

Hello, how are you? It’s so typical of me to talk about myself.

C Em G D C Em G

I’m sorry, I hope that you’re well, did you ever make it out of that town

D C

where nothing ever happened?

G D Bm C

It’s no secret that the both of us

G D C

are running out of time.

Em C G D Em C G D Em

So, hello from the other side, I must’ve called a thousand times to tell you

C G D Em C G D

I’m sorry, for everything that I’ve done, but when I call you never seem to be home.

Em C G D Em C G D Em

Hello from the outside, at least I can say that I’ve tried to tell you

C G D Em

I’m sorry, for breaking your heart, but it don’t matter,

C G D Em C D G

it clearly doesn’t tear you apart anymore.

Em C

Ooooohh, anymore.

D G Em C

Ooooohh, anymore.

D G Em C

Ooooohh, anymore.

D

Anymore.

Em C G D Em C G D Em

Hello from the other side, I must’ve called a thousand times to tell you

C G D Em C G D

I’m sorry, for everything that I’ve done, but when I call you never seem to be home.

Em C G D Em C G D Em

Hello from the outside, at least I can say that I’ve tried to tell you

C G D Em

I’m sorry, for breaking your heart, but it don’t matter,

C G D Em G D Em

it clearly doesn’t tear you apart anymore.