Chords for "Thunder Road" piano tutorial
Tempo:
99.9 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Eb
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dbm]
[E] [A] [Em]
[Dbm] [A]
[B] [C] That's essentially the introduction [A] to the piano version of Thunder Road
that Springsteen often plays live and that you would hear on [Gb] a bootleg CD
or on the live [Eb]
7585 CD.
It's really not [B] that hard.
There's a few tricks you learn from the intro that you can carry on through
to figure out the whole song.
The main thing is the song is in the key of E,
which is the scale's important.
So it's E, [Bb] F [Ab] sharp, G sharp, A, B, [F] C sharp, D sharp, and E.
Those are the only notes that are going to show up in the song.
But he mostly sticks just to chord triads in both hands.
So he starts in E, and I'll show you the right and left hand together,
because a lot of times he's just playing a chord shape,
[Gb] the same chord [Eb] shape, in both hands.
So he starts the song doing that.
He plays the E triad shape, [C] which is E, [E] G sharp, and [Bb] B.
And he's doing it in both.
[Eb] And the real trick to the song is playing individual notes in a chord.
[E] So that's
[A] [Eb] essentially the first chord, the opening few notes [E] of the song.
Then he shifts chords to C sharp [Eb] minor,
which is the relative minor in the key of E.
There's really only four chords in this song.
E, [A] C sharp minor, A, and [Eb] B.
There's a few passing chords like G sharp, but mostly E, C sharp, A, and B.
If you know those, you'll figure the song out.
So he [B] goes to C sharp minor from that E,
and he does play it different in the right and left hands here.
So in the right hand he does an inversion,
where all he does is he keeps the E chord shape,
but he brings this B [Eb] up to C sharp.
[Dbm] So it looks like that.
Whereas in the left hand, he plays an octave,
where he's got his hands on both these C sharps.
So together, so he's mostly playing the chord,
but he does hit this B in there in the right hand, where he goes,
and that's not in the chord shape, but it's a note in the [Em] scale.
Then he goes back to E with the same triad shape.
[E] Then to A.
[A] [D]
[B] In the right hand, he [A] uses an inversion,
where he has a C sharp, E, and an A.
The left hand just uses the octave A, and he might hit this C sharp.
But the real trick to this part of the song is,
he goes and plays [E] a few other notes in the chord as well.
So [D] he starts on that A, but [Em]
then [Ab] [E]
[B] it goes back to the E [E] again.
And [A] then this is one part where the left and the right hands aren't together.
The [Ab] left hand plays G sharp [Abm] octave,
and the right hand plays this little riff throughout the next,
[Ab] maybe measure or so, where it's C [E] sharp, B, and [Ab] G sharp.
[E]
Meanwhile, the left hand [Ab] goes off the scale from G sharp to A and then B.
[Dbm] So you [B] put [E] that all together, and
[Dbm] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [Dbm] [A]
[B]
once you [Bb] know that introduction,
you [B] can pretty much play the whole song.
It's just the [Ab] same chord shapes and the same [F] tricks.
It's just a matter of figuring out the order the chords go.
It's a really long song, so I'm not going to work the whole way through it.
I'll just play the first, maybe opening line or two,
where [E] it just goes between E and A and E.
[A] [E]
[Abm] [A]
[Bm] And there you ended up having, if you [Eb] saw, the B chord in there a little bit.
And that's just the other chord in the song.
But it mostly goes between E and A, E and A, E and A a lot.
A few B's in there, and some C sharp minors.
[Bb]
And that's the gist of the song.
So thank you, and good [N] luck.
[E] [A] [Em]
[Dbm] [A]
[B] [C] That's essentially the introduction [A] to the piano version of Thunder Road
that Springsteen often plays live and that you would hear on [Gb] a bootleg CD
or on the live [Eb]
7585 CD.
It's really not [B] that hard.
There's a few tricks you learn from the intro that you can carry on through
to figure out the whole song.
The main thing is the song is in the key of E,
which is the scale's important.
So it's E, [Bb] F [Ab] sharp, G sharp, A, B, [F] C sharp, D sharp, and E.
Those are the only notes that are going to show up in the song.
But he mostly sticks just to chord triads in both hands.
So he starts in E, and I'll show you the right and left hand together,
because a lot of times he's just playing a chord shape,
[Gb] the same chord [Eb] shape, in both hands.
So he starts the song doing that.
He plays the E triad shape, [C] which is E, [E] G sharp, and [Bb] B.
And he's doing it in both.
[Eb] And the real trick to the song is playing individual notes in a chord.
[E] So that's
[A] [Eb] essentially the first chord, the opening few notes [E] of the song.
Then he shifts chords to C sharp [Eb] minor,
which is the relative minor in the key of E.
There's really only four chords in this song.
E, [A] C sharp minor, A, and [Eb] B.
There's a few passing chords like G sharp, but mostly E, C sharp, A, and B.
If you know those, you'll figure the song out.
So he [B] goes to C sharp minor from that E,
and he does play it different in the right and left hands here.
So in the right hand he does an inversion,
where all he does is he keeps the E chord shape,
but he brings this B [Eb] up to C sharp.
[Dbm] So it looks like that.
Whereas in the left hand, he plays an octave,
where he's got his hands on both these C sharps.
So together, so he's mostly playing the chord,
but he does hit this B in there in the right hand, where he goes,
and that's not in the chord shape, but it's a note in the [Em] scale.
Then he goes back to E with the same triad shape.
[E] Then to A.
[A] [D]
[B] In the right hand, he [A] uses an inversion,
where he has a C sharp, E, and an A.
The left hand just uses the octave A, and he might hit this C sharp.
But the real trick to this part of the song is,
he goes and plays [E] a few other notes in the chord as well.
So [D] he starts on that A, but [Em]
then [Ab] [E]
[B] it goes back to the E [E] again.
And [A] then this is one part where the left and the right hands aren't together.
The [Ab] left hand plays G sharp [Abm] octave,
and the right hand plays this little riff throughout the next,
[Ab] maybe measure or so, where it's C [E] sharp, B, and [Ab] G sharp.
[E]
Meanwhile, the left hand [Ab] goes off the scale from G sharp to A and then B.
[Dbm] So you [B] put [E] that all together, and
[Dbm] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [Dbm] [A]
[B]
once you [Bb] know that introduction,
you [B] can pretty much play the whole song.
It's just the [Ab] same chord shapes and the same [F] tricks.
It's just a matter of figuring out the order the chords go.
It's a really long song, so I'm not going to work the whole way through it.
I'll just play the first, maybe opening line or two,
where [E] it just goes between E and A and E.
[A] [E]
[Abm] [A]
[Bm] And there you ended up having, if you [Eb] saw, the B chord in there a little bit.
And that's just the other chord in the song.
But it mostly goes between E and A, E and A, E and A a lot.
A few B's in there, and some C sharp minors.
[Bb]
And that's the gist of the song.
So thank you, and good [N] luck.
Key:
E
A
B
Eb
Ab
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] That's essentially the introduction [A] to the piano version of Thunder Road
that Springsteen often plays live and that you would hear on [Gb] a bootleg CD
or on the live [Eb] _
7585 CD.
_ _ It's really not [B] that hard.
There's a few tricks you learn from the intro that you can carry on through
to figure out the whole song.
_ The main thing is the song is in the key of E,
which is _ the scale's important.
So it's E, [Bb] F [Ab] sharp, G sharp, A, B, [F] C sharp, D sharp, and E.
Those are the only notes that are going to show up in the song.
But he mostly sticks just to chord triads in both hands.
So he starts in E, and I'll show you the right and left hand together,
because a lot of times he's just playing a chord shape,
[Gb] the same chord [Eb] shape, in both hands.
So he starts the song doing that.
He plays the E triad shape, [C] which is E, [E] G sharp, and [Bb] B.
And he's doing it in both.
[Eb] And the real trick to the song is playing individual notes in a chord.
[E] So _ that's _
_ [A] _ [Eb] essentially the first chord, the opening few notes [E] of the song.
Then he shifts chords to C sharp [Eb] minor,
which is the relative minor in the key of E.
There's really only four chords in this song.
E, [A] C sharp minor, A, and [Eb] B.
There's a few passing chords like G sharp, but mostly E, C sharp, A, and B.
If you know those, you'll figure the song out.
So he [B] goes to C sharp minor from that E,
and he does play it different in the right and left hands here.
So in the right hand he does an inversion,
where all he does is he keeps the E chord shape,
but he brings this B [Eb] up to C sharp.
[Dbm] So it looks like that.
Whereas in the left hand, he plays an octave,
where he's got his hands on both these C sharps.
So together, _ _ _ so he's mostly playing the chord,
but he does hit this B in there in the right hand, where he goes,
_ _ and that's not in the chord shape, but it's a note in the [Em] scale.
Then he goes back to E with the same triad shape.
[E] _ _ _ Then to A.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[B] In the right hand, he [A] uses an inversion,
where he has a C sharp, E, and an A.
The left hand just uses the octave A, and he might hit this C sharp.
