Chords for ♫ How to play "OH HAPPY DAY" (Edwin Hawkins) piano tutorial ♫

_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] one _ [Ab] chord, the C one chord [C] is just a C E G.
[Am] Okay.
_ _ And [D] I like to add my second note here, which [Bb] is D.
_ [Am] _ Oh, happy [C] day. _ _
The left hand is going to be hitting a C as well
at the beginning.
_ And you kind of, [Gb] and with this song,
with your left hand, you're primarily,
almost always, at least me personally,
am always playing [C] the primary note
along with the fifth, the fifth note
from that primary written note.
So for example, if I'm on C, the fifth of C is G.
So I'm either playing it at the same time _
_ [Ab] or alternating between the [C] two.
Okay. _ _
_ Okay.
_ _ Or just together. _
_ _ _ On the right hand, the second chord, _
_ right now I'm on C D E and G.
Move the E and the G over to F and A. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay.
So you can practice a few times.
_ _ Watch my left hand.
Sometimes I play them alternating,
sometimes I play them at the same time. _ _ _
[A] And the right hand can alternate between the two chords,
the one chord and the four chord. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ Next, we're moving on to the second phrase.
[Gb] The left hand is going to walk down chromatically
or by half steps [C] down to A.
_ [A] _ C B [Am] B flat A.
Now the [C] right hand, _ there you have several options.
The easiest option is just [C] to stay on this one chord.
[Bm] _ _ [A] And when you get to the A,
[Am] instead of playing the C and D, just play C [A] sharp.
So now you're playing C sharp, E and G.
That's the easiest thing [C] to do.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Right there.
_ [A] _ _ _
Okay.
_ The [C] next thing you can do to kind of even make it sound
a little more better is _ have this right here.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Right here.
[Bb] _ [A] _ _ When your left hand walks down, C B B flat A,
[Db] do that walk down parallel with the right hand.
He's doing a parallel move here, parallel motion.
[Ab] Parallel means it's at the same time,
but from a different note.
[C] You're going to be on the E,
walking down half steps from the E to the C sharp.
_ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Okay.
And when you get to this C sharp,
go ahead and play that full chord.
C sharp, E and G.
The same chord I showed you the first time.
[C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Here's the walk.
[Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ _ All right.
_ [C] Now, [E] probably the ultimate,
that's the one I primarily use when I'm playing the song.
I just do that [B] one finger [Bb] walk.
_ [A] _
Now to [C] make it a little bit more complex,
you can walk the whole chord down half steps.
C chord, [B] _ B major [Bb] chord, B flat chord,
down to an A [C] major chord.
_ [A] _ _ Okay.
So you have several choices there.
You can do [Am] it just left hand, _
[A] _ _ parallel with one [Bb] finger. _ _
You [C] can even parallel with two fingers,
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ or do all three fingers.
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
Again, I [C] primarily just use [A] _ [Gb] one finger.
Sounds just good.
Okay.
[C] So, let's do the walk.
[Bb] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ Next, left hand is going to go to D.
[Am] Right hand is going to go [Dm] to an F major chord
inverted, F, A, C.
[Am] And I like to add this E here. _ _
_ [G] Jesus.
_ _ _ And then the right hand [Am] goes from this four [G] chord
down to a five chord or a G major chord.
B, D, G, and you can hit this octave B if you like.
And the left hand's on G.
And I forgot my fifth for this is D.
_ _ When you're playing this F major [A] chord or this four [D] chord,
and I was on D, the [A] fifth from here is A [Am] natural.
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ Okay.
And again, the chord just repeats several times.
And while they repeat, you're just going back and [Am] forth.
[D] Primary note D, _ [G] to D, to G. _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] I'm gonna do it again.
I'm gonna add off [Am] fifths.
D and A is the [G] fifth, then G and D.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] Okay.
Now next, let [Gb] me show you some passing chords you can add.
That's just the [Eb] bare basic how to play that section.
But let me show you a couple of passing chords
to help break the monotony
of just playing those two basic [Am] chords.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _