when I was young i' listen to the
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radio waiting for my favorite
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songs when they played i' sing along
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smile hey it's Nate and today I am doing
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Yesterday Once More by Carpenters like
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many Carpenters songs it's a gorgeous
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piano ballad with lots of really cool
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Jazzy chord changes in it I think you're
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going to love playing and singing it
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in okay so first off I recommend you get
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the chords and lyrics chart there's a
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link down in the description and that's
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going to help you follow along and see
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where the chords and the lyrics line up
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with each other let's start out with the
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intro here it is it's just one measure
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of e major going to voice it like that
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this is Middle C here so you get the
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octave and I'm just doing b e and G
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sharp 135 um and it's just one measure
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and right off the bat let's do quarter
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notes in the right hand so just playing
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on every count so the intro would be 1 2
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3 4 and the singing actually starts as
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pickup notes in the intro 1 2 3 when I
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was young I listen so then we're in the
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verse let's look at that verse here are
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the chords for that there is a lot going
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on here um but it starts out with the
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measure of e and so starting on the
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verse I'm going to start adding left
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hand bass notes so I've got my first
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finger on this e and octave lower young
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radi so G Shar minor over a d Shar the
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only thing that needs to change in each
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hand is the E need to step down to D
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radio waiting for for my a c Shar minor
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here C Shar e and G Shar step down to my
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third finger there on the C Shar in the
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left hand and just a little note in this
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first verse here um they do do on the
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second count of that uh sus two so you
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could use your second finger on the dsh
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like for my favorite
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songs so C minor for B only thing that
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changes is we have a b Bas note and
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actually I'm going to if I can remember
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cross my left hand thumb under to hit
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that b bass note there cuz that sets us
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up for where the left hand needs to go
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next 2 3 when they played at it's a
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little high for me I'll sing it down in
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octave played at sing
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along so there we had this a major 7 um
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I went to the a Bas note but the right
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hand stayed the same uh C Shar minor
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with an a Bas note is an a major 7 and
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then for this gar Minor 7 we're stepping
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down to the G sharp in the left hand and
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then B dsharp and F in the right hand
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this is also just a B major Triad and we
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are going to use that in a minute so
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make note of that then we have this F
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7 um you can do a C sharp and E in the
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right hand a major chord while doing
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that F sharp bass note Let Me Slowly
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play through that one more time when I
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was young I listen to the
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radio waiting for my favorite
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song when they played I'd sing along
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smile those were such happy okay so we
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got to go over this kind of complicated
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thing here there are simpler ways to do
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it including what I'm going to show you
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the second verse it does something
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really simple um but at its core we're
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going to hit this F minor 7 and instead
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of just doing those chord notes we're
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going to play on count one and then the
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and after two so thinking in eighth
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notes one and two and three and four and
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1 and 2 and three and four and you can
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also throw in on the four and top two
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notes of the right hand chord bottom
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Note 1 2 and and three 4 and okay and
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then here's the tricky part a slightly
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simpler way to do it is 1 2 and 3 4 so
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we've got this B um in the right hand
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over dsharp um so that's the same B
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chord I pointed out earlier and then
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sharp A over B so we're just doing an a
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major chord in the right hand for those
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last two hits and the left hand is just
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stepping down D Shar C Shar B timing
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there is 1 and 2 and 3 4 you can step
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back up to a B major chord on Beat 4
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again 1 2 and 3 4 and you want to make
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that first a hit really staccato 1 2 and
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3 4 um there's a little bit more to it
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on the recording where on the beginning
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on the B chord instead of just going
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so if you want to add that you can voice
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that B chord uh with your second third
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and fifth finger and then use your first
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finger to hit this fshp and that would
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be on the 1 and 2 and three those were
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such happy times so now we are in the
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third line it starts really similar to
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what it did before so happy times and
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wondered where they so I just want to
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point out here that we once again are
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going from C minor crossing our first
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finger under to that c Shar minor over B
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but this time it's happening um twice as
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fast it's only two counts of C minor
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before stepping down to the C minor over
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B and then the a major 7 there at the
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bottom of it this measures a bit of a
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doozy it's going to sound like this with
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gone but this back again so we've got uh
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just two counts of the a major 7 the
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little Dash represents a second count of
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it so 1 2 then we've got this dsharp
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Minor 7 flat 5 um so coming all the way
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down to this dsharp bass note super low
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a csharp and F here 1 125 and then to
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get to the gsh 7 we're going to come up
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to a gar Basse note you can use your
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second finger there and the only thing
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that needs to happen in the right hand
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is both of these bottom notes are going
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to step down a half step so G sharp and
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c and you could just use one and two one
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and two if you want to voice the dshp in
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that chord you totally can but you don't
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need to so but there and again the
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timing there is 1 2 3 4 okay last line
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here for the verses but they're back
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again just like a long lost friend so
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for these two measures we're going to do
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a similar Rhythm to what we talked about
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before but it's just on the one and then
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the end after two 1 and 2 and 3 4 so C
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Shar minor over B I did start doing
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octaves here if you can't make the
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stretch you can stick with single bass
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notes maybe play an octave lower but I'm
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doing that for more power here 1 2 and 3
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4 1 2 and 3 4 when you get to the a
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major 7 um of course the right hand
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stays the same we're going to come down
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to the a octaves uh but you can kind of
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just resume the quarter notes There song
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I love so so uh for the F minor 7 a c
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Shar e in the right hand love so
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well A over B so still doing the same
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right hand essentially a major Triad
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that we were doing for the F minor 7 but
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then the base note changes to a b that's
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a really awesome expectant sound that
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happens all throughout the song um and
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this is leading into the chorus here um
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and you got the three counts of A over B
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that's what those dashes are 1 2 3 4
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just stepping up to that B major chord
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um best way to kind of figure out that
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timing is it is like I said leading into
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the chorus and the last count of the A
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on count three is on F and then the B
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chord is on re for sh la la la so again
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from the a major 7 and I forgot to point
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out that it's just two counts of a major
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7 2 counts of fstar Minor 7 so that's
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going to be songs I love so
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well every sh la la la okay so the
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chorus is next but first i'm going to do
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a slow sing through of that whole first
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verse and just one more detail I'm going
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to add that's optional is adding some
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extra bass notes in the left hand on the
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and after four so one 1 2 3 4 and 1 2
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you don't have to do it every time but
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it just kind of leads in the next
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chord when I was young i' listen to the
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r waiting for my favorite
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songs when they played at sing along
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smile those were such happy times and
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wondered where they
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gone but they're back again just like a
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long lost friend all the songs I love
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well every sha so that's going into the
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chorus okay so here are the chords for
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the chorus a lot of the same chords
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we've already done in the verse um right
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off the bat in the chorus I'm going to
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be playing octaves like we were at the
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end of the verse I'm also going to sing
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an octave lower just cuz it's a little
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too high for my voice we've got a
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e to C Shar minor and it just goes back
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and forth between those a few times um
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I'm just doing a little Rhythm too like
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1 2 and three and four you can just kind
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of throw in some eighth notes on the top
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octave with your first finger in between
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right hand hits if you want every sh
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shines I hear that strings Melody if you
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want to imply it a little bit you
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can add just like a add two there on the
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linging that this start sing so
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fun okay so on this F Shar Minor 7 uh
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the measure starts with a few chord
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notes 1 2 3 and four and so here are the
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notes and counts for that um we're going
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to play the f octaves in left hand on
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count one when we hit that measure 1 2
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and then 3 and 4 and just stepping up FP
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G Shar a b and actually that b is going
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to the B major chord that starts the
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next measure it it hits a eighth note
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early it anticipates the next measure so
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1 2 3 and four and 1 2 and then we have
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B on Beats three and four of that
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measure so fun 2 3 and four and 1 2 3
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when they okay now we've got this C
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minor and here we're going to go back to
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that one two and three only difference
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is I'm also going to hit just the right
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hand on beat for get to the part where
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he's breaking a heart uh so C augmented
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here we have some funky looking chords
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coming up but really all that's going to
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happen is we're going to step the bottom
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note down chromatically so C augmented
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is c e and G Shar and then the E over B
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looks like that uh with a b e g Shar and
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when I get to that e over B I'm going to
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resume the quarter note rhythm in the
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right hand but just very lightly going
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to pull back the Dynamics
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really make me cry so a sharp Minor 7
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flat 5 but again it's just the same top
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notes as we had before and that note
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just going to hold really make me cry
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before okay so e over B we're doing that
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same e we've been doing with a B bass
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Note 2 3 4 A over B it's happiness once
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more E major 7 um and you can do uh G
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sharp B and D Shar in the right hand
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coming down to a low e base not once
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more um there is this cool arpeggio
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there that I want to point out this is
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totally optional it's going to sound
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like this just like
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before it's happiness so we're going to
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climb up you do that e e major chord in
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the right hand on count one and then
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every eighth note thereafter we're kind
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of just stepping up the an arpeggio on
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that so one and two and you can cross
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your thumb under to the B here so b e g
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sharp b e and then F G sharp again
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four the melody then goes to there but
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it's it sounds like an overdub because
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you also hear that right-and chord so
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I'm just going to hop down to that a
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B you could do it up here too if it's
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too big of a jump It's happiness once
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more then we have these two measures of
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e major 7 to A over
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B Lang Lang 2 three looking back and
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that would be going uh to the next verse
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final optional fancy thing you can do
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here at the end of the last chorus would
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Lang um so that would be 1 2 3 and for
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and uh coming up b e f sharp and that
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would hit on the and after four for that
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A over B chord 1 2 3 and four and 1 and
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2 and three yeah that's the last thing
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is if you want to do some eighth notes
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on a a there you do hear that there for
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a sec before it goes into the next verse
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let me do a sing through of that whole
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chorus one two every so pick up notes
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from the verse Sha la la every wo
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shines every single Ling aing that
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they're starting to sing so fun 2 3 and
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one when they get to the part where he
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he breaking a heart it can
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before it's yeserday once
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looking back on how okay so now we're on
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the second verse here's the chords for
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the second verse and you'll notice it is
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almost identical to the first verse um
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the only difference really is that at
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the end of the second line it's a little
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simpler than it was but also here's
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where there's a harp arpeggi on the
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recording that has this eighth note feel
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if you want to capture that a little bit
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in you're playing which I think I will
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do you could start doing this pattern
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instead of just doing the simple chord
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um where you do the top two notes and
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the bottom Note 1 and two and three and
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and and the good times that I
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had makes today seem rather
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sad so much has change
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it was songs of so we don't do that
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fancy Rhythm we did we just keep doing
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doing then a for two counts B it was
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songs of love and then yeah it's the
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same from there just different words
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after that we've got the second chorus
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here's the chords for that it looks just
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like the first chorus the only
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difference is at the end of it there is
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only once on the a major 7 to the A over
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B um and here's where I'm going to
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differ from the recording cuz at the end
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of this what happens is just like before
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it's Yesterday Once
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More every sh it just Loops back into
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the first part of the chorus which you
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could totally do it starts just doing
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the first two lines of the chorus over
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and over again but fading out and when
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you get into that there's really no good
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place to end if you're not fading out so
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I am just going to do
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um it's Yesterday Once More and end it
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there on a e major chord um and I'm
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going to do a root position E major
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chord uh just so it sounds more final so
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e g sharp and B I'm just going to end it
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there and let it ring out and then the
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song is over all right thank you for
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sticking with me I am now going to do a
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full run through of the whole song so
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you can see how all the parts fit
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together just a note I'm going to do a
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little bit of jumping up and down the
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octave with my singing just so so it
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fits for my voice but um don't let that
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confuse you this is the original key and
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you can sing it in her register the
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whole time if that works for you if you
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More when I was young i' listen to the
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waiting for my favorite
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songs when they played i' sing along
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smile those were such happy times and
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ago how I wondered where theyd gone
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but they're back again just like a long
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lost friend all the songs I love so
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well every sh la la every wo wo still
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shines every Shing aing aing
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that they're starting to sing so
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fun when they get to the part where he's
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breaking a heart it can really make me
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before it's yesterday one
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l looking back on how it was in Years
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Gone by and the good times that i'
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had makes today seem rather sad
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changed it was songs of love that I
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would sing to them and I
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Melodies still sound so good to me as
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they melt the years away
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every sh la la la every wo wo still
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shines every shingling a ling that
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they're starting to sing so
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memories come that clearly to me some
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can even make me cry just like
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before it's Yesterday Once More
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