But the real trick to this part of the song is,
he goes and plays [E] a few other notes in the chord as well.
So [D] he starts on that A, but _ [Em]
then [Ab] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ it goes back to the E [E] again. _ _
_ And [A] then this is one part where the left and the right hands aren't together.
The [Ab] left hand plays G sharp [Abm] octave,
and the right hand plays this little riff throughout the next,
[Ab] maybe measure or so, where it's C [E] sharp, B, and [Ab] G sharp.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Meanwhile, the left hand [Ab] goes off the scale from G sharp to A and then B.
[Dbm] So you [B] _ put _ _ [E] that all together, and _
[Dbm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
once you [Bb] know that introduction,
you [B] can pretty much play the whole song.
It's just the [Ab] same chord shapes and the same [F] tricks.
It's just a matter of figuring out the order the chords go.
It's a really long song, so I'm not going to work the whole way through it.
I'll just play the first, maybe opening line or two,
where [E] it just goes between E and A and E.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ And there you ended up having, if you [Eb] saw, the B chord in there a little bit.
And that's just the other chord in the song.
But it mostly goes between E and A, E and A, E and A a lot.
A few B's in there, and some C sharp minors.
[Bb]
And that's the gist of the song.
So thank you, and good [N] luck.
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] That's essentially the introduction [A] to the piano version of Thunder Road
that Springsteen often plays live and that you would hear on [Gb] a bootleg CD
or on the live [Eb] _
7585 CD.
_ _ It's really not [B] that hard.
There's a few tricks you learn from the intro that you can carry on through
to figure out the whole song.
_ The main thing is the song is in the key of E,
which is _ the scale's important.
So it's E, [Bb] F [Ab] sharp, G sharp, A, B, [F] C sharp, D sharp, and E.
Those are the only notes that are going to show up in the song.
But he mostly sticks just to chord triads in both hands.
So he starts in E, and I'll show you the right and left hand together,
because a lot of times he's just playing a chord shape,
[Gb] the same chord [Eb] shape, in both hands.
So he starts the song doing that.
He plays the E triad shape, [C] which is E, [E] G sharp, and [Bb] B.
And he's doing it in both.
[Eb] And the real trick to the song is playing individual notes in a chord.
[E] So _ that's _
_ [A] _ [Eb] essentially the first chord, the opening few notes [E] of the song.
Then he shifts chords to C sharp [Eb] minor,
which is the relative minor in the key of E.
There's really only four chords in this song.
E, [A] C sharp minor, A, and [Eb] B.
There's a few passing chords like G sharp, but mostly E, C sharp, A, and B.
If you know those, you'll figure the song out.
So he [B] goes to C sharp minor from that E,
and he does play it different in the right and left hands here.
So in the right hand he does an inversion,
where all he does is he keeps the E chord shape,
but he brings this B [Eb] up to C sharp.
[Dbm] So it looks like that.
Whereas in the left hand, he plays an octave,
where he's got his hands on both these C sharps.
So together, _ _ _ so he's mostly playing the chord,
but he does hit this B in there in the right hand, where he goes,
_ _ and that's not in the chord shape, but it's a note in the [Em] scale.
Then he goes back to E with the same triad shape.
[E] _ _ _ Then to A.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[B] In the right hand, he [A] uses an inversion,
where he has a C sharp, E, and an A.
The left hand just uses the octave A, and he might hit this C sharp.
But the real trick to this part of the song is,
he goes and plays [E] a few other notes in the chord as well.
So [D] he starts on that A, but _ [Em]
then [Ab] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ it goes back to the E [E] again. _ _
_ And [A] then this is one part where the left and the right hands aren't together.
The [Ab] left hand plays G sharp [Abm] octave,
and the right hand plays this little riff throughout the next,
[Ab] maybe measure or so, where it's C [E] sharp, B, and [Ab] G sharp.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Meanwhile, the left hand [Ab] goes off the scale from G sharp to A and then B.
[Dbm] So you [B] _ put _ _ [E] that all together, and _
[Dbm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
once you [Bb] know that introduction,
you [B] can pretty much play the whole song.
It's just the [Ab] same chord shapes and the same [F] tricks.
It's just a matter of figuring out the order the chords go.
It's a really long song, so I'm not going to work the whole way through it.
I'll just play the first, maybe opening line or two,
where [E] it just goes between E and A and E.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ And there you ended up having, if you [Eb] saw, the B chord in there a little bit.
And that's just the other chord in the song.
But it mostly goes between E and A, E and A, E and A a lot.
A few B's in there, and some C sharp minors.
[Bb]
And that's the gist of the song.
So thank you, and good [N] luck